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Vivek Verma, MS, MBA

Global Technology Executive SRE · Cloud Operations · Security

Building secure, reliable platforms that accelerate innovation — from founding Amazon Alexa's first SRE team to standing up global security organizations at scale.

Platform Engineering Site Reliability Cloud & Observability Enterprise Security

Amazon · Fox Corporation · TP-Link Systems · Pepperdine

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Vivek Verma, Global Technology Executive

Years in technology leadership

Availability at global scale

−0%

Reduction in mean time to recovery

Engineers built from zero, US & Singapore

Profile

Executive Biography

Global cybersecurity, SRE, and cloud engineering leader with 18+ years driving secure development, platform engineering, and reliability at scale. A founding member of Amazon Alexa's first SRE team, he built reliability foundations for one of the world's largest consumer platforms.

He delivered 99.99% availability for Fox's Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup platforms, and built TP-Link's global SRE, Cloud Operations & Security organization from zero to 24 engineers across the USA and Singapore — embedding security across cloud and hardware product lines, building SBOM governance, and delivering in-house observability platforms.

He is also an Adjunct Professor of Business Analytics at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Reliability

Platforms engineered for the moments that cannot fail.

Security

Secure-by-design across cloud, product, and supply chain.

Scale

Global teams and multi-cloud platforms built from zero.

Leadership

From classroom to boardroom — growing engineers into leaders.

Positioning

Where I create leverage

Secure, reliable platforms that accelerate innovation — combining hands-on engineering depth with global organizational leadership.

Platform Engineering

Golden-path platforms

Internal developer platforms, CI/CD at scale, and infrastructure automation that make the paved road the fast road.

−70%cloud provisioning time at Amazon

Cloud & Observability

Multi-cloud & a single pane of glass

Cloud strategy and FinOps across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI — plus a self-hosted, multi-tenant observability platform replacing SaaS spend.

−55%cloud & observability OpEx at Fox

Site Reliability

SLO-driven operations

Error budgets, incident command, chaos and performance testing — validated before the biggest nights, not during them.

99.99%availability for global live events

Enterprise Security

Secure by design

Secure SDLC/PDLC, SBOM governance, threat modeling, and data sovereignty — ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, EU-CRA.

0→24global security org built from scratch

Trajectory

Career Timeline

2007

Engineering Foundations

Accenture · Ness · Apollo · Zelle · NortonLifeLock

Software, build, release, and configuration engineering — the delivery discipline that later scaled to global platforms.

2014

Amazon

Sr. DevSecOps, Lab126 → Founding SRE, Alexa

Founding member and lead engineer of Alexa's first SRE team; on-prem → AWS migration and threat modeling for consumer devices.

2018

Brightside Benefit

Manager, DevSecOps & Technology Operations

Owned DevOps, application support, and information security — AWS cloud security, CI/CD, and ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / PCI audits.

2020

Fox Corporation

Director → Sr. Director, SRE & DevSecOps

Reliability for Fox's streaming platforms at Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup scale; led a 20-person SRE/DevSecOps organization.

2024

TP-Link Systems

Global Head — SRE, Cloud Operations & Security

Built the org from 0 → 24 across the USA and Singapore; org-wide SBOM governance and EU-CRA readiness across four clouds.

2026

Adjunct Professor

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

Teaching Business Analytics — SQL, Python, and data-driven decision-making — alongside executive leadership.

Results

Reliability Scorecard

A career measured the way great platforms are — in availability, recovery, and cost.

Career Outcomes · Verified Impact OPERATIONAL

Service availability

Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup, pay-per-view

−0%

Mean time to recovery

Incident management rebuilt on Blameless

−0%

Cloud & observability OpEx

AWS + Datadog optimized, coverage intact

−0%

Cloud provisioning time

Infrastructure automation framework

−0%

CapEx

On-prem → cloud migration

0 → 24

Global org built from zero

USA & Singapore, 24×7 coverage

Clouds governed

AWS · Azure · GCP · OCI

L1–L3

Incident command

24×7 global escalation model

Selected Impact

Where it mattered most

Amazon · 2014–2018

Founding reliability at Alexa scale

Founding member & lead engineer of Alexa's first SRE team
Built the performance-testing environment for peak holiday traffic
Led on-prem → AWS migration and threat modeling at Lab126

−90%CapEx

−70%Provisioning

#1SRE team

Fox Corporation · 2020–2024

Reliability for television's biggest nights

Led a 20-person SRE & DevSecOps org reporting to the SVP
Performance-testing center of excellence for live events
Deployed CrowdStrike + Wiz; ISO 27001, CCPA, GDPR compliance

99.99%Availability

−50%MTTR

−55%OpEx

TP-Link Systems · 2024–Present

Building a global security org from zero

Built SRE, Cloud Ops & Security 0 → 24 across USA & Singapore
Self-hosted, multi-tenant observability platform — one pane of glass
Org-wide SBOM & EU-CRA readiness (Finite State, SonarQube)

0→24Team built

4Clouds

EU-CRAReady

Leadership

Operating Philosophy

Structure creates speed

Runbooks, escalations, RCAs, and post-mortems. Disciplined process is what lets teams move fast when it matters most.

Blameless by default

Incidents are systems failures, not people failures. Psychological safety is a reliability strategy, not a nicety.

Measure what matters

KPIs and SLOs turn engineering into a business conversation — every team knows its numbers, and the board sees them.

Grow leaders, not followers

Invest in people who will outgrow their roles, then make room for them. The best platforms are inherited, not mandated.

Credentials

Education & Certifications

Education

Master of Business AdministrationPepperdine University · Graziadio Business School

2024

Advanced Computer Security CertificateStanford University

2020

M.S. Information SystemsUniversity of Phoenix

2014

B.E. EngineeringJadavpur University, Kolkata

2007

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
AWS Developer — Associate
AWS SysOps Administrator — Associate
ITIL V3 Foundation

Faculty Appointment

Adjunct ProfessorPepperdine Graziadio — Business Analytics