Expertise Experience Speaking Community Roots About Contact
Welcome to sankarcherukuri.com
A warm hello from Singapore.

Lovely to
see you.Learn more about Sankar.

Cloud, AI, governance, and the personal journey behind the work.

I am Sankar Cherukuri, a Singapore-based Cloud & AI leader helping enterprises turn complex technology choices into trusted, practical transformation across Asia-Pacific.

IBM Champion 2025 SCS Professional Member AWS APJ Partner Leader
Learn More About Sankar View My Journey
Sankar Cherukuri portrait
Personal Brand
Enterprise AI with boardroom clarity.
A Singapore-based builder connecting APJ cloud ecosystems, regulated data platforms, and responsible AI adoption.
AWS DBS Bank IBM NTUC Enterprise
20+

Years in Enterprise Tech

IBM · NOL · DBS Bank · AWS

$18M

Documented Business Impact

Cost savings & transformation value

410+

Community Members Led

Cloud Computing & AI in Singapore & APJ

75+

Executive Briefings

C-suite AI strategy across APJ

50+

ISV/SI Partners Enabled

Agentic AI & GenAI on AWS APJ

Marina Bay, Singapore
Singapore skyline with Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay Singapore · APJ Base
Dhyana Buddha statue in Amaravati Andhra Pradesh Amaravati · Roots
Future Amaravati capital city concept India · Future
Core Competencies

What I bring
to the table.

Frontier AI

Agentic AI & RAG Systems

Multi-agent orchestration, LangChain/LangGraph, MCP tool integration, GraphRAG pipelines, and production LLM applications at enterprise scale.

AI Lifecycle

MLOps & LLMOps

End-to-end model lifecycle management — MLflow governance, vector databases, feature engineering, GPU-optimised workloads, and production serving.

Regulated Environments

AI Governance & Responsible AI

Regulatory-grade AI frameworks, PDPA/data residency controls, FEAT principles, MAS TRM alignment, and Zero Trust for FSI and public sector.

Enterprise Scale

BFSI Platform Architecture

Cloud-native modernisation, microservices, SRE, Chaos Engineering, and resilience engineering for Asia's largest regulated banking platforms.

Data Platforms

Lakehouse & Analytics

Databricks Delta Lake, Snowflake, streaming analytics, semantic layers, data lineage, and unified governance for AI-ready data platforms.

Leadership

Team Building & Scaling

Doubled multiple consulting practices to 100+ employees with revenue run rates exceeding $20M. Built high-performance AI engineering teams delivering 20%+ YoY growth.

Personal Brand
I help leadership teams move from AI ambition to trusted execution across boardrooms, platforms, and partner ecosystems.
01

Clarity

Translate complex cloud and AI choices into executive decisions.

02

Governance

Build responsible AI adoption for regulated, high-trust environments.

03

Execution

Align partners, platforms, and teams around measurable outcomes.

Career Journey

Two decades of
impactful delivery.

2022 Mar 2022 – Present Amazon Web Services Current
Data & AI Solution Architect
ISV/SI Partner · APJ

Primary Data & AI technical advisor for APJ's Top 200 enterprise and ISV/SI partners. Architecting Agentic AI, RAG, and GenAI solutions — from multi-agent orchestration and vector search to production MLOps pipelines. Championing enterprise AI governance frameworks across BFSI and public sector customers. Delivered 75+ executive briefings across APJ C-suites.

30% cost reduction & 40% efficiency gain across APJ accounts
55% increase in cloud transformation adoption
50% faster time-to-market for partner-led AI engagements
Amazon BedrockAgentic AIRAG / GraphRAGLLMOpsSageMakerDatabricksSnowflakeAI GovernancePDPAMAS TRM
2021 Aug 2021 – Mar 2022 NE Digital
Head of Enterprise &
Performance Architecture

Led enterprise architecture strategy and modernisation across a digital-native organisation. Defined a 5-year technology roadmap, modernising 80% of legacy systems, consolidating 50+ legacy applications, and improving data quality by 45% in collaboration with the Chief Data Office.

40% operational cost reduction delivered
Enterprise ArchitectureML Cost OptimisationCloud-NativeData PlatformChief Data Office
2019 Mar 2019 – Aug 2021 DBS Bank Vice President
Vice President & Solution Architect
Consumer Banking & Big Data Analytics

Transformation lead for the GANDALF programme (Better, Faster & Secure) — migrating legacy AIX/Solaris stacks to cloud-native platforms at enterprise scale. Built Chaos Engineering competency establishing SRE and Reliable Engineering practices. Used ML & AI to predict and optimise cloud spend, reducing TCO by $2M YoY.

$8M cost elimination through COTS-to-open-source migration
GANDALF ProgrammeChaos EngineeringSRECloud ModernisationML Cost OptimisationPCF
2014 Jun 2014 – Feb 2019 DBS Bank Asst. Vice President
Assistant Vice President,
Solution Architect

IT cost optimisation, platform optimisation, and cost management across open systems, software, and storage. Designed AI-ready data pipelines and ML platforms supporting statistical modelling, deep learning, and analytics workloads in a regulated banking environment. Maintained MAS TRM and PDPA regulatory compliance.

MAS TRM & PDPA regulatory compliance across 3 regional environments
AI/ML PlatformsMAS TRMPDPAData PipelinesOpen System OptimisationStorage
2012 Sep 2012 – May 2014 NOL Pte. Ltd.
Infrastructure Engineering Manager
GIO Infra Engineering

Led the $10M REMODEL Logistics SuperSuite transformation — re-architecting the global Q2C platform for new markets, improving speed-to-market and reducing operating costs. Migrated legacy physical infrastructure to IBM POWER Virtual environment. Enforced enterprise technical governance standards across SI vendors, external outsourcing partners, and internal project teams.

$10M logistics platform transformation for global markets
Q2C PlatformREMODEL ProgrammeInfrastructure ModernisationIBM POWERVendor Governance
2005 Dec 2005 – Sep 2012 IBM Bravo Award
Advisory IT Specialist
Technical Architect · Singapore

Designed and delivered complex infrastructure and application architecture solutions for major BFSI customers across Asia, including Asia's 5th largest bank (DBS Bank). Worked closely with infrastructure and application teams across contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical phases — producing architecture documents and technical solution documents for critical projects. Provided 24×7 Level 3 architecture support for 2,000+ server environments.

IBM Bravo Award 2007 · P2V migration for Asia's largest financial institution
BFSI ArchitectureP2V MigrationIBM AIXWebSphereUNIXEAIDBS Bank
Measurable Outcomes

Numbers that
speak plainly.

$8M
Cost Eliminated
DBS Bank cloud & open-source modernisation
$10M
Logistics Transformation
NOL global Q2C platform re-architecture
$20M+
Revenue Run Rate Built
Scaled consulting practices 100%+ YoY
40%
Efficiency Gain
APJ enterprise cloud adoption at AWS
55%
Adoption Uplift
APJ cloud transformation via 75+ C-suite briefings
50+
Partners Enabled
Agentic AI & LLMOps across APJ ISV/SI ecosystem
🏆
Recognition

IBM Champion 2025

Recognised by IBM as a Champion — awarded to technology leaders and advocates who make outstanding contributions to the IBM technical community through sharing expertise, enabling peers, and driving innovation in cloud and AI.

2025
IBM Champion
Marina Bay Sands Singapore night skyline
Home · Singapore

Where innovation meets tradition
at the heart of Asia-Pacific.

Speaking & Events

On stage,
sharing ideas.

Singapore business and technology skyline Keynote
IBM & AWS · CommonSense Events
Future Proof Financial Planning and Analysis
Singapore Finance & AI 2024

Explored how AI-driven financial planning and analysis tools are reshaping FP&A workflows for CFOs and finance leaders in the region.

View Event →
Singapore skyline for data and AI leadership Executive Summit
CDOTrends · Singapore
Accelerate Growth with an AI Ready Data Architecture
Singapore Data & AI Strategy 2024–25

Presented at the CDOTrends Executive Summit on building AI-ready data architectures that accelerate enterprise growth while maintaining governance and compliance.

View Event →
Singapore cloud security roundtable setting Roundtable
FutureCISO · Singapore
From Data to Defence: Building a Secure and Resilient Cloud Ecosystem
Singapore Cloud Security 2025

Participated in the FutureCISO Roundtable 2025, discussing how enterprises can build cloud ecosystems that are simultaneously secure, resilient, and AI-ready.

View Event →
Singapore conference skyline Conference
Splunk · Singapore
Splunk Go Singapore 2026
Singapore Observability & Security 2026

Featured speaker at Splunk Go Singapore 2026 — exploring the intersection of observability, AI-driven security operations, and cloud data intelligence for enterprise resilience.

View Event →
Community & Enablement

Building the
next generation.

250
Cloud Computing Members
Singapore community group
160
AI & Agentic AI Members
Singapore & APJ — 2026 cohort
410+
Total Community Reach
Across cloud, AI & data domains
Community Leadership

Cloud Computing Enablement

Leading a 250-member Cloud Computing community in Singapore — enabling engineers, architects, and business leaders with practical knowledge on cloud platforms, cost optimisation, and modern cloud-native patterns.

  • 250 active members across Singapore
  • Regular meetups, workshops & knowledge sessions
  • Focus: AWS, multi-cloud, cloud-native architecture
  • Mentoring engineers and solutions architects
2026 Initiative

AI & Agentic AI Trainings

Leading hands-on AI and Agentic AI training programmes in 2026 across Singapore and APJ — covering LLM fundamentals, RAG architectures, multi-agent orchestration, and responsible AI governance for practitioners.

  • 160 members across Singapore & APJ
  • Agentic AI, LLM & RAG hands-on workshops
  • AI governance & responsible AI modules
  • For engineers, architects & business leaders
Thought Leadership

Courses & Knowledge Sharing

Created popular, high-impact courses on business acumen for technical professionals and AI engineers — bridging the gap between deep technical expertise and the commercial and strategic thinking needed to drive enterprise impact.

  • Business acumen for technical professionals
  • AI engineering for enterprise leaders
  • Sharing ideas as central to career success
  • More courses in development — details coming
Advisory & Mentoring

Board Advisory & Mentorship

Actively exploring corporate directorship in Singapore via the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) pathway — bringing AI governance and technology risk expertise to board-level conversations about digital transformation strategy.

  • Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) pathway
  • AI governance & technology risk advisory
  • Mentoring emerging cloud & AI leaders in APJ
  • Board advisory engagements — details coming
Professional Memberships
🏛️ Singapore Computer Society (SCS)
🌱 Enactus Singapore Chapter
🏆 IBM Champion 2025
☁️ AWS Partner Network
🤝 Singapore Institute of Directors (SID)
💡 SGTech & AI Ecosystem
Writing & Thought Leadership

Ideas worth
sharing.

All writing →
AI data architecture in SingaporeComing soon
AI Governance
Article title will appear here
A short excerpt summarising the piece will be added when content is published.
Month Year · 5 min read
Future city and generative AIComing soon
Agentic AI
Article title will appear here
A short excerpt summarising the piece will be added when content is published.
Month Year · 4 min read
Singapore financial districtComing soon
FSI & Cloud
Article title will appear here
A short excerpt summarising the piece will be added when content is published.
Month Year · 6 min read
Credentials

Certified across
the full stack.

AWS Solutions Architect Professional
AWS Machine Learning Specialty
AWS Data Analytics Specialty
AWS Security Specialty
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Databricks Platform Architect
Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
IBM WebSphere & MQ Specialist
ITIL v2 Foundation
Education
Temasek Polytechnic logo
Specialist Diploma — Business & Data Analytics
Temasek Polytechnic · Singapore
Northwestern University logo
Organisational Leadership Specialisation
Northwestern University · Kellogg School of Management
Acharya Nagarjuna University logo
BSc Computers — Mathematics, Statistics & CS
Nagarjuna University · Andhra Pradesh, India
Roots & Identity

Two cultures,
one journey.

Dhyana Buddha statue in Amaravati Andhra Pradesh Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Future Amaravati capital city concept Future Amaravati
Singapore Marina Bay skyline Singapore, My Home
"From Amaravati's ancient banks to Singapore's gleaming skyline — two worlds that shaped one journey."

I was born and raised in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh — a town steeped in thousands of years of history, sitting along the sacred banks of the Krishna River. Amaravati is home to one of the oldest Buddhist stupas in the world, a reminder that great ideas, once seeded, travel far. My early years studying computers and mathematics at Nagarjuna University, just kilometres from home, laid the foundation for two decades of enterprise architecture.

Singapore has been home for over two decades — and what a home it is. This extraordinary city-state sits at the crossroads of East and West, tradition and innovation. It's where I've built my career, raised my family, and found a community that mirrors my own values: rigour, openness, and a relentless orientation toward the future.

The connection between these two worlds feels deeply personal. As Singapore and India deepen their ties in technology, finance, and AI governance, I find myself working at exactly that intersection — a privilege I don't take lightly.

Dhyana Buddha statue in Amaravati Andhra Pradesh
Origin · India

A civilisation that taught the world
mathematics, logic, and the art of long thinking.

About

The person
behind the work.

I'm Sankar — a Cloud & AI leader trusted by executive teams to turn complex technology decisions into clear, governed, and commercially meaningful transformation.

Across 20+ years in enterprise technology, I have worked at the intersection of architecture, business strategy, and operating performance. My work spans regulated financial services, global logistics, digital enterprise architecture, and APJ partner ecosystems — always with a focus on outcomes leaders can measure and teams can sustain.

I have doubled consulting practices to 100+ people, built revenue run rates exceeding $20M, led AI and cloud engineering teams through multiple years of above-plan growth, and helped enterprises modernise platforms while improving cost, resilience, and governance.

Today, my personal brand is simple: boardroom clarity, responsible AI, and trusted execution. I bring AI governance and technology-risk perspective to executive conversations while staying close enough to the architecture to know what will actually work.

For Leadership Teams

I help CXOs, boards, and senior technology leaders frame AI strategy, platform modernisation, partner execution, and governance choices in language that connects innovation with risk, cost, trust, and business value.

Entrepreneurship, Mentorship & Community

I am personally interested in entrepreneurship, mentorship, and helping communities build practical digital and AI skills. My goal is to enable more people to access job opportunities through hands-on training that builds real confidence. Contact me if you need support for community enablement, mentoring, or practical AI skills programmes.

Sankar Cherukuri portrait
Sankar Cherukuri

Cloud & AI leader for trusted enterprise transformation.

Singapore-based. APJ-focused. Built across IBM, NOL, DBS Bank, NE Digital, and AWS.

Current Role
Data & AI Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services
Recognition
IBM Champion 2025
Location
Singapore (Permanent Resident)
Region
APJ — available for regional travel
Languages
English · Hindi · Telugu
Specialisation
BFSI · Agentic AI · AI Governance · Corporate Directorship
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/sankarcherukuri
Get in Touch

Let's build
something
meaningful.

Open to conversations on enterprise AI architecture, AI governance, board advisory, speaking engagements, and community collaboration.

✉

Email

sankar.cherukuri@gmail.com

 in

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/sankarcherukuri

 ☏

Phone

+65 9725 3715