Contributing Writer

Shalini Sudarsan

Shalini Sudarsan is a DevOps Engineering Manager at KinderCare Learning Companies, where she designs reliable, secure and cost-optimized data and AI platforms. She drives enterprise AI adoption through governed operating models that accelerate delivery while reducing risk and spend. Her expertise spans data platform architecture, MLOps, observability and value realization. Previously at Nike, she led global SRE and platform engineering efforts to deliver multi-region, zero-downtime systems and automation that reduced toil and cost. She is also a contributor to Forbes, covering topics at the intersection of engineering leadership, reliability and AI.