Sudhakar Jukanti

Head of Business Systems & Data @Anyscale | GTM | Consumption Transformation | Applied AI

Anyscaleex-Deloitteex-Confluent

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I build the systems companies run on - and the teams that run the 24 years building business systems for subscription, usage, and consumption business models — across go-to-market, finance, supply chain, and

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Now - Anyscale (the company behind Ray), Head of Business Systems & Data:• 20+ business applications (Salesforce, NetSuite, Metronome, Databricks, and more) run by a two-person team through applied AIBefore — Confluent, joining just after its IPO; revenue scaled from ~$400M to ~$1B during my tenure:• Built the consumption forecasting platform highlighted on Confluent's Q3 2023 earnings call• Led business systems through the consumption transformation - 40-person org led through Directors and Senior Managers, multimillion-dollar budget, CEO's extended leadership team• Kept revenue systems SOX-clean — no deficiencies from FY23 until I leftEarlier:• Lead architect on the $60M GE Healthcare and $100M Philips CPQ transformations at Apttus/Conga;• Oracle supply-chain and M&A systems integration for Fortune 100 clients at DeloitteHow I run the function:• Multi-year roadmap tied to company strategy - not a ticket queue• Budget owned end to end: headcount, vendors, build-vs-buy• An AI-first operating model - production agents with human-approval guardrails on every change• Controls that pass public-company audits• Teams that last - Hiring and retaining great talent Recognition: Dreamforce and SaaStr speaker; featured in Entrepreneur and industry podcasts; 2024 Stevie® Tech Innovator of the In 2004, I co-founded Sangam Trust, which funds college scholarships for students who can't afford the fees — I was one of those students once.