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Strategic Artificial Intelligence Program Advisor

Prasanna Saraswathi Krishnan

Active Term: 02/2026 - 02/2027
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Areas of Expertise

  • AI Strategic Framework
  • Using AI for Creative Innovation
  • Measurement and Analytics of AI
  • Driving AI Transformation & Adoption

Solutions Architect

Databricks

Prasanna Saraswathi Krishnan is a seasoned Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and implementing data and AI platforms across insurance & healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and education technology. At Databricks, he serves as a sales technical advisor for manufacturing customers, helping executives modernize their data foundations and operationalize AI at scale on the Lakehouse platform. Previously, Prasanna was a Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he acted as a Generative AI subject matter expert, guiding customers from early ideation through prototyping and production deployment of AI solutions. In that role, he helped organizations think through cost models, ROI, and monetization strategies for GenAI initiatives, ensuring that technical designs were tightly aligned with business value. He also brings deep hands-on expertise in big data engineering, distributed machine learning with Spark, real-time streaming architectures, and serverless technologies, and has contributed to an open-source project. Prasanna holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation and has completed multiple industry-recognized cloud and machine learning certifications. He is passionate about making AI adoption practical and responsible, and enjoys mentoring teams on turning complex data problems into measurable business outcomes.

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