Naga Surya Teja Thallam

Naga Surya Teja Thallam is an accomplished technology leader known for architecting and scaling next-generation cloud platforms and AI-driven infrastructure for some of the world’s most influential technology companies, including Salesforce, Cisco, and Seagate. His work consistently advances the reliability, intelligence, and performance of enterprise systems operating at global scale.

At Salesforce, Surya has been instrumental in strengthening the company’s Hyperforce and Agentforce ecosystem. He has led major cloud expansion programs across 10+ international regions, enabling secure, high-availability production environments across AWS, Alibaba Cloud, GCP, Azure, and physical data centers. His leadership in AI-enabled automation, multi-region orchestration, and capacity engineering has accelerated deployment timelines, improved operational resilience, and enhanced cost-controlled scalability across mission-critical infrastructure.

Surya previously served as a principal cloud architect at Cisco, where he oversaw AWS-based infrastructure supporting more than 2,000 enterprise customers. He designed high-performance cloud architectures, implemented enterprise-grade security boundaries, and delivered automation frameworks that collectively saved the company over $3M in operational costs. His influence also extended to DevOps modernization, infrastructure-as-code adoption, and agile leadership, elevating engineering efficiency and product velocity.

Earlier at Seagate Technology, he played a critical role in the company’s large-scale analytics modernization efforts. Surya managed a 160-node Hadoop production environment and optimized big-data pipelines that powered global data intelligence operations. His deep knowledge of Hadoop, Spark, Hive, and distributed data systems supported seamless cloud migration and high-throughput analytics.

Recognized with 28 awards for technical innovation and leadership, Surya is a respected authority in cloud transformation, AI infrastructure, and data engineering. His work continues to shape how modern enterprises build, scale, and secure next-generation cloud ecosystems.