Sudhir Gadepalli is the Director of Infrastructure Architecture & Engineering with OCLC (Online Computer Library, Inc.), the world’s largest library cooperative. In this role, Sudhir is responsible for the strategic planning, infrastructure architecture, engineering, technology evaluation, and governance of IT. Sudhir manages a team of architects collectively responsible for IT service delivery from OCLC’s global data centers to over 72000 libraries in 172 countries.
Sudhir has over 21 years of experience in the IT industry. Sudhir holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science, as well as certifications in Project Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Planning, Enterprise Architecture and IT Service Management. Sudhir is currently working on his MBA at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
Sudhir's interests and areas of expertise include Enterprise resiliency planning, developing complex high availability architectures and IT Governance. Sudhir is an active volunteer and public speaker and has presented at numerous regional, national and international conferences on a wide range of topics related to IT Architecture, BC, DR and enterprise resiliency initiatives. Sudhir lives in Ohio and enjoys reading encyclopedias in his free time.
