Lavanya Karanam is a Software Engineering PMTS and Principal DevOps Engineer at Salesforce, bringing over 17 years of experience in the software industry and a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering. She specializes in infrastructure operations for the Salesforce AI Research organization, where she architects and manages cost-optimized, secure cloud platforms purpose-built to accelerate compute-intensive machine learning workloads. Her work directly enables Research scientists and engineers to train and serve cutting-edge AI services with the speed, reliability, and security the work demands.
Beyond core infrastructure, Lavanya oversees the security frameworks governing AI model training and serving across public cloud environments, manages strategic relationships with senior leadership and cloud providers, and drives agile delivery as Scrum Master — all while owning the team's long-range platform strategy focused on automation, scalability, and continuous improvement. Her career includes spanning enterprise-scale engagements across Salesforce, foundational cloud engineering work with Google's Partner Solutions Organization, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and cloud infrastructure. A collaborative and composed leader, Lavanya is deeply committed to advancing the infrastructure that powers Salesforce's AI future.