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Shivaprasad Sankesha Narayana

Shivaprasad Sankesha Narayana is a Senior Cloud and Solution Architect and Microsoft Certified Azure Expert with more than 18 years of experience driving digital transformation across the energy sector. In his current consulting role at bp as a Lead Solutions Architect, he leads cloud architecture for facilities engineering, process safety, and engineering information management systems. His work includes modernizing legacy applications, simplifying complex system landscapes, and building scalable cloud-native platforms that support safe and efficient Production and operations worldwide. 

Shivaprasad has previously served in senior roles at ExxonMobil, Capgemini, and Axiom Medical, where he designed cloud-native platforms, API ecosystems, engineering data solutions, and modernization frameworks that were adopted across Fortune 500 organizations. His work consistently focuses on replacing fragmented legacy systems with simplified, resilient, and maintainable architectures. 

He is a Fellow of IETE, a Fellow of Hackathon Raptors, and a Senior Member of IEEE. He actively contributes as a reviewer, judge, and advisor to global conferences, award committees, and technical communities. As a published author and frequent speaker, he writes about cloud strategy, AI adoption, digital engineering, and the future of operational technologies in the oil and gas industry. 


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