SB
CTO & SVP of Engineering

Turning AI from a buzzword
into a business multiplier.

I've scaled platforms from 1M to 100M+ users, grown digital revenue from $700M to $15B, and led 500+ engineers across four continents — at PlayStation, Peloton, and Informatica.

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100M+
Users scaled
$15B
Digital revenue driven
500+
Engineers led
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By the numbers

Impact at scale.

100M+
Monthly active users scaled across PlayStation platforms
$15B
Digital revenue grown from $700M/yr over 8+ years
$130M+
Annual cloud spend optimized across AWS, GCP, Azure & OCI
500+
Engineers led globally across 4 countries
About me

Engineering leader. AI builder. Platform architect.

I build engineering organizations that can move fast and think big. From launching PS4 and PS5 to delivering agentic AI at Informatica, my career spans 30 years of turning complex technical challenges into real business outcomes.

Today I'm driving agentic AI and LLM-powered data management at Informatica, building AI teams from the ground up to create wing-to-wing solutions that keep models grounded to enterprise data sets.

Agentic AI LLM Fine-tuning Machine Learning Engineering Leadership Platform Architecture Microservices AWS / GCP / Azure Data Platforms Personalization eCommerce NoSQL Kubernetes SRE Board Reporting
Public speaking
🎙
ELC San Francisco — 2024
Podcast: Building teams to deliver Gen AI products
🎤
AWS Keynote — Irvine, 2018
PlayStation Personalization with AWS
🎤
Aerospike Summit — 2020
Keynote: Personalization @ PlayStation
Education
MS in Computer Science
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
BE in Computer Science Engineering
University of Mysore, India
Work history

30 years of building at scale.

Informatica, Inc.
(acq. by Salesforce)
Dec 2022 – Present
Senior Vice President, Software Engineering
Informatica

Scaling AI-powered data management platform serving enterprise customers globally, leading 500+ engineers across 4 countries.

  • Delivered Agentic CLAIRE GPT & CoPilot NL experiences for data management — ingestion, catalog, and master data management. Fine-tuned LLMs to keep models grounded to enterprise datasets.
  • Enhanced cloud platform POD architecture to drive higher reliability and availability for data management services.
  • Delivered shared service platform capabilities: identity management, metering, licensing, secure agent, and BYK key management.
  • Led Infrastructure, SRE, Developer Experience (SPACE framework), and Operational teams. Optimized $130M+ annual cloud spend across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI at 99.9% reliability.
Peloton Interactive, Inc.
Mar 2021 – Dec 2022
Vice President, Software Engineering
Peloton

Responsible for Platform, Personalization, and Strength products including hardware, system software, cloud & AI/CV.

  • Led product strategy and delivery of the Peloton Guide — the first Strength product, using camera and device ML to track workout form and rep counts.
  • Led Personalization team driving engagement, delight, and monetization via personalized recommendations for 7M+ members on Bike, Tread, iOS, Android, TV, and Guide platforms.
  • Owned Peloton Platform: Data Platform, AWS Cloud infrastructure, User Identity Services, and Developer Experience tools.
  • Managed 180+ engineers across NY, Santa Clara, US Remote, and Ukraine.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation)
Jan 2012 – Mar 2021
Vice President, Platform & Services
PlayStation

Delivering platforms & services powering monetization and data activation for 100M+ monthly active users.

  • Introduced AWS to Sony PlayStation. Spearheaded the launch of PS4 in 2013 — the first fully connected gaming device with social & multiplayer, growing PS+ to 38M subscribers.
  • Built intelligent data and ML-driven PS5 in 2020; leveraged gaming data to match players at similar skill levels and guide in-game decisions.
  • Scaled user base from 1M → 100M+ users, growing digital business from $700M → $15B/yr in 8+ years.
  • Launched 500+ personalized microservices via Kubernetes to 100M+ users across multiple AWS regions.
  • Directly managed 220+ engineers with a $70M/yr budget. Led PS5 launch readiness across 3,000+ Sony engineers.
Rock You Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Sr. Director of Engineering
Rock You
  • Head of advertising engineering delivering social game advertising for clients including Zynga and RockYou.
  • Built display, video, and branded ad platform delivering 500M impressions/day.
  • Managed 50+ engineers across the Bay Area and Romania.
Yahoo! Inc.
2007 – 2011
Sr. Manager of Engineering
Yahoo!
  • Delivered content and video platforms using Hadoop to enable data sharing and offline machine learning.
  • Built video platform powering Yahoo! properties with partner and UGC video delivery.
  • Managed 50+ engineers across Sunnyvale and Bangalore.
InDplay, Macrovision, Borland, SumTotal
1995 – 2007
Director, Architect, Engineer
Various
  • Honed skills across startups and public companies: eBay-type film license negotiation platform, software license DRM, CORBA implementation for VisiBroker, and content learning systems.
Get in touch
Let's build something transformative together.

Open to advisory roles, board conversations, and executive leadership opportunities in AI, platform engineering, and data.

sbathini@gmail.com (408) 410-3439 linkedin.com/in/sbathini Los Gatos, California