10 Teradata engineering leaders
Kagan Kaya, Vice President of Engineering at Teradata, heads this list of Teradata engineering leaders, which also includes senior directors and directors of engineering for cloud and AI platforms, analytic applications and performance engineering who hold their roles today. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Teradata from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brandon North
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Teradata
Brandon North has been Director of Software Engineering at Teradata since March 2024, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brandon North was Sr Manager, Software Engineering at Teradata from 2018 to 2024, Software Engineering Manager there in 2018 and Level III Software Engineer there from 2014 to 2018.
Dayou Zhou
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Teradata
Dayou Zhou has been Director of Engineering at Teradata since September 2022, based in San Diego, with a headline that gives an org size of 60+. Dayou Zhou was Senior Engineering Manager at Teradata from 2019 to 2022, Senior Staff Software Engineer there from 2017 to 2019 and Staff Software Engineer there from 2014 to 2017.
Dheeraj Bathula
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Enterprise Cloud and AI Platforms · Teradata
Dheeraj Bathula has been Director of Engineering, Enterprise Cloud and AI Platforms at Teradata since March 2026, based in the Austin, Texas area, and says they lead the multi cloud platform backbone powering enterprise scale workloads across Azure and Google Cloud. Dheeraj Bathula was Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering at Teradata from 2023 to 2026 and Cloud Engineering Manager there from 2022 to 2023.
Fraz Nayyar
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · Teradata
Fraz Nayyar has been Sr. Director of Engineering at Teradata since November 2020, based in the Raleigh-Durham area, and describes leading groups working on Teradata's analytic applications, including Vantage Customer Experience (VCX), Customer Interaction Manager (CIM) and Master Data Manager (MDM). Fraz Nayyar also held the role Director of Engineering at Teradata from 2005 to 2020.
Guilian (Jenny) Wang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Teradata Sustaining and Performance Engineering · Teradata
Guilian (Jenny) Wang has been Senior Director, Teradata Sustaining and Performance Engineering at Teradata since April 2026, based in San Diego. Guilian (Jenny) Wang was Director, Data Platform at MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. from 2024 to 2026, Engineering Leader, DynamoDB Performance at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2022 to 2024 and Engineering Director, Emerging Technologies at Teradata from 2016 to 2022.
Janhavi Rajagopal
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Teradata
Janhavi Rajagopal has been Director of Engineering at Teradata since March 2026, based in the Washington DC-Baltimore area, with a headline that names data platform strategy and execution. Janhavi Rajagopal was Senior Engineering Manager at Teradata from 2023 to 2026 and Senior Staff Software Engineer, Teradata Vantage Analytics Platform there from 2019 to 2023.
Kagan Kaya
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · Teradata
Kagan Kaya has been Vice President of Engineering at Teradata since August 2026, based in San Diego, and also lists a Senior Director of Engineering row at Teradata open since March 2022. Kagan Kaya was Director of Engineering at Teradata from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Engineering Manager there from 2015 to 2019, and cites hands-on leadership in building and delivering hardware and software products.
Karthik Logasundaram
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of Engineering · Teradata
Karthik Logasundaram has been Sr Director of Engineering at Teradata since March 2024, based in Lathrop, California, and also held the role Director Of Engineering at Teradata from 2013 to 2025. Karthik Logasundaram was Vice President at Bank of America from 2012 to 2013 and cites experience in analytics, cloud platforms and managing development teams.
Richa Vyas
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Teradata
Richa Vyas has been Director of Engineering at Teradata since March 2026, based in Seattle, with a headline that names the role Director of Engineering, User Interface & AI Platform, and also lists a Senior Manager row at Teradata open since March 2023. Richa Vyas was Manager, Cloud Engineering at Teradata from 2021 to 2023.
SenthilKumar Vaiyapuri
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cloud Engineering · Teradata
SenthilKumar Vaiyapuri has been Director of Cloud Engineering at Teradata since March 2023, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a headline that names agentic AI and multi cloud systems and infrastructure. SenthilKumar Vaiyapuri was Senior Engineering Manager at Teradata from 2021 to 2023 and Engineering Manager there from 2020 to 2021.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering leadership role?
- 02How have you organized the engineering groups you lead, and what would you change next time?
- 03What have you learned about coordinating work across the engineering groups you depend on?
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