VP of Engineering, Neo Clouds AI Infra & Hyper Scalar Cloud Storage · Greater Seattle Area

RonilMokashi

Leading NetApp’s Hyperscaler and Neo Clouds AI infrastructure — Novus (100 TB/s), GCNV, OCI NetApp Storage, AWS FSxN. Formerly scaled AWS CloudFront to $1B revenue and 220M req/s.

At peak scale, systems I built & led:
30+
Patents Granted
$1B
Revenue Grown
250Tb/s
Tb/s Throughput
300+
Engineers Led
220M
Req/s Peak
ronil@ronil.us
(201) ***-****
LinkedIn
Google Scholar
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Summary

Transformed AWS CloudFront from an emerging platform in 2016 to a $1B revenue-generating service with 700K active AWS accounts by 2024 — a foundational component of global internet infrastructure impacting hundreds of millions of users. Now VP of Engineering for NetApp’s Neo Clouds AI Infrastructure, leading Novus (100+ TB/s for AI factories, launched Sep 2026), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (200 GiB/s read, 3M IOPS), the OCI NetApp Storage Service (GA Oct 2026), and AWS FSxN. Holds 30+ patents. Deep expertise in organizational transformation, AI/ML adoption, multi-cloud strategy, and building secure, high-availability, low-latency systems at planetary scale.

Cloud Storage & Multi-Cloud
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), AWS FSxN, OCI NetApp Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes OnTap, Hyperscaler Abstraction, Data Plane / Control Plane Architecture.
CDN & Edge Computing
AWS CloudFront, WAF/DDoS, TLS/QUIC, HTTP/3, RSA 4k/3k & ECDSA security, Regional Edge Caches, open-source s2n-tls & s2n-quic protocol contributions.
Engineering Leadership
Organizational transformation, executive coaching, DevOps 2.0, AI/ML in coding (Cursor), patent & IP strategy, AWS Bar Raiser, 300+ senior hiring interviews.
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Key Contributions & Impact

Scaled AWS CloudFront to $1B Revenue
Transformed CloudFront from an emerging platform to a $1B service with 700K active accounts and 220M requests/second, 250+ Tb/s. Delivered content for 2022 Soccer World Cup, Super Bowl, and Amazon Prime Day.
Prime Day Post →
NetApp Novus: 100 TB/s for AI Factories
Led engineering for Novus, a next-generation dataplane for high-throughput AI training and inferencing — 100 TB/s sequential read, billions of files, multi-zettabyte scale in a single namespace. Launched September 2026.
OCI NetApp Storage Service
Led the engineering partnership bringing native ONTAP to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a first-party service — integrating NetApp's 4th hyperscaler. Generally available October 2026.
Launched NetApp Block on Google Cloud
Led Block AGA Launch in just 9 months — one of the fastest large-scale launches in NetApp's Cloud Business Unit. Featured in media. Gave joint public presentation with Google at NetApp Insight.
Media Coverage →
Google's Highest Throughput File Service
Elevated GCNV sequential read throughput from 12.5 GiB/s to 30 GiB/s. Improved EDA write performance 4× for AWS FSxN.
DevOps 2.0 Transformation
Shifted from QA/SRE-heavy to engineering-focused operations. Core engineering headcount grew from 36% to ~90% by 2025 EOY. Average ticket resolution cut from 72 hours to ~14 hours.
Pioneered AI Adoption in Engineering
Led Cloud BU's AI initiative integrating Cursor — 50% reduction in implementation time, ~80% unit test generation, ~90% code coverage maintained across the engineering organization.
Cloud Agnostic Control Plane
Developed hyperscaler abstraction layer compressing deployment schedules from 2.5 months to 1 week — a 10× improvement in time-to-market for new cloud features across AWS and Google.
Swipe-Based 1-Click Checkout
Patent "System for Determining Content for Advance Rendering" now powers Amazon's swipe-based 1-click checkout, adopted by half of Amazon app users. Covered by TechCrunch.
TechCrunch →
Field-Level Encryption on CloudFront
Patent "Encryption Profiles for Encrypting User-Submitted Data" launched as AWS Field-Level Encryption — a flagship CloudFront security product protecting sensitive data at the edge for millions of users globally.
AWS Launch →
Amazon Search Revenue Algorithms
Devised Freshness & Seasonality algorithm for Amazon Search — multi-million dollar revenue impact. Introduced first iOS touch-to-zoom on product pages — million-dollar revenue increase within weeks of joining.
Native ONTAP on Every Major Cloud
With the OCI NetApp Storage Service, NetApp now offers native ONTAP storage on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — one data management plane across all four hyperscalers.
DevOps 2.0 & AI-Led Engineering
Shifted the org from QA/SRE-heavy to engineering-focused (66% → 80% core engineering); cut ticket resolution from 72 to ~14 hours. AI initiative: 50% faster implementation, ~80% of unit tests generated, ~90% code coverage.
Open-Source Contributions
aws/s2n-tls
TLS protocol implementation used across CloudFront's global edge. Supports RSA 4k/3k and ECDSA — strengthening encryption standards for the web.
github.com/aws/s2n-tls →
aws/s2n-quic
QUIC/HTTP/3 protocol library enabling reduced latency for global internet users. Powers CloudFront's HTTP/3 rollout serving 250+ Tb/s worldwide.
github.com/aws/s2n-quic →
CloudFront Reference Customers
Publicly referenceable customer case studies for the CDN platform scaled under Ronil's leadership at AWS.
aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/customers →
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Customers
Reference customers including Wayfair, OpenText, and Akumin — adopters of the GCNV platform Ronil leads engineering for at NetApp.
cloud.google.com/netapp-volumes →
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Latest

NetApp Novus
The fastest storage on the planet for AI factories. Disaggregated architecture delivering 100 TB/s aggregate throughput in a single namespace. Unveiled at NetApp INSIGHT 2026, September 2026.
OCI NetApp Storage Service
Fully managed, OCI-native ONTAP storage service, announced September 2026. Completes NetApp's native storage footprint across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud.
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Experience

Jul 2026
— Present
NetApp

VP of Engineering (Neo Clouds AI Infra - NOVUS, GCP NetApp Volumes, OCI NetApp Storage, AWS FSxN)

Leading the engineering organization for NetApp's Hyperscaler and Neo Clouds business unit — Novus, GCNV, OCI NetApp Storage, and AWS FSxN.

Novus: next-gen dataplane for AI training and inferencing — 100 TB/s sequential read throughput, fastest in the industry as of Sep 2026.
OCI: led engineering partnership for the NetApp OCI 1P offering — 4th hyperscaler integrated, GA Oct 2026.
GCNV: 200 GiB/s read throughput, 3M read IOPS, 60 GiB/s EDA performance — an 800× improvement in a year.
Aug 2024
— Jul 2026
NetApp

Vice President Cloud Storage Engineering (GCP NetApp Volumes, AWS FSxN, CVO)

Leading engineering for NetApp's cloud business unit across GCNV, AWS FSxN, and Virtual Storage Appliance with a global team of 300 engineers.

Executed Block AGA Launch in 9 months — one of the fastest large-scale launches in NetApp's Cloud BU history. Presented jointly with Google at NetApp Insight.
Launched 24 NAS features for GCNV Files including Flex Cache without additional headcount.
Elevated GCNV sequential read throughput from 12.5 to 30 GiB/s — Google's highest throughput file service. Improved EDA write performance 4× for AWS FSxN.
Developed Cloud Agnostic Control Plane: deployment schedules from 2.5 months to 1 week. Secured 2 patents, 10+ in progress.
Orchestrated multi-cloud roadmaps with AWS and Google enabling 4× performance via Hyper VSA.
DevOps 2.0: core engineering headcount 36% → ~90% by 2025 EOY; ticket resolution 72 hrs → ~14 hrs.
Led AI adoption (Cursor): 50% faster implementation, ~80% unit test generation, ~90% code coverage.
Sep 2020
— Aug 2024
AWS

Head of CloudFront HTTP Dataplane Org · GM Delegate

Led CloudFront's core HTTP Dataplane handling 220M requests/second and 250+ Tb/s across Seattle, Virginia, Dublin, and London.

Grew CloudFront to $1B revenue, 700K active AWS accounts — a foundational component of global internet infrastructure.
Launched: RSA 4k/3k & ECDSA certs, HTTP/3 (QUIC), Brotli compression, KeyValueStore, Origin Shield, S3 Object Lambda, Unified Security Dashboard, One-Click Security Protections.
Delivered content for 2022 Soccer World Cup, Super Bowl, and Amazon Prime Day under extreme traffic.
AWS Bar Raiser — personally adjudicated 300+ Senior Engineers and SDMs for technical merit and executive potential.
Led open-source contributions: s2n-tls and s2n-quic — advancing global internet security and low-latency standards.
Jun 2016
— Sep 2020
AWS

Engineering Leader, CloudFront

Built and scaled CloudFront's foundational capabilities across Seattle, Virginia, Dublin, and London teams.

Launched HTTP/2 (Sep 2016), IPv6, Regional Edge Caches — new caching layer reducing global origin load.
Shipped WebSocket support (Nov 2018), Origin Failover, and configurable TLS security policies.
Launched Field-Level Encryption — flagship CloudFront security product protecting sensitive data at the edge.
Drove continuous reduction of CloudFront change propagation times, improving platform agility.
Jan 2016
— Jun 2016
Amazon

Engineering Leader — Checkout Analytics

Led Checkout Analytics team, building a data platform (Hive, Spark, R, Jupyter) for real-time checkout optimization insights.

Secured two patents revolutionizing checkout and product discovery — including predictive rendering now used in swipe-based 1-click checkout (TechCrunch, half of Amazon app users).
Patent: "System to Present Items Associated with Media Content" — enables purchasing products featured in movies and shows.
Aug 2014
— Jan 2016
Amazon

Engineering Leader — Softlines CX

Led Amazon's Softlines technical platform using Amazon's KeyValue Store.

Enabled indexing of new products within seconds of upload — transforming the product onboarding process.
Built Google Glass "Click to Buy" prototype — photograph apparel and instantly purchase on Amazon. Won multiple internal hackathons.
Aug 2011
— Aug 2014
Amazon

Software Engineer

Core contributor to Amazon Search, product detail pages, and platform infrastructure.

Devised Freshness & Seasonality algorithm for Amazon Search — multi-million dollar revenue impact.
Introduced first iOS touch-to-zoom on product pages — million-dollar revenue increase; director recognition weeks after joining.
Key contributor to Perl/Mason → Spring MVC migration; built the URL builder still in Amazon's infrastructure today.
Developed automated brand store creation system enabling seamless multi-brand onboarding.
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Recognition & Media

Media Coverage
NetApp Expands Google Cloud Partnership with New Block Storage Capabilities
investing.com →
TechCrunch
Half of Amazon App Users Switched to Swipe-Based 1-Click Checkout — powered by Ronil's patent
techcrunch.com →
Joint Presentation
NetApp Insight: Joint Google + NetApp Presentation on Block Storage Launch
netapp.com/insight →
Video Feature
Accelerate Hybrid Cloud with Google Cloud NetApp Volumes for Block Storage
media.netapp.com →
Executive Recognition
Featured in Notable Executive Moves of 2024
CRN →
Patent Impact
Parola Analytics: Ronil's patent cited among key patents for Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite internet
parolaanalytics.com →
Academic — ACM
Image Classification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells — 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium
ACM Digital Library →
Academic — NIST
NIST Publication: Image Classification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
nist.gov →
LinkedIn · AWS
How AWS Powered Prime Day 2024 for Record-Breaking Results
LinkedIn Post →
LinkedIn · NetApp
NetApp Expands Google Cloud Partnership — Block Storage Launch Announcement
LinkedIn Post →
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Testimonials

LinkedIn Recommendation
“His ability to manage large, complex orgs and programs, drive execution, and make difficult decisions quickly stood out. He is extremely methodical and detail oriented — I was deeply impressed with his ability to hire, mentor, and retain exceptional people. He drove a strong vision and strategy for CloudFront and built a diverse team excited to build that vision.”
Michael Sadkov · Principal Engineer, AWS
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Insights

LinkedIn Article
Why 100 TB/s Matters for AI Factories
GPU clusters are only as fast as the data feeding them — idle GPUs burn capital while waiting on storage. This piece breaks down the economics of GPU utilization and the storage bottleneck that NetApp Novus was built to eliminate.
Read on LinkedIn →
LinkedIn Article
What Native ONTAP on OCI Means for the Enterprise
Enterprises running on multiple clouds shouldn't have to replatform their data to move between them. This piece explores how native ONTAP on Oracle Cloud completes a consistent data management plane across all four hyperscalers.
Read on LinkedIn →
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Patents

31 patents across CDN architecture, edge computing, security, e-commerce, and distributed systems. Highlighted patents have had notable real-world product adoption.

⭐ Powers Amazon 1-Click Checkout
System for Determining Content for Advance Rendering (Predictive Content Push)
Adopted by half of Amazon app users via swipe-based 1-click checkout. Covered by TechCrunch Dec 2017.
Jul 9, 2019US10346900B1
⭐ Launched as AWS Field-Level Encryption
Encryption Profiles for Encrypting User-Submitted Data
Launched as Field-Level Encryption on CloudFront — flagship AWS security product protecting sensitive data at the CDN edge globally.
Jun 30, 2020US10699023B1
Workload Management Using Blockchain-Based Transaction Deferrals
Jan 4, 2021US20210124616A1
System to Present Items Associated with Media Content
Jul 3, 2018US10015554B1
Predictive Content Push-Enabled Content Delivery Network
Mar 17, 2020US10592578B1
Automatically Serving Different Versions of Content Responsive to Client Device Rendering Errors
Mar 28, 2023US11616991B1
Interest-Based Advertising Inside a Content Delivery Network
Sep 28, 2021US11132721B1
Distributed Verification of Digital Work Product
Dec 8, 2020US10860659B1
Protecting Data Integrity in a Content Distribution Network
Jul 25, 2023US11709969B2
Transaction Processing at Edge Servers in a Content Distribution Network
Apr 6, 2023US20230104676A1
Stateful Server-Less Multi-Tenant Computing at the Edge
Oct 13, 2020US10805652B1
Digital Content Delivery System
Oct 26, 2021US11157633B1
⭐ Referenced · Amazon Project Kuiper
Content and Compute Delivery Platform Using Satellites
Cited among key patents for Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite internet ambitions by Parola Analytics.
Dec 14, 2021US11201939B1
Content and Compute Delivery Platform Using Satellites (II)
Nov 9, 2021US11171720B1
Dynamic Cache Fleet Management
Apr 27, 2021US10992743B1
Request Routing Utilizing Encoded DNS-Based Messaging Parameters
Aug 17, 2021US11095605B1
Intelligent Hierarchical Caching Based on Metrics for Objects in Different Cache Levels
Jan 4, 2022US11216382B1
Detection of Fraudulent Use of CDN Served Byte Streams
Jan 10, 2023US11552971B1
Dynamic Content Delivery Network Selection Using DNS
Jan 31, 2023US11570278B1
Distributed Metric Collection for Dynamic CDN Selection Using DNS
May 2, 2023US11641410B1
Low Latency Datastore Access for Event-Triggered Functions at the Edge
Aug 10, 2021US11089136B1
Low Latency Query Processing and Data Retrieval at the Edge
Jan 10, 2023US11550800B1
Using Forensic Trails to Mitigate Effects of a Poisoned Cache
Oct 4, 2022US11463535B1
Multi-Tenant Caching Service in a Hosted Computing Environment
Jul 30, 2024US12050534B1
Content-Based Sharding and Routing Algorithm
Feb 6, 2024US11892997B1
Enhanced Systems for Preventing Lost Orders Using Dynamic Shipping Options
Nov 19, 2024US12147936B1
Content Adjustment System for Reduced Latency
Apr 16, 2024US11962825B1
Estimating Effect of a System Change Associated with User Interface Using Synthetic Control
Oct 22, 2024US12124361B1
Patent Pending · Filed Aug 2025
NetApp GCNV / Virtual Storage Appliance Innovation
One of 10+ patents in progress for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes and VSA innovations.
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Education & Research

Master's in Computer Science
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2009 – 2011 · Full Research Scholarship
Authored two research papers published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Developed a machine learning image classifier for Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells achieving 85–99% accuracy — advancing objective, standardized biological cell analysis with potential impact on disease research, cell physiology, and developmental biology. Research presented at the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium and 2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium. Published by NIST.
ACM Paper → NIST Publication → Google Scholar →
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
University of Mumbai
2004 – 2008