Sathish Kumar Velayudam is a Principal Architect at Cox Automotive with over 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale Salesforce and AI solutions. He has led the design of cloud-native architectures across automotive retail and wholesale operations, driving measurable business impact and multi-million-dollar cost savings through AWS and MuleSoft integrations. His expertise spans AI/ML technologies, enterprise system integration, and technical leadership. He leads cross-functional teams of developers and analysts while mentoring developers and emerging architects, helping them navigate complex systems and adopt evolving AI and integration practices. Sathish holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering (MS, BITS Pilani), an MBA and an undergraduate degree in Engineering. He actively contributes to research through conference presentations and peer review for international conferences in AI, data science, and emerging technologies.