Technology leadership · Cloud · AI

Unifying people,
systems, and
strategy.

I’m Klaus Putter. I lead technical programs and engineering teams, bringing together enterprise cloud operations, business strategy, and a growing focus on AI transformation.

Explore my experienceAI & cloud credentials
UNIFIED, COHESIVE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
GovernanceCloudReliabilitySecurityPeopleStrategyTPM
Business strategyEngineering depthApplied AI
50+

OCI tenancies established and managed

55%

Expense reduction through utilization improvements

Global

Team leadership across the globe

01 / Experience

A career built on delivery.

From engineering and quality assurance to strategic programs and site reliability, my work connects technical execution with operational outcomes.

04/2025 — 10/2026

Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

Oracle Corporation, USA

  • Led a distributed SRE team across the United States and India, managing reliability, optimization, and costs across 50+ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancies.
  • Supported Fusion Applications development infrastructure, application deployments, and IP address governance.
04/2021 — 04/2025

Senior Principal Technical Program Manager

Oracle Corporation, USA

  • Drove strategic programs, migrated development infrastructure to OCI, and optimized CI/CD delivery.
  • Collaborated with finance and OCI teams to lower expenses by 55% through service utilization improvements.
  • Developed self-service support processes and tools for observability, governance, and cost management.
08/2015 — 04/2021

Principal Technical Program Manager

Oracle Corporation, USA

  • Established 50+ OCI tenancies for Fusion Applications development and coordinated the migration of infrastructure and applications.
  • Led new product introduction from vision and legal approvals through operational readiness and internal systems integration.
12/2011 — 08/2015Technical Program ManagerOracle Corporation, USA
  • Improved operational frameworks, security compliance, product taxonomy, and developer onboarding.
  • Coordinated development desktop deployments and upgrades across Asia, Europe, and North America.
02/2009 — 12/2011Principal EngineeringOracle Corporation, USA
  • Led monitoring and technical operations for worldwide support contact center infrastructure.
  • Planned data and voice networks, load balancing, database replication, and service reliability.
03/2002 — 02/2009Group Manager, Quality AssuranceOracle Corporation, USA / Telephony@Work
  • Led implementation, customer consulting, and distributed quality assurance teams.
  • Transitioned QA into Oracle following the 2006 acquisition and established a 15-engineer testing team in India.
05/2000 — 12/2001Software Development ManagerTierra Telecom
  • Managed engineers developing systems for prepaid phone card sales, distribution, and operations.
12/1999 — 12/2001Adjunct ProfessorAlliant International University
  • Taught information systems courses and contributed to departmental research.
02 / Skills

Strategy meets execution.

Hands-on engineering, enterprise operations, and the leadership to move complex work forward.

01

AI & transformation

Combining recent AI training with a career in enterprise delivery and operational improvement.

AI Cloud InfrastructureAI adoption planningAI governanceAgent workflowsMachine learning
02

Cloud & reliability

Building and operating enterprise development infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

OCISREObservabilityCI/CDCost optimizationArchitectureStrategyGovernanceSecurityAutomation
03

Leadership & engineering

Connecting business priorities, distributed teams, and hands-on automation.

Technical program managementPythonJavaPerlOCI SDKTeam leadershipTeam buildingVarious productivity toolsStrategic transformation
03 / Education

Technical roots.
Business perspective.

Master of Business Administration

United States International University
Now Alliant International University

International business, strategic management, information systems, operations, and finance.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University for Applied Sciences Dortmund

Software development, database systems, AI, neural networks, and embedded systems. Final project: a Java-based linear algebra learning and visualization tool.

ADDITIONAL STUDY

UC San Diego Extension

Completed coursework in Project Management and Intellectual Property Law.

04 / Certifications & learning

Always building knowledge.

Professional certifications and completed courses in AI, cloud infrastructure, data, and delivery.

Cisco

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Course completion

Issued 10/2026

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Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Enterprise AI Professional

Professional certification

Issued 08/2026

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Stanford | Online

Machine Learning (Stanford University - Andrew Ng)

Course completion

Issued 01/2021

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University of California San Diego

Introduction to Big Data

Course completion

Issued 01/2021

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Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate

Professional certification

Issued 07/2020

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Oracle

Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist

Professional certification

Issued 07/2020

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Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Cloud Operations Certified Associate

Professional certification

Issued 08/2020

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Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Associate

Professional certification

Issued 08/2020

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Scrum Alliance

Certified ScrumMaster®

Professional certification

Issued 01/2019

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05 / Contact

Let’s connect.

Get in touch about technology leadership, cloud infrastructure, AI transformation, or opportunities to work together.

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