Ravi Byakod

CTO, Walmart Mexico & VP of Engineering, Walmart International at Walmart de México y Centroamérica, Walmart International

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

About Ravi Byakod

Ravi Byakod is CTO, Walmart Mexico & VP of Engineering, Walmart International at Walmart de México y Centroamérica, Walmart International. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States.

Transformational Technology Executive & Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience scaling distributed systems for the world’s largest commerce platforms (Walmart, Shopify, Adobe, Google). Currently serving in a dual capacity at Walmart International, as VP Engineering driving global engineering strategy for a $120B business spanning 18 countries, while serving as CTO for Walmart Mexico, the company’s largest international market. Leading "Single Platform Acceleration" (SPA), a strategic initiative unifying tech stacks across Canada, Mexico, and Chile that delivered $100M in incremental GMV and 40% faster feature rollouts. A pioneer in enterprise AI adoption, achieving 100% Copilot adoption and launching proprietary Agentic AI tools that drove double-digit productivity gains. CORE COMPETENCIES • Global Engineering Strategy: Multi-market Platform Convergence, Supply Chain Modernization, Legacy Decommissioning. • AI & Digital Transformation: Generative AI, Agentic AI Workflows, Developer Productivity (Copilot/Atlas), Large-Scale Automation. • Organizational Turnaround: Org Design, Vendor Consolidation, Tech Debt Reduction, Incident Management (Zero P0 culture). • Commerce Architecture: High-Scale Distributed Systems, Cloud-Native Migration, FinTech & Payments, Omnichannel Fulfillment.

Skills

  • Core ML
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Additional experience

  • CTO, Walmart Mexico (Market Transformation):

    Walmart de México y Centroamérica

    Started January 2025

Education

  • CTO Exec Program, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
  • Bootcamp, University of San Diego