Madhushree
Kumari
Staff Software Engineer at Visa Inc.
"Building Digital Borders for Cloud Data"
"Building Digital Borders for Cloud Data"
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Session: Building Digital Borders for Cloud Data
In today’s cloud-driven world, data often travels across the globe without us realizing it. However, new privacy laws now require that personal information stay within specific national borders. This creates a major challenge for distributed systems: how do we keep data localized without losing the reliability and speed we expect from the cloud? This talk introduces a "Location-Aware" storage system that solves this problem. By rewriting the rules of how data is copied and stored, we’ve built a system that treats geographic boundaries as hard limits. We will explore how "Regional Controllers" can act as digital border guards to prevent data leaks, and how we can maintain high availability by using multiple backups within a single country. This session provides a practical roadmap for building storage systems that are both technically resilient and legally compliant in an era of digital sovereignty.Key Takeaways
- a practical roadmap for building storage systems that are both technically resilient and legally compliant in an era of digital sovereignty
Bio
Madhushree Kumari is an accomplished technology leader with over 12 years of experience in architecting and delivering scalable distributed systems. She currently serves as a Staff Software Engineer at Visa, contributing to the FX trading platform within the Clearance and Settlement (CAS) team. In this role, she leads a globally distributed team across the U.S., India and Poland, while also functioning as a hands on technical lead. Her responsibilities span the design and implementation of critical product features, with a strong focus on microservices and micro frontend architectures within the FXTI group.Throughout her career, Madhushree has held impactful roles at leading firms including SAP, McAfee, IBM and FIS and has consistently delivered high performance, cloud native solutions in regulatory environments. She brings deep technical expertise in Java, Spring, Kubernetes, AWS, AI and distributed system design. In addition to product development, she actively mentors engineers, leads knowledge sharing sessions and bridges cross-functional alignment between engineering, product and compliance teams.
Madhushree holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She is currently pursuing the Artificial Intelligence Professional Program from Stanford University, further strengthening her expertise in applied AI and machine learning.
A Senior Member of IEEE and a Distinguished Fellow of the Soft Computing Research Society (DisF-SCRS) and Hackathon Raptors, she is a dedicated leader in the tech community. She currently serves as Secretary for IEEE Young Professionals Atlanta and sits on the Advisory Council for Products That Count. As a Founding Member at WomenTech and a contributor to the IEEE Artificial Intelligence Policy Committee (AIPC), she actively advocates for female workforce participation and responsible AI governance.
As a leading figure in technology, she is the Silver Winner of the WomenTech Global Awards 2025 in the Software Engineering Leader of the Year category and a recipient of the ISRLA 2025 Women in Tech Excellence Award.
Deeply engaged in the professional community, she frequently contributes to the global tech ecosystem as a keynote speaker, session chair, and peer reviewer for IEEE conferences and renowned journals. She has also served as a judge at innovation hackathons and student competitions. Passionate about mentorship and community engagement, she volunteers as a mentor with AnitaB.org, NextUp and her alma mater Georgia Tech, promoting innovation and professional development in the tech industry.
