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VMware Cloud on AWS – Software Defined Data Center 2019 – VMware
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Atul Srivastava

Atul Srivastava

Manager, Cloud Customer Success
BANGALORE

Summary

Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Manager, Cloud Customer Success (APAC)

VMware Software India Private Limited
Bangalore
2022.01 - Current

People Management :


  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Developed standard operating procedures and internal processes related to program.
  • Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
  • Analyzed data trends for management team.
  • Planned and budgeted accurately to provide business with resources needed to operate smoothly.


Account / Relationship Management :

  • Being a leader in a matrix model supporting sales functions, corporate product teams, support organizations, and partner teams
  • Support tracking and reporting on key customer success metrics to the Director of Customer Success including customer retention risk, adoption, renewal rates, ARR growth/decline, upsell & cross sell rates, and customer behavior patterns.


  • Participate in Renewals, Planning for ARR Growth and consumption, Engaging with Sales leadership to review the challenges and Sales Pipeline
  • Participate as a key member of the global CS team, contributing to business planning, forecasting, and business reviews
  • Meeting C Level Customer contact and conduct MBRs and QBRs
  • Manage Escalations and RCAs


Technology Working on :


  • Cloud Management, SaaS, AWS, VMware, Networking


Tools :

Salesforce, Gainsight, JIRA, Tableau, Confluence, MS Office, power BI


Technical Support Manager

VMware Software India
Bangalore
2020.06 - 2022.01
  • Tracked KPIs and created continuous improvement plans.
  • Managing key customer success metrics - SLA, CSAT, Time to Resolution (TTR), Knowledge Contribution etc.
  • Analyzed and developed service goals for in-bound call center.
  • Developed and implemented training initiatives for new hires.
  • Increased customer satisfaction ratings to 98%.
  • Led technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
  • Communicated regularly with customers concerning data exchange and technology integration.
  • Wrote strategic business plans outlining need for departmental information technology resources.
  • Implemented and maintained technology and software budget.
  • Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
  • Managed a Team responsible for delivering excellent technical support in a 24x7x365 SaaS environment
  • responsible for hiring, development, training, and skills management for a team of Cloud Support Engineers.
  • Perform case quality reviews and coach team members toward driving improved customer experience



Technologies Supported :


Tanzu portfolio products, DR solution cloud Availability. VMware Cloud on AWS, Cloud, and hybrid cloud.


Senior Cloud Engineer /Technical Team Lead

VMware Software India
Bangalore
2016.09 - 2020.06
  • Worked with cloud architect to generate assessments and develop and implement actionable recommendations based on results and reviews.
  • Utilized code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems.
  • Understood client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis.
  • Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
  • Streamlined the cloud support business by designing and Worked with other businesses units and established regular and successful collaboration.
  • Worked with Training and development team to develop the Cloud support training module.
  • Identified and designed the best support model to help customers get effective and faster resolution to their issues. Like creating and promoting online community.
  • Handling customer escalations.
  • Prepare Cloud Migration plan for customers from On-prem to cloud
  • Validate customers Cloud and hybrid design architecture.





Subject Matter Expert / Team Lead

IBM India
Noida
2011.05 - 2016.08
  • Designed and prepared technical reports, studies, and related documentation.
  • Led teams in scheduled and unscheduled equipment maintenance to optimize readiness.
  • Developed and presented business cases, presentations and reports to senior management.
  • Supported enterprise and business goals by introducing new product and service offerings.
  • Monitored and tracked user progress to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Improved system performance by eliminating operational gaps and software bugs.
  • Analyzed business problems, identifying root causes and developing robust solutions.
  • Documented diagnostic results and supported root cause analysis and troubleshooting.
  • Lead a team of 25 people as technical lead (Subject matter expert)
  • Team Performance evaluation
  • Change Management: Technical planning and Review of Change requests created by team members
  • Disaster Recovery Implementation and testing

Senior Engineer

Accenture India
Gurgram
2011.01 - 2011.05
  • Trained and managed drafters, junior engineers and surveyors.
  • Joined as Senior Engineer for L3 level support.
  • Worked as a TL for 2 Dummy Projects.
  • Worked includes Creating team Roaster, Maintaining attendance.
  • Managing dummy project work
  • Conduct training for the Team on different Microsoft technologies.

IT Associate

ZS Associates
Gurgram
2010.07 - 2011.01
  • Used ticketing systems to manage and process support actions and requests.
  • Translated complex technical issues into digestible language for non-technical users.
  • Collaborated with supervisors to escalate and address customer inquiries or technical issues.
  • Assisted customers in identifying issues and explained solutions to restore service and functionality.
  • Working as a part of Windows Server and Monitoring Team.
  • Managing Print, Terminal, proxy, and domain controller, File server with DNS
    and DHCP server.
  • Windows based troubleshooting, Monitoring tool like Netiq app-manager, SolarWinds Orion, UPS Monitoring.
  • Training, Coordination with vendors and other teams.

Windows Server Administrator

SVAM International INC.
Noida
2008.10 - 2010.06
  • Analyzed network traffic and performance metrics to optimize system performance.
  • Maximized system availability through development and testing of contingency plans.
  • Identified and resolved network congestion issues and bottlenecks.
  • Researched and recommended new technologies and strategies for improving system performance.
  • Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging and production systems.
  • Implemented and maintained virtual private networks.
  • Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.

Senior Tech Support Officer

Convergys India
Gurgram
2006.10 - 2008.10


A Senior Technical Support Engineer who was providing technical support to Microsoft customers for Windows servers.

Education

MBA - Business Analytics

NMIMS
Bangalore
2018.07 - 2021.11

Skills

Strategic planning

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master

VMware Cloud on AWS – Software Defined Data Center 2019 – VMware

A Certification that helped me understand the IaaS

Timeline

Manager, Cloud Customer Success (APAC)

VMware Software India Private Limited
2022.01 - Current

Certified Scrum Master

2021-11

ITIL Certification

2020-11

Technical Support Manager

VMware Software India
2020.06 - 2022.01

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization Deployment – VMware

2019-12

VMware certified Implementation expert – VMware (2016-2022)

2019-06

MBA - Business Analytics

NMIMS
2018.07 - 2021.11

Senior Cloud Engineer /Technical Team Lead

VMware Software India
2016.09 - 2020.06

Subject Matter Expert / Team Lead

IBM India
2011.05 - 2016.08

Senior Engineer

Accenture India
2011.01 - 2011.05

IT Associate

ZS Associates
2010.07 - 2011.01

Windows Server Administrator

SVAM International INC.
2008.10 - 2010.06

Senior Tech Support Officer

Convergys India
2006.10 - 2008.10
Atul SrivastavaManager, Cloud Customer Success