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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
01.2022 - 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
06.2020 - 01.2022
  • 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
09.2016 - 06.2020
  • 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
05.2011 - 08.2016
  • 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
01.2011 - 05.2011
  • 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
07.2010 - 01.2011
  • 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
10.2008 - 06.2010
  • 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
10.2006 - 10.2008

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

Education

MBA - Business Analytics

NMIMS
Bangalore
07.2018 - 11.2021

Skills

Strategic planning

Key Performance Indicators

Coaching and mentoring

Operations management

Cloud Computing

Cloud Migration Planning

SaaS and Cloud Business Growth (ARR)

Team Management

AWS Cloud

Account Management

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
01.2022 - Current

Certified Scrum Master

11-2021

ITIL Certification

11-2020

Technical Support Manager

VMware Software India
06.2020 - 01.2022

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

12-2019

VMware certified Implementation expert – VMware (2016-2022)

06-2019

MBA - Business Analytics

NMIMS
07.2018 - 11.2021

Senior Cloud Engineer /Technical Team Lead

VMware Software India
09.2016 - 06.2020

Subject Matter Expert / Team Lead

IBM India
05.2011 - 08.2016

Senior Engineer

Accenture India
01.2011 - 05.2011

IT Associate

ZS Associates
07.2010 - 01.2011

Windows Server Administrator

SVAM International INC.
10.2008 - 06.2010

Senior Tech Support Officer

Convergys India
10.2006 - 10.2008
Atul SrivastavaManager, Cloud Customer Success