Dedicated professional with a total of 15+ years of experience, combining expertise in cloud computing with a strong background in stakeholder, customer success, and customer operations. Proven record of driving successful projects and customer experience.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Lead – Customer Success Manager
Apptio
06.2023 - Current
Responsibility
Managing a Team of 10 CSMs and partially handling 10 customer accounts
Train and manage/mentor a team of Customer Success Managers
Onboarding new customers and conveying platform functionality and periodic changes/feature updates and own platform adoption
Relationship Management with a set of multi-cloud customers and helping them with all their requirements from the product and conduct business reviews
Proactively reach out to customers and help them understand new features on the platform and increase engagement.
Sr. Technical Customer Support Specialist
Amazon Webservices
09.2017 - 05.2023
Leading Cost Optimization for AWS Enterprise APAC Customers with cost control and account management
Onboarding Amazon Enterprise customers and enabling clients on Cloud Finances, AWS tools, Shared Responsibility, Security, well-managed Architecture, and Best Practices
Providing onsite customer support and/or handling critical conference calls with customers and support teams
Being the customer-facing voice for Enterprise addressing complex Billing and Cost optimization queries
Providing prompt, efficient, detailed, customer-oriented service to Enterprise AWS customers
Working with Enterprise customers to understand how they use AWS services and raise product feature requests on behalf of customers
Actively seeking solutions to customer needs, communicating trends to leadership, and suggesting innovative solutions on behalf of the customer experience
Assisting with Enterprise customer communication during AWS critical launches and support events
Escalation point of contact for APAC and AISPL Enterprise customers
Work with the training team in developing training material and driving projects that improve support-related processes
Participate in hiring events & conduct P2P interviews.
Microsoft Azure Consultant
Microsoft - Sonata Software
03.2016 - 09.2017
Responsibility
Leading Azure support team to achieve business objectives including the attainment of targets for customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, service levels, and monthly reviews
Ensure that direct reports have the resources, information, and processes necessary to deliver effective solutions to our customers
Assist Team members in onboarding Azure Pro-Direct customers
Build trusted advisor relationships with key stakeholders within the customer organization, including CFO CTO, IT Directors, and LOB leaders as well as technology professionals
Managing escalations by Azure Enterprise customers
Responsible for mapping client's requirements and offering customized solutions for better product management services
Accountable for driving relationships with various teams comprised of Microsoft, Partner, and customer resources engaged in the delivery of complex solutions that result in a One Microsoft approach
Work with Tier 1 technical account managers to ensure SLAs for premier and pro-direct customers are met
Liaison with various Data Center Managers during platform downtime
Liaison with BizSpark & BizSpark plus teams in order to onboard startups
Pro-actively monitor business critical support issues
Help Enterprise customers plan for deployment and migrations
Ensure outage communications are sent to all Enterprise customers
Capture opportunities and work with PG to have them implemented
Host Ask the Expert Sessions
Train New Hires on tools/process workflow
Azure Engineer
Microsoft - Magna Infotech
02.2015 - 03.2016
Liaison with presales in acquiring Enterprise customers
Responsible for mapping client's requirements and offering customized solutions for better product management services
Accountable for driving relationships with various partners
Work with Tier 1 technical account managers to ensure SLAs for premier and pro-direct customers are met.
Associate Manager, Team Lead
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2005 - 01.2015
Responsibility
Managing a team of 10 - 15 members
Leading workflow distribution and floor management to ensure that service levels are met
Incentive management across teams
Stack rank management across teams
Responsible for Monthly operation review
Prepare and analyze various reports including process dashboards and team performance charts
Education
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation Associate
Academic Credentials -
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounts
SGS Autonomous College
Sidhi Madhya Pradesh
04.1999 - 06.2002
Higher Secondary School - Biology
CHZ High School Satna
04.1997 - 06.1999
ICSE - undefined
Kerala Samajam Model School
Singh - undefined
Skills
Leverage data and analytics to make informed decisions regarding cost-saving initiatives and resource allocationundefined
Certification
Amazon Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Lead – Customer Success Manager
Apptio
06.2023 - Current
Sr. Technical Customer Support Specialist
Amazon Webservices
09.2017 - 05.2023
Microsoft Azure Consultant
Microsoft - Sonata Software
03.2016 - 09.2017
Azure Engineer
Microsoft - Magna Infotech
02.2015 - 03.2016
Associate Manager, Team Lead
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2005 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounts
SGS Autonomous College
04.1999 - 06.2002
Higher Secondary School - Biology
CHZ High School Satna
04.1997 - 06.1999
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundation Associate
Academic Credentials -