Infrastructure & Cloud Practice Leader with 24+ years of experience across public, private and hybrid cloud, enterprise infrastructure, IT operations, program delivery and technology transformation. Proven experience leading cloud and infrastructure practices, centers of excellence, customer engagements, service delivery, pre-sales and techno-commercial initiatives. Strong blend of architecture depth and business leadership across cloud migration, automation/IaC, OpenStack/OpenShift, observability/AIOps, GRC, DC/DR, networking, storage, backup, VDI and managed services.
Experienced with strategic business planning and operational management. Utilizes analytical and problem-solving skills to optimize financial performance and drive growth. Track record of effective leadership and team collaboration in achieving organizational objectives.
Work History
Assistant Vice President – Infrastructure & Cloud Services
1 Year 9 Months
NuSummit Technologies | 12.2024 - 09.2026
Lead Infrastructure & Cloud Services with responsibility for technology practice, delivery leadership, transformation initiatives and next-generation offerings.
Drive Centers of Excellence across Infrastructure Automation (IaC), BYOC (OpenStack/OpenShift), Integrated Cloud Management Platform (ICMP), Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), and Artificial Intelligence & Operations (AIOps).
Provide leadership across enterprise services including migration/CI-CD, DC-DR operations, storage, network, backup, DRaaS, BaaS, VDI/workspace platforms, service desk and vendor/supplier management.
Own solution strategy and customer-facing architecture across hybrid cloud, infrastructure modernization, observability, automation, security and managed services.
Lead technical responses for strategic customer engagements, RFPs, proposals, architecture, resource sizing and commercial/BOQ inputs.
Delivery Leader – Infrastructure & Cloud Services
5 Months
NuSummit Technologies | 07.2024 - 12.2024
Led Infrastructure & Cloud Services delivery and transformation initiatives across cloud, data-center and managed infrastructure domains.
Established and drove COE-led offerings in automation, BYOC, ICMP, GRC and AIOps while coordinating enterprise infrastructure service towers.
Sr. Practice Lead – Cloud Platform (COE)
2 Years 8 Months
NSEIT Limited | 11.2021 - 07.2024
Led Cloud Platform practice and COE initiatives across architecture, delivery, customer engagement and cloud transformation.
Drove cloud platform strategy, solution architecture, delivery governance and collaboration across business, technology and partner teams.
Contributed to innovation and process-improvement initiatives recognized through internal and external awards.
Practice Lead – Cloud Platform (COE)
1 Year 11 Months
NSEIT Limited | 12.2020 - 11.2022
Managed cloud practice activities covering architecture, customer engagement, delivery, standardization and service maturity.
General Manager – Cloud Business Practice
10 Months
TechNEXA Technologies | 02.2020 - 12.2020
Owned delivery and operations management, business/P&L responsibilities, revenue growth and sales partnership.
Led customer and stakeholder management, people leadership, global command-center/NOC operations and partner ecosystem management.
Practice Head – Cloud & Infrastructure
2 Years 6 Months
Allied Digital Services Limited | 07.2017 - 01.2020
Led the Cloud & Infrastructure practice in a techno-commercial role, including COE maturity, customer delivery and DevOps environments.
Owned technical engagement and solution success across AWS, Azure, on-premises and hybrid platforms.
Designed cloud/on-premises/hybrid solutions and supported sales and pre-sales through proposals, presentations, templates and solution kits.
Managed the lifecycle of service offerings from pre-sales and transition through service delivery and maturity; standardized processes and best practices.
Worked across Sales, Pre-Sales, Transition, Service Delivery, HR, Finance and Training while supporting ISO/ITIL-aligned process compliance.
Senior Information Technology Consultant
9 Months
Atidan Technologies | 09.2016 - 06.2017
Senior Information Technology Consultant
2 Years 3 Months
Dimension Data | 05.2014 - 08.2016
Information Technology Consultant
2 Years 1 Month
Sonata Software | 03.2012 - 04.2014
Information Technology Manager
1 Year 5 Months
Stefanini Group | 10.2010 - 03.2012
Senior IT Administrator
4 Years 2 Months
Wipro Technologies / Group of Engineers | 07.2006 - 09.2010
IT System Administrator
1 Year 7 Months
Hewlett Packard – Global Delivery Center | 11.2004 - 06.2006
System Engineer
1 Year 1 Month
Dell International Service India Pvt. Ltd. | 09.2003 - 10.2004
Education
B.Pharmacy
Peoples Education Society College of Pharmacy | Bengaluru | 01-2003
Skills
Cloud & Hybrid Cloud: AWS | Microsoft Azure | Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud | Cloud Migration | Landing Zones | Cloud Operations
Infrastructure Architecture: Compute | Storage | Networking | Virtualization | Data Center | DC/DR | Backup | VDI
Cloud-Native & Platforms: OpenStack | OpenShift | BYOC | Integrated Cloud Management | Infrastructure as Code
Automation & Operations: IaC | AIOps | Automation | Observability | Monitoring | IT Operations | Service Management
Security & Governance: GRC | Risk Management | Security Architecture | Process Governance | ITIL/ISO-aligned practices
Practice & Delivery: Practice Management | Program Management | Delivery Leadership | PMO | Customer Success | Vendor Management
Business & Commercial: Pre-Sales | Solutioning | RFP/RFI | Technical Proposals | BOM/BOQ | CAPEX/OPEX | P&L Exposure
Leadership: People Management | COE Leadership | Stakeholder Management | Partner Ecosystem | Executive Communication