Vishal Kumar
New Delhi
Summary
AI technical commercial strategist with over 15 years of experience driving enterprise AI adoption and cloud modernization. Achieved approximately $1 million in annual cost savings through a 50% reduction in expenses and a 90% decrease in incident resolution time via predictive AI solutions. Developed scalable platforms capable of supporting over 500 clients with multi-tenant readiness. Experienced in executive ROI and TCO modeling, facilitating transitions from AI experimentation to production-scale deployment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Technology Architect
Mckinsey & Company
Gurgaon
01.2023 - Current
- Led an AI-driven cost optimization initiative projected to deliver approximately $1 million in annual savings (a 50% reduction), securing director-level approval for rollout.
- Designed a predictive RCA engine, reducing incident resolution ETA by 90%, and improving operational resilience.
- Developed an AI-powered DB Performance Agent projected to improve performance by approximately 25%.
- Launched a GenAI agent platform that is architected and scalable to a multi-tenant design for 500+ clients.
- Supported competitive positioning against AWS-native tooling during client pitch engagements.
- Enabled expansion across multiple business units and firm-wide AI onboarding initiatives.
Senior Technology Engineer
Mckinsey & Company
Gurgaon
07.2017 - 12.2022
- Automated 80% of database operations using reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns for toil reduction initiative, facilitating acceleration of 100+ enterprise migrations.
- Contributed to enterprise modernization programs with a cost optimization strategy across multi-account cloud environments, with FinOps governance, which helped to save approximately $500K annually.
Database Pre-sales Consultant
TCS (Friends Life)
Peterborugh
05.2013 - 04.2015
- Contributed to enterprise deal pursuits by articulating performance-driven architecture strategies that differentiated on scalability and operational efficiency. Led the design of an optimized processing framework that cut end-of-day processing time by 50% and reduced infrastructure overhead by 90%, strengthening the business case for modernization.
- Led a large-scale cloud modernization initiative across 100+ database workloads, safeguarding business continuity while redesigning disaster recovery architecture to reduce infrastructure costs by 50%, strengthening the economic case for enterprise transformation.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
C V Raman College of Enginering
Bhubaneswar, India 07-2009
Skills
- AI Commercialization: ROI & TCO Modeling, Business Case Development, Pilot-to-Production Scaling
- Enterprise Impact: $1M Cost Optimization, 50% Cost Reduction, Multi-BU Expansion
- GenAI Platforms: Predictive RCA (90% ETA Reduction), AI Performance Agents (25% Improvement)
- Competitive Strategy: Differentiation vs AWS-native Solutions (Cost & Scalability)
- Stakeholder Engagement: Director-Level Influence, Client Pitch Participation, Executive Workshops
Affiliations
• Cricket
• Technology
• Technology
Timeline
Technology Architect
Mckinsey & Company
01.2023 - Current
Senior Technology Engineer
Mckinsey & Company
07.2017 - 12.2022
Database Pre-sales Consultant
TCS (Friends Life)
05.2013 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
C V Raman College of Enginering