SaaS Talent

Strategy, Data, Cloud, ML, GenAi, InfoSec & IIMA Grad.

21 Years of Experience

Pune, Maharashtra, India

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About

Presently engaged in evangelising the business of Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI & Big Data while also exploring more about the world of Agile at Persistent Systems. I also remain an expert at Data Privacy and Security. My key interest area has been taking existing businesses and growing them beyond generally considered scale, a trait I have demonstrated across two previous employers, and is underway at my current workplace. As a highly adept risk-taking young professional with over seventeen years of experience I have undertaken diverse roles comprising growth strategy, M&A, sales & marketing, business development, alliance management, consulting and delivery. I have had the privilege of working with the best of clients across verticals such as banking, insurance, regulators, exchanges, large enterprises, public sector undertakings as well as a variety of start-ups from across the known Globe. I did my MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, in a (delayed) quest to learn the finer skills of general management and leadership from the incredibly adept faculty and especially the four score peers who undertook the same expedition. Key Skills: Resourceful, Risk Taker, Innovator, Self Motivated, Strategic Thinker.

Chief Principal Consultant

Persistent Systems, IT Services & Solutions, Information Technology & Services

Past Company 2

Persistent Systems

Past Company 3

Indusface

Companies Worked:

Persistent Systems, Persistent Systems, Indusface, HCL Technologies - ISD, HCL Technologies - ISD, HCL Technologies - ISD, SecureSynergy, SecureSynergy Pvt Ltd, Unnamed

Work History:

Job Title : Chief Principal Consultant
Company name : Persistent Systems
Period : January 2021 - Present
Summary : Talk to me about all things Data
Location : Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Title : Principal - Growth & Strategy
Company name : Persistent Systems
Period : April 2017 - December 2020
Location : Pune Area, India

Job Title : Regional Manager
Company name : Indusface
Period : July 2014 - April 2016
Summary : I handled Sales and Alliances across West & South India regions for Indusface's Security as a Service (SECaaS) offerings across BFSI, PSU, Enterprise as well as Startup clients.

Job Title : Business Manager - CSG
Company name : HCL Technologies - ISD
Period : October 2013 - July 2014
Summary : I was responsible for Enterprise Sales & Security Advisory Services.

Job Title : Senior Manager - CSG
Company name : HCL Technologies - ISD
Period : April 2011 - September 2013
Summary : I was responsible for the Western & Eastern India Region for Enterprise Information Security Sales & Security Advisory Services.
I handled large clients across BFSI, PSU, Govt., Telecom, IT & ITeS Sectors.

Job Title : Business Development Manager
Company name : HCL Technologies - ISD
Period : March 2010 - April 2011
Summary : Responsible for the Western India Region for Enterprise Information Security Sales & Security Advisory Services.
Responsible for vendor signups, business planning & development, and deal negotiation.
Handling Large Clients in the BFSI, PSU, Govt., Telecom, IT & ITeS Sector.
Location : Mumbai Area, India

Job Title : Business Manager - Key Clients
Company name : SecureSynergy
Period : October 2008 - February 2010
Summary : I was responsible for Enterprise Sales & Security Advisory Services, specific key vendor relationship handling, negotiation and integration as well as managing their bottom line impact.
I handled Enterprise Clients across the BFSI, Telecom, IT & ITeS Sectors.
I undertook sales for vendors such as McAfee, NetScout, Juniper, Fortinet, Tenable Security & Safend for solutions such as Network IPS, Network Performance Management Solutions, UTMs, Firewalls, Vulnerability Management and Compliance Suites, AV, Host IPS, Encryption, DLP, Removable Media Security, Tokens, Web & Content Filtering.
I also undertook sales for professional services such as ISO 27001 Audits, BCP DR, VA, PT etc as were offered by SecureSynergy.

Job Title : Consultant
Company name : SecureSynergy Pvt Ltd
Period : August 2006 - October 2008
Summary : Responsible for Pre Sales & Post Sales activities.
Handled the product portfolios available from McAfee, NetScout, Network General, Secure Computing, Tenable Security, Safend & the UTM offerings from Juniper & Fortinet.
Provided quick response proposals and won several bids for security services across India and the Middle East.
Participated in several Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing’s & Web Application Audit Assignments.
Participated in several ISO 27001 readiness audits and BCP DR design & verification projects.
Multiple POC's for UTM's, NG Sniffer, Network IPS, Endpoint Encryption, Removable Media Protection etc. from various Vendors.
Conducted multiple trainings for Clients on various security offerings.

Job Title : Partner
Company name : Unnamed
Period : May 2001 - April 2006
Summary : Independant Hardware & Networking adviser, SMB and Home Users only.
Location : Thane

Certifications:

Title : Microsoft Copilot Sales Champion — FY24
Period : May 2024 - Present
Summary : credly.com, https://www.credly.com/badges/b6218a46-fd44-4b5c-980f-72c3ae889e91/public_url
Issuing Authority : Microsoft

Title : AWS Partner: Tailored GenAi for Business (Intermediate+)
Period : February 2024 - Present
Summary : aws.training, https://www.aws.training/Details/InstructorLedTraining?id=143937
Issuing Authority : Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Title : Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
Period : November 2023 - November 2024
Summary : 86081857, databricks.com, https://credentials.databricks.com/7fabc522-a847-4a7e-81b5-211148d9585b
Issuing Authority : Databricks

Title : Partner Training - Cloud Data Warehouse Migration (Verified)
Period : November 2023 - November 2025
Summary : 85985884, databricks.com, https://credentials.databricks.com/9b5c8608-a474-41b3-9514-a49ebde20687
Issuing Authority : Databricks

Title : Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals
Period : October 2023 - October 2025
Summary : 85648817, databricks.com, https://credentials.databricks.com/4423353d-954c-48cc-a995-6dbacea24ed5
Issuing Authority : Databricks

Title : PT - Presales EDW-ETL Migration
Period : October 2023 - October 2025
Summary : 85643887, databricks.com, https://credentials.databricks.com/8338939a-3d4e-4135-96c0-b44cd4ebf31d
Issuing Authority : Databricks

Title : Partner Training - Sales Ready
Period : October 2023 - October 2024
Summary : 85788206, databricks.com, https://credentials.databricks.com/0c048262-1c23-4350-b761-05ec9c9e2981
Issuing Authority : Databricks

Title : Introduction to Generative AI
Period : August 2023 - Present
Summary : 4545244, cloudskillsboost.google, https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/public_profiles/2c5bc862-ef52-4252-ae71-14f8e475d5ac/badges/4545244?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=ql-social-share
Issuing Authority : Google

Title : Introduction to Large Language Models
Period : August 2023 - Present
Summary : 4545303, cloudskillsboost.google, https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/public_profiles/2c5bc862-ef52-4252-ae71-14f8e475d5ac/badges/4545303?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=ql-social-share
Issuing Authority : Google

Title : Introduction to Responsible AI
Period : August 2023 - Present
Summary : 4545351, cloudskillsboost.google, https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/public_profiles/2c5bc862-ef52-4252-ae71-14f8e475d5ac/badges/4545351?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=ql-social-share
Issuing Authority : Google

Title : Snowflake Technical Sales Professional Accreditation
Period : April 2023 - Present
Summary : credly.com, https://www.credly.com/badges/ac928821-07fd-4018-b495-1384bd707660/public_url
Issuing Authority : Snowflake

Title : Data Cloud Deployment Framework
Period : March 2023 - Present
Summary : credly.com, https://www.credly.com/badges/22eb40d3-b8a1-43bb-87ea-04f637dabe87/public_url
Issuing Authority : Snowflake

Title : Snowflake Sales Professional Accreditation
Period : March 2023 - Present
Summary : credly.com, https://www.credly.com/badges/7b934d20-1e40-4121-9e90-a6e5e998585e/public_url
Issuing Authority : Snowflake

Title : Bluemix Essentials
Period : July 2017 - Present
Summary : youracclaim.com, https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/49424e52-8ba5-4954-8b76-2e66f783adea
Issuing Authority : IBM

Title : Build Chatbots with Watson Conversation
Period : July 2017 - Present
Summary : youracclaim.com, https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/96a864b9-af1b-4726-bf04-160d62a0996e
Issuing Authority : IBM

Title : IBM Blockchain Essentials
Period : July 2017 - Present
Summary : youracclaim.com, https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/8248d462-bf45-4075-993a-0ae4b47d8c92
Issuing Authority : IBM

Title : Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt
Period : November 2016 - Present
Summary : kpmg.com, https://home.kpmg.com/in/en/home/trainings/advisorytrainings/businessexcellencetrainings/sixsigmagreenbelttrainingprogram.html
Issuing Authority : KPMG

Title : Amazon Web Services - AWS Business Professional
Period : February 2016 - Present
Summary : amazon.com, https://aws.amazon.com/partners/training/accreditation/
Issuing Authority : Amazon Web Services

Title : Amazon Web Services - AWS TCO and Cloud Economics
Period : February 2016 - Present
Summary : amazon.com, https://aws.amazon.com/partners/training/accreditation/
Issuing Authority : Amazon Web Services

Title : Amazon Web Services - AWS Technical Professional
Period : February 2016 - Present
Summary : amazon.com, https://aws.amazon.com/partners/training/accreditation/
Issuing Authority : Amazon Web Services

Publications:

Title : Value of Integrated Vulnerability Management and Intrusion Prevention Systems
Publisher : Silicon India
Publication time : 2009

Organizations:

Organization name : Indian Cancer Genome Atlas Position : Member Period : January 2019 - Present Organization name : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Period : 2007 - Present Organization name : Information Systems Audit and

Languages:

English (Native Or Bilingual), Hindi (Native Or Bilingual), Marathi (Professional Working), Urdu (Limited Working)

Honors and awards:

Award : O2 Award (League of the Extraordinary)
Issuer : HCL
Date : 1 2013

Award : Architecture Innovation Award
Issuer : HCL
Date : 8 2012
Summary : Architecture Innovation Award

Award : New Technology Solution Sales
Issuer : HCL
Date : 8 2012
Summary : Outstanding contribution in New Technology Solution Sales for enabling growth in India Business

Award : Technology Excellence Trophy
Issuer : HCL
Date : 8 2012

Skills

databricks

Generative AI

Consultative Selling

Databases

Sales

Management

Enterprise Software

Strategic Planning

Sales Management

Security

Information Security

ISO 27001

Information Security Management

CISSP

Network Security

Vendor Management

Information Technology

Network Architecture

Security Audits

Business Continuity

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