Vikram K — CEO

32 Years of experience in IT Sales, Presales, Services and Software The last 20 in strategic leadership positions. Part of the India Leadership team at HPE to set strategies and directions of business, management of key IPs and human capital. As Senior Director of Industry Verticals manage the 4 key verticals delivering on 80% of the Company's India revenue. i.e Telecom, BFSI, Public Sector and Manufacturing for the years 2018 to 2022. In the earlier role as Senior Director for all of HPEs Datacenter and Hybrid Cloud Products, I owned the strategy, Presales, Revenue and P&L responsibility for Servers, Storage, Software and DC Networking of HPE India. In Prior assignments have led HPE India for Servers (Mission Critical & X86) to success, HPE Software ( BTO and BIO), Technology services sales, Managed Services and Sales nationally for Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking Strong experience of leading integration and growth efforts arising out of mergers and acquisitions. Have varied M&A experience like Tandem, Digital, Compaq, HP, EDS, Mercury, Arcsight, Fortify and Stratavia. The stint at HPE ended mid December 2022. Specialties: Driving Strategy and revenue by Enterprise Product, Customer acquisition, P& L Management, growing segments & revenue, selling the merged/acquired portfolio, managing large teams for success. Specialization in Enterprise business services, infrastructure products and software.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in IT Sales and Strategy within the SaaS and Infrastructure sectors.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 21 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Leadership
Sales
Strategy

Career Highlights

32 years of IT Sales and Leadership experience.
Managed key verticals contributing to 80% of revenue.
Strong M&A integration and growth leadership.

Work Experience

Digital Connexion

Chief Revenue Officer (5 mos)

Capgemini

Vice President - Hitech Global IP Lead (2 yrs 5 mos)

Brook & T

Founder - Curator (3 mos)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sr. Director - Industry Verticals (4 yrs 1 mo)

Senior Director - Hybrid IT & Presales (11 mos)

HPE

Director Data Center and Hybrid Cloud (1 yr 11 mos)

Director Servers (4 yrs 11 mos)

HP India Sales Pvt Ltd

Director - HP Software, India (11 mos)

HP

Director - Sales (Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networks) (1 yr 11 mos)

Associate Director - Tech Services (4 yrs 11 mos)

Education

BE( Hons) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

MMM at University of Mumbai

Executive Program 2015 at Harvard Business School

Leadership Coach at ICF PCC

Vikram K

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

32 years of IT Sales and Leadership experience.
Managed key verticals contributing to 80% of revenue.
Strong M&A integration and growth leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in IT Sales and Strategy within the SaaS and Infrastructure sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipSalesStrategy

Other Skills

Account ManagementAnalytical SkillsBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentCustomer AcquisitionData CenterDirect SalesForecastingLeadership Coach/ MML ICF certified PCC PathManaged ServicesPeople ManagementPricing StrategyProblem SolvingProfessional ServicesSales Management

About

Experience

Digital connexion

Chief Revenue Officer

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Capgemini

Vice President - Hitech Global IP Lead

May 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Leadership Coach/ MML ICF certified PCC PathLeadership

Brook & t

Founder - Curator

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023 · 3 mos · Bangalore · On-site

Brook & T provides an edge of the forest immersive experience combining principles from One Straw Revolution and 5 layered farming. It has a temple built from 400 year old idols dug from the same site. The cottages are built using Laurie Baker's principles. It’s a 2 hour drive from Bangalore and is situated in one of Asias foremost natural reserves in Bio diversity - Denkannikotai. Details to be added shortly.

Leadership Coach/ MML ICF certified PCC PathLeadership

Hewlett packard enterprise

2 roles

Sr. Director - Industry Verticals

Nov 2018 – Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Led all the 4 verticals
BFSI
Telecom
Manufacturing
Public Sector
that was 80% of the subcontinent revenue

Direct SalesAnalytical SkillsPricing StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)SalesStrategy

Senior Director - Hybrid IT & Presales

Nov 2017 – Oct 2018 · 11 mos

Brands, Presales, revenue and P&L for $ 500 M business of servers, Storage, Server side networks and Software

Hpe

2 roles

Director Data Center and Hybrid Cloud

Nov 2016 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

Lead the strategy, revenue and P/L for all the Infrastructure products of HPE.
Servers - Mission Critical, Non MC
High Performance Computing
Storage
Data Center Networking

Sales ManagementPeople ManagementSolution SellingDirect SalesProblem SolvingBusiness Alliances+11

Director Servers

Nov 2011 – Oct 2016 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Led HPE Server Division ( Mission Critical and Non MC) to grand success establishing the largest server brand in the India sub continent

Sales ManagementPeople ManagementDirect SalesProblem SolvingBusiness AlliancesAnalytical Skills+9

Hp india sales pvt ltd

Director - HP Software, India

Nov 2010 – Oct 2011 · 11 mos · Bangalore

Responsible for the Software Business across the portfolio of Business Technology Optimisation (Applications and Operations) and Information Management. Responsibilities for the P&L, Presales, Sales across verticals, Marketing. Software Professional Services and Software Support, System Integrators and Channels

Software IndustrySales ManagementPeople ManagementDirect SalesProblem SolvingBusiness Alliances+11

Hp

2 roles

Director - Sales (Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networks)

Promoted

Nov 2008 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for business across the entire India subcontinent for Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networks for the two years. Highlights: Gains in Market share and new segments helping a robust business health.

Sales ManagementPeople ManagementDirect SalesProblem SolvingBusiness AlliancesSales Processes+5