Puneet Chandok — CEO

Puneet Chandok is President, Microsoft India & South Asia and is responsible for Microsoft’s overall presence and business in the area. He leads the company’s digital transformation in the era of AI and intelligent cloud. At Microsoft, Puneet drives the company’s mission of ‘empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more’. He leads a team that is committed to accelerating growth with AI and cloud at its core; and help businesses reimagine how they bring intelligent data, cloud and AI to create value for their customers in a digital-first world. Puneet has built and scaled several high growth technology businesses, in leadership positions at AWS, McKinsey and IBM. Puneet is passionate about ‘Performance with Purpose’, using technology to deliver impact at scale, and leading with empathy and from the heart. Puneet is the Chairman of the CII AI Council, part of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, Governing Member of NASSCOM IT & ITeS Council, part of National Council of CII, and the Government of India's Responsible AI Council. He is on the Advisory Councils of Penguin Random House and NAMTECH. Puneet was recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for Computer Engineering and Information Technology and awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from the Bennett University.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation.

Location: South Delhi, Delhi, India

Experience: 24 yrs

Skills

Cloud Computing
Business Strategy
Management Consulting
Digital Strategy
Sales Management
Technology Strategy
Product Strategy
Technology Consulting
Business Development

Career Highlights

Led AWS growth in India, empowering businesses.
Chairman of CII AI Council, influencing AI strategy.
Recognized Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Work Experience

Penguin Random House

Board Advisory Committee (1 yr 8 mos)

Microsoft

President Microsoft India & South Asia (2 yrs 6 mos)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

President, AWS India & South Asia; Vice President Amazon (4 yrs 3 mos)

McKinsey & Company

Partner (11 yrs 1 mo)

IBM

Deputy General Manager, Asia Pacific (3 yrs 7 mos)

Ocwen Financial Corporation

Business Sales Manager (10 mos)

Hewitt Associates

Technology Consultant (1 yr 8 mos)

Education

MBA at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Fellow of Computer Engineering and Information Technology at Indian National Academy of Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) at Bennett University

Certification in Financial Markets at National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

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Puneet Chandok

CEO

South Delhi, Delhi, India24 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led AWS growth in India, empowering businesses.
Chairman of CII AI Council, influencing AI strategy.
Recognized Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingDigital StrategySales ManagementTechnology StrategyProduct StrategyTechnology ConsultingBusiness Development

Other Skills

AgilityAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness ProcessBusiness Process DesignBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Process Re-engineeringBusiness TransformationBusiness TurnaroundsCRMConsultingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)DeliveryDigital TransformationE-business Technologies

About

Experience

Penguin random house

Board Advisory Committee

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Part of Penguins Advisory Committee that works closely with the Penguin Board to strategically elevate readership across India.

Microsoft

President Microsoft India & South Asia

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Delhi, India

Amazon web services (aws)

President, AWS India & South Asia; Vice President Amazon

Jun 2019 – Sep 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Delhi, India

At AWS, I led the incubation, sales and delivery of the entire portfolio of AWS Services. I was responsible for the India and South Asia P&L’s including sales, technology, platforms, growth teams, migrations, professional services and support. I worked closely with Enterprises, Digital Businesses, Startups and SMBs to help them reduce technical debt, bring in agility, and innovate like never before. We helped built AWS in India as a force to move the country forward with a mission of empowering builders and businesses to build a better India.

SalesDeliveryPortfolio ManagementTechnical Debt ReductionAgilityInnovation+2

Mckinsey & company

Partner

May 2008 – Jun 2019 · 11 yrs 1 mo · Delhi, India

At McKinsey, I built and led several practices, digital and technology capabilities across India and Asia. I led relationships with Enterprise clients, Technology providers and PE firms, and served some of the largest global and Indian corporations on Strategy, Digital and Technology transformation, Analytics, M&A and Business turnarounds. I also led some of McKinsey’s highest growth offices in India and led the ‘Digital India’ task force

Digital TransformationAnalyticsM&ABusiness TurnaroundsManagement ConsultingDigital Strategy

Ibm

Deputy General Manager, Asia Pacific

Oct 2004 – May 2008 · 3 yrs 7 mos · New York, United States & Bangalore, India

At IBM, I played several roles including a two year stint in the US as a Sales and Solutions leader for large Technology Transformation deals. I moved back to India and was the DGM for the Asia Pacific Sales, Solutions and Transition. I played a key role in securing client wins and successfully closed multiple Technology transformation deals. Also led the global competency team for building transformation IP/ assets and creating tangible market differentiators for IBM globally. Trained as an IBM Six Sigma Black Belt Program Manager.

SalesSolutions LeadershipTechnology TransformationSales ManagementTechnology Strategy

Ocwen financial corporation

Business Sales Manager

Dec 2003 – Oct 2004 · 10 mos · West Palm Beach, Florida, United States & Bangalore, India

At Ocwen, I was part of the Sales and Marketing group for Global Outsourcing and Technology products focusing on Financial Services clients in the US. Also led the Pre-sales and Marketing teams in India and played the Product Manager role for a Technology product launch in India.

SalesMarketingProduct ManagementSales ManagementProduct Strategy

Hewitt associates

Technology Consultant

Apr 2002 – Dec 2003 · 1 yr 8 mos · Delhi, India

At Hewitt, I worked with clients on building and deploying e-business technologies including self service platforms and portals. Also led Business Development and Vendor alliances for Technology consulting and Shared Services practice.

E-business TechnologiesVendor AlliancesTechnology ConsultingBusiness Development