Rajesh Kumar

CEO

India22 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Spearheaded multi-million dollar cloud-native transformations.
  • Achieved over 300% growth in managed services revenue.
  • Built a world-class delivery organization across multiple regions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud-native transformations and managed services.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native TransformationsManaged Services GrowthPaas SolutionsDevops SolutionsLamp Stack Development

Other Skills

3rd Line Support3rd Party IntegrationsASMAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleApacheApplication HostingApplication MigrationsApplication Support ServicesApplication operationsCOECaaSCloud ComputingCloud-Native ArchitectureConsulting

About

I specializes in enterprise cloud-native transformations, driving managed services growth, and delivering operational excellence for Fortune 500 clients. My contributions include spearheading large-scale platform services on Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and led apps and platform modernization initiatives, pre-sales, RFP/RFIs, bid management, converted leads into business, created GTM offerings resulting into multi million business Collaborating with cross-functional teams, I focus on strategic partnership development and automation-first delivery models that enhance client outcomes and streamline operations. Passionate about innovation, I aim to empower organizations with scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions that create lasting business value.

Experience

Hcltech

7 roles

GM - Platform Engineering & Practice Leader

Promoted

Apr 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Led global cloud-native transformations, and delivered multi‑million‑dollar practice revenue with more than 300% growth in managed services.
  • Designed and operated large‑scale managed platform services on OpenShift, OpenStack, Ceph, and Ansible, consistently achieving 99.8%+ SLA for Fortune 500 customers.
  • Directed complex enterprise migrations and managed services programs, including security hardening and zero‑downtime cutovers for mission‑critical workloads.
  • Modernized delivery using GitOps and CI/CD, turning project‑based work into highly automated, repeatable managed service offerings.
  • Provided executive leadership during major incidents, maintaining SLA commitments, preventing data loss, and ensuring clear communication with C‑suite stakeholders.
  • Built and deepened strategic Red Hat partnerships, stabilized core platforms, and launched differentiated migration and transformation offerings, resulting in 95%+ client retention.
  • Drove managed services business growth, winning competitive RFPs annually across BFSI, telecom, and retail, adding multi‑million‑dollar recurring revenue.
  • Established an ecosystem of alliances and GTM accelerators for managed services, expanding addressable market and pipeline by over 200%.
  • Shifted the portfolio from T&M to annuity by converting 15+ projects into long‑term managed services contracts, achieving a 65% recurring‑revenue mix.
  • Led managed services portfolio innovation, overseeing POCs, partner solutions, and structured enablement programs that reinforced market leadership in cloud platforms.
  • Built a world‑class, follow‑the‑sun delivery organization of more than 150+ high performing specialized teams of architects, SREs, and platform reliability engineers across the US, EU, LATAM, and APAC.
  • Set up global managed services CoEs with standardized frameworks, runbooks, and automation patterns now used as blueprints for enterprise‑scale platform operations.
Technical Solution DesignTechnical LeadershipGo-to-Market StrategyStrategic PlanningProduct ManagementTechnical Presales+16

Practice Manager & Technical Architect - Middleware & Platofrms

Promoted

Jan 2021Mar 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Lead Platform design and implementation of PaaS, CaaS (Red Hat OpenShift, K8s, AKS, EKS etc.) & DevOps Solutions.
  • Demonstrated versatility in tasks such as product overviews, RFP/RFI responses, bid defenses, customized presentations, complex solution designs, infrastructure surveys, proposal development, and comparative product feature/benefit analysis.
  • Shaping and executing technology practices strategy in close collaboration with the company’s functional leaders.
  • Innovating and expanding our organization’s horizons by developing cutting-edge solutions, pioneering accelerators, and broadening our diverse portfolio.
  • Cultivated a skilled pool of pre-sales engineers, architects, SREs, and PREs, fostering leadership in niche technology areas.
  • Strategically planned and reviewed GTM business, fulfillment, and delivery with executive leadership.
  • Proven ability to apply and integrate emerging technological trends to new and existing systems architecture.
Cloud ComputingDevOpsKubernetesContainerizationOpenShift AIPractice Management+8

DGM - Practice Manager

Oct 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos

KubernetesPre-Sales Technical ConsultingGitOpsOpenShift

Practice Manager & Technical Architect

Promoted

Apr 2015Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

DevOpsKubernetesOpenShiftApacheTomcatPractice Management+3

Sr. Consultant - Middleware & PaaS Practice

Promoted

Jul 2011Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos

WebsphereTomcatJBoss Application ServerTechnical PresalesPractice LeadApplication operations+2

Consultant

Promoted

Jun 2008Jun 2011 · 3 yrs

Associate Consultant - Systems

May 2007May 2008 · 1 yr

Colwell & salmon communications ltd., noida

Sr. Programmer

Dec 2006May 2007 · 5 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • L3 Support for LAMP
  • Deploy and Configure MiVA on web hosting
  • Setup and Configure e-commerce web stores
  • Setup and triubleshoot quikbooks, payments gateways
  • Debug MIVA application
  • L3 Escalation point and team leader.
PHPPhpMyAdminMySQLMivaDebuggingSoftware Troubleshooting+8

Ubs

Sr. Associate - Applications Support

Oct 2006Dec 2006 · 2 mos · Hyderabad · On-site

  • Application Support for production
  • Deploy & Configure Netcool monitoring
  • Deploy patches and releases on netcool
LinuxsshShell ScriptingApplication Support ServicesProduction Support

Hcl comnet ltd

Shift Lead

Oct 2003Oct 2006 · 3 yrs · Noida

Ins esolutions

Systems Engineer

Jun 2003Oct 2003 · 4 mos

Education

Harvard Business Publishing

Executive Certificate Program — Emerging Leardership Program

Jan 2009Jan 2010

BBIET&RC

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electronics & Telecommunications

Oct 1998Jun 2002

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