Seema Kumar

CTO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India25 yrs experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

25+ years of experience in technology leadership
Expert in AI transformation and strategic partnerships
Proven track record in scaling businesses and ecosystems

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Cloud Computing and AI transformation for enterprise solutions.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingArtificial Intelligence (ai)Artificial IntelligencePartnershipsProduct Management

Other Skills

Pre-salesSolution SellingE-commerceDigital MarketingDigital StrategyIntegrationStart-upsWebsphereEnterprise SoftwareMicrosoft AzureManagementTechnical LeadershipPartner ManagementExecutive ManagementDesign Thinking

About

Senior Technology and Business leader with 25+ years across Microsoft and IBM, guiding enterprises through large-scale cloud, data, and AI transformations. Proven track record in scaling businesses, building partner ecosystems, and enabling CXOs to accelerate digital adoption. Experienced in technical strategy, solution sales, and practice development, with impact across India’s largest enterprises and global system integrators. I bring the blend of deep technical expertise and business acumen needed to drive results at the CTO/CDO level. Passionate about mentoring leaders, building AI-ready talent, and shaping the future of digital enterprises.

Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Sr. Director, Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Jul 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

As the Country Director for the Azure infrastructure enterprise business in India, responsible for driving Microsoft’s growth and market presence as the favored Cloud provider across various sectors. Primary focus areas include Cloud migrations, Hybrid Cloud enablement, AI ready Infrastructure, SAP on Azure and High-performance computing. Leading a team of solution sales specialists and technology sales specialists to facilitate robust growth for the Azure business.

Cloud ComputingPartnershipsPre-salesArtificial Intelligence (AI)

CTO, Global Partner Solutions

Jun 2020 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Built the partner capacity and capability for India partner ecosystem across the six Microsoft cloud
solution areas. Led a team of cloud solution architects and partner technology strategists and worked in close collaboration with the India business leaders to ensure partner capacity aligned to business priorities. Launched the AI Innovation Summit and Solution Foundry to create the first set of 50 AI ready services and ISV partners with customer ready AI solutions built on Microsoft.

Cloud ComputingPartnershipsArtificial Intelligence

Ibm

7 roles

Technical Director, Cloud and Cognitive Software

Feb 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Leading technical strategy and direction for Cloud & Cognitive Software business in India/SA to identify areas of future growth. Responsible for nurturing and growing a large, diverse team of technical architects and specialists in emerging technologies of Cloud Integration, Data & AI, Public Cloud and Security software. Owns senior client level relationships for enterprise accounts in the market as a trusted technical advisor.

Cloud ComputingPre-salesArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Country Leader, Developer Ecosystems Group

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Leads a strategic mission for the IBM Digital Business Group in India, to nurture and grow the developer ecosystem. Provides technical direction to a strong team of deep technical developer advocates who work with clients, partners and startups around key technology areas such as AI, Cloud, Data Science, IoT and Blockchain. As a part of this role has been instrumental in laying out the framework for a refreshed approach towards developers and startups. This is supported by key programs such as the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program for startups, OntheHub for students and IBM Code for developers. Has also established several strategic partnerships that enable scale and reach. Strong connect with key ecosystem players including accelerators, incubators, industry bodies and developer communities.

Cloud ComputingPartnershipsArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Program Director, System Integrator Labs - Commerce & Security

May 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

Led the global mission to engage and enable the Global System Integrators (GSI) on the IBM Commerce and Security technologies. Designed and hired a strong technical team of specialists and architects aligned to core technology areas, working in close partnership with the technology practices within the GSIs.

Cloud ComputingPartnerships

Chief of Staff to the MD, IBM India

Promoted

Mar 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

Was given the unique opportunity to serve as the Executive Assistant to the IBM India MD, Vanitha Narayanan as part of a talent rotation program. Supported the MD's office on external interactions with clients & the broader ecosystem, as well as managed key projects & growth initiatives. Developed a strong relationship,network and understanding of the business across various functions including finance, sales, operations, marketing & communications and business unit functions.

Product Design Manager, IBM Worklight Mobility Platform

Jan 2013 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

Was responsible for the product design and product management of the IBM Worklight Mobility Platform. Owned the product strategy and roadmap for growth markets. Responsible for identifying critical market requirements, trends. Worked closely with the product engineering teams to translate market requirements to product capability. Applied IBM Design Thinking approach to the overall product offering and development strategy. Also worked directly with several clients in India to gather evangelise the offering, gather product feedback and address concerns.

Product Management

Product Line Manager, WebSphere Application Infrastructure

Promoted

Apr 2005 – Dec 2012 · 7 yrs 8 mos

Product management for the WebSphere Application Infrastructure portfolio of products
Geo-level responsibility to grow business in the India/South Asia and ASEAN regions
Influenced product strategy and positioning to suit emerging market requirements
Helped drive consistent business results in the region, working directly with customers and business partners
Managed regional sales enablement and enabled several FOAK deals in the product area
Product evangelist with speaking sessions at several technical conferences

Product Management