Lijo George

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India29 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

26 years of experience in Business and Technology leadership.
Proven track record in building motivated teams and achieving business goals.
Expert in driving digital transformation for startups using cloud solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Services expert with extensive experience in enterprise sales and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Enterprise SalesProgram Management

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingBusiness DevelopmentTeam ManagementEnterprise SoftwareMicrosoft TechnologiesVendor ManagementLeadershipBusiness AlliancesSolution ArchitecturePartner ManagementAccount ManagementSolution SellingIT Service ManagementSalesProject Management

About

A strategic Business and Technology leader, I have 26 years of overall experience, 9 years of global experience across USA, UK, Dubai and KSA in Enterprise software across Sales, pre-sales and consulting. I have completed an Executive General Management Program from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2012. Known as a passionate, self-motivated and entrepreneurial leader. I have a proven track record of building highly motivated teams and consistently over-achieving business goals - revenue and profitability. I have an accomplished record for turning-around challenged engagements and businesses. My core professional experience span across Enterprise Sales (Cloud Services, Applications, Core Infrastructure and Productivity tools), Business Management, and Program Management (Onsite/India projects). Industry Verticals: Startups & Retail, ITES and BFSI

Experience

29 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

India Leader - Acquisition Business

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Microsoft

5 roles

Azure Solution Sales Country Lead for Digital Natives

Aug 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

India Head - Azure Data & AI Solution Sales

Oct 2022 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Head of Sales, Digital Native Business

Promoted

Jul 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Started the Digital Native Business in Microsoft and led the Digital Native vertical for Enterprise Commercial, Managed the leading Startups and Retail business across India.
Managed a diverse and talented team (South, West and North regions) with varied experiences, my team worked with Startup customers to drive Digital transformational engagements. My team and I were in a constant lookout for opportunities to help, transform the Startups using Microsoft Cloud solutions and aid them to win in the Digital Era.

Sales Excellence Manager - Strategy and Planning

Jul 2016 – Jun 2017 · 11 mos

Account Director

Apr 2006 – Jun 2016 · 10 yrs 2 mos

As an Account Director I manage the relationships with CIO`s, CFO’s Office and responsible for selling Microsoft Cloud Services, Products, Services and Developer tools . I am goaled on Revenue, Relationship Management, Team orchestration,Technology adoption and Compete solution replacements.
Account Director ITES
Period: July 2013
BDM – BFSI/SOE, National Role
Period: since July 2010 - June 2013
Global Account Technology Strategist, Bangalore - ITES
Client: Wipro Ltd (Wipro Technologies, InfoTech, BPO, Consumer..etc)
Period: July 2007 – June-2010
Account Technology Strategist - Mumbai - ITES
Period: April 2006 – June-2007