Vibin Kishore — CEO
I lead Solutions Engineers for the STS function in the Global Scale Team, which operates in three theatres: APAC, EMEA, and Americas. I am passionate about helping organizations unlock the full potential of event streaming, Kafka, and Flink to power real-time, data-driven businesses. Over the years, I’ve built a strong track record in presales engineering, solution design, and customer success by partnering with enterprises to solve complex technical challenges, drive cloud adoption, and deliver measurable business outcomes. At Confluent, I: - Created and executed Propel, the new-hire onboarding framework, accelerating new-hire ramp-up from 5 months to 60 days and enabling them to transition from standalone tasks to full customer ownership for the last 3 batches of hires - Mentor and coach Solution Engineers and Consultants, designing evaluation frameworks and hands-on enablement programs to build customer-facing confidence right from the 30-day mark of their joining. - Drive presales engagements from Kafka fundamental demos and architectural workshops to POCs and migrations across Confluent Cloud and hybrid mainframe and legacy environments. - Spearhead strategic initiatives like the Workload Analysis Workshop, which unlocked expansions (up to +67% increased renewal) and created new service opportunities with multiple customers. - Handle critical escalations ($1M+ customers) by collaborating across Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to restore trust and value delivery. - Contribute to thought leadership, presenting at TechSummit, Apache Kafka Meetups, Customer Tech Expos, and driving client tech-talks on Kafka, Flink, and performance tuning. With a background spanning AI, SaaS implementations, and digital transformation, and an MBA in IT & Systems Management, I bring the ability to bridge deep technical expertise with business impact. I’m especially passionate about mentorship, enablement, and building scalable presales frameworks that elevate teams and accelerate customer adoption.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Solutions Engineer with expertise in event streaming and cloud technologies.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 6 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Leadership
- Business Process Improvement
- Presales
- Technical Solution Design
- Solution Architecture
- Cloud Computing Iaas
- Cloud Computing
Career Highlights
- Led strategic initiatives driving significant customer renewals.
- Created a new-hire onboarding framework reducing ramp-up time.
- Mentored teams to enhance customer engagement and technical confidence.
Work Experience
Confluent
Team Lead - STS, Global Scale Team (10 mos)
Team Lead, Solutions Engineering (8 mos)
Solutions Engineer (2 yrs 1 mo)
Observe.AI
Implementation Engineer (Integrations) (1 yr 1 mo)
Zilingo
Solutions Engineer - Global (4 mos)
Implementation Engineer (9 mos)
Implementation Engineer (Intern) (10 mos)
Techvile
Editor In Chief (7 mos)
Lead Project Engineer (1 yr)
Internshala
Internshala Student Partner (2 mos)
KrazyBee
Campus Manager (2 yrs)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at NMIMS CDOE
Bachelor of Engineering at Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology.
