Krishna Gopal

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India39 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 40 years in IT services and digital transformation.
  • Mentor and coach for young professionals in mid-sized firms.
  • Strategic advisor to founders and CEOs for talent strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic mentor and advisor in the IT services and digital transformation industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

MentoringBusiness StrategyCoaching

Other Skills

Business AlliancesCareer ManagementConsultative SellingSellingSoftware SalesStrategic AlliancesSales ManagementPre-salesBusiness DevelopmentConsultingNew Business DevelopmentTelecommunicationsCRMSalesStart-ups

About

👋 I’m Krishna Gopal — known to many as “KG.” A mentor, coach, and enabler of young talent in the corporate world, especially in the evolving landscape of IT services and digital transformation. 💼 From Corporate Boardrooms to Coaching Rooms After a four-decade career in the IT services industry — including leading global sales training at Tech Mahindra in the last decade — I now focus my time and energy on selectively helping young professionals grow into confident, dependable, and self-aware leaders. My strength lies in simplifying complex career challenges through storytelling, analogies, and straight talk. I believe that better humans make better leaders. 🎓 Mentor to Future Leaders I work selectively with high-potential talent at mid-sized IT firms (under $500M in revenue) — whether they’re stepping into sales, delivery, or leadership roles. My interventions range from coaching CXO-1 leaders to running bootcamps that accelerate the growth of new hires and young managers. 📽️ Content That Connects My #PadiHaiwithKG series on LinkedIn brings bite-sized reflections on career attitude, ownership, dependability, and decision-making — all rooted in real-world experience. I believe a young professional doesn’t need a pep talk — they need context, care, and a challenge to grow. More importantly they need to fel inspired to want to change and to ignite that aspect of good human in them. My penchant for real life analogies make my interactions unique and relatable. 🤝 Advisor to Founders and CEOs I work as a strategic sounding board for founders, managing directors, and leadership teams of growing firms. I help sharpen talent strategies, mentor senior leaders, improve sales performance, and bring outside-in thinking with a dose of reality and humor. 📩 Let’s Connect If you’re building a strong team, grooming future leaders, or just figuring out how to stay relevant — I’d be happy to explore how I can help. At this life stage, I seek Freedom and Flexibility and hence have used the word "selective" in many places in the above write up. Do still reach out and we could discuss and see if there is a fit. Reach me here or at kg@krishnagopal.com. Let’s co-create something meaningful!

Experience

39 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Competitiveness mindset institute (cmi)

Sales Consultant

Jun 2024Jun 2025 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • CMI is an organization focused on building Competitiveness amongst students and professionals in India. Their curriculum focuses on 5 non cognitive skills - Conscientiousness, Innovativeness, Problem Solving, Taking Initiative & Perseverance. CMI has been able to achieve long term positive impact on their trainees.
Coaching

Padihaiwithkg

Founder

May 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • I work with young professionals to help them think through on their career plans and succeed in the longer term. I advise companies on their growth and expansion plans. I teach at B schools. I run training to create impactful sales & business leaders.
  • I am open to Board positions but will be extremely careful & choosy.
  • My life principles are Freedom Flexibility Respect Recognition.
  • Money is embedded somewhere in R&R but is not a sole driver. F&F are very important to me.
Business AlliancesBusiness StrategyCareer ManagementConsultative SellingMentoringSelling+2

Confederation of indian industry

Task Force Member on Education

Apr 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • CII WR Taskforce on Education

Inflection point ventures

Angel Investor

Feb 2022May 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Myra school of business

Professor of Practice

Jun 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mysuru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • I conduct a workshop titled Campus to Corporate for the final year students.

Tech mahindra

3 roles

Global Head - Sales Enablement & Training

May 2020Apr 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Global Head - Enterprise Business Solutions

Jun 2018May 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • I head the Oracle & SAP Competency for enterprise business solutions with a clear focus on market making.

Global Head - Leadership & Sales Hiring and Talent Management

Nov 2013May 2018 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Meaxpert

Strategic Advisor

Jun 2012Nov 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Strategic Advisor to a select few companies to help them grow their business and advise them on their Middle East, Africa and India business.

Tech mahindra ltd

V.P - Sales -MEA & SAARC & Global Alliances

Feb 1999Nov 2011 · 12 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Satyam infoway (sify)

Head - Business Development

Aug 1996Jan 1999 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Asian paints india ltd

Commercial Manager

May 1994Jul 1996 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Jarir group, saudi

Merchandising Manager

Jun 1993Mar 1994 · 9 mos

Godrej & boyce mfg co. ltd

Mgt Trainee through to Business Manager

May 1983Jun 1993 · 10 yrs 1 mo

Education

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

MMS — Marketing

Jan 1981Jan 1983

V.J.T.I, Mumbai

B.E — Mechanical

Jan 1979Jan 1981

Walchand College of Engg, Sangli

Second Year Engg — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1977Jan 1979

SIES College of Arts & Science

HSC — Science

Jan 1976Jan 1977

AFAC English School

HSC — Science

Jan 1968Jan 1976

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