Sandeep Kalra

CEO

Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States29 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led Persistent Systems to double revenue in three years.
Recognized as Best CEO in IT/ITES Industry for 2023.
Instrumental in Symphony Teleca's acquisition by HARMAN.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the IT services and software development industry.

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ManufacturingNew Business DevelopmentOutsourcingIT OutsourcingBusiness StrategyLifesciencesP&L ManagementGlobal DeliveryProgram ManagementPre-salesStrategyChannelBuilding RelationshipsBusiness AlliancesBusiness Development

About

Sandeep Kalra is the CEO and a Member of the Board of Persistent Systems. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Sandeep spent over 16 years at HCL, holding various leadership positions, such as Outsourced Product Engineering, extending HCL Technologies' presence in LATAM and Canada, and leading the Pharma industry vertical. Subsequently at Symphony Teleca Sandeep was instrumental in its growth and successful acquisition by HARMAN. Sandeep aspires to make Persistent Systems an industry leader that retains its impressive legacy while fostering creativity, collaboration, and diversity. Over the past three years, Persistent has more than doubled its revenue crossing the B$ mark, and was acknowledged as a 2021 “Forbes Best Under a Billion” company. Additionally, Persistent has been included in prestigious indices on the National Stock Exchange of India, such as the Nifty IT Index, Nifty Midcap 50, and Nifty Midcap Liquid 15 as well as the MSCI India Index. Forbes recently spotlighted Persistent as one of four midcap firms reshaping the Indian IT landscape. Sandeep was recently awarded the “Best CEO in IT/ITES Industry” amongst India’s Best CEO’s for 2023 by the respected business magazine Business Today.

Experience

29 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs

Average Tenure

7 yrs

Current Experience

Persistent systems

2 roles

CEO & Executive Director

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

Executive Director & President

May 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Harman international(a samsung company)

SVP & GM

Jan 2015 – Apr 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

Part of the Leadership team at Harman Connected Services, the services division of Harman International formed through the combination of Symphony Teleca, Redbend and Harman's automotive services business.

Symphony teleca

EVP & GM

Oct 2013 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

Responsible for Symphony Teleca’s Software Products and Platforms (SPP) P&L globally across software development, analytics and mobility including overseeing Strategy, Sales, Delivery & Client Engagement management.

Hcl america inc.

7 roles

Vice President - Healthcare and Emerging Markets

Oct 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs

Dual responsibility for leading the Lifescience vertical for HCL in the Americas and for managing Latin America as a geography.

Vice President, LATAM and Canada

Promoted

Apr 2010 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

Associate Vice President, LATAM and Canada

Oct 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

Responsible for setting up LATAM and Canada presence for HCL Technologies. Responsibilities include incorporation of HCL's subsidiaries in the LATAM countries, hiring local sales team(s) and setting up Nearshore delivery centers in these countries.

Associate Vice President, Hi-Tech and Manufacturing

Promoted

Oct 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr

Responsible for leading a Sales team across the US in the Hi-Tech and Manufacturing space and for setting up strategic Product Engineering / IT Outsourcing relationships with Fortune 1000 companies for HCL in the US.

Regional Sales Director, Hi-Tech

Oct 2005 – Oct 2007 · 2 yrs

Responsible for leading the HCL Hi-Tech Sales team in the Western and Mountain region. Responsibilities included conceiving and launching newer service propositions in the Hi-Tech space, establishing and managing strategic outsourcing relationships in the Product Engineering/ IT Outsourcing space with Fortune 1000 companies in the region.

Area Sales Director

Promoted

Oct 2003 – Sep 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for setting up the HCL office in the Mountain Region. Responsibilities included setting up the Sales team and New Business Development in the Hi-Tech segment in the Mountain Region across Product Engineering/ IT Outsourcing.

Account Manager

Oct 1999 – Oct 2003 · 4 yrs

Responsible for Business Development in the Hi-Tech vertical across Product Engineering and IT Outsourcing in the Bay Area, CA.

Samsung electronics

Business Manager

Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 · 2 yrs

Responsible for launching Samsung IT products - Hard Disk Drives and CD-Rom Drives, establishing the Sales and Services channel for these products in the Indian Market. Took Samsung products from launch to a 30% plus market share in India within 2 years of product launch.

Hcl frontline ltd. (division of hcl infosystems)

Business Manager

May 1995 – Mar 1997 · 1 yr 10 mos

Responsible for launching BeanStalk - India's first multi-media home PC in the National Capital Region of India. Responsibilities included setting up the sales team, the sales channel and co-ordinating the marketing activities for the product launch.