Aashish Kumar Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As an Enterprise Architect Director – Cloud Infrastructure Services, Aashish has been responsible for end-to-end infrastructure solution development, Pre-sales, proposal development, and contract negotiations. He possess broad experience of end-to-end IT management from conceptualizing to delivering complex, digital-transformation programs and transitioning them to BAU support. He works with his clients on defining their cloud strategy, migration design and moving to public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), on-premises cloud, and hybrid models. Aashish was also charged with the design of the target environment, migration planning, and model run services for a $140-million client engagement which was a great success. Across Capgemini, Aashish's contributions include architecting digital transformation strategy for various architectural solutions across business lines. He has also developed cloud-first strategy for multiple-sector clients, where workloads are migrated to SaaS, PaaS, and other Cloud platforms based on the assessment of applications through eAPM (cloud assessment and decision-making framework) and providing managed services through industry leading delivery model - Capgemini Cloud Platform (CCP).

Irving, Texas, United States

Delhi, India

Delhi, India

Aashish is working as a Lead Solution Architect and responsible for qualifying Infrastructure opportunities, managing deal commercials, Infrastructure solution development and governance of outsourcing contracts for global clients. His role involves integrating the solution together with multiple solution components across global delivery centers. Also he is responsible for taking the solution through review processes for the Technical/Delivery, Finance, Legal & Risk areas. He is also responsible for building the client proposal and presentations as part of the RFP / RFI responses. The following are some of his key responsibilities: • Responsible for the development of Capgemini's Strategic Infrastructure Outsourcing solutions. • Take ownership for the overall success of the solution design and cost development for large and complex deals.• Provide leadership and deliver complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.• Utilize a combination of Capgemini's standard and custom solutions and develop complex, multiple year, innovative solutions and associated cost cases and business case development.• Shape the deal to ensure right balance between sales and operations which meets client business and technical requirements and simultaneously fulfill Capgemini’s obligations. • Collaborate effectively within the engagement team on innovative ideas to deliver a winning solution.

New Delhi Area, India

Aashish worked as an Infrastructure Solution Architect and was responsible for end to end sales process for Infrastructure opportunities. He has handled numerous Client Orals and participated in Client Workshops while working on RfP and competitive bids in Europe, APAC and US region. He was responsible for creating the solution blueprint, own the estimating, sourcing, and costing of the solution and integration across Accenture's enterprise. His role included working with the Sales Leads in the development of industrialized, competitive and innovative market relevant solutions to the clients. The following are some of his key responsibilities:• Architecting compelling, innovative and competitive infrastructure solutions which demonstrate significant and quantifiable value to the client along with business case development.• Leveraging Accenture assets and alliance partner relationships in architecting and designing end to end solutions.• Leading the infrastructure solution planning teams including SMEs, transition and transformation experts.• Working alongside Sales team to manage the senior client buyer and solution owner (e.g. CIO) and selling the solution.• Bringing operational experience to ensure solution is deliverable at an acceptable risk to Accenture and handle the Service level and penalty regime.• Developing and negotiating contract content to ensure the infrastructure solution is contracted to deliver client and Accenture value. Creating cost models and associated service delivery proposal documentation.• Building strong links with and working collaboratively with global Accenture groups to ensure holistic solutions.• Translating customer requirements into operational strategies, consolidating input from domain experts into consistent, compliant, value-add solutions.

Mba, It

Masters in Business Administration, Information Technology

Xii, Science