Sendhil Kumar Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bangalore, India

As the Director of Global Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd. (a GTP of IBM Training) I am globally responsible for the IBM education sales, marketing, services and delivery operations in India/Asia region. I also manage the team of architects, program directors, business managers and practice leaders to develop joint solutions with SI’s and Non-SI community in India and ASIA to make IBM education as a platform of choice, build centre of excellence, support client opportunities and to develop their… Show more As the Director of Global Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd. (a GTP of IBM Training) I am globally responsible for the IBM education sales, marketing, services and delivery operations in India/Asia region. I also manage the team of architects, program directors, business managers and practice leaders to develop joint solutions with SI’s and Non-SI community in India and ASIA to make IBM education as a platform of choice, build centre of excellence, support client opportunities and to develop their associates skills on IBM software across 2C’s (Cloud and Cognitive). My role also demands to engage with client’s horizontal practices, vertical units and client accounts to execute a joint business plan to do digital and heritage transformation. As a digital initiative, my objective is to help SI and Non-SI organizations to build an eco-system by adopting IBM Bluemix as Innovation and leveraging design thinking and agile methods to make them to create Bluemix Garage.I have developed a world class certified Bluemix and SoftLayer technical team from scratch contributing to make more number of certified resources in IBM Cloud Application development in India and ASEAN. Show less

Bangalore

Bangalore, India

I have led SilverLake through continued market share in gains and sustained double digit growth. I transformed SilverLake’s business model from what was a near exclusive IBM platform training organization to Consultancy, Services and BPO, with revenue of $100 million in 2012. I made SilverLake presence in Singapore & Dubai to address the global presence in Asia Pacific and Middle East market space in enabling business and service providers to transform their operation and deliver IT as… Show more I have led SilverLake through continued market share in gains and sustained double digit growth. I transformed SilverLake’s business model from what was a near exclusive IBM platform training organization to Consultancy, Services and BPO, with revenue of $100 million in 2012. I made SilverLake presence in Singapore & Dubai to address the global presence in Asia Pacific and Middle East market space in enabling business and service providers to transform their operation and deliver IT as a service. SilverLake accelerates the journey to cloud computing, help IT departments of Retail, Insurance, Manufacturing and Banking domains in a more agile, trusted and cost effective way.In 2008, I oversaw the most aggressive new product introduction cycle in the company’s history to enter Insurance market segments and expand the company’s addressable market opportunity. I had expanded the company’s marketplace beyond small-medium business to large enterprises and had engaged my practice heads and management team directly with the clients to consistently exceed customer’s experience for quality, service, innovation and interaction. Acknowledging SilverLake rejuvenation under my leadership, IBM awarded SilverLake, the Best Business Partner for the past 8 years and Brand’s Academy named Sendhil one of the Best Entrepreneurs in the area of innovation on IBM Technology for the second year in a row in 2013. Show less

Bangalore, India

Throughout my 4 years at IBM, My career had been infused with a passion for helping clients extract value from their legacy technology investments, improving their business performance and simplifying the way people work. I have held a number of positions across IBM, including the training business where I led the introduction of IBM School of Enterprise Wide Computing business in IIIT Campus at Hyderabad, Which was deemed as #1 school for IBM Mainframe and Midrange technology during… Show more Throughout my 4 years at IBM, My career had been infused with a passion for helping clients extract value from their legacy technology investments, improving their business performance and simplifying the way people work. I have held a number of positions across IBM, including the training business where I led the introduction of IBM School of Enterprise Wide Computing business in IIIT Campus at Hyderabad, Which was deemed as #1 school for IBM Mainframe and Midrange technology during the Y2K era. I was also instrumental in helping build IBM’s midrange business globally by identifying partners and managing them technically and generating a source of revenue through the partner network. A major champion of midrange technology and IBM’s advancement in the business industry, I have delivered number of key technical speeches worldwide, including IBM Events conducted in India and ASEAN countries. Author of IBM Redbooks and submitted various white papers related to the midrange and mainframe technology. Frequently write technical articles in IBM Midrange magazine published by IBM and won every year the Bravo award for delighting the customers through various business instances. Hold numerous IBM technical certifications to the credits. Show less

Chennai

I joined Pentafour in 1994 after I graduated from University of Madras with a Masters of Computer Application. As a Masters out of college, I was intrigued by the promise that technology can have on business and revenue. I decided to apply IBM technology background in a new business environment and was a key member to make Pentafour’s technical growth in IBM platform. As a distinguished master in computer applications, I was responsible for the technical development and strategy of… Show more I joined Pentafour in 1994 after I graduated from University of Madras with a Masters of Computer Application. As a Masters out of college, I was intrigued by the promise that technology can have on business and revenue. I decided to apply IBM technology background in a new business environment and was a key member to make Pentafour’s technical growth in IBM platform. As a distinguished master in computer applications, I was responsible for the technical development and strategy of innovation solutions in the area of IBM midrange systems, which also gave me an immense experience as a client facing technical role and complex solution definition and development across industries. I was known for incubating and innovating legacy solutions and work with major clients world wide to take Pentafour solutions to market. My Innovation in Legacy space has helped Pentafour in its strategy to launch new products. As a strategic member of the IBM academic team, I was responsible to build business relationship with IBM and taking forward in setting up their first on board technical campus which holds all the IBM offering 24/7 at their STG unit in kelambakkam, Chennai. Show less

Master’S Degree, Master Of Computer Application

Activities and Societies: Debate Team on Emerging Technology Key member of developing student community on the Application systems.

Bachelor’S Degree, Commerce

Activities and Societies: Disrupting business through commerce Actively participated in enriching the knowledge of Commerce to other.