Chandra Balani

About Chandra Balani

Working at AWS India since Sept, 2013 and currently heading the AWS Industries India business across GCCs of Global Financial Services, Auto & Mfg, Media & Entertainment, HCLS and Strategic Accounts.Working as a General Manager leading the team across functions including Account Managers, Solutions Architects, Customer Solutions Managers, Partner Managers responsible for AWS Industries business in India.Prior to that I was responsible for AWS Geo Expansion in India and & SAARC region. Having a total of 27+ years of leadership experience in Sales, Business Development, Partner Management with BE & MBA from premier institutes helping customers in their digital transformation journeys.Specialties: Leadership, Sales, Account Management, Business Development, Partner Management, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), AI, GenAI, AgenticAILead the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity initiatives for AWS in India. Ideated and executed a video series with women leaders in the industry \"Her Leadership\" interviewed 11 leaders across two seasons with a reach of 6M+ https://ys-events.yourstory.com/aws-her-leadershipAWS Culture Champion, Tier 1 PR speaker, Amazon Culture of Innovation certified speaker, Learnings from Amazon certified speaker, EQ Champion, certified speaker for \"Innovator\'s mindset with Emotional Intelligence\", Hiring Bar Raiser, AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certified, AWS AI Practitioner Certified.I believe in creating a wholesome personality and find time to learn music including Bollywood & Carnatic classical, sing songs on karaoke & post them on my YouTube channel on a regular have reached connections limit on LinkedIn, please follow me instead of a connection request)

Experience

1. Head, Aws Industries India

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jan 2020 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Responsible for AWS Industries business for AWS in India.This includes GCCs of Strategic Accounts, Global Financial Services (GFS), Auto & Manufacturing, Media, Entertainment, Gaming & Sports (MEGS) and HCLS. The accounts include the biggest lighthouse customers of AWS globally in each of the above Industry Business Units (IBUs)Responsible for Account Managers, Solutions Architects, CSM and PSM teams supporting this business.

Education

• BE, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur

  Bachelor of Engineering, Production and Industrial

  1992 — 1996

• MBA, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata

  M.B.A, Marketing

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Pre-Sales
• Crm
• Market Research
• Saas
• Oracle Applications
• Solution Selling
• Business Planning
• Sales Process
• Business Development
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Team Management
• Leadership
• Direct Sales
• Partner Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Channel
• Databases
• Sales
• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Consulting
• Channel Partners
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Account Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Mysql
• New Business Development
• International Sales
• Networking
• Lead Generation
• Vendor Management
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence