Krishna Kumar

About Krishna Kumar

Krishna Kumar is the Founder and Managing Director of Quintrix, a company on a mission to cultivate the careers of high-performing emerging technology professionals. Quintrix is a certified minority-owned business and an offering of Mindlance, a $400M national workforce solutions firm.Quintrix is transforming how enterprises hire, train, and retain emerging talent through its Recruit-Train-Deploy (RTD) model. This approach has become a highly effective strategy for organizations seeking to attract, develop, and retain motivated early-career technologists while addressing critical skills gaps.Krishna partners with technology leaders and talent acquisition teams to build scalable pipelines of local, high-performing, culturally aligned talent who are motivated, loyal, and results-driven.Within three years of launching the Recruit-Train-Deploy model, Quintrix was acquired by Mindlance, one of the nation’s leading workforce solutions companies. Krishna continues to lead Quintrix in helping Fortune organizations address the growing demand for emerging and niche talent.Technology Focus Areas: Data Engineering & Analytics, Cloud, Software Engineering, Automation Testing, AWS Connect, Salesforce and MS Dynamics 365

Experience

1. Founder & Managing Director

   Quintrix, by Mindlance

   Jan 2012 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Lead the execution of Quintrix’s mission to cultivate emerging and niche talent professionals through tuition-free training programs• Develop the next generation of well-rounded AI/ML engineers, software engineers, data evangelists, and cloud professionals prepared to succeed in enterprise environments.• Partner with enterprises to design and implement Recruit-Train-Deploy talent strategies that help them recruit, train, and retain the next generation of technology leaders.• Implemented the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) to empower department leaders to set clear priorities, drive accountability, and execute on ambitious organizational goals.• Drove 1,100% growth over a four-year period, scaling Quintrix into a nationally recognized emerging-talent development platform.• Founded and chair an advisory board of CIOs, aligning industry leaders around the shared goal of advancing socio-economic mobility through technology careers.• Lead key initiatives across brand development, strategic partnerships, and market awareness.• As a member of the Board of Directors, help guide the vision, strategy, and long-term direction of the organization.

Education

• University of Madras

  B.S, Business, Accounting

  1999 — 2001

• Oklahoma State University

  MBA

  2003 — 2005

• Bloomberg University

  Bloomberg Certified Professional, Equity

  2004 — 2004