Maulik Yagnik

About Maulik Yagnik

Seasoned professional with extensive experience in Cyber Security, Networking and Cloud Technologies, a patent holder in the domain of cybersecurity, networking, cloud and AI.Adept at Customer Success, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Agile Methodologies, Program Recovery and Practice Delivery Leadership. Instrumental in building thought leadership through research, knowledge contribution and brand building. Successfully led technical services groups, ensuring delivery assurance, incident management, change management, operations, revenue growth and enablement, escalation management and business development.Contribution have been recognized with several awards including Indian Achievers Award. Also served as mentor in NASSCOM DeepTech Club.Specialties: Technical Solution and Support for IT Infrastructure Security, Networking, voice, IT Infra Automation and Cloud solutions, Alliance management(delivery) for global Geographies, Skills Management, General Management, People Mgmt, competency mgmt, talent retention, ITIL, MIMP, incident mgmt, SRE, Secops, netops, devnet, aiops, AI, Gen AI, Analyst report, customer success, cross functional working, Agile, Program recovery, practice head, Customer support and services. Maintenance of ISO audit compliance, OEM partnership Audit compliance.

Experience

1. Director - Practice

   Cognizant

   Jan 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading the growth and strategic management of the Network and Security Practice delivery, focusing on driving innovation and operational excellence. Responsibilities include overseeing service management for practice, ensuring delivery assurance, and spearheading program recovery initiatives. I will also focus on competency development within the practice, fostering strategic partnerships with OEMs and industry analysts, and aligning our offerings with emerging industry trends. With a focus on leadership, collaboration, and innovation, I am committed to delivering transformative solutions and creating impactful outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

Education

• L.B.S. Rajkot

  Higher Secondary, Science

  1998 — 2000

• Saurashtra University

  BE, Electronics & Communications

  2000 — 2004

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Marketing

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Finance
• Cloud Security
• Practice Development
• Vendor Management
• Solution Architecture
• Automation
• Yaml
• Pre-Sales
• Project Management
• Juniper
• Cisco Systems Products
• Checkpoint
• Consulting
• Requirements Analysis
• Firewalls
• Troubleshooting
• Cloud Computing
• Management
• Network Function Virtualization
• Integration
• Openstack
• Android Development
• IT Service Management
• Networking
• Virtualization
• Information Security
• Solution Selling
• Service Delivery
• Technical Support
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Itil
• Python
• Disaster Recovery
• Team Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Data Center
• Enterprise Network Security
• Cisco Technologies