Puneet Kukkal
SVP, Chief Information Officer at Hachette Book Group
- Role
- SVP, Chief Information Officer at Hachette Book Group
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Puneet Kukkal
Seasoned technology executive with visionary leadership and hands-on execution across IT and product/services R&D. Experience shipping market leading wireless, mobile, media streaming, A/V conferencing products (@Intel), mission critical enterprise security software and services (@CA Technologies) and IT transformation across product portfolio, security, and infrastructure (@Hachette)- Entrepreneurial mindset delivering growth in enterprise products and Fortune customer base with a strong foundation of innovation (12 patents), M&A integrations (500M), and scalable solutions (100M users) through agile execution (SAFe)- As CIO/CTO heading IT modernization across enterprise applications, cloud, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, and operations through building and executing strategic roadmaps that are driving convergence of technology architecture with business architecture. Innovation through deep use of data and AI. Recognized turnaround specialist with a keen eye and out-of-the-box thinking. Demonstrated outstanding results through building new blueprints and driving change across organizations, culture, technology, operations, processes, and partnerships.Extensive experience transforming and expanding global technology organizations across US, India, China, Russia, and Israel with focus on people, collaboration, results, and innovation - attracting and retaining top talent.
Experience
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Sep 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US
As the CIO of Hachette Book Group, I am supporting the company\'s rapid business growth through strategic transformations across systems, data, processes, infrastructure, and operations. We are driving innovation through data and intelligence, continually strengthening our security posture with new tools and best practices, and improving infrastructure scalability and round-the-clock IT operations across our datacenters and the cloud. Under my leadership, we\'ve built a highly integrated and automated system portfolio, that is grounded in a robust multi-cloud architecture, ensuring impeccable data integrity that is now enabling us to bring in AI and generative AI solutions across several business lines and functions. I\'m incredibly proud of my strong IT leaders, their teams, offshore Centers of Excellence that we have built over the years, and our strategic partnerships that collectively are behind our success.
Education
University of South Carolina
Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering
1991 — 1993
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering
1987 — 1991
Skills
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Development
- Debugging
- Program Management
- System Architecture
- Wireless Technologies
- Software Engineering
- Wireless Networking
- Saas
- Wireless
- Mobile Devices
- Product Management
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Cloud Computing
- Software Design
- Software Project Management
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