Rajesh Thakur

About Rajesh Thakur

Rajesh has completed more than 26 years in the Consulting and Technology Industry having gone through a grind, which takes to become a well-groomed leader. He has managed a total business close to $ 1 Billion in his career with Indian and Global Clients across India, South Asia, Middle East & Africa.His current mandate is with Accenture as MD - Sales Lead which covers Sales Leadership across Communication, Media and Technology Clients (CMT) and Alliance Leadership with AWS across India Market Unit. In his tenure of 21 years with Wipro, he has worked as GM and Business Head for four and a half years managing a P&L of a USD 100 M Business Unit in India and Middle East with responsibility of Revenue, Sales and profitability. He was operating as a Vertical Head (CEO) managing an organization with a 40 member Sales & Solutions Team, Delivery & Operations team of 6500+ people. He has also spent about three years with Tech Mahindra as Vice President - Sales setting up and growing their Middle East business of CME (Comms, Media and Entertainment) from scratch into a formidable position and market share. Rajesh is a Market Maker and has led and won very large deal chases including Carve Out deals; Transformation and Outsourcing deals, Business Reinvention deals; AO / IO Managed Services deals. He has successfully driven Sales across Business Transformation Consulting, Technology Consulting, Application Development & Management, Cloud Services, Infrastructure solutions and Managed Services. He carries the domain and presales experience required for Consultative selling to customers, has engaged with C-Suite Leadership, supported them in their Digital enablement journey and solved their complex business & operational problems by providing them value led solutions. He has been instrumental in striking partnerships with OEM’s, startups, SIs and other echo system partners based on internal and customer strategic priorities.He has the experience of managing large teams with senior leaders, has consistently delivered on his business targets, be it Sales or Revenue through many years of operational rigor and by driving big bets by rolling up his sleeves as and when required. He has groomed leaders who can take independent responsibilities, works with compassion and team spirit and promotes an environment of collaborative approach.

Experience

1. Managing Director - Sales Lead Cmt Ii Accenture Aws Business Group Lead Ii India

   Accenture

   Nov 2021 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Sales Lead CMT - India Market Unit, Nov 21 - present• Sales Lead across Communications, Media & Technology (CMT) Client Group • Drive a team of 20+ direct and Indirect Sales Leaders • Drive engagements with S&C, Technology, AO/IO, Bus Ops and CX Transformation across Clients • Drive latest offerings around 5G, Cloud Engineering Services, GenAI, across Clients • Develop ecosystem of partners for Sell To, Sell With ServicesAABG (Accenture AWS Business Group) Lead – India, Nov 24 - present • Establish & drive relationship with AWS Leadership in India • Accelerate & Grow Sell-With Business with AWS in India across all Business Units of Accenture • Chart out and Drive Large Strategic Deals with AWS in India Business

Education

• Punjab Engineering College

  B.E. Electrical, Electrical and Communication Engineering

  1991 — 1995

• Goa Institute of Management (GIM)

  PGDM, Marketing and Finance

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Managed Services
• Data Center
• Business Alliances
• Business Strategy
• Pre-Sales
• Organizational Leadership
• P&L Ownership
• Large Deals
• Key Account Management
• Vendor Management
• Strategic Planning
• Solution Selling
• Technology Consulting
• Business Development
• Sales
• Team Management
• Cxo Level Engagement
• Telecommunications
• Account Management