Shankar Vittala

About Shankar Vittala

Shankar brings rich experience of more than 27 years in the Technology and IT Services industry, particularly in Strategic Outsourcing Engagements, with global companies like IBM / Kyndryl and Wipro. During his tenure at IBM, Shankar has successfully led and closed multi-million dollar strategic long term transformational engagements with large clients in India across Telecom, BFSI, Retail and Manufacturing industries, worth more than USD 1.7 Billion in the India Geography. Under his leadership, IBM has won several large engagements across industries, successfully combining IBM\'s Application Development & Management, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Integration & Management capabilities to help customers achieve their business goals.At Wipro, over a 13 year tenure, Shankar has donned several roles, including successfully managing the P&L for a region, and leading the organization to several key integrated large engagements with customers across India and the Middle East. Shankar also led the Global Solutions team for Infrastructure services to key wins in APAC, Europe and US geographies. Shankar is an IBM certified Sales Specialist, trained in multiple large scale Negotiation strategies, Sales Strategies and Large Deal Management Techniques. He is very passionate about helping clients achieve their long term business goals through strategic partnerships. He is also an avid learner of new technologies, and is well versed with using the latest tools and technologies around Watson Analytics, Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Mobility Solutions etc. in client engagements to deliver business outcomes.Shankar holds a Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering from Pune University.

Experience

1. Director & Partner - Strategic Engagements

   Kyndryl India

   Feb 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics

  1991 — 1995

• DPS

  HSC

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Key Account Management
• Saas
• Business Development
• Client Solutions
• Management
• Direct Sales
• Strategic Leadership
• New Business Development
• Vendor Management
• Outsourcing
• Client Presentation
• Service Delivery
• Solution Selling
• Global Delivery
• IT Service Management
• Account Management
• Team Management
• P&L Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Strategic Sales
• Storage
• Crm
• Strategic Outsourcing
• Sales Management
• Pre-Sales
• Leadership
• Solution Architecture
• Managed Services
• Cloud Computing
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Business Alliances
• Total Outsourcing