Tara G Chattopadhyay

About Tara G Chattopadhyay

Experienced (15+ years) Pre-Sales Cloud Consultant working with IBM. Highly skilled in Data Center management, migration, consolidation with enterprise, and scale-out servers. Skilled in server and application performance analysis, solution sizing, TCO, and multi-cloud management. Certified in Virtualization, High Availability solutions on AIX; Openshift; Dockers and ITIL. Expertise in Hybrid Cloud (IBM, AWS), Hyper-converged Cloud (Nutanix). Proven track record of creative problem-solving using design thinking, Agile delivery, and creativity. Technical contributor in multi-million $$ deal wins. Managed large global technical teams. I am highly motivated, adaptable, agile, creative, and always curious to learn-unlearn-relearn. Focused on IT Architecture, AI, Automation, and next-generation technologies. French B1 level proficiency. Published author of technical books and intellectual capitals.

Experience

1. Advisory Technical Solutions Architect

   IBM

   Jan 2021 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   I use my experience in dealing with technologically complex large Enterprise ($1B+ annual revenue) and Smaller accounts (~$100k annual revenue) predominantly in Mumbai and Gujarat (West India), which are dynamic and requires constant challenging of scope, capabilities and market dynamics.\\\\n\\\\nI help the Sales team qualify and prioritize incoming requests from high priority stakeholders and business leaders and design solutions that are cutting age and yet that are not heavy on pocket : Superior TCO.\\\\n\\\\nDemonstrating value proposition of IBM\'s Cloud, Hardware, Security, AIOps, RedHat and Open shift, Storage products to Existing and New customers - handle and resolve objections and simplify the sales pipeline for closures.\\\\n\\\\nAfter the Sales, I remain engaged in the process and oversee the Implementation, Engagement, Consulting teams work and resolve any conflict during the entire process by engaging the WW SME, IBM Support and Product Engineering teams.\\\\n\\\\nI bring my expertise and judgment in selecting and proposing solutions to our Enterprise customers in the region and act as a single point of contact for Enterprise Technical Sales.\\\\n\\\\nI follow the WW Go-To market strategy and Technical Sales Plays. Study competitive landscape and technology trends to serve customers by becoming their trusted Technology partner.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• eFrench School

  French B2, French Language and Literature

• Université Populaire du Canton de Genève

  French B1, French Language and Literature

• Symbiosis Institute of International Business

  Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, International Business

  2010 — 2014

• Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya

  High School, General

  1992 — 1998

• Techno India College Of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology

  2001 — 2005

• ITTA

  Microsoft Intune and Azure, Azure