Thanikai Sokka

Thanikai Sokka

Sales and Business Development Leader | Snowflake | x-Googler | Growth Consultant | Technology Innovation Leader

Role
Managing Director, Global Head of Ai Ml Gtm at Snowflake
Location
New York, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Thanikai Sokka

Dynamic and innovative professional with 24+ years of experience in technology, sales, consulting, product management, product development and business strategy.17+ years of experience in technology and consulting sales, and business development, with the most recent 13+ years focused on architecting and selling cloud based solutions to drive customer growth and transformation; have played the role of a business development leader, sales engineer, strategic account manager, sales engineering leader, and sales leader; with substantial experience interacting with clients, and building relationships at the executive level.Extensive experience as a manager and leader for small, medium and large teams; creating scale, improving performance and managing through change.5+ years of experience innovating, incubating and helping launch new products and businesses serving as a growth advisor and consultant for companies.15+ years of experience in systems engineering, enterprise architecture, software design and development, project management, and data/information modeling.Extensive and diverse industry experience, including:4+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the technology/digital native industry.4+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the retail industry.4+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the media and publishing industry.10+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the public sector (Fed Civ, DoD, and Intel).3+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the healthcare and life sciences industry.6+ years of architecting and selling solutions for the financial services industry.

Experience

  1. Managing Director, Global Head of Ai Ml Gtm

    Snowflake

    Feb 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

    Lead the global AI/ML GTM strategy and platform sales team. My team works closely with Snowflake AI product, product marketing, field sales, partnerships, and operations to take Snowflake AI/ML feature and solution offerings to market. My team is responsible for growing AI/ML revenue by positioning, solutioning, selling and delivering value to our customers through Snowflake\'s AI/ML feature offerings to solve transformative business problems that drive real ROI.

Education

  • The Johns Hopkins University

    M.S, Computer Science; Information Security and Software Engineering

    2005 — 2008

  • Duke University

    B.S.E degree, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering

    1995 — 1999

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