29th - 30th October 2021 - Bangalore.
* CTO, Energy & Mobility, Microsoft India (Azure Global cloud business).
Building a global Industry Platform-as-a-service (IPAAS) business for
Microsoft's Azure, including end-to-end technical, business strategy,
execution & strategic partnership responsibilities. Scope: clean energy
(solar, wind, storage), automotive / mobility / transportation (connected,
e-mobility, TaaS), and cross-domain industry plays.
* Previously Executive GM in GE Power Conversion: built new Line
of Business (LOB) P&L ground up (across product, sales, strategy/business dev)
in e-Mobility and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Solar.
* Visionary technology and business executive with first-principles
thinking, deep technology skills, strategic insight, client/business
development experience and delivered business impact across USA, Europe,
India, Asia Pacific (Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia,
Malaysia) & Middle East.
* Developed and led industry solutions teams involving transformative
digital technologies: Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning/deep
learning, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, mobile & cloud computing,
telecom and wireless / networking.
* Developed & delivered industry solutions / platforms in areas such as
energy & utilities (eg: renewables/solar/wind, storage, smart grids),
natural resources (agri-business, mining, water, oil & gas),
transportation (eg: electric vehicles (EV) & shared transportation),
with deep strategic & financial business insights (eg: see linkedin articles).
* Highly eminent/visible technologist. I leverage my education / academic past
(as tenured full professor in RPI, USA (1997-2007)) and extensive networks to
attract, hire and grow talent, with a special focus on diversity.
* I develop and care about people: lead by inspiration, learning & encourage
bold first-principles based thinking supported by frugal, relentless execution.
* 200+ peer reviewed technical papers; 35+ patents granted (50+ filed),
IBM Master Inventor awardee (2017).
Recognition: Distinguished Alumni Award for Career Achievement
(Ohio State University, 2021), Distinguished Alumnus Award
(IIT Madras, 2021), IEEE Fellow (2010, contributions to network
traffic management), ACM Distinguished Scientist (2010-11),
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Fellow (2015),
MIT Technology Review TR 100 (1999), IBM Master Inventor (2017).
Degrees: B.Tech (CS, IIT Madras, 1989-93, All India #3 IIT JEE),
MS/PhD (CS, Ohio State U, 1993-1997), Executive MBA (RPI, 2003-2005)
Personal Site (music education): www.shivkumar.org/music