Kushal Arora, Pre Sales Consultant - IT Solutions Architect

Kushal Arora

Pre Sales Consultant - IT Solutions Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
11 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months

Pre Sales Consultant - IT Solutions Architect at Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since June 2016

• Solution Architect, proposing IT Infrastructure Solutions across service lines like End-User Computing, Data Center Operations & Transformations.
• Solution manager for end-to-end RFx (RFI, RFP, and RFS) in collaboration with various Technical CoE’s and Sales teams.
• Collaborate with Sales/Presales teams of identified verticals and develop IoT specific Service offerings.
• Playing a fundamental role in setting up the IoT Business unit within the SBU.
• Functional Analysis of customer business requirements and mapping it to the IT requirements.
• Building and Presenting value driven Sales Proposals and Business Cases highlighting Cognizant’s differentiators and value proposition.
• Solution and Proposal defense based on various pricing and resourcing models.
• Handling Client interactions, solution workshops and presentations.
• Mentoring a team of Bid manages and ensuring accurate and timely deliverables, Pricing and Proposal reviews.

Pre-Sales Executive at HCL Technologies Ltd
  • India
  • May 2013 to May 2016

Managing Pre-Sales requirements and setting up of Sales and Pre-Sales functions for HCL Brazil.
•On-site client interactions, presentations and proposal defense along with the Technical Teams.
•Co-coordinating with various Cross-functional Teams, Transition Teams & Technology teams for the preparation of the final bid to be presented to the prospective client.
•Preparing customized Presentations, Business proposals, Collaterals, Case studies for Prospective clients.
•Preparing reports and Presentations on Competitive Analysis and Trend Analysis based on HCL’s capabilities vis-à-vis competitors.
•Organizing and managing end to end Client Visits for global clients.
•Assisting the Marketing teams in establishing HCL brand name in Latin America region.
•Understanding the Client’s requirements for projects and communicating to the technical teams for solution designing.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at IBS Hyderabad
  • January 2013
Bachelor's degree, Computer Aided Management
  • at JSS Academy Of Technical Education, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
  • January 2010
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at AVB Public School, CBSE Board
  • March 2007

Specialties & Skills

Remote Infrastructure Management
Cloud Computing
IT Infrastructure
Internet of things
Internet of Things (IOT)
Machine Learning (ML)
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FUNCTIONAL
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
PRESENTATION SKILLS
PROPOSAL WRITING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Portuguese
Beginner

Training and Certifications

IBM Watson IoT-Level 1 Selling IoT (Pursuing Certification). (Certificate)
Certification on “Advanced Excel” from NIIT. (Certificate)
ITIL V3 Foundation Certified (HCL Internal). (Certificate)
SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud) Certified Professional – (Certificate # SMAC15OL-1012) (Certificate)
CloudU Certified by Rackspace. (Certificate)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Professional Accreditation. (Certificate)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) TCO and Cloud Economics Accreditation. (Certificate)
Certified IoT Professional. (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Teaching, Training and Mentoring
     English Teacher and Personality Development trainer for School and College Students.  Trainer and Mentor at ‘Teach @ Office’ initiative at HCL.
  • Road biking
    Love to Ride Motorcycles. Have been to the Highest Motorable Road in the World on my motorcycle along with many other locations across India.
  • Playing musical instruments
    Learning to play the Bamboo flute.
  • Badminton
     Part of the college Badminton team at IBS Hyderabad.  Silver medalist at Intra Company Badminton Tournament at Cognizant Technology Solutions (2016).