Rakesh Rajendran

Rakesh Rajendran

Systems Engineer

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  • About me

    Senior Manager - Alliances and Partnerships

  • Education

    • Amrita School Of Engineering

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Electronics and Communicaions Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Coordinator of Electronics and Communication club (Astra), Amrita School of Engineering. • Coordinator of Electronics and Communication club (Astra) events in Amrita School of Engineering.

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Marketing/Marketing Management, General

      Activities and Societies: • Coordinator of Marketing and Advertising (MAD) • Coordinator of Consulting club (Mantradharin) • Coordinator of the SpringFest and the Kshitij • Coordinator of Marketing and Advertising (MAD) club events in VGSOM. The responsibilities include organizing marketing summits where CMOs and Marketing heads from industry are invited, conducting panel discussions, organizing marketing and advertising events like Madison Avenue and Venalicium.• Coordinator of Consulting club (Mantradharin) events in VGSOM. The responsibilities include conducting case study discussions, quizzes and guest lectures which creates awareness among the students… Show more • Coordinator of Marketing and Advertising (MAD) club events in VGSOM. The responsibilities include organizing marketing summits where CMOs and Marketing heads from industry are invited, conducting panel discussions, organizing marketing and advertising events like Madison Avenue and Venalicium.• Coordinator of Consulting club (Mantradharin) events in VGSOM. The responsibilities include conducting case study discussions, quizzes and guest lectures which creates awareness among the students in consultancy domain.• Coordinator of the SpringFest and the Kshitij (tech fest) events in IIT Kharagpur. Show less

  • Experience

    • Infosys

      Dec 2009 - May 2012
      Systems Engineer

      • Worked as a designer and developer of Enterprise Package Solutions for the Global Apparel company.• Module lead for Supply Chain management, pricing and promotion optimization projects in a team of 20.• Additional role of configuration controller and data security in the project.• Creation and maintenance of status reports, requirement trace reports and application interface development reports.• Batch monitoring and mainframe support for client applications.• Migration of dsx files and shellscripts to break fix and production environments.• System, integration, performance and end-to-end test support of the interfaces developed. • Developed customized applications for the creation of functional and technical documents in the project.• Responsibility of defect prevention activities in the project. Show less

    • Feecounter

      May 2013 - Jul 2013
      Marketing and sales Intern
    • YASH Technologies

      Jun 2014 - Sept 2019
      Deputy Manager- Strategic Alliances

      GSO GTM SPOC for Microsoft Alliance and Business Development at YASH Technologies.Global Alliances Manager for Microsoft, IBM and CISCO strategic partnerships.Business development and creation of deals and quotes in the partner portals.Partner negotiations and deal closure for million dollar projects.Significant role in taking the company from member level through advanced level to premier and SVP Primary Support Provider Levels in IBM partnership hierarchy and to Select Certified Level in CISCO partnership.Cisco Certified SMB Account Manager.IBM Certified Social Business Solution Sales Professional and IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Sales Professional.IBM SVP Primary Support Provider Mastery Professional.Build and maintain relationships with business development executives and work as an extended team for alliance partners.Interaction with over 50 member IBM and CISCO teams in the company for project bandwidth and certifications.Statistical Analysis to understand and correlate changing demands from work volume perspective and adjust the resource volume for leading US based clientDeveloped functional architecture and systems integration big picture for the agriculture equipment based US client. Prepare RFPs and sales collaterals as part of Lead Generation team for various global clients.Part of process improvement and scope management projects for leading clients.  Show less

    • Infostretch

      Sept 2019 - Apr 2020
      Associate Director
    • KPI Partners

      Sept 2020 - Jan 2023
      Senior Alliance Manager
    • SLK

      Jan 2023 - now
      Senior Manager - Alliances and Partnerships
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Nov 2019
    • Integrity in Business Partner Relationships

      IBM
      Aug 2015
    • IBM Certified Solution Developer - InfoSphere DataStage v8.0

      IBM
      Jun 2011
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    • IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Sales Professional v2

      IBM
      Feb 2015
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    • Migration Ambassador Foundations (Business) 2022

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Jul 2022
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    • IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Sales Professional v3

      IBM
      Mar 2016
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    • Microsoft Licensing Solutions Specialist Lite

      Microsoft
      Aug 2016
    • Exam 705: Designing and Providing Microsoft Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations

      Microsoft
      Jun 2018
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    • Small and Midsize Business Account Manager Representative

      Cisco
      Sept 2015
    • IBM Social Business Solution Sales Professional v1

      IBM
      Feb 2015
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    • IBM SVP Primary Support Provider Mastery Professional v1

      IBM
      Apr 2015
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rakesh Rajendran
      Bravo Award (Crown Award) Infosys Ltd. Jul 2012 Winner of Bravo Award (Crown Award) in Infosys for the performance in Q1 2012