Dr. Akila Jaikumar, Sr. Vice President
Akila has over 15 years of experience, first as a Scientist in a CSIR Lab and then in the IT industry. She has managed large global teams, worked with international clients and overseen multiple projects simultaneously, being responsible for on-time delivery of projects and operations of the delivery group including staffing, budgeting, revenue growth, pre-sales, domain and technology competency building, capacity building, client relationship management and administration. She has experience in architecting, designing, and developing software solutions in diverse areas such as real-time data processing, simulation projects for the defense sector, investment banks, e-business, telecommunications, healthcare and storage solutions. She has contributed to creating and implementing best practices in delivery management, knowledge management, process implementation and organization building. Akila has played various roles in Project Management, Delivery Management and Competency Excellence at leading IT companies like DE Shaw and Virtusa. She headed the Competency Excellence Group at Virtusa.
Akila holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and received the Vittal N Chandavarkar award for the best thesis in the department of Engineering. She has published 13 papers in international scientific journals related to her doctoral thesis and post-doctoral work. |
