Suren Kulkarni

Suren is a senior executive with 20+ years of experience in building and executing end to end GTM and customer acquisition strategies. During his career, he has operated in multiple geographies including EMEA and the Indian subcontinent and successfully led sales & solutions teams for leading global IT organizations. He has multi-faceted experience of managing P&Ls for products, solutions, systems integration and outsourcing business. For startups and growth stage companies, he brings extensive leadership, deep global market insights and industry experience to help them build a strong brand and create the market value to make them ready for investments.

His expertise spans across building and managing new business, new market entry & operations and building high revenue streams through new business opportunities. By building high performance teams and expanding portfolios, he has played pivotal roles in successfully transforming businesses and making them profitable. He has worked closely with young companies, from seed level and was instrumental in developing business strategies, driving growth and successfully securing investments.

Suren started his career as an entrepreneur and after a successful exit, he joined large IT organizations.

Prior to Inovez, he was Director of Sales at iGATE Europe, managing their manufacturing vertical business. He also worked with a supply chain startup, and played a significant role in securing investments. Before that, he was managing the telecommunications vertical business for Satyam and increased the unit revenue multifold over a period of 3 years. Working with a large business group in Middle East, he was instrumental in establishing their software business unit and later transforming it into a leading software solutions provider in the region.

Suren holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA in Financial Management. He is based in Pune, India. He is an active badminton player and an avid football fan.