C Vijayakumar

C Vijayakumar (also known as CVK) is the chief executive officer and Managing Director of HCL Technologies, a US$10.54 billion global technology company. Over the years, Vijay has previously held several technology, business and operational leadership positions at HCL. He is currently the Chairman of World Economic Forum's IT Governor's Community as well as a Board Member of the US-India Business Council.[1][2]

C VijayaKumar
Born1967 (age 53–54)
Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materPSG College of Technology (B.Eng.) and Lawrence School, Lovedale
OccupationPresident and CEO of HCL Technologies
Websitewww.linkedin.com/in/vijayakumar-c-hcl

Career and education

C Vijayakumar joined HCL Technologies in 1994 in the founding startup team of Comnet as a senior technical engineer.[3][4]

Over the years, he held a wide portfolio of responsibilities in HCL across sales, operations and service delivery. He was appointed the company's chief operating officer in July 2016 [5] and later that year in Oct 2016, promoted to be the CEO, succeeding Anant Gupta.[6]

Prior to becoming COO of the company, CVK was the President of HCL's Infrastructure Services business, a position he held since March 2015.[4]

Vijay's leadership style was commended in the business book ‘Blueprint to a billion: 7 essentials to achieve exponential growth’ as part of a case-study on HCL Technologies authored by David G. Thomson.[7]


College:


Vijay holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical & electronics engineering from PSG College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India[1]


Highschool:


Vijayakumar studied in The Lawrence School, Lovedale, Tamil Nadu, India and graduated in 1986.[8] He was present in Sumeru House.

Personal life

Vijay was born in Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.[9] He is currently based in Cary, North Carolina in the United States.[7]

See also

References
  1. "C Vijayakumar | HCL Technologies". www.hcltech.com.
  2. "HCL TECHNOLOGIES: AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION ENTERPRISE | HCL Technologies". www.hcltech.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. "HCL Tech appoints COO". @businessline.
  5. "HCL Tech Appoints C Vijay Kumar As Chief Operating Officer". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  6. "HCL Technologies Appoints C Vijayakumar as Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  7. Thomson, David G. (2010-04-30). Mastering the 7 Essentials of High-Growth Companies: Effective Lessons to Grow Your Business. ISBN 9780470634820.
  8. C Vijayakumar SUM 86 for OL Nation 17, retrieved 2021-11-22
  9. "Vijay Vijayakumar, Hcl Technologies Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
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