About me

1. - A self-portrait

2. Who am I?
 A person who enjoys the simple pleasures of life
 Have a penchant for learning
 Determined to excel in whatever I do
 Am open to suggestions and criticism
 Music is a constant companion

3.  Ability to adapt to a new work culture and
environment with ease
 Willingness to take up challenges and venture
into areas that I have not worked in before
 Ability to see the bigger picture
What do I bring with me?

4.  Commitment and dedication to the
organization I serve
 A stickler for perfection and punctuality
 Communication skills – written and spoken
 People Management
Strengths

5. Citations
Radhakrishnan Nair, Independent Strategic and Project Management Consultant (he
recruited me into IBM in 1997)
“I have found Vinod to be very committed, hard working, intelligent, competent and very pleasing employee. He has
always delivered above targets and expectations. He has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. He is
always positive in his attitude. I will strongly recommend him for senior level responsibilities.”
Kurian John, Product Manager (worked with me as a peer in 2004-05)
“Vinod was an exemplary Manager in the WebSphere team at IBM. His equanimity lent calm to many flashpoint
situations. In Websphere he led a crack team of top performers, an immensely challenging task, and led them as an
unit to solve critical customer situations. The WebSphere Solutions Architect team under the guidance of Vinod
emerged into one of the most potent customer facing teams in the India Software Labs. Vinod's efforts, led to the
labs investing a lot more in customer engagements, and was one of the drivers for the creation of a larger Lab
Services organization in IBM India.”
Amitava Bose, Leader - Microsoft Solutions, IBM India (my current functional manager) –
Aug 25 2014
“ Vinod is the Project Manager for solutions development as part of the very important "IBM-Microsoft Go-Big
Industry Initiative". This is an initiative sponsored by Bridget van Kralingen and is a joint venture between IBM and
Microsoft to jointly drive the growth of Microsoft Dynamics business globally. In this role, Vinod has been
collaborating with cross-brands and industry CoCs to ensure that we are able to deliver what has been agreed to
jointly between IBM and Microsoft.
His communication skills are above par and lucid and that helps a lot since he needs to deal with a lot of senior
people in the organization. He is quick to understand the issues being discussed and does not need to be reminded
or followed up on. This is a great trait in Vinod, as sometimes, given the number of parallel things that are
happening within the team, you need to do some things independently. “