Internet of Things IoT

Sukamal Banerjee, the Global Head of IoT WoRKS^TM, leads the P&L and customer satisfaction across all vertical markets. A multi-disciplinary business leader, Sukamal has been instrumental in establishing HCL’s market leadership in Engineering Services business. Credited for many firsts in HCL from creating HCL’s top accounts to large-scale partnership agreements, the global head leads efforts to improve the client experience by re-engineering the BU growth strategy. A frequent speaker at industry & technology forums, he has also authored various thought leading articles in his 20 years of distinguished career.

Sukant Acharya runs the IoT WoRKS^TM business for HCL. This includes the charter of extending HCL’s thought leadership in IoT-led digital transformation, creating and nurturing the market space, establishing and driving the overall BU growth strategy, building the GTM plan with the alliance and partner ecosystems, launching products and solutions, and managing BU P&L across all verticals globally. With over two decades of experience in management consulting, outsourcing, and several core industry verticals, Sukant brings a 360-degree perspective to help global organizations navigate and lead the digital wave.  

Sridhar Negamanthan, the CoE & Partnership Head at IoT WoRKS^TM, is a high-performing and high energy individual. He excels in creating new business practices and leading professional services engagements through design thinking and strategy. Sridhar’s primary focus rests on customers in the oil and gas, mining, chemicals and utility industry, and in his 28 years of leadership, he has inspired quite a few lives.

Siva Kotthapalli is the Global Delivery Head at HCL IoT WoRKS^TM and leads IoT Transformational Journeys across customer organizations. Siva brings in two decades of experience in building Engineering / R&D organizations, Technology Innovation Centres in Information and Communication Technologies domain; with deep expertise in Global Delivery, Product Life Cycle Management and Market Development for emerging technology solutions. Siva is a member of various industry bodies and is a prolific speaker at technology forums.

Ashish Guttedar, Head of Product Management at IoT WoRKS^TM, is a global business leader with over 17 years of experience in delivering value across multiple high-technology industries. An industry thought leader, his areas of expertise lie in conceptualizing business strategy and architecting solution propositions in context to business pain points and challenges identified. He is passionate about bringing innovations to market and has a proven track record of shepherding innovative products from concept to launch across verticals (Automotive, Lighting, Industrial Manufacturing) and Geographies (US, EU, & China).

Shane leads IoT WoRKS^TM Business Development for the Manufacturing and Oil & Gas verticals. He is instrumental in developing strategies that deeply impact organization level processes and business transformation. His deep insights and interpersonal skills have helped him develop services for clients that have brought change and produced results for over 20 years.

Justin Beltramo, CoE Lead at IoT WoRKS^TM in the Manufacturing vertical, disrupts traditional thinking. He leads both local and global transformations by shaping IoT strategy and solutions. A strategist and an inspirational leader with more than 20 years of experience, Justin designs and implements transformation with ease.

Rohit Ahlawat leads IoT WoRKS^TM Business Development for Life Sciences & Healthcare, Travel & Hospitality, Transportation & Logistics, Energy and Emerging Verticals. He brings with him a rich experience of business development, program management & global delivery of IT consulting & software services. He incessantly drives collaborative business growth in the new IoT ecosystem opportunity. In his previous role as a head of the ERS product management team, his focus areas included ERS solutions in analytics, test, devices and platforms space. Rohit has more than 10 years of experience across sales, pre-sales, and product management.

Arifur Deepu, CoE Lead, Life Sciences & Healthcare at IoT WoRKS^TM, is a seasoned healthcare, IoT & technology strategist and thought leader with 22+ years of experience. His areas of expertise are in management of complex, corporate, cross-divisional product development & operations along with defining IoT strategy for healthcare & pharmaceutical organisations, helping them achieve IoT-led business transformation.

Ravi Hadke heads Business Development in the European market for IoT WoRKS^TM. A global leader, his rich and diverse experience of 16+ plus years has been instrumental in establishing a strong foothold in the region. Ravi has extensive experience and a proven track record of creating transformation success stories leveraging his solid analytical and team management skills.

Subir Dhar, head of Business Development IoT WoRKS^TM for the APAC market, has established lasting business relationships on the back of strong strategic deals. An industry veteran in the manufacturing and energy & utilities domains, his experience spans across sourcing advisory engagements and capability assessments of technology providers – having spent several years in management consulting. A driven and compassionate leader, he has led a business analytics start-up and set up a technology lab focused on IoT, while also founding a non-profit organization around education & livelihood and an eco-tourism venture.