Over the past two decades at global technology company HCLTech, Kalyan Kumar, known as KK, has played various roles across solutions, business development, alliance management, practice, CoE and delivery after starting at HCLTech subsidiary HCL COMNET in 2000.

Presently, KK is the Global Chief Technology Officer and Head – Ecosystems, overseeing all product and technology strategy, emerging technology incubation and the overall cloud offering – CloudSMART. He leads the HCLTech ecosystem units spanning cloud, TechOEMs, Telcos and the start-up ecosystem e-STiP.

KK also is the Chief Product Officer for HCLSoftware (HCLTech Software Products & Platform business including DRYICE.AI, Actian and Industry Software). He is responsible for all portfolio and product groups, driving central engineering, cloud and SaaS platforms, IT, security and compliance for HCLSoftware.

KK is a member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Network and the CNBC Technology Executive Council. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and part of the WEF Global Future Council 2020 and 2021 for Quantum Computing and the WEF 2021 CDO Community. He has co-authored eight books in the domains of business technology and service management. In 2021 and 2022, Technology Magazine named KK in their Global Top 100 Technology Leaders.

KK is a trustee of a London-based charity that drives the adoption of cricket in state schools and continues to engage with the community on holistic development with sports. He is an active member of eight County Cricket Clubs and select academies and is a life member of the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

On a personal note, KK actively follows and plays cricket, squash and golf – and he follows football, rugby and F1. He is a musician and was the drummer and percussionist for the Delhi-based group, Contraband. He now occasionally plays in the local gig circuit in London.