Ashish Kumar
Chief Growth Officer and Digital Lead
business
Avanade
Netherlands
Biography
As Chief Growth Officer, Ashish Kumar is responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives to accelerate Avanade’s growth. He is also responsible for Avanade’s Digital offerings. Ashish oversees the global departments for sales, alliances, innovation, industry and strategy. From 2008 to 2013, Ashish was President, Europe, Africa and Latin America. He joined Avanade at its inception as Chief Technology Officer and served in this role from 2000 to 2008. During his tenure, he established Avanade’s global delivery capability in India and the Philippines. Prior to Avanade, Ashish was general manager of Microsoft’s Industry Solutions Group, a consulting unit that delivered the first generation of Microsoft-based enterprise-scale solutions across vertical markets. Ashish started his career in database product engineering at Digital Equipment Corporation. A recognized leader in IT, Ashish has been named one of the 25 Most Influential CTOs by InfoWorld magazine and one of ComputerWorld magazine’s Top 100 IT Professionals. Ashish holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science from Imperial College, University of London, and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Florida.
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