Abhishek Kulkarni

SVP, Client Relations at AURUS, INC

Abhi (Abhishek) has managed client relationships on behalf of IT product and services companies focusing on the retail, financial services and healthcare industries for over 20 years.

Abhi joined Aurus in 2010 as Business Development Manager and now as a client relations expert, Abhi typically works with clients, AurusPay’s software development teams, field service groups and operations teams to ensure alignment and achievement of the overall client’s goals and objectives. Abhi also manages the on-going relationships with AurusPay’s enterprise, mid-market & SMB clients, ensuring the seamless coordination of changes and enhancements required to meet the evolving requirements of the payments industry and the clients.

Abhi blends deep experience as an Account Manager for clients involving product deployments and IT services engagements for application development, IT infrastructure and Analytics. Abhi is passionate about delivering value-added services, mitigating risks and ensuring timely project progress. He is well versed in overseeing project delivery, resolution of blocking issues, facilitation and communication to all stakeholders.

Prior to joining Aurus, Abhi served as client manager for HCL Group, a multi-billion $ global IT services conglomerate and at Waltech, an IT Consulting Services Provider.

Abhi earned a Master’s of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with distinction from the National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. Abhi is a Six Sigma Green Belt and has a certificate in Applied Project Management from Project Management Institute (PMI) and a certificate in Marketing Strategy from Cornell University.

Timeline

  • SVP, Client Relations

    Current role