Vinay Rayker is an experienced professional in cloud and partner technology leadership, currently serving as Cloud Leader - APAC and Partner Technology Leader & Partner COE Head at Cloudera. Previously, Vinay held the position of Director - Partner Technology at Microsoft and also contributed to Cloudera as Director - Strategic SIs and Partner Pre-Sales Leader for APAC. Prior roles include Manager - Technical Alliances at both Cloudera and Informatica, as well as Sales Manager and Senior Technical Sales Specialist at IBM, focusing on Information Management and Strategic Accounts. Vinay holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Information Technology from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, obtained between 2000 and 2004.