Ashish Shukla

Ashish Shukla has extensive experience in product management and GTM (Go-to-Market) roles in the cloud and managed services industry. Ashish is currently working as a Product Manager & GTM Lead - Hybrid Multi Cloud at Injazat since May 2022. Prior to this, Ashish worked at du from October 2019 to April 2022 as a Product Management Specialist Cloud & Managed Services. In this role, they were responsible for developing and managing a multi cloud and managed services practice. Ashish successfully launched a multi cloud management platform and added multiple managed services capabilities. Ashish also reworked the du cloud pricing structure and addressed customer contract gaps.

Before joining du, Ashish worked at Tata Communications from September 2016 to September 2019 as a GTM & Presales Manager - Cloud & Managed Hosting Services. During their time at Tata Communications, they played a key role in setting up the cloud node in Dubai and handled pre-sales and business development activities for Dubai and global cloud nodes. Ashish served as a regional SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for various teams and supported the architecture of significant solutions, including hosting SAP ATOM and private cloud hosting for a Turkish telco in the USA.

From May 2015 to September 2016, Ashish worked as a Senior Product Manager at NTT Global Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure, India, where they served as the National Product Manager for the company's public cloud portfolio. Ashish contributed to the strategic product roadmap and played a crucial role in automating the cloud provisioning process to prevent revenue leakage.

Prior to that, Ashish worked at Tata Communications from February 2014 to April 2015 as a Manager - Product Development. In this role, they were responsible for the development of cloud-based products and their lifecycle management. Ashish developed detailed documents comparing the company's cloud services to competitors, providing valuable strategic insights for product decisions.

Earlier in their career, Ashish worked at Trimax Datacenter Services Ltd as a Senior Product Manager - Data Center & Cloud Computing Services from September 2009 to February 2014. Ashish played a crucial role in the product management of hosting and cloud services and acted as a subject matter expert for servers, storage, and virtualization.

Ashish's early work experience includes a role as a Deputy Product Manager at Reliance Communications from April 2007 to September 2009 in the IDC-BHQ-DAKC division.

Overall, Ashish Shukla has a wealth of experience in product management, GTM, and cloud services, and has made significant contributions to the companies they have worked for, launching new platforms, enhancing pricing structures, and automating processes.

Ashish Shukla's education history includes obtaining an MBA in Management from Sri Balaji University, Pune from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (B.E) in Computer Science & Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University from 2000 to 2004. Before their higher education, Ashish completed their HSC SSC in Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya.

In addition to their formal education, Ashish Shukla has also obtained several certifications. In 2022, they became an Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner from IBM, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Associate from Oracle, and completed the Technology for Product Managers course on LinkedIn. In 2022, they also obtained the Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2020, they completed the Harvard Management Essentials course from Harvard University, and obtained several certifications from Oracle, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Sales Specialist, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Solution Engineer Specialist, Oracle Data Management Cloud Platform Sales Specialist, and Oracle Data Management Cloud Platform Solution Engineer Specialist. Furthermore, in 2020 they became Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft and in 2014, they obtained the Cloud Foundation Certificate from EXIN. Additionally, Ashish Shukla completed the ITIL certification from APMG-International in 2012. While they have also completed online courses such as AWS Business Professional Online and AWS Technical Professional Online from Amazon Web Services and VMware Sales Professional (VSP) - Cloud Foundation 2020 from VMware, the specific completion months and years for these certifications are not provided.