Arvind Balakumar

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Corporate Vice President of Engineering, AI Infrastructure at AMD

Seattle, Washington, United States

Overview

Arvind Balakumar is the Corporate Vice President of AI Infrastructure at AMD, leading engineering for cluster-scale AI solutions. His career spans leadership roles at AWS, Google Cloud, and Intel, focusing on hyperscale compute, cloud scalability, and infrastructure automation. He holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Arvind has demonstrated a commitment to community involvement through past volunteer work. He previously served as an Action Center Coordinator for Vibha in Seattle, a non-profit organization focused on supporting underprivileged children.

Unique fact: At AWS, he led the strategic execution for global infrastructure scalability across 120 Availability Zones in 38 regions.

Personality Overview

Fast Follower

Hard To Convince

Persuasive & Assertive

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

AI Infrastructure
He currently leads the engineering for AMD's Helios AI server-rack platform, which is designed to meet the insatiable demand for AI compute.
Cloud Scalability
As a General Manager at AWS, he led the vision and execution for scaling global infrastructure across compute, networking, and data centers.
Full-Stack Innovation
He believes meeting AI demand requires innovation across the entire compute stack, from silicon architecture and interconnects to power delivery.

Media Appearances

AMD Hires AWS Executive As Lead Engineer For 'Helios' AI Server .... Featured in CRN

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Work History

11-2025
Corporate Vice President of Engineering, AI Infrastructure at AMD
11-2025
General Manager - AWS Infrastructure Scalability at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
General Manager, AWS Infrastructure Automation Platforms at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4-2020
Director of Product, AWS Infrastructure Automation Platforms at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4-2020
Head of Product and Technology Partnerships - Compute and AI Infrastructure, Google Cloud at Google

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
MS from Clemson University

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Insights For Selling To Arvind

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Use a combination of data as well as stories for your pitch, a ppt might not be necessary
  • Use phrases like ‘clear evidence’, ‘data-based results’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Avoid making offhand commitments, understand the root of their concerns first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Arvind is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Arvind

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Arvind move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Arvind take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Arvind

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