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Ashwin Balu

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Principal Canada Manager, Client Success at IBM
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Ashwin Balu is a Principal Manager for IBM Canadas Client Success team, specializing in data analytics, AI, and hybrid cloud solutions. An award-winning leader, he guides Fortune 500 companies in technology modernization and holds an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and certifications in leadership.

He is a passionate keynote speaker and storyteller who finds sharing knowledge with a live crowd to be an "electric feeling". Ashwin is deeply involved in mentorship, guiding young professionals and interns and speaking at events like the Young Professionals Leadership Summit to help others accelerate their leadership journeys.

Unique fact: He unabashedly champions IBM as one of the worlds best employers, playing an active role in new graduate recruitment.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Principal Canada Manager, Client Success
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Generative AI
As a key part of his role, he helps clients solve complex business challenges using generative AI and technology modernization.
Client Success
He leads the Client Success team for IBM Canada, focusing on helping customers achieve business value and drive industry leadership through innovation.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Principal Canada Manager, Client Success
IBM
9-2025
Canada Internship Site Leader
IBM
1-2021 - 1-2023
Principal Worldwide Sales Enablement Manager - Storage, Cloud, Sustainability Software
IBM
11-2019 - 1-2021
Principal Worldwide Sales Enablement Leader - Storage for Data Resilience
IBM
10-2018 - 11-2019
Senior Product Manager - Hybrid Data Management
IBM
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Education
2024
Specialization
Harvard Business School
2021 - 2022
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2008 - 2010
Master of Science (MSc)
Queen's University
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