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Ish Kumar

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CTO, Telco - Middle East & Africa at Tech Mahindra
📍 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ish is a performance-driven IT executive at Tech Mahindra, specializing in transformation, cloud, and AI. A graduate of the National Institute of Technology Durgapur, he has a proven record of scaling businesses to over $100M+ ACV. Colleagues describe him as a "genius," "hard working," and "creative."

He is passionate about developing the next generation of leaders by fostering strong partnerships with academia and actively mentoring talent. He focuses on building competencies in emerging digital technologies to prepare teams for future challenges.

He has successfully scaled business units from under $1M to over $100M in annual contract value.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
CTO, Telco - Middle East & Africa
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Agentic AI
He writes about the nuances of Agentic AI versus AI Agents and its role in achieving autonomous business operations.
GenAI's Business Impact
He focuses on how Generative AI is evolving from isolated use cases to fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate, innovate, and grow.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
CTO, Telco - Middle East & Africa
Tech Mahindra
7-2024 - 11-2025
Telecom Solutions and Offerings Head - Autonomous Operations
Tech Mahindra
4-2021 - 6-2024
Cloud CoE Head (CME)
Tech Mahindra
1-2004 - 4-2006
Project Lead
IBM India
8-1998 - 1-2004
Business Systems Analyst
Wipro
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Education
1994 - 1998
B.E.
National Institute of Technology Durgapur
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