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Kalyan Kumar (KK)

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President at HCLSoftware
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

As Chief Product Officer at HCLSoftware, Kalyan Kumar (KK) leads global product strategy, engineering, and cloud operations. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and has held key technology leadership roles at HCLTech. Colleagues describe him as a "visionary" with "tremendous energy. "

Outside of work, KK is deeply passionate about cricket, not only playing but also promoting the sport in schools through a charity he chairs. He is also a musician who played drums and percussion for a band and occasionally plays in the London gig circuit.

He has co-authored eight books on topics ranging from CloudNative to service management.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Priorities

Topics Kalyan cares about

Enterprise AI
He focuses on how Agentic AI is reshaping enterprises and has developed frameworks like the XDO (Experience, Data, Operations) Blueprint to guide this transformation.
Quantum Computing
As a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council for Quantum Computing, he is actively involved in shaping the narrative and application of this deep tech.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
President
HCLSoftware
4-2026
President
HCLTech
3-2025
Member - Global Futures Council for GovTech & Digital Public Infrastructure
World Economic Forum
4-2024 - 5-2026
Corporate Officer
HCLTech
5-2022
Chief Product Officer
HCL Software
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Education
2020 - 2020
Certificate in Finance for Non-Finance Executives
London Business School
2020 - 2020
Certificate for Introduction to Quantum Computing
MIT xPRO
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