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Suresh Kumar Shanmugam

Commander · DISC type D
Group Director at Walmart
📍 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Suresh is a Technology Leader at Walmart with 19+ years in Product Management, Architecture, Engineering, and DevOps. He holds an MBA from Maquette University and a BE from College of Engineering, Guindy. He is recognized for his "all-in" attitude and meticulous organization.

He is passionate about the future of teaching, adaptive learning, and storytelling. Suresh also advocates for organizational systems that enable outcome-driven performance and career management.

Suresh is a Certified Digital Leader, proficient in modern architecture patterns and mission-based team organizational design.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Group Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Personality Overview

How Suresh shows up

Risk-Taker
Decisive
Very Quick

They are very proud of what they do. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same. They are not focused on building rapport and relationships.

Priorities

Topics Suresh cares about

Digital Product Innovation
With 19+ years in product management and architecture, Suresh focuses on building engineering practices that drive innovation, scale, and customer intimacy at Walmart Labs.
Finance Technology
He leads finance technology at Walmart Global Tech India, transforming the organization to enable data-driven forecasts and insights across the enterprise.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Group Director
Walmart
4-2024 - 7-2025
Group Director - Finance Technology
Walmart Global Tech India
2-2023 - 3-2024
Group Director
Walmart Global Tech India
4-2020 - 5-2023
Sr. Director Engineering
Walmart Global Tech India
11-2017 - 4-2020
Director Engineering
Walmart Global Tech India
In the press

Media appearances

Walmart, AI, and the Future of Shopping – Pioneers of AI. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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S1 Ep. 1 – Walmart's Suresh Kumar. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Education
2002 - 2005
MBA
Maquette University
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
College of Engineering, Guindy - Anna University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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