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Vijay Premkumar

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Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Vocate Education Solutions
📍 Irving, Texas, United States

Vijay Premkumar is a cloud transformation and FinOps leader, previously managing $100M+ portfolios and directing enterprise Azure adoption at American Airlines. A certified FinOps Practitioner with a management certificate from The Wharton School, he is a recognized keynote speaker at global conferences like KubeCon and Gartner.

He actively fosters strategic partnerships with companies like Intel and Dell, focusing on exploring the "Art of the Possible" to drive technological innovation.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Irving, Texas, United States
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Cloud FinOps
As a certified FinOps practitioner, he focuses on optimizing cloud spend for large-scale portfolios and has led initiatives with a $100M+ scope at American Airlines.
Platform Modernization
He directed enterprise-wide Azure and hybrid cloud transformations and speaks at conferences like KubeCon on leveraging Kubernetes for building resilient platforms.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering
Vocate Education Solutions
3-2020 - 4-2025
Engineering Leader - Product & Delivery
American Airlines
8-2019 - 3-2020
Head Of Service Delivery
IBM
7-2006 - 8-2019
Manager
IBM - GTS Cloud Transformation Services
6-2000 - 7-2006
Operations Manager
Priceline.com
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Education
2014 - 2014
Operations Management
The Wharton School
2012 - 2012
Certificate in Management
Cox Business School, SMU
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