Vijay Premkumar

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DISC Type : Dc

Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Vocate Education Solutions

Irving, Texas, United States

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

Features Driven

Quality Focused

Fast But Wary

They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.  They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Topics They Care About

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.
Strategic Partnerships
His public posts show him actively engaging leadership from Dell, Intel, and Numenta to explore innovative solutions and the "Art of the Possible. "

Media Appearances

Vijay has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Vocate Education Solutions
3-2020 - 4-2025
Engineering Leader - Product & Delivery at American Airlines
8-2019 - 3-2020
Head Of Service Delivery at IBM
7-2006 - 8-2019
Manager at IBM - GTS Cloud Transformation Services
6-2000 - 7-2006
Operations Manager at Priceline.com

Education

2014 - 2014
Operations Management from The Wharton School
2012 - 2012
Certificate in Management from Cox Business School, SMU

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Exp : 29 Location : Irving, Texas, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Vocate Education Solutions
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Insights For Selling To Vijay

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vijay is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vijay

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vijay move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Vijay take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Vijay

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