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Vikas Kakkar

Evaluator · DISC type Dsc
Leader of Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Vikas Kakkar is the Head of Solutions Architecture for AWS Canadas SMB and Commercial Sales, leading 43 builders. A strategic leader with over 25 years of experience, he focuses on AI-driven cloud transformation and has a background in engineering and foreign trade.

Colleagues describe him as extremely knowledgeable, professional, and customer-centric, with a talent for explaining complex technical concepts in an easily digestible way. He is passionate about sharing his expertise, authoring a technical blog in his personal time.

Unique fact: Vikas created and scaled the "S3 Days" program from a local Toronto meetup into a successful, Canada-wide enablement series for AWS.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Leader of Solutions Architecture
Job Level
Senior
Location
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Personality Overview

How Vikas shows up

Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince
Quality Focused

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Vikas cares about

Building Tech Teams
He leads a team of 43 builders and expresses pride in developing talent, having advanced 25 Solutions Architects to senior roles within two years.
Cloud Business Growth
His team delivered over a quarter billion in ARR in FY25, achieving over 100% attainment with 19. 5% year-over-year growth for AWS Canada.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Leader of Solutions Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
11-2022 - 3-2024
GTM Storage Specialist | Canada at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
1-2021 - 11-2022
Leader Solutions Architect (WWSO Storage)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
8-2018 - 12-2020
Principal Systems Consultant (Object Storage) & Cloud Adviser at Dell Technologies Canada
Dell Technologies
10-2017 - 8-2018
Advisory Systems Consultant (Software Defined Solutions) - Object Storage Specialist
Dell Technologies
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2009 - 2011
Exec Post Graduate Diploma
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Engineering
Nagpur University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

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