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Vinu Ananthanarayanan

Critic · DISC type C
Vice President Information Technology Services at Black Box
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vinu Ananthanarayanan serves as the Vice President of Information Technology Services at Black Box, bringing over 27 years of experience. He specializes in infrastructure services, cloud operations, and service delivery for the healthcare, retail, and consumer goods sectors. He holds a PGP in Cloud Computing from Caltech and is certified in AWS and Azure.

His core strengths lie in applying IT to solve business problems, building trusted client relationships, and business development. He is particularly experienced in managing infrastructure for healthcare organizations, having overseen large-scale migration and implementation projects for Office 365, VDI, and network access control.

He has a stated interest in setting up Global Capability Centers (GCCs) from the ground up.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Vice President Information Technology Services
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Vinu shows up

Negotiator
Objective Thinker
Critic

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Vinu cares about

Cloud Operations
He is certified in both AWS and Azure and holds a postgraduate degree in Cloud Computing from Caltech, focusing on multi-cloud infrastructure services.
Digital Workplace
At Black Box, he spearheads initiatives for Connected Buildings and the Digital Workplace, including the deployment of Managed UCaaS solutions.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Vice President Information Technology Services
Black Box
6-2020 - 7-2023
General Manager - Infrastructure Services
HCLTech
11-2019 - 5-2020
Principal Consultant - Infrastructure Projects
Infinite Computer Solutions
11-2011 - 10-2019
Associate Director Infrastructure Services
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11-2008 - 11-2011
Program Manager
CSS Corp
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Education
9-2021 - 4-2022
PGP on Cloud Computing
Caltech
1994 - 1997
Bsc
The New College Chennai
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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