Ankit Bindal
Ankit Bindal
Nationality: Indian
Location: New Delhi, India
STRENGTHS
➢ Solution Architect
➢ Solution Design
➢ Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
➢ DC Transition / BCDR/
Transformation/Security
➢ Infrastructure monitoring
➢ Application Modernization
➢ Seamless delivery of POC’s,
Workshops and seminars.
➢ Application lifecycle
management
➢ DevOps/Containers
➢ Consulting best practices
➢ Team Player
➢ Partner management
➢ Relationship Management
➢ Conflict Resolution
➢ Technology Expertise in
SDDC/ SDS/ Hybrid Cloud/
Cloud Automation/ Cloud
Management/Storage and
Backup /DR management
EDUCATION
➢ B.Tech. from Kurukshetra
University, Kurukshetra in
2004- 2008
➢ 12th CBSE Board – 2004
➢ 10th CBSE Board - 2002
PERSONAL DETAILS
➢ Date of Birth: 30th May, 1987
HOBBIES
➢ Travelling
➢ Playing Badminton
➢ Listening Music
REFERENCES
➢ Available on Request
Tel: +91 9718138687
ankibindal@gmail.com
Profile
Ankit Bindal, having approx. 14 years with more than 12.5 years of extensive IT Architecture &
Solutioning experience in a variety of market sectors and 1.5 years in Education domain.
I am an accomplished professional in designing, implementing, and configuring a wide variety of IT
Infrastructure application and systems solutions; with proven experience in managing multiple large-
scale infrastructure projects across matrix environments, and multi-phased, complex migration
programmes that address technology, people/organisation, and process change.
I am a dedicated, confident, and highly motivated team player. As a leader I lead from the front and
present a clear and concise vision on delivering goals and objectives.
Recently started a Blog with the name “CloudPodCast”
Career Snapshot
ORACLE CLOUD, INDIA Principal Cloud Architect Apr 2021- Present
Exceptional contribution in a Quarter Award in Year 2022
❖ Formulate and lead the cloud solutioning engagement with potential and existing
customers
❖ Help customer organizations on best practices around building cloud-based applications
using Cloud Adoption framework.
❖ Lead technical activity to prospective clients and customers; Develop prototypes and
demonstrations
❖ Provide sizing and capacity estimation; assist in developing cost benefit cases
❖ Execute a strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure
❖ Creating Distributed streaming platforms and Event Driven Architectures using Apache
KAFKA that enabled real-time streaming and scalable solution for ingesting streaming data.
❖ Working on Application modernization projects based on Microservices and Containers.
❖ Drive complex cloud engagements across various customer segments – Majorly
Enterprise accounts
❖ Drive activities to increase awareness, demand and adoption of Oracle IaaS and PaaS
portfolio of services.
Previous Employment
VMware India Pvt Ltd Senior Solution Architect June 2017- Mar 2021
SPOT Award in Year 2019 for Deal of the region
SPOT Award in Year 2018 based on Performance
❖ Maintained deep technical and business knowledge of application architecture, cloud
native application, cloud computing, as well industry directions, and trends.
❖ Modernizing Applications for Cloud using VMware’s products like Tanzu (VMware’s
Kubernetes Solution) & Kubernetes (K8s) etc.
❖ Worked with a lot 3rd party and Open-Source products to create complex solutions
❖ Provide consultation for implementing Private/Public/Hybrid Cloud and help solving
business challenges
❖ Constructed and executed multiple multiyear ELA’s for VMware Suite of products.
❖ Proficiency in developing Business Cases, ROI, TCO, Cost Benefit Analysis.
❖ Collaborated with System Integrators (SI), Partners and OEM’s (Dell/HP/Cisco/Lenovo)
for large deal execution.
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❖ Provided end to end solution for technologies such as Hyper-Converged (VMware VSAN) and Converged
Architecture.

Also, Additionally worked as an SME for VMC on AWS for North Region

❖ Lead technical validation of the VMware Cloud on AWS solution against business/IT needs
❖ To work with product specialists, product managers, public cloud partners, and other stakeholders in the design and
validation of offerings and alignment for a customer’s cloud architecture
❖ To design & prove out transformational strategies spanning private, hybrid or public cloud architectures
❖ Participate in deep architectural discussions with enterprise customers and VMware cloud partners to build
confidence and ensure customer success when building new and migrating existing applications, software and
services on VMware’s cloud platform.
❖ You will participate in regional marketing events to promote VMware’s cloud strategy.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise February 2016 – June 2017

Technical Consultant
Was primarily responsible for the technical architecture of proposed client infrastructure within Bids and Solutions with Major
Govt customers, at North Region level (Delhi NCR and 5 North states) and East Region (9 States). I am expected to bridge
the gap between business challenges and the delivery of HPE technologies based technical solutions.

Responsibilities and duties:

❖ Develops relationships with the account team, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and
engages and leverages corporate resources, abilities, budgets and personnel as appropriate.
❖ Handled Govt and PSU customers like Defence, Govt of Uttarakhand, Ministry of power, JAP IT Jharkhand, MP Police,
DRDO labs, DGH Noida, NIC, DGS&D etc.
❖ Qualifies sales opportunities in the terms of customer technical requirements, competition, decision making process
❖ Design and built solutions around Converged infrastructure, SDS, SDDC, and Cloud.

EMC IT Solutions December 2012 – February 2016

System Engineer
*“Best Innovative and creative Thinker Award (Presales)” in Year 2014
*“VLAB Warrior Award” in Year 2015

Was primarily responsible for the technical architecture of proposed client infrastructure within Bids and Solutions, at North
Region level (Delhi NCR and 7 North states).

Responsibilities and duties:

❖ Supports the Sales Team to develop and implement specific account penetration strategies, produce account specific
product and service and sales plans. Acquires knowledge of competitive solutions to effectively address and dispel
customer objections to EMC solutions
❖ Participates in technical sales calls Helps configure and document EMC software, hardware and service solutions to
meet customer and sales objectives. Completes required presales documentation quickly and accurately.

Additional KRA to work as Partner System Engineer to manage Partner Presales team –
❖ To develop and enable Partner presales on EMC Technologies.
❖ Conduct Training sessions across the region on various EMC Technologies to enable them for Solution development,
product positioning, sizing etc.
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❖ Responsible for designing solutions for channel partners for wide range of EMC Storage Portfolio which includes
VNXe, VNX, Data Domain, AVAMAR, Networker, Isilion, XtremIO.
❖ Developing new business partners for the assigned product portfolio in EMC Storage.

Emicro Technologies Pvt. Ltd January 2010 – December 2012

Sr. Presales and Post sales Executive

“Best Presales Award in Year-2012”

Started as a trainee in 2010 and was responsible for providing technical solutions to new & existing corporate customers on
IT System Infrastructure solutions, actively driving and managing the pre-sales process. And within a year promoted to
Presales Executive and after a year to Sr. Presales.

Primarily engaged in a pre-sales technical & postsales role to provide technical assistance and guidance during the pre-sales
process by identifying customers technical and business requirements, prior to designing a solution, consulting with technical
teams about capabilities, and supporting business sales teams, account managers on proposal activities.

Additional Non- IT Experience

Haryana Engineering college August 2008 – January 2010

Lecturer
Worked as a Lecturer in Electronics Deptt. In Haryana Engg. College, Jagadhri affiliated by KuK university.
Subjects Taught: Software Development , VLSI Design, Electromechanical Energy conversion.

❖ Class Counselor for Second year Engg students.

❖ Coordinator in International Colege Conference ICTE’09
❖ Coordinator of Inter departmental events like Group discussion, Technical writing, Crosswords etc.

Professional Trainings & Certifications:

❖ Oracle cloud Infrastructure – Foundation & Associate level

❖ Oracle DB certified
❖ VMware certified Professional – VCP- DCV, VTSP and VSP (VMWare Sales Professional)
❖ HP Storage Certification - ATP
❖ EMC SPEED GURU for Unified – USPEED, EMC Cloud Architect Exam
❖ NCDA (NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator), NCIE (NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer)
❖ Dell Enterprise Architecture Storage Speciality