Cloud computing is underpinning digital and business transformation. New technologies have created new markets, new customers, and new competitors. And those customers and competitors are driving new expectations. Join Lalit Singh, COO at Udacity, as he discusses the future of cloud technology and its impact on digital transformation with Rahul Tripathi, CTO and VP of Customer Success at Nutanix. Rahul has over 20 years of experience across the business including  Product Management & Marketing, Engineering, Business Development & Customer Success at top tier companies such as Nutanix, Cisco and VMware. 

What You Will Learn

  • What a modern enterprise cloud strategy looks like
  • Why digital transformation requires the right blend of business, IT and soft skills
  • How organizations can take steps to bridge their hiring and training strategies

Hear Rahul as he stresses how technical skills and soft skills will always be required within any business but without a strong culture that reflects the changing world in which we live and work, these skills will become irrelevant.

About the Speakers:

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Rahul Tripathi - CTO and VP for Customer Success at Nutanix

He partners with customers to drive successful digital transformation journeys with effective technology modernization roadmaps and pragmatic solution implementations. Rahul has over 20 years of experience building cutting edge technologies and market leading products for IT infrastructure and applications. In his last role as VP of Product at Micro Focus (formerly HP Enterprise Software division), Rahul led a massive digital transformation of a billion $ IT Operations Management (ITOM) Software & SaaS portfolio for managing large scale DevOps and Hybrid cloud implementations at some of world’s largest IT organizations. In his prior roles at Cisco, VMware and Lucent, Rahul led product teams for Hybrid cloud, Data Center, Security, Branch Office and SDN solutions.
 
Rahul has a Bachelors in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BITS-Pilani, India and an MBA from INSEAD, France. He is a well-recognized thought leader and speaker at industry forums and holds multiple patents and certifications.
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Lalit Singh - COO at Udacity

Prior to joining Udacity, Lalit led digital transformation of highly complex HPE’s $3B software business from on-premise and disjointed systems to seamless and scalable cloud and SaaS based architecture. Other roles at HP/HPE included COO for HPE’s $2B Cloud business, VP Operational Performance driving the largest split (HP into HPE and HPI) in the industry, Finance Controller of $300M operations organization, and Strategy Leader for $20B Enterprise Services business.

Lalit began his career at GE across leadership roles in Customer Service, Engineering and Lean Six Sigma. He holds a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Lucknow University and MBA in Finance and Marketing from Indian School of Business, India.