Kamlakar Kaul to head EMC's strategy for government business in India
26 Nov 2010
Information infrastructure solutions provider, EMC Corporation today announced the appointment of Kamlakar Kaul as the chief strategy officer for government business. This is a newly created position for the company in India.
In his new role, Kaul will drive the strategy to expand the government vertical business for EMC in India and SAARC.
''The importance of information infrastructure technologies in e-governance projects and citizen initiatives in India is increasing and is set to gain more prominence with the advent of cloud computing,'' said Manoj Chugh, president, EMC India and SAARC.
Prior to joining EMC, Kaul worked with Hewlett-Packard for over three years as the country manager for government sales.
Before HP, he spent six years with the HCL group where he started the SI division at HCL Infosystems.
At HCL Technologies, he was responsible for India sales to the public sector and delivery for India and Asia Pacific. He was also involved in HCL Perot, where he started the infrastructure outsourcing business.
Before this, Kaul was with National Informatics Centre (NIC) for 19 years, out of which he spent around five years as the founding managing director of National Informatics Centre Services Inc. He also led IT infrastructure projects at NIC and worked with World Bank and UNESCO on various assignments.
