Venkatraman Umakanth (Venkat) is the Business Development Leader for India/South Asia region. Venkat has 18+ years of experience across various facets of IT which includes business development, ISV alliance, strategy, transition, account & program management, and software development. In his current role, Venkat is responsible for IBM Systems Lab Services and Technical Training business within the ISA region. He has been playing a role of sales advisor as part of IBM Global Sales School and has been advisor to several new sellers within IBM.