Sameer has 30+ years of experience in the IT Industry and out of which 28 years within IBM. He has effectively acquired both professional and management experiences in areas including technology, sales and client management, business operations, industry solutions, and brand management. He is a certified Master Dealmaker, Rainmaker, Sales Professional & IBM certified Level III Thought Leader, clients, and colleagues seek him for his exceptional expertise and experience implementing an outstanding innovative solution to complex business opportunities using his deep, rich knowledge of Industry, Business, Technology, and IBM capabilities to work along with Clients to co-create visionary solutions and outcomes that ensures success.

His last assignment at IBM was Executive Director Enterprise Sales for AP responsible for Business results (revenue, profit & signing), Client Success (industry, net promoter score, new clients), Innovation (Integration and Transformation around key plays to achieve long term and sustainable growth) & Skills with a maniacal focus on IBM strategic imperatives – journey to the cloud, hybrid cloud, analytics & data, security & cognitive enterprise.

He held a leadership position as Sector Leader for Distribution, Public & Cross Industry for India South Asia. Prior to this, he was leading the market sales unit for GTS within ISA thereon Asean SMB sales leader at Geo level erstwhile Asean including India for the infrastructure services. He was also an EA to Satish K (GM for APAC & Japan) as a development role for a year. Earlier, he has been Strategy, Marketing & Operations Leader for combining One IBM Services GBS (Consulting) +GTS (Infrastructure) for India & thereon led ITS BU for ISA.

Sameer Batra, SVP – Global Growth leader is responsible for key strategic initiatives within Tech Mahindra: Global Account management, Reinforce Growth Program, The Mahindra Way and Integrated Client Experience cell. Sameer has already brought together his experience in setting up the ICE helpdesk to resolve RMG, HR, Finance & Legal for the front office to augment client partner management system, revamped Global Account Management program, brought in consistent growth in Reinforce set of accounts and has played an important role in achieving TMW maturity stage 7. Sameer is also leading the Strategic Global Alliances portfolio to create a simplified, effective structure and governance in order to improve TechM positioning (Solutions, Branding, Tiering) with our Strategic Partners to scale at global level the GTM, Roadmap and Growth.

Sameer holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with distinction, certification for Business Insight Program from Singapore Management University

Some of his interests are Cricket, reading & music. He is married to Anjali, an MBA, and has two lovely princesses Isha & Vidhi. Sameer can be reached at Sameer.Batra@techmahindra.com (SB00720702@TechMahindra.com)”