Akila Krishnakumar

Akila Krishnakumar is the chief operating officer and the country head of India for SunGard Technology Services. She plays a central role in managing SunGard’s global product delivery model, working with more than 60 SunGard business units across the globe.

Ms. Krishnakumar began her career with Wipro in customer support and application development before moving on to manage the regional professional services for ICL-Fujitsu with focus on ERP and banking solutions.

She joined SunGard in 2004 following the acquisition of an Indian product development center, a business she helped to start in 1993. During this period, Ms. Krishnakumar has built and led product development teams in banking, higher education and the public sector.

Ms. Krishnakumar has extensive experience managing global product development, where a key success factor is balancing the physical constraints of globally dispersed teams with the need to bring development teams as close to the customer and the market as possible to continually improve customer satisfaction. Ms. Krishnakumar frequently speaks at industry forums about the IT services industry and emerging market needs. She is widely recognized as one of the top women technology leaders in India.

Akila is much known and appreciated for her inclusive and uniform gender based policies and strongly believes in the capability of women in the sphere of technology.