Rackspace Technology Taps Industry Veteran Dharmendra (D K) Sinha as President, Public Cloud Business Unit
July 20 2022 - 4:09PM
Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end,
multicloud technology solutions company, today announced the
appointment of the technology industry veteran Dharmendra (D
K)
Sinha as President, Public
Cloud Business Unit effective immediately. D K’s arrival comes
after the company recently announced it was considering
reorganizing Rackspace Technology across the public and private
cloud markets to accelerate growth in both segments as it executes
its strategy to be the leading pure-play multicloud solutions
company.
Over the past 24 years, D K has been an impactful
leader at Cognizant. While at Cognizant, D K was part of the
leadership team that drove the acceleration and realization of
market-leading growth to underpin Cognizant’s annual revenue
expansion from $25M to $16B, while simultaneously navigating
significant business and technology disruptions. Most
recently, D K served as Cognizant’s President of North America,
representing about 75% of the company’s overall revenues. He worked
across multiple strategic vertical industries.
“I’m thrilled to have D K on board at Rackspace Technology, as
we accelerate our Public Cloud strategy,” said Kevin Jones, CEO,
Rackspace Technology. “With his proven track record and vast
industry expertise, he is the perfect leader to help us capitalize
on this amazing market opportunity. He will immediately make an
impact on the business and our growth
strategy.”
During his long tenure at Cognizant, D K also served as
Executive Vice President and President, Global Client Services. In
that role, he built and led Cognizant’s global go-to-market team
encompassing key functions of sales, field marketing, partnerships
and industry alliances and established a leading new logo sales
team with consistent double-digit growth, expanding the client
foundation for further growth. Prior to Cognizant, D K worked for
Tata Consultancy Services and CMC Limited.
“Rackspace Technology is in a unique position to be the leading,
pure-play mulitcloud cloud solutions company,” said D K Sinha,
President, Public Cloud Business Unit, Rackspace Technology. “With
this two-business unit structure across public and private cloud,
as well as an added focus around apps, data, and
security, we intend to become the premier strategic partners
for our customers and partners across all market
segments. I am also excited about further strengthening the
company’s cloud solution ecosystem.”
D K was the founding President of the Cognizant US Foundation –
a foundation with a specific focus on STEM education across North
America. He has always been associated with many Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) initiatives during his professional career and
he looks forward to bringing that passion to Rackspace
Technology.
D K has an MBA degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
and a bachelor’s degree in Science from Patna Science College in
Patna, India.
Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology
is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. we
can design, build, and operate our customers’ cloud environments
across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology
stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every
stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize
applications, build new products and adopt innovative
technologies.
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