Kal Patel/Dallas/IBM

Kal Patel is an accomplished and experienced management professional in the field of Information Technology. He has a proven track record of accomplishments and has offered leadership in various domains, including driving technical enablement programs, managing customer critical situations, and mentoring high-performance teams. With a broad exposure to business issues and demonstrated results in problem-solving creatively, Kal has managed the full life cycle of design, development, and deployment of successful software releases.

Kal has studied Managerial Leadership at Texas McCombs School of Business, Graduate course work in Computer Science at Rensselaer at Work, and Computer Science BE at the University of Connecticut. He has held various leadership positions at IBM, including Partner & Practice Leader, IBM Blockchain Services - Americas, Associate Partner, Blockchain Practice, Program Director, Developer Advocacy, Program Director, Technical Initiatives, IBM Cloud Ecosystem Development, and many more.

He has built high-performing globally integrated teams, driven architectural solutions for virtual, service-oriented, multi-tier, and distributed infrastructure, managed the turnaround of development center credibility, and handled business process engineering. Kal has excellent communication skills to address a variety of audiences, and his visionary solutions have enabled him to become a leader for innovative solutions.