Kalyan Kumar, popularly known as KK, is the Chief Product Officer for HCLSoftware, the software business unit of HCLTech. He is responsible for all portfolio and product groups, driving central engineering, cloud and SaaS platforms, IT, security, and compliance for HCLSoftware. KK has been with HCLTech for over two decades. He joined the company (HCL COMNET division) in 2000 and has since held various leadership roles across solutions, business development, alliance management, practice, CoE. He also donned the hat of Global Chief Technology Officer and Head – Ecosystems, overseeing all product and technology strategy, emerging technology incubation, and the overall cloud offering – CloudSMART. He led the HCLTech ecosystem units spanning cloud, TechOEMs, Telcos, and the start-up ecosystem e-STiP.