Lux Rao to lead Dimension Data India as the Solutions Director

Lux Rao has joined Dimension Data India as the Solutions Director. His new role will see him working towards empowering the company’s customers with outcome based solutions and helping them in their digital journeys.

His last stint was with Cisco where he served as the Director & Leader of Digital Transformation. While at Cisco, Lux drove the digital transformation agenda, covering and providing impetus to the opportunities across multiple verticals covering Smart Cities, IoT, Digital Banking, Smart Healthcare, Smart Education et al.

He had earlier worked with Hewlett Packard, where he had headed the HPE Future Cities Business and led a team of cross functional representatives. Lux worked closely with Governments at the Centre & State as also an eco-system of partners to present a compelling value proposition for HPE Future Cities. As a CTO, Lux worked closely with Clients helping them make the journey to a New Style of IT.

Prior to that, Lux was associated with Jamcracker, IBM and Canon. Lux has over 28 years of experience in multifarious roles spanning IT Hardware & Software Solutions, Sales, Channel Management, Product Management, Product Support, Pre-sales, Competency Development and Customer Service.

Lux is a regular speaker at technology conferences in India & Abroad and has chaired/moderated several conferences including INTEROP, Cloud Summit, VARINDIA Cloud Conferences, Channel Summits, IET Cloud conferences, etc.

He has been awarded the prestigious IDC Award for Excellence in Innovation for the year 2015 and the coveted VAINDIA “Technology Evangelist for the Year” - an Industry recognition for three years in a row.

Lux is an Electronics & Communication Engineer from Bangalore University, a PG in System Analysis & Design and an MBA specializing in Marketing & Finance from Manipal University.