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title: "Balagopal Gopalakrishnan - Director & Regional Head in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Balagopal Gopalakrishnan, Sales Leader | Cyber Security | Business Growth | Global Capability Centers (GCCs) | People Person based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, gemini, and meta."
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# Balagopal Gopalakrishnan on Tal

## Headline

Sales Leader \| Cyber Security \| Business Growth \| Global Capability Centers \(GCCs\) \| People Person

## About

A mechanical engineer cum management post\-graduate with 16\+ years of IT Sw/Hw & solution selling experience\. I am currently driving the Professional Services & Technology Consulting business in the capacity of Vice President\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

gemini

meta

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Director & Regional Head at Aujas Cybersecurity, Apr 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Vice President at Tecplix Technologies Private Limited, Oct 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Business Unit head and P&L owner responsible for Sales, Account Management, Delivery, People & Process excellence for the Professional Services BU\.

Independent Consultant at Independent Consultant, Sep 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Advisory to GCC's and Startups on Strategy, Growth & Business Development\.

Director, Head of Business Development & Alliances at TESCRA, Mar 2019 \- Aug 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, I am currently driving the Technology Consulting & Professional Services business in the capacity of Director, Sales & Alliances\.

Manager \- Sales at Sonata Software, Jan 2013 \- Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Managing a team of account managers, responsible for the revenue in Enterprise, Corporate,Govt/PSU & SMB segments\.

Area Sales Manager at Sonata Software, Apr 2012 \- Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore

Business Manager/Asst Manager at Sonata Software, Apr 2006 \- Mar 2012 · 6 yrs, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

MBA, Sales & Marketing, ITM Group of Institutions

B\-Tech, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala

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