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Karan Sachdeva
Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM

Karan is the Asia Pacific leader for IBM Cloud Private for Data(ICPD). He is responsible for all aspects of ICPD business; from building the team, driving GTM strategy and delivering growth across APAC region. His current mission is helping customers unlock value from their data using modern data science and AI technologies with the combination of IBM platforms, Partner ecosystem and open source technologies. 

Prior to joining IBM, Karan was the first external leadership hire for Cloudera in Asia Pacific. He was part of the senior leadership team that inspired customers to adopt and deliver value through revolutionary technologies like Hadoop, Spark, machine learning and data science technologies. With over a decade of experience in Data and AI senior leadership and executive management positions, Karan has delivered sustained growth consistently in business through innovative customer and channels strategy. Prior to IBM and Cloudera, Karan also held executive level positions at Informatica and HCL Technologies. A technology and business thought leader, Karan has been the keynote speaker for many events across Asia Pacific and USA. Karan has been named IBM cloud engagement champion to inspire and engage more than 10000+ employees of IBM Cloud Asia Pacific. He is the founding member of Data and AI forum and has been featured in leading company blogs and publications.

Industrializing your AI and data science models with IBM Cloud Private for Data

Industrializing your AI and data science models with IBM Cloud Private for Data

May 16, 2019 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
Companies are entering “chapter two” of their digital transformation. The next chapter is all about moving from experimentation to true transformation. It’s about gaining speed and scale. We are helping businesses activate data as a strategic asset, with desire to maximize the impact of AI as core...
Trusted and ethical AI with IBM Cloud Private for Data

Trusted and ethical AI with IBM Cloud Private for Data

March 27, 2019 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
IBM anticipated barriers to scaling enterprise AI. We developed a platform to help clients operationalize AI faster while infusing trust and transparency with IBM Cloud Private for Data and the add-on Watson OpenScale.
Why data science at banks is missing the mark, and how to fix it

Why data science at banks is missing the mark, and how to fix it

October 15, 2018 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
The business that gets there first won’t necessarily win digital and AI game. It will be the one that ingrains digital and AI in its business as much as possible. Starting from applying intelligent data science where it matters most and progressively using it in every aspect of the business.
3 ways IBM Cloud Private for Data can accelerate your AI and machine learning journey

3 ways IBM Cloud Private for Data can accelerate your AI and machine learning journey

May 30, 2018 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
It seems like CEOs all over the world are realizing that to be competitive, they have to embrace technologies like private cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). IBM Cloud Private for Data empowers organizations to be AI-ready with an integrated analytics platform.
3 principles for climbing the AI ladder with IBM Governed Data Lake

3 principles for climbing the AI ladder with IBM Governed Data Lake

February 12, 2018 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
Recently, we capped off the first leg of the “Enabling digital business with an IBM governed data lake” road shows in the Asia Pacific region with our customers and partners.
Begin your cognitive enterprise journey at DataWorks Summit Sydney

Begin your cognitive enterprise journey at DataWorks Summit Sydney

August 31, 2017 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
The power of machine learning, data science and big data is no longer considered a hype or fad. It’s a reality and it’s impacting the bottom lines of businesses.
Cyber Security Powered by AI and Machine Learning

Cyber security powered by AI and machine learning

July 20, 2017 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
The latest executive report published by IBM Institute for Business Value puts the estimated cost of cyber crime to the global economy in a range of USD 375–575 billion per year. Reputational damage, which is hard to calculate, comes on top of all this. No industry and geography has remained...
Incorporating machine learning in the data lake for robust business results

Incorporating machine learning in the data lake for robust business results

March 28, 2017 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
Building a data lake is one of the stepping stones towards data monetization use cases and many other advance revenue generating and competitive edge use cases. What are the building blocks of a “cognitive trusted data lake” enabled by machine learning and data science?

5 key attributes of effective data monetization strategy

February 6, 2017 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
In cognitive computing era, new revenue generation stream has emerged with data at center of the modern digital business model. One of the key capabilities cognitive computing enables for an organization is the ability to generate additional revenue streams by using data effectively. In the big...
Public sector: Hadoop, Spark and the 360-degree view of citizens

Public sector: Hadoop, Spark and the 360-degree view of citizens

December 19, 2016 | by Karan Sachdeva, Sales Leader Big Data Analytics APAC, IBM
To serve citizens effectively and efficiently, public entities can draw from the private sector’s 360-degree view of the customer and apply analytics, big data, Hadoop, machine learning and Spark to create a single or 360-degree view of the citizen. See how this methodology can empower public...

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