Dinesh Tq

Technology leader with 18 years split between two disciplines: keeping enterprise infrastructure running, and building AI products people actually use. Spent nine years running data centres, multi-cloud, and cybersecurity operations at Silverlake, then moved into the CTO role at Global Knowledge Technologies, shifting the company from a services model toward AI-led products. Personally designed and built three AI products — ReWire, Restart, and STU — end-to-end with no engineering team, and leads a small academic business team that has generated $500K+ in direct revenue.

Equally comfortable building the architecture hands-on and presenting the outcome to university and enterprise leadership.

Chief Technology Officer at Global Knowledge Technologies (2018-05 – Present)

• Own technology and AI strategy for the organization, moving it from a traditional IT-services model toward AI-powered products and platforms.
• Personally designed and built three AI products end-to-end — architecture, development, and deployment — with no engineering team: ReWire (personalized learning), Restart (B2B lead intelligence), and STU (AI student assistant). Details under Key Projects.
• Generated $500K+ in academic business through AI Labs, faculty development programs, and partnerships with [10] universities and engineering colleges.
• Lead and mentor a two-person academic business team, guiding institutional relationships and go-to-market execution from strategy through to closed revenue.
• Report directly to institutional and enterprise leadership on technology roadmap, AI adoption, and revenue outcomes.

IT Head at Silverlake (2009-11 – 2018-05)

• Ran enterprise IT infrastructure and data centre operations across India and APAC for nine years, including full infrastructure builds for new office locations.
• Designed and executed the company's multi-cloud strategy across IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, migrating core workloads with minimal downtime.
• Managed enterprise computing environments — IBM System p/x/i, HMC, virtualization, and storage — supporting business-critical operations.
• Built automation scripts that measurably cut manual effort in infrastructure and lab management.
• Owned business continuity and high-availability planning across the infrastructure footprint.

Infrastructure Specialist at HCL Technologies (2007-12 – 2009-11)

• Managed global antivirus infrastructure and supported enterprise cybersecurity operations across distributed teams.
• Contributed to a large-scale antivirus platform migration and a global office-productivity platform rollout, covering planning, testing, deployment, and post-migration support.

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering – Anna University (2003 – 2007)