Naveen Kumar

Prior to starting iPRIMED in May 2009, Navin worked for a decade with Infosys across various roles and in various geographies. He has rich international exposure and has worked in multiple countries and cultures with multiple Fortune 500 clients (25+) at CXO levels – Japan, ANZ, UK, USA and India. Navin's rapid rise at Infosys was a reflection of his thought leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, his penchant for challenging assignments and he has been recognized in multiple internal and external forums. Navin was selected as a Tier 2 leader in early 2008 at Infosys for his contributions. He was heading a practice focused on Cable and ISPs in North America for Infosys before moving on to start iPrimed.

Prior to Infosys, he has worked in various capacities at Tata Steel where he picked a lot of his core / life skills

Navin has been involved with US Universities like Harvard, Princeton, Duke, and UVA in multiple roles – lecturer, coach, recruiter etc. After relocating to Bangalore, he has been involved with IIM Bangalore in helping students get better oriented to the Corporate world, plan and make career decisions in class room and informal sessions. He has been a guest speaker/panelist in various forums like NASSCOM, Silicon India, Christ university etc. on career management and the role of education, generational diversity etc.. Navin is active with TiE and has presented in overseas meetings. He responds to queries that career seekers have on behalf of Times of India, in the "QuickFix' section.

Navin is a MBA (PGP 1999) from IIM Bangalore and a BE (1993) from BITS, Ranchi.