Rakesh Kumar

Senior GTM Leader – Agentic Coding & Frontier AI Agents at AWS | Specialist Selling & Product Advocacy (Claude Code on Bedrock, Kiro, Codex on Bedrock)

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

ex-UBS

ex-Cowen and Company

I am a Go-to-Market Leader at AWS specializing in the commercialization and global scaling of agentic coding platforms and autonomous developer workflows.
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I bridge the gap between early-adopter developer ecosystems and core engineering teams, transforming AI capabilities into repeatable, high-growth startup revenue What I Do At AWS:Agentic Developer Frameworks: Own the commercial strategy and execution for our agentic coding and frontier agents portfolio (including Claude Code on Bedrock, Kiro, Codex on Bedrock DevOps/Security Commercial Scaling: Author segment-wide GTM plans and design sales incentives to capture market Product Feedback Loop: Act as an upstream strategic advisor to service teams by synthesizing technical customer signals into product Before spearheading the frontier AI and agentic coding GTM strategy at AWS, I built a diverse career across enterprise technology sales and financial markets:Enterprise Workloads & Cloud Migrations (AWS): Previously served as the Sales Lead for the Microsoft Platform team at AWS. In this role, I partnered with Global Financial Services (GFS) enterprise customers to capture complex sales opportunities, driving large-scale enterprise application workloads and massive data center migration projects to closure. I orchestrated cross-functional execution across segment sales, solutions architecture, partner networks, and professional services organizations to close highly complex Equity Research Analyst (Enterprise Software/SaaS): Wall Street background conducting comprehensive institutional research on technology companies, software products, and competitive positioning. My responsibilities included deeply analyzing market trends, building granular financial models, executing valuation analyses, conducting rigorous channel checks, and writing actionable investment reports. This gave me a structural understanding of software unit economics and technology paradigm shifts across Cloud, Mobile, Big Data, and Core SpecialtiesAI & Cloud GTM: Agentic Coding Portfolio Strategy, Specialist Selling, Product Advocacy & Roadmapping, Enterprise Cloud Migrations, Cross-BU Strategy & Finance: Institutional Equity Research, Deep Due Diligence, Advanced Financial Modeling & Valuations, Channel Checks, Competitive Intelligence, Market Trend Execution: High-Value Client Relationships, Sales Incentive Design, Matrixed Stakeholder Alignment, Technical Enablement.

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Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sr. GTM Specialist - AWS Startups · 2024-10 – present — Portfolio Ownership: Own the commercial strategy and execution for the agentic coding and frontier agents portfolio, including Kiro, Claude Code on Bedrock, Codex on Bedrock and DevOps Agent. Serve as the global domain expert for AI-powered developer tools in the startup segment. GTM Strategy & Planning: Author and execute segment-wide GTM initiatives Revenue & Specialist Selling: Drive net-new ARR through hands-on specialist selling, structured customer POCs, competitive migrations, and cross-functional deal support across high-growth startup accounts. Cross-BU Coordination: Establish operational rhythms and execution mechanisms across matrixed organizations; partner with worldwide lead…
Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Specialized Sales - Financial Services · 2022-07 – 2024-09 — Sales specialist covering global financial services customers. Specific focus in running Microsoft technologies (Windows Server, SQL Server, .NET etc.) on AWS and modernizing to cloud-native platforms.
Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Business Development Manager · 2020-03 – 2022-06 — • Drove sales engagement discussions with several large and strategic customers around economic benefits and value proposition of migrating to AWS. • Collaborated with account managers, solution architects and professional services specialists to pursue data center migration opportunities. • Presented detailed business case findings to C-level executives outlining economic benefit of using AWS relative to deploying applications on-premises or in traditional data centers. • Led relationship management with the sales leadership team and aligned Cloud Economics with Go-To-Market priorities for respective segments • Built detailed financial models and value frameworks that served as key inputs…
Job: UBS — Director Equity Research · 2017-10 – 2020-03 — Covering Software & SaaS companies including Adobe, Domo, Dynatrace, HubSpot, Intuit, Microsoft, New Relic, Pivotal, Salesforce.com, ServiceNow, Workday and Zendesk. • Provided investment recommendations by analyzing financial metrics through statistical approaches and using data-driven insights; communicate investment thesis and industry knowledge to sales and institutional clients. • Analyzed financial statements and market data, evaluate market strategy and competitive positioning within software landscape; build detailed financial models including forecasts of revenue and cash flow. • Performed deep dive into ServiceNow’s total addressable market opportunity and its growth forecasts to…
Job: Cowen and Company — Equity Research Associate · 2016-05 – 2017-10 — Launched coverage on 15 software companies across Applications and Analytics segment. • Performed all the functions of Analyst including writing reports for quarterly earnings, analysis of accounting statements, market research, product, sales strategy, competitive positioning and valuation. • Published a 100+ page report analyzing the impact of AI/ML on software sector.
Job: Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) — Equity Research Associate · 2011-07 – 2016-05 — Enterprise Software equity research on 19 companies including Adobe, Salesforce, Citrix, Tableau, Hortonworks, Demandware, Netsuite, New Relic, ServiceNow, Marketo, Oracle, OpenText, Qlik, Redhat, Splunk, SAP, VMWare, Teradata and Workday. • Built extensive financial models including projections of revenue, cash flow, key metrics and valuations. • Wrote descriptive research reports for several new initiations with detailed investment thesis, valuation, market analysis, risks and investment recommendations • Gathered and analyzed data from a variety of sources, including company documents, 10-K’s, 10-Q’s, industry publications, trade shows, and online data services
Job: JMP Securities — Equity Research Intern · 2010-06 – 2010-08 — Covered internet technology equity research at JMP Securities, a boutique investment bank based in San Francisco. • Built extensive financial models including quarterly projections of revenue, cash flow and valuations. • Researched, Analyzed and initiated coverage of internet ecommerce company Vistaprint (VPRT) by reading SEC Filings 10K, 10Q, earnings call transcripts and several other sources.
Job: Infosys — Analyst · 2004-06 – 2009-07 — Designed software solutions after understanding the business requirements and developed software solutions to business problems. - Analyzed project modules and developed robust algorithms with zero defects; planned and coordinated team effort to deliver product with 100% schedule adherence. - Implemented iterative model of software development saving the client $125,000. - Led a team of 4 developers through efficient resource allocation, estimation and implementation of quality processes; promoted to the role of Programmer Analyst.
Job: Warner Music Group — Business Analyst · 2007-04 – 2009-06 — Utilized strong analytical skills and sound understanding of client’s financial systems to execute and manage projects; managed a team of 4 members as a client site coordinator. - Recommended a new flexible ‘Artist Profit Loss Reporting’ system after understanding existing software limitations; generated repeat business to Infosys of $250,000. - Developed technology strategy to enhance IT processes for financial month-end closure required for corporate reporting; new process reduced cycle time by 40% and improved decision making by senior management. - Coordinated between client and offshore development team of 4 members on a $1.6M project. - Collaborated with middle management to set up re…
School: University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business — Master in Business Administration (MBA), Business
School: National Institute of Technology Rourkela — Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

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