C Vijayakumar


C Vijayakumar is the president and chief executive officer of HCL Technologies, a US$8.9 billion global technology company..

Career and education

C Vijayakumar joined HCL Technologies in 1994 in the founding startup team of Comnet as a senior technical engineer.
Over the years, Vijay undertook a wide portfolio of responsibilities across sales, technology, delivery and operations. He was appointed the company's chief operating officer in July 2016 and is currently responsible for leading the company's business operations globally, executing HCL's business strategy and "ensuring operational excellence company-wide".
Prior to becoming chief executive officer, Vijay was the COO of the company and president of HCL's Infrastructure Services business, a position he held since March 2015. In this capacity, he played a key role in driving business goals for the Infrastructure Services Line of Business which today contributes 40% to the total revenues of HCL Technologies. Vijay also is recognized as one of the key people who pioneered the remote infrastructure management proposition which has today become a multibillion-dollar area of business for the information technology industry.
Vijay is known for his collaborative leadership style which has been commended in the business bestseller ‘Blueprint to a billion: 7 essentials to achieve exponential growth’ as part of a case-study on HCL Technologies authored by David G. Thomson. Vijay holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical & electronics engineering from PSG College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

Personal life

Vijay was born in Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. He is currently based out of New York City and Cary, North Carolina, in the United States.