Vishal Chahal is Asia Pacific Leader, Technical Elite Team for Data Warehouse & Cloud Pak for Data in IBM India SW Labs. He has over 20 years of experience leading several technical and leadership roles across product development, pre-sales, cross BU collaborations and Global System Integrators. Vishal is a certified specialist on Data and AI with experience across various industry verticals. He specializes in Watson Cognitive Products, Advanced Analytics, Advanced Visualization, DataWarehouse and Data Integration technologies. He has architected Cognitive and Analytics solutions for multiple customers across Telco, Banking, Insurance, Aviation and Healthcare Industries. He has a rich background of product architecture and development experience on portfolio across Watson, SPSS, Cognos, DB2 and Websphere.

Vishal leads pre-sales to post-sales adoption of IBM Data and AI portfolio while collaborating with the sales team and partnering with the clients. His elite team is responsible for steering the IBM ‘AI ladder’ approach through the adoption of IBM Cloud Pak for Data and execution of the data warehouse charter in whitespaces and existing clients. His team provides post-sales expertise with architects embedded in key client accounts to help drive implementation through their Data and AI lifecycle.