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Durga Kota

Durga Kota

  • Head of Presales, Hybrid IT
  • Fujitsu America

Durga Kota joined Fujitsu America in 2017 as the head of pre-sales and solution architecture for the Digital Hybrid IT business. Durga is an accomplished business IT leader with over 22 years of experience in the IT Infrastructure and Cloud Services industry. He worked for companies such as IBM and the Tata group in various technical, sales leadership and management roles.

Durga, was most recently the CEO of Locuz Inc., a niche services firm that specializes in providing IT Infra Transformation, Cloud & Hybrid IT solutions to large enterprises and institutions in US and India. He joined Locuz on its Executive Board in 2006 and led the firm since, growing revenues by 8 times during his stint in India. In 2014, Durga relocated to the US to incubate the US subsidiary for Locuz, and was successful in developing new clients and building a profitable Hybrid IT practice in a short span.

Prior to joining Locuz, Durga worked at IBM for 7 years in various technical and leadership roles facilitating the growth of IBM servers and storage business with service providers in India. In all his roles, Durga was recognized for his relationships skills, subject matter expertise, problem solving approach and commitment to client success Durga completed his MBA program from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi in 1996, prior to which, he graduated in B.Tech (Computer Science) from the Jawaharlal Nehru Tech University (JNTU) Hyderabad in 1994. Durga Kota is presently based in Plano, Texas.