Uma Vanka is an author and current partner at TCS America. He has over two decades of experience in creating value-based innovative solution architecture to transform IT organizations into market drivers. Having been brought up in a small town in India, he completed his studies from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) in Rajasthan, India, before starting his career at a large multinational company. He moved to the US while in his 20’s and has applied all the lessons he has learned over the years to move up on the career ladder and is now sharing these tools with you. He lives in sunny California with his wife and two wonderful kids. With his rare free time, he enjoys traveling, learning about new cultures, and reading.