Jay Kumar

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About Jay Kumar

Jay Kumar is a results-driven Senior Manager and Multi-Cloud Platform Architect based in Tokyo, Japan, with extensive experience leading teams and engineering high-performance, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructures. With a strong foundation in enterprise systems and a forward-looking focus on modern technologies, Jay excels at bridging the gap between business strategy and IT execution. His expertise spans across Azure, AWS, and GCP, OCI where he has architected and managed hybrid environments, directed the deployment of low-latency RAG and MLOps applications, and championed CI/CD and FinOps best practices. Before his current role at Asahi Group Holdings, he was the Head of Cloud Ops at Rakuten Mobile, ensuring the availability of their 4G/5G telco cloud. Holding an M.S. in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and top-tier certifications including CKA, CKS, TOGAF,CSM,REDHAT Openshift. Jay is deeply committed to continuous learning and innovation. He is passionate about leveraging AI and multi-cloud solutions to solve complex challenges and enjoys mentoring the next generation of tech talent.