Vijay Kumar Kola has been recognized with a 2025 Global Recognition Award for his exceptional contributions to the information technology sector, particularly in SAP, Salesforce, and Quality Assurance. His 16-year career encompasses certifications as an SAP Solution Architect, PMP, and SAP Active Project Manager, demonstrating world-class achievement across leadership, service, and innovation categories. The unique combination of technical mastery, strategic vision, and implementation excellence has established new standards in AI transformation, QA strategy, compliance frameworks, and release management across global operations spanning the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

Leading AI-Driven Quality Assurance

Kola’s innovative work in AI-driven QA transformation has revolutionized enterprise software testing methodologies through creative solutions that balance cutting-edge technology with practical business applications. His development of an AI Agent at Intuitive Surgical automatically generated test scope and execution plans based on Live Compare objects, Reports, and GitHub Pull Requests, dramatically reducing manual effort while maintaining exceptional accuracy standards. The implementation of QA-RPA Bots demonstrated remarkable foresight by automating complex workflows, including financial validations. At the same time, his contributions to the SAP S/4HANA transition project incorporated cutting-edge Generative AI capabilities alongside self-healing scripts that reduced maintenance overhead by an impressive 40 percent.

The intelligent test frameworks leveraging machine learning at Humana showcase Kola’s technical innovation, resulting in a 30 percent reduction in execution time while improving comprehensive test coverage across integrated systems. His meticulously designed KPI frameworks tracked critical metrics including test automation coverage (achieving 90 percent for SAP modules), defect detection accuracy (85 percent), and release cycle reduction (40 percent), effectively aligning sophisticated technical solutions with tangible business value for stakeholders. These remarkable achievements demonstrate exceptional ability in technological advancement and disruption of existing paradigms, earning Kola perfect scores in the award’s innovation category assessment using the rigorous Rasch model evaluation system.

Excellence in Compliance and Regulatory Strategy

Kola’s profound understanding of SOX and GXP compliance frameworks and extensive FDA regulatory expertise have made him an invaluable asset to regulated industries requiring strict adherence to complex governance standards. His design of robust internal controls for ITACs, ITGCs, and IPE included sophisticated financial application controls and Segregation of Duties protocols that significantly reduced compliance risks while maintaining operational efficiency. The implementation of RPA for control testing at Intuitive Surgical automated repetitive tasks, minimizing manual intervention and human error while maintaining regulatory integrity across enterprise systems.

Through his strategic role as Compliance Strategist, Kola orchestrated weekly Change Advisory Board meetings across multiple projects while coordinating with legacy systems, ensuring seamless integration without compromising regulatory standards or implementation timelines. His scholarly contributions further demonstrate his authority in this specialized domain, with published research in prestigious journals including “QA Testing Methodologies for Regulatory Compliance in SAP and Salesforce” in WJAETS and “AI-Driven Quality Assurance and Compliance Monitoring in SAP S/4HANA and Salesforce CPQ Implementations for Medical Device Companies” in EJCSIT. These publications establish Kola as a thought leader capable of advancing theoretical foundations while developing practical solutions for complex industry challenges that bridge technological innovation with regulatory requirements.

Transformational Leadership and Global Impact

Kola’s leadership in AI-driven QA transformation demonstrates an exceptional ability to balance innovation with governance, ensuring AI-driven testing delivers speed, accuracy, and compliance simultaneously across enterprise environments. His implementation of hybrid testing methodologies reveals a strategic understanding of technology limitations and business needs. In contrast, his architectural work on TMS and Salesforce Service Force implementations showcases end-to-end QA strategies ensuring functionality and compliance across complex enterprise systems. The comprehensive approach to project management incorporates cutting-edge technologies while maintaining strict adherence to regulatory requirements, establishing new benchmarks for quality assurance in regulated industries.

Recognition of Kola’s excellence extends beyond his current achievements and includes numerous prestigious awards throughout his distinguished career in information technology. The MAD award at Intuitive Surgical, PEP award for four consecutive years at Prolifics, Global SAP trainer’s team membership at CapGemini, Project Star award from Capgemini India, and GWF Big Thank You award all testify to his consistent excellence and international impact across multiple organizations. His active membership in the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) demonstrates his commitment to professional excellence and ethical standards. He is among the leaders of governance frameworks, IT audit methodologies, and information security practices that complement his technical expertise in quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

Final Words

Vijay Kumar Kola exemplifies the highest standards of professional excellence in information technology, making him worthy of a 2025 Global Recognition Award through demonstrated mastery across technical, strategic, and leadership domains. His rare combination of technical innovation, compliance expertise, and strategic leadership has transformed organizations across multiple continents while establishing new benchmarks for quality assurance in regulated industries requiring sophisticated enterprise solutions. The published research, professional affiliations, and practical implementations continue to advance the field while developing solutions that balance cutting-edge technology with robust governance principles essential for modern enterprise environments.

The selection committee particularly noted Kola’s exceptional scores across leadership, service, and innovation categories, with perfect ratings in vision and strategy implementation, ethical decision-making, fostering innovation, impact on community, sustainability of service programs, novelty of innovation, technological advancement, adoption rate, and disruption of existing paradigms. His international scale of impact and demonstrable excellence in the information technology sector represent precisely the world-class achievement the Global Recognition Awards program was established to celebrate through its rigorous evaluation methodology. The comprehensive contributions across technical innovation, compliance frameworks, and strategic leadership demonstrate the holistic excellence that defines recipients of this prestigious global recognition.