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Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst ● Certified Systems Thinker● Business Strategy ● Governance ● Business Consulting ● Design ● Solutioning

About

I am a Principal Consultant at Tietoevry with ~15 years of experience in managing business complexity. A Certified Futurist and Systems Thinker, I help incubate and integrate transformations across B2B SaaS, FMCG, Logistics, Field Service Management, Facility Management and HR/Human Capital Management to drive growth, profitability and manage risks. - Strategy - business strategy & annual operating plan and governance, STP (segmentation, targeting positioning), go-to-market, business readiness - Solutioning - Presales (hunting, mining), proposal development, solution design, discovery/ideation workshops - Execution - Business consulting, Program Management, Project Management - Frameworks - Systems thinking, Strategic Foresight, Scenario generation and analysis, Design thinking, Operations consulting, Business process re-engineering, business process management - Partner ecosystem - due diligence, partner lifecycle management - Business change management - tech adoption, value realization, change impact analysis, training & communication - Stakeholder management, leading cross-functional teams

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

openai

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Principal Consultant at Tieto, Apr 2022 - Present · 4 y 5 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Organization design in line with strategy • Post merger integration - driving collaboration, governance, strategy, designing consolidated services and offerings portfolio • Drive strategic consulting & transformation initiatives with a focus on business process re-engineering, operations consulting, digital strategy, innovation management, and transformation leadership in B2B SaaS and Enterprises (FMCG, Logistics) • Deep expertise in field service management, facility management and human capital management areas and products. • Spearhead strategy design and governance for strategic initiatives • Offerings lifecycle management, driving innovation in AI and Generative AI solutions. • Presales - hunting, mining • Partnership lifecycle management - due diligence, onboarding, governance, commercialization

Sr Digital Innovation Lead, International Markets at TietoEVRY, Apr 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos, On-site, • Spearheaded business strategy and governance initiatives for international markets, enhancing operational efficiency. • Delivered comprehensive consulting services in operational and generative AI, driving innovation across projects. • Managed offerings in digital innovation and software product engineering, resulting in increased client satisfaction.

Transformation Manager, Global at Societe Generale Global Solution Centre, May 2021 - Feb 2022 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading global business transformation program in wholesale banking

Digital Innovation Lead | Head Of Offerings - FMCG, Retail, Logistics - US & Europe at EVRY, Mar 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Successfully onboarded new clients on digital transformation projects in US, European & Indian markets. Goal - Continuously incubate and integrate innovation culture, design thinking and increase digital footprint across the organization, Generate alternate accelerated revenue streams through Digital Innovation (DI), Curate and position relevant offerings for US and Europe market in FMCG, Retail, Logistics industry, Conduct design thinking powered discovery to scale up workshops with clients/prospects to arrive at business need - solution fitment and take them to realization My role – Lead Digital Transformation Strategist, Presales Business Consultant - FMCG| Retail| Logistics, Digital Innovation Ambassador, Digital Product Portfolio Manager, Digital Innovation Ecosystem Enabler, Business Strategy Formulation & Execution For BUs Digital Asset Portfolio Management Across – Conversational AI, Vision AI, Explainable AI, IoT, Cognitive Search, AR Commerce, VR, Predictive Analytics, Streaming Analytics, RPA, AIOPs, Cloud

Independent Consulting at Independent Consulting, Nov 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos, India, Independent Consulting in conjunction with full-time roles (timelines might overlap) 1 Openturf Technologies (Nov 2018 - May 2021) Business Consulting - GTM Strategy | DVF Evaluation | Product Management Role - Business Strategy formulation and execution - Segmentation-Targeting-Positioning, GTM, communications, sales kit, monetization models, use case identification to realization, concept evaluation through Desirability-Viability-Feasibility framework, Business Process Management Industries - FMCG/CPG | Retail & Logistics| Advertising | Banking | Insurance | Real Estate | Automotive Products i) Voice only, user/brand content generation, distribution and consumption solution ii) A multi-modal, multi-channel and multi-device, conversational AI solution focused on cost leadership and consumer experience enhancement through voice, text and touch iii) Need driven hyperlocal fulfillment platform 2 Dayanand Sagar University (Feb 2019 - June 2021) i) Adjunct Professor, Executive MBA Program ii) Board of Studies Member 3 Agritech Startup i) Drone pilot license from OEM ii) Drone use cases, demos to farmer organizations iii) Business model and services setup iv) Route to market setup - manufacturer/supplier due diligence, onboarding, distribution network design

Senior Product Manager at Mahindra Comviva, Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 · 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Product Manager at Mahindra Comviva, Aug 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Goal - Telecom asset monetization to create new growth revenue streams through repositioning as digital lifestyle enabler for consumers, mitigate risk of data dependent revenue stream in a shrinking market My role – Lead NPI Product Manager, Lead Business Consultant for – FMCG| Retail| Logistics| Energy verticals Business strategist - Conceptualize decoupled multi sided platform building blocks, pricing, SaaS model and partner stakeholder ecosystem to prepare business case for growth lever of the organization. Product manager - Prepare MRD, PRD, PDD and product backlog. Use Agile to groom backlog, ship features twice a month and a quarterly release. Lead GTM, sales and sales enablement through collateral and catalog creation. Conduct onsite customer UAT and deployments. Business consultant - Conceptualize, prepare business case for and implement use cases for FMCG, retail and logistics, and energy verticals. Innovate monetization and engagement models through shift from transaction to value/outcome driven, SaaS pricing and assured returns model through revenue sharing for partner ecosystem businesses. Embed vertical knowledge across engineering and product teams

Sr Analyst OCM at Shell, Aug 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 y 1 mo, Bangalore

IT business partner at Britannia Industries Limited, Oct 2013 - Sep 2017 · 3 y 11 mo, Bangalore

Research Manager at IMRB, TNS, Nielses, Mar 2010 - Oct 2013 · 3 y 7 mo, Bangalore

Education

FLTA - Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst, Futurist, The Futurist Institute

Futures Thinking Specialization, Futurist, Institute For The Future