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Global Capability Centers Advisory | Strategy, Operations, Transformation | AI Practitioner | Views are personal

About

The strategy is rarely the problem. What breaks down is everything between the strategy and the outcome. That gap between what executive leadership decides and what the organization actually delivers is where I operate. I have been the engineer who learned to think like a consultant, the consultant who learned to build like an operator, and the operator who learned to advise like a strategist. That progression was not planned. It was built role by role, organization by organization, across 15 years. What I have learned is that the gap is never a strategy problem. It is almost always a people, process, or governance problem dressed up as one. And solving it requires someone who can hold the strategic picture without losing the operational thread. That is the work I do. I'm a consultant to global organisations helping them set up their GCCs in India and guiding them to become true value centers for their parent organisation. I am an MSc from Warwick, Prosci certified Change Management practitioner and Perplexity AI Business Fellow 2025. I have recently completed the Google AI Professional certification and MIT Sloan's AI Adoption course. On the side, I am working on becoming an AI orchestrator as AI reshapes enterprise decision-making, operating models, and the future of global enterprises and capability centers.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

antigravity

codex

opencode

Work experience

Senior Director, Associate Client Partner at ANSR, May 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Perplexity AI Business Fellow at Perplexity, Mar 2025 - Aug 2025 · 6 mos

Principal at Zinnov, Jan 2024 - Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, • Advised 12+ global enterprises on GCC lifecycle strategy, from entity set up to operational maturity. • Served as embedded Chief of Staff to client CXOs and GCC leaders, owning strategic alignment, decision support, and execution governance as a trusted advisor inside client organizations. • Defined value realization frameworks adopted across multiple client engagements, enabling GCC leaders to quantify strategic contribution and communicate to HQ. • Contributed to Zinnov's practice development through reusable frameworks, client service excellence, and thought leadership that supported business development.

Senior Program Manager, Eisner Advisory Group LLC at EisnerAmper India, Aug 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, -Built the enterprise PMO function from zero, establishing governance frameworks, delivery standards, and portfolio reporting infrastructure that became the firm's operating standard. -Led program and change management for multiple enterprise technology transformations including an AI-powered contract lifecycle management system that cut approval cycle times by 50 percent, reduced compliance issues by 30 percent, and increased on-time payments by 25 percent. -Served as strategic advisor to C-suite on portfolio performance and risk, driving executive reporting and cross-enterprise collaboration across Finance, HR, Operations, IT, Legal, and Client Services. -Delivered additional operational improvements including 30 percent reduction in recruiting cycle time and 200 percent increase in global DEI program engagement.

Project Manager at EisnerAmper India, Mar 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Senior Management Consultant at EY, Oct 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, -Partnered with a automotive Fortune 500 R&D center on PMO setup, center operations, strategic initiatives, and vendor management, delivering 30 percent cost savings by Year 2 through process redesign, cost optimization, and governance restructuring. -Delivered process improvement and cost optimization projects, applying structured analytical approaches to translate operational inefficiencies into measurable savings. -Supported a $5M vendor RFP for a multinational Fortune50 client, leading vendor analysis and selection that resulted in a platform implemented across 125 countries -- one of the largest vendor decisions the organization had made in that cycle. -Managed multiple workstream coordination, leadership reporting, and operational delivery for a Fortune 500 client, ensuring visibility and alignment across complex, cross-functional programs. -Contributed to new client pursuits and RFP proposals, and drove cross-sell initiatives that grew one client account by 15 percent year-on-year.

Consultant at EY, Sep 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Business Advisory Services - Operations & Project Management

Education

MSc., Programme and Project Management, University of Warwick

B.E, Polymer Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology