Headline

Architecting strategic innovation, university connects, external industry engagement programs and driving cross functional change management

About

•17+ years of experience in leading and managing successful programs and projects across industry domains and verticals. •Skilled at understanding people, processes and systems with demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams in a matrixed environment. •Big picture thinker and strong execution skills, having led and execute cross-org strategic initiatives and change management projects. •Understanding the organization’s culture and strategic business direction and help leadership groups connect the dots. • An individual with a great work ethic, a true team collaborator and proactive approach

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

gemini

ChatGPT

Work experience

Podcaster at Dell Technologies, Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Sr.Advisor, Innovation | Strategy and Operations at Dell Technologies, Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore, Currently part of the central India COE team that plays a critical role in • Maintaining the rhythm of the various businesses • Incubates new initiatives • Architects, coordinate and drive company-wide, strategic initiatives including employee engagement and high-potential learning programs, impacting 20,000+ employees across India. Currently, •Lead and enable the India Innovation Forum, constantly driving the culture of innovation within the company through engaging the technical community •University Hiring teams to create deeper engagements of curriculum interventions to innovation labs. •Driving India wide leadership connect with leadership levels across Business Units in attendance and exploring areas of collaboration. •Developing and designing learning program for the Inside sales organization in India working closely with IIM Bangalore and specialized Organizational Development consultants, helping the sales team retain top talent and create a leadership pipeline. •Led the program management of internal High Potential Learning Program that are run in association with IIM Bangalore, NIIT StackRoute and Organizational Development Consultants. *300+ participants have graduated from these programs since 2019. *Spearheaded the transition from an in-person session to digital formats during COVID-19 by working closely with all internal and external stakeholders. •Led site wide project for employees to collect their belongings from workstations during COVID-19, working closely with over 20+ Business Unit SPOCs and with the support functions of Facilities, IT, Corporate Security and Compliance teams. * Managed 1590+ requests in a four-month timeline. •Driving site-wide employee engagement events – Be the Game, Storage Day, AI Day, D&I and senior exec visit showcases. •Nurturing partnerships with various industry associations such as NASSCOM, Zinnov, SNIA and ACM India.

Project Management Advisor at Dell Technologies, Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos, Partner with India leadership to drive strategic initiatives, organizational priorities and cross-functional programs supporting business transformation and workforce capability.

Team Lead, Client Engagement at 7EDGE, Dec 2016 - Mar 2017 · 4 mos, Bangalore

Team Lead, Communications CoE at Accenture, Jun 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bangalore, •Conceptualize and provide internal communication support for units/teams within Accenture, globally. •Creative supervision of all communication and campaign collaterals being worked in my team such as postcards, power points, event collaterals, newsletters, video editing and internal portals. •Project management, budget management,preparation of client reports. •Team management - handling a team of copy writer,designers and HTML designers

Lead Project Manager at Accenture, Jun 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos, Led a global team of project managers and designers for internal communication projects, including product videos and newsletters.

Group Account Manager at Saatchi & Saatchi Focus, Jun 2012 - Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore, •Managing and servicing 75% of the IT vertical revenues for the agency •Handling various strategic projects such as marketing campaigns. product launches, brand positioning studies, marquee events for CIOs / CXOs (print and digital media) •Handled multichannel product launch campaigns for the Infosys Edge portfolio – AssistEdge, BigDataEdge, TradeEdge •Mentoring and supervising account managers •Vendor relationship management, including identifying and on boarding them •Developing rate cards for the agency’s various offerings Key Corporate Accounts: Infosys Ltd,Infosys BPO,CSS Corp, SAP India, WNS Global

Account Manager at Freethinkers, Jan 2012 - Jun 2012 · 6 mos, Bangalore, • Understanding client’s overall marketing communication needs and translating them to creative briefs – internal as well as external communication •Assist the client in managing all marketing comunication activities such as communication design, branding, publicity events etc •Constant research and identifying consumer insights for clients in their respective business areas •New business development for the agency Key Corporate Accounts: LGCL, 24/7 Customer, ISKCON, Paul Writer

Education

Advanced Strategic Management Program, Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Foundations of Project Management, Project Management, Online - Coursera