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Director at Varsal Terra Technology Pvt. Ltd

About

With 25 years of experience in IT leadership roles, I currently serve as the Founder of The Human Capital Exchange where I focus on fostering strong client relationships and driving business results, connecting top talent to top employers in the recruitment industry. My current role involves overseeing talent acquisition and managing key client accounts. My previous work spans global delivery management across the Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe, focusing on end-to-end project execution, client relationship management, and business development. I am passionate about building genuine relationships with clients and ensuring their needs are met with innovative solutions that exceed expectations in the recruitment industry. Outside of work, I enjoy networking with high achievers, travelling, and supporting sustainability efforts to improve the ecosystem. My core values—integrity, respect, hard work, a sense of urgency, and perseverance—guide my approach to both personal and professional challenges. If you'd like to connect or explore opportunities, feel free to reach out via email at vishal.sharma@thehce.com.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

perplexity

Adobe Firefly

Canva Magic Studio

ChatGPT

Work experience

Director at Varsal Terra Technology Pvt. Ltd., Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Managing relationships with over 30 client organizations, leading to upselling opportunities and increasing account revenue by 30%. - Hired for 100+ positions across various management levels, ensuring the right talent matches client needs and organizational goals. - Leading a team of high-performing HR recruiters, focused on improving recruitment strategies and delivering timely hiring solutions. - Oversee business development, finance, and accounts, streamlining processes to enhance company profitability and sustainability. - Implement innovative technologies to improve productivity and efficiency in recruitment and business operations.

Delivery Lead at Diageo, Feb 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India,  Lead Global automation deployment programs for MS Teams, Legal Hold & SharePoint to reduce turnaround time on tickets, manual processes thus reducing human errors and compliance risk. Achieved through liaison with Azure cloud, Active Directory, Employee Experience, IM&S, ITGC, Global Architects and Workplace CoE Teams.

Global Deployment Lead at Schneider Electric, Nov 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,  Lead hybrid (Waterfall + Agile) project to move customer data from different IDMS sources to SMA platform (Marketo) to capture marketable contacts and digital touch points via data mining.  Lead Deployment of Sales & Marketing Automation/Transformation program for geographies/countries, resulting in making them autonomous to run marketing campaigns like Lead to Revenue and Connect to Order using Marketo/BFO (Sales Force) and other tools.  Lead Programs for tools/ apps integrations to utilize, channelize and consume customer data coming in from different outward facing sources for lead generation and other data analytics.  Manage PMO, Setup & Run Governance system via Weekly / Monthly cadence with Global PM’s. Team Size 29.  Lead and run Legacy Decom & Migration programs to reduce overall Technical Debt.

Global Delivery Lead at Schneider Electric, Oct 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos, India,  Delivered ERP implementation and roll out for worldwide federated ERP’s (a mix of SAP, Bridge, and Oracle). The program connected the Federation ERPs to the new group Treasury Management System (TM5 from Bellin). Deployed automated treasury processes. Managed team of FICO & ABAP resources – Started with 23, later optimized it to 10.  Managed Escape Notes program for decommissioning of Lotus Notes DBs by replacing the DB’s with New DB’s or developing them again on a new platform (LEAP)  Successfully Led POC for India HR Team (in collaboration with Outsystem as vendor partner) for Taleo integration based UX Improvement and Mobile Enablement of external candidate’s job application process.  Delivered and implemented, Oracle Warehouse Management systems for China (Xiamen Manufacturing Facility) and Netherlands (Helmond) distribution center. Team size for this program – 10

Principal Project Manager at Oracle, Jul 2012 - Apr 2017 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore India,  Conceptualized Space and Power request tool to control the hardware movement and to collect data for information sharing and effective reporting. This helped in facilitating informative decision making and future strategic planning  Directed Space & Power Optimization Program for EMEA & APAC, result was cost savings of US$ 2.5 million  Delivered US$ 7 million Cloud Data Center (Infra) expansion project across USA, India. Australia, France & Singapore.  Managed new builds, upgrade, and consolidation of Data centers across all regions worldwide  Established high availability, high volume infrastructure in over 300 Data Centers and Labs spread worldwide covering more than 200,000 sq. feet of IT real estate

Project Manager at IBM, Apr 2012 - May 2017 · 5 y 1 mo, Bangalore

Education

B.Com, Account , Economics, Business Administration, Delhi University

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