23 years of overall IT management and delivery experience with 4 years in management (P&L responsibility, operations etc), 6 years in technology strategy and 9 years in global software sourcing; 8+ years in US working with āCā level executives of Fortune 500 firms
Strong leadership skills; Founder and CEO of Ajira, General Manager of Chennai at ThoughtWorks, Retail practice development at Wipro. Created Retail practice at ThoughtWorks
Strong analytical skills coupled with ability to execute on strategy; suggested Retail product competency as an area of focus and have built out a team
Excellent customer orientation, ability to quickly assimilate what is truly important to the customer and understand the various spheres of influence in the customer organization; bagged several 50+ MM USD deals for Wipro Retail
Strong enterprise architecture skills having architected some of the largest online and trading platforms for Fortune 500 customers. Defined strategic enterprise architectures for several Fortune 100 customers
Deep technical expertise in commerce platforms, middleware and J2EE technology
Thought leader with international publications in global retailing, customer experience, cross channel retailing, supply chain and eCommerce
Specialties: Retail – Cross Channel, eCommerce, Customer Centricity, Customer Experience, Vendor Management
Technology – Enterprise architecture, J2EE, Middleware, Oracle. Hold several certifications including IBM Certified e-Business Solutions Advisor, Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, Project Management, J2EE, C++, Oracle
P&L Management, Practice Head
