Chennai - India
IndustryBio
• 19 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 ‘C’ 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