Tarun V.

CEO

Brussels, Belgium24 yrs 9 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 25+ years driving revenue growth for Fortune 100 companies.
  • Achieved 5x market growth in a short timeframe.
  • Expert in AI strategy and technology transformations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in technology consulting and business operations across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Management ConsultingBusiness StrategyConsultingTechnology EnablementBusiness DevelopmentInnovationService Delivery ManagementAccount ManagementProject Management

Other Skills

AI strategy & implementationAnalytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business-to-Business (B2B)CommunicationCritical ThinkingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Digital StrategyE-commerceEmerging TechnologiesGeneral ManagementGenerative AIIntercultural CommunicationIntercultural SkillsInterpersonal Skills

About

Tarun is a highly experienced Director with extensive Global management experience across versatile industries, encompassing strategic direction and leadership roles in Account/Business Operations, Sales /Marketing, IT-Management, and Entrepreneurship. Tarun builds enterprise value by solving business problems through Strategy & consulting, prudent financial, leadership, technology, innovation, and agility. His expertise involves Business strategy, Consulting, Innovation, Business growth. He has been supporting companies in FMCG, Energy, Financial Services, Insurance Industries sectors. Tarun`s ability to drive revenue & growth for fortune 100 companies spans more than 25 years. He has led phenomenal growth in new markets by 5x in a short time frame by building trust and delivering value. He has delivered above-average sales targets and thereby increasing the revenue pipeline. He has also turned around non-profitable accounts to double-digit profit / EBITDA within 2 years. Tarun is a Kellogg Executive MBA alum, has a Bachelor degree in Mechanical engineering and is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is passionate about finding solutions and giving a helping hand to Humankind. He has been supporting startups & ventures in Business management as a coach and provides Board advisory, Management / Technology advisory services. He has a good flair for technology trends like Blockchain, AI, Fintech, Cloud and has been actively advocating and supporting transformations and AI safety. As a consistent top performer and role model, Tarun`s track record has made him attractive in hands-on leadership roles in both the private & public sectors. He has a certificate from Kellogg Non-Profit centre and has been developing his knowledge in this sector.

Experience

Tecell

Chair Of The Board Of Directors / Founder CEO

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Accessible EV & Connected mobility for every citizen
Analytical SkillsEmerging TechnologiesInterpersonal SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)AI strategy & implementationGenerative AI+2

European commission

Consultant

Aug 2020Present · 5 yrs 7 mos · Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

  • Technology enablement of EU Energy, Mobility & transport policies & regulations
  • Energy Union and Climate Action: https://shorturl.at/mJOV2
  • Transparency and traceability of Biofuel : https://shorturl.at/apQUZ
Intercultural CommunicationEmerging TechnologiesInterpersonal SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)AI strategy & implementationGenerative AI+3

Anantha bv

Company Director

Jul 2020Present · 5 yrs 8 mos · Belgium

  • Management & Technology Consulting Services
  • Board advisory services
  • Technology advisory: Architecture, Cloud, Apps, Transformation, Outsourcing/Investments, IT Risk advisory and M&A
  • Change, Transformation & Leadership
  • Operations management
  • Market development & Sales
  • Business modelling, revenue & commercial management
Analytical SkillsEmerging TechnologiesArtificial Intelligence (AI)AI strategy & implementationGenerative AIManagement Consulting+1

T-systems nederland b.v.

3 roles

Executive SDM

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr

  •  As part of the PU SAP portfolio unit in the Netherlands, responsible for multiple accounts with a key focus on customer contract management, P&L, Board advisory, and service delivery of various services related to SAP, Public Cloud, MIS, Private Cloud, and Security. Star performer for the Year 2019 meeting successfully sales, revenue & EBIT targets.
Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural SkillsService Delivery ManagementAccount Management

Global Service Account Manager

Jan 2017Jan 2019 · 2 yrs

  •  Orchestrated & revitalised high value client relationship and secured pipeline by way of collaboration, influencing and negotiation with sales, production, architecture & senior leadership. As part of Account management for workplace services collaborated with partners locally and steered portfolio development for international markets.
Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural SkillsAccount ManagementService Delivery Management

Service Delivery Manager - SI

Jan 2013Jan 2017 · 4 yrs

  •  Launched new services by way of competitive analysis, market segmentation and by building partnerships. Optimised profitability by business analysis, business planning, process improvement and cost saving of 50M+ contract. Led project portfolio for new service development of various initiatives like Desktop Anywhere, High performance Storage services and cost optimisation programs.
  •  Led SharePoint Center of Excellence as part of Private & public cloud hosting. As part of SP CoE Service was responsible to ensure Architectural & Technical Governance in design & development. This service catered to a large community for a leading Oil & Gas customer. Have improved service responsiveness, enforced quality controls and managed scope of the service. Was able to achieve cost reduction of 30% without affecting the service levels. Supervised Microsoft center of excellence supplier teams.
Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural SkillsService Delivery ManagementProject Management

Cognizant

Senior Manager

Jan 2008Jan 2012 · 4 yrs

  •  Led the customer account (P&L) for a global insurance company, which was a strategic customer to Cognizant in Belgium market. Grew account by 5x fold with focus on strategic execution, contract negotiation, account mining, situational analysis, project planning and Quality Assurance. Motivated and developed culturally diverse teams with peak size of 100+ globally.
  •  Alongside managing the existing business for Winterthur based leading insurer, I have contributed to pre-sales for Benelux Insurers and followed the successful bid of new logo. by Transition management, from offshore visits to the complete setup of new engagement for Cognizant. Since November 2008, 4 additional portfolios were added for services on BAU, application maintenance, small, medium development projects (including regulatory & compliance) and agile projects. During this period, I spearheaded setup of Managed Service Model for AVM services along with defining collaborative ITIL processes like Incident Management, Problem Management, Configuration and release management as an offshore partner. By way of overseeing Organizational change management we were able to overcome challenges on integrating cultures between Cognizant and the customer IT & Business. Have overseen technology evaluation & implementation of Legacy & Web Services, Share Point, .NET & Silver light, cloud-based services, Mobile Application Development, Future of work, ESB, BPM, DPM and CRM solutions.
  •  Started at offshore location and led a team of 30+ team for one of the leading US based Insurance customer. I was able to establish my credentials by managing the transition from development to maintenance, establishing BAU processes like Monitoring shifts, SLA Management and also resolving internal conflicts across geographies.
Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural SkillsAccount ManagementProject Management

Wipro

Project Manager

Jan 2005Jan 2007 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural Skills

Infosys

Project Leader

Jan 2004Jan 2005 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Intercultural CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsIntercultural Skills

Tata consultancy services

IT Analyst

Jan 2000Jan 2004 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Manufacturing and production (various) india

Production Engineer/MarketingEngineer

Jan 1999Jan 2000 · 1 yr · India

Education

Kellogg Executive Education

Step into Impact

Jan 2021Jan 2021

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Executive MBA

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA

Executive MBA

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Bangalore University

Bachelor’s Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1995Jan 1999

Ramaiah Institute Of Technology

Bachelor’s Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1995Jan 1999

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