Prashant Kumar

Director of Engineering

Pune, Maharashtra, India20 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

19 years of experience in consulting across industries.
Proven track record in managing project P&L and stakeholder relationships.
Certified SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant and change management practitioner.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned consultant specializing in business transformation and change management across various industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business TransformationChange ManagementLean TransformationConsultingProject ManagementBusiness Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalysisAnalytical SolutionsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Bid ManagementBudgetingBusiness AnalysisBusiness ManagementBusiness ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyCRMCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data ScienceEmerging Technologies

About

I have c,19 years of experience in leading and delivering complex and impactful consulting projects across various industries and geographies. I specialize in strategy, transformation, and change management, helping clients achieve their business goals and maximize their value proposition.. Working as Director, Banking in Invent India I have a proven track record of managing project P&L, developing service offerings and solutions, building stakeholder relationships and handling escalations, and growing and developing my team. I am also a certified SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant and a change management practitioner, with skills and knowledge in lean and operating model design. Additionally, I am pursuing a PG program in artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance my domain expertise and leverage the power of data and analytics in driving business transformation.

Experience

Capgemini invent

Director

Oct 2008 – Present · 17 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

]• Project Execution – Lead client engagements and stakeholder relationships; responsible for project P&L management; escalations management
Business Development – Work on business development activities in the area of Business Transformation, Lean and Operating Model design
Practice development – Develop service offerings/ solutions,sales collateral, tools, frameworks and thought leadership papers
People development – Recruitment, competency development (lead trainer for Lean, Operating Model, Change Management), facilitate people growth
Group Lean Program – responsible for Lean deployment in client delivery engagements, support functions, conducting lean boot camps, developing Change Agent network, Group Lean capability development – tools and frameworks

Project ExecutionBusiness DevelopmentPractice developmentPeople developmentGroup Lean ProgramBusiness Transformation+1

Accenture

Senior Software Engineer Accenture Mumbai

Feb 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos

Led bid management team for consulting and outsourcing services:
Led team improvement initiatives viz. designed new program management tool, designed team scorecard and developed a tool for managing the work pipeline
Managed proposal support for clients across geographies and industries
Received multiple performance excellence awards viz. award for Maximizing Team’s Performance; for driving value added results and for proactive contribution towards achieving excellence

Bid ManagementTeam Improvement InitiativesProposal SupportConsultingProject Management

Tata consultancy services

Assistant System Analyst

Jun 2005 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr 7 mos

Managed business development activities of eLearning CoE including frequent client interaction, requirement gathering & analysis, preparation of sales collateral (RFP/ RFI)
Led the team to define the roadmap for expanding eLearning service offerings and growing the business in terms of revenue as well as headcount - team size grew from 32 to 140+ in a span of 1.5 years
Managed client project, team size of more than 50 resources, for a period of 11 months in capacity of PMO

Business DevelopmentRequirement GatheringProject Management