Anant Padmanabhan

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India30 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 25 years of global IT leadership experience.
Proven track record in building and managing teams.
Successfully founded and sold a consulting company.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS executive with extensive experience in digital transformation and global delivery.

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Business AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceConsultingGlobal DeliveryIT StrategyManagementPre-salesProgram ManagementRequirements AnalysisStart-upsStrategyTeam Management

About

Accomplished IT Leader with over 25 years of global experience in Operations, P&L management, New Market identification & growth and Strategic Planning in both startup and growth phases of an organization. Proven track record of building a business, developing markets, setting up and managing teams. Entrepreneurial background having set up and built his own company that was acquired by a leading multinational IT company

Experience

T-systems international

2 roles

Senior Vice President & Head of Global Delivery

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Head of Global Delivery Centers of T-Systems including Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Brazil & India and sourcing hubs of Romania and Poland., with an organization strength of 12,000+ Associates

Senior Vice President & Head Global Digital Enabler

Dec 2019 – Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Built up the Digital Enabler unit within Digital Solutions to focus on Digital Technologies as a horizontal with a focus on Data Spaces, AI, IoT, Mobility, Enterprise Content Management, Cloud Transformation & Embedded Software
Built up the Global Software Factory to delivery ADM engagements and Cloud transformation in vertical clusters with a global footprint and delivering high degree of efficiency
Integrated teams across Germany and the Global Delivery Centers in Spain, Hungary and India into a single integrated global delivery with a total team size of 1200 in Germany and 3000+ across the Global Delivery Centers

T-systems ict india pvt. ltd.

Managing Director

Aug 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 7 mos · India

Responsible for the P&L, Delivery and Operations of T-Systems India with a focus on Cloud & Digital Solutions
Grew the team from less than 50 to 4000+
Built Service Based Global Delivery models from the India Delivery Center
Set up an Innovation lab to incubate new technologies and portfolios like Omniverse, Security, Blockchain & Quantum

Self

Consultant, Investor & Advisor

Oct 2014 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Pune Area, India

Consultant (Consulted to a large IT company over a period of 9 months on their Enterprise Application Services Strategy)
Investor & Advisor, Startup (Invested in and on the Advisory Board of a startup focused on Innovation in the Talent Acquisition space). Continue to remain on the Advisory Board.

Cognizant technology solutions

2 roles

Senior Vice President

Oct 2007 – Sep 2014 · 6 yrs 11 mos

Responsible for P&L, Global Delivery & Operations for SAP Practice
Additional Responsibility for EAS Analytics and EAS Testing Practices since 2011
Strong domain experience across Manufacturing, Retail and CG, Life Sciences and Utilities Industries
Provide leadership and strategic direction to the practices
Built stronger capabilities to deliver larger value added and transformation programs.
Successfully built a Global Shared Services model for delivering support and development services thereby driving up profitability in these engagements as well as allowed for alternate pricing models to clients
Built delivery centers across geographies like Buenos Aires and Budapest
Invested in and built industry aligned solutions and templates
Aligned with SAP to create new service lines to increase market penetration
Achieved Global partnership with SAP
Won “CEO” award for “Most Improved Horizontal Practice” in 2011

Vice President, Head of SAP Practice, NA

Mar 2004 – Sep 2007 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Took over a nascent SAP Practice and oversaw revenue growth of the practice by 400% in 3 years
Responsible for all business development and delivery in North America for the SAP Practice
Responsibilities include defining the Strategy for the practice, Sales Pipeline development and management, Customer Acquisition and P&L
Achieved SAP partnership in NA during this period
Built out a strong management team in NA
Verticalized the SAP Practice to focus not only on technology but on building domain experience as well

Ygyan consulting

CEO

May 1998 – Mar 2004 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Pune Area, India

Founded Ygyan Consulting in India primarily focused on SAP Services and served as its CEO for 5 years.
Bootstrapped the initial funding and the company became self-sufficient within 9 months of startup
Set up a local partnership with SAP in India
Set up International offices in Singapore, Malaysia and UK. Built new markets in these regions with a specific focus on SAP related services. Set up management teams to further build the business and markets in these locations
Set up teams internationally to both focus on business development as well as delivery
Successfully sold and merged Ygyan into Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2004

Aspen systems corporation

Systems Analyst

Sep 1995 – Apr 1998 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Rockville, MD, USA

Consulted to MCI, a leading telecommunications company
Worked extensively on Internet and software development projects, GroupWare applications and large enterprise systems development and deployment.