Dr. Pramod Kumar

Co-Founder

India39 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 40 years of cross-industry experience
  • Coached 30,000+ professionals globally
  • Expert in AI-assisted project management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned project management consultant with expertise in AI and business analysis across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementBusiness Analysis

Other Skills

Executive CoachingAI in Project ManagementVAVEValue EngineeringCoachingProgram ManagementManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Management ConsultingSustainabilityBusiness Process AnalysisAgile Project ManagementHigher Education TeachingRisk ManagementBusiness Relationship Management

About

Maximizing Results from Effort — for People, Projects, and Organizations. I believe results don’t come from effort alone. They come from improving willingness, strengthening ability, and sustaining determination. That belief has shaped my work for over four decades. My role is to help people, teams, and organizations turn effort into meaningful results — by improving how they think, decide, and execute. With 40+ years of cross-industry experience, including 26+ years in senior leadership roles, I’ve worked closely with organizations that were working hard but not always getting the outcomes they expected. My focus has remained simple: help them get more value from the same effort. I work at the intersection of Project Management, AI-assisted & Digital PM, Business Analysis, Value Engineering, and Agile ways of working — using these not as methodologies, but as lenses to improve decision-making and execution. Over the years, I’ve coached, mentored, and trained 30,000+ professionals across industries including Automotive, Infrastructure, Pharma, Technology, FMCG, and Energy, working with teams across India, the UK, the US, the Middle East, and Asia. My core work typically focuses on: • Project leadership and strategy execution • AI-assisted project management and PMO optimization • Business analysis and requirements engineering • Agile adoption and scalability • Value engineering (VAVE) and process improvement • Sustainable project delivery and Digital PMO implementation Alongside my advisory work, I am involved in: • IX – Interact & Explore: Convening a collaborative learning ecosystem where professionals engage with industry experts and explore subjects in depth through dialogue and reflection. • WeLead: Mentoring women into leadership roles. • Happy To Help: Supporting professionals through career transitions. If you’re working hard but feel the results aren’t matching the effort, we’ll likely have a meaningful conversation. Always happy to help.

Experience

Ix - interact and explore

Convener IX - Interact & Explore Community

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos

  • A global professional community enabling insight exchange, collaborative mentoring, and shared voice.
  • IX brings professionals, industry experts, leaders, and learners together to interact, explore ideas, and grow through meaningful conversations and guided development.

Ma foi strategic consultants pvt ltd

Partner

May 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · India

  • Advisory and Consulting - Project Execution Excellence
  • Project Management | Business Analysis | Business Process Management | Digital Project Management
VAVECoachingValue EngineeringProject ManagementBusiness Analysis

Arience limited (uk)

2 roles

Founder and Director

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Arience Limited (UK)
  • Project management, business process transformation, and business analysis consulting.
  • Strategy Execution Excellence Consulting
  • PMO and PMCOE Setup Consulting.
  • Project Management Process Implementation.
  • Business Analysis and Business Process Transformation.
  • Leadership Development and Coaching
Executive CoachingProject ManagementAI in Project ManagementVAVEValue EngineeringCoaching+1

Founder and Director

Jan 2009Present · 17 yrs 2 mos

  • Arience Strategies Private Limited
  • Project management, business analysis consulting, leadership development and executive coaching
  • For major Automotive OEMs, Suppliers, Power MNCs, Solar, Wind, Hydro projects companies.
Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisVAVEManagementCoachingArtificial Intelligence (AI)+8

Indian institute of management mumbai

Guest Faculty

Mar 2021Present · 5 yrs · India

  • Teaching: AI Applications in Project Management, Project Risk Analytics, and Quantitative Risk Techniques.
Higher Education TeachingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Risk ManagementAI in Project ManagementProject ManagementBusiness Analysis

Korn ferry

Project Management Advisor & Consultant

Nov 2019Jan 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisManagementManagement ConsultingBusiness Process AnalysisProject Management

Strategy execution

Project Management Consultant

Aug 2007Nov 2019 · 12 yrs 3 mos

Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisManagementMS ProjectProject PlanningMicrosoft Project+7

Corporates

Coach, Mentor and Consultant | Project Management | Business Analysis

May 2004Present · 21 yrs 10 mos

  • Providing project management and business analysis consulting, coaching and training.
Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisVAVEManagementBusiness Relationship ManagementProject Planning+13

Tariva, inc., usa

Vice President | Director - Engineering

Jan 1998Jan 2004 · 6 yrs

ManagementBusiness Process Analysis

Nova software

Project Manager | Technical Manager

Feb 1996May 1998 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Oil and natural gas corporation ltd

Program Officer | Senior Program Officer

Jan 1987Jan 1996 · 9 yrs

Management

National informatics centre, meity

Computer Programmer - Assistant | OJT

Jan 1986May 1987 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

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