Nov 2016 – Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Value Proposition:
• Creating Value for Businesses by Driving Operational Excellence and High Performance Culture
• Geographies, Industries & Clients:
• Product & Service Startups and MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) in US, India and Africa across domains such as IT, Healthcare, Automotive, Financial, Creative, Animation, Event Services, Human Resources, Digital Marketing, E-Retail...
• Pro Bono Services:
• Mentoring Entrepreneurs from their Pre-Startup Phase to Growth Phase through micromentor.org, a Global Business Mentoring Platform.
• A few of my Collaborations:
• + Performance Coach @ Bodhih Solutions ( bodhih.com )
• + Specialist - Learning & Development @ Vertebrand Consulting and Solutions ( vertebrand.com )
• + Business Mentor @ MicroMentor.org

Jul 2016 – Nov 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Added value in Dual roles of Vice President of Program Management Office (Head of PMO) and Head of People to drive business execution focus through People Alignment & Performance and Process Excellence.
• As Head of People:
• Designed & rolled out People Engagement practices with the intent of being the most admired agency with the best in class Employee Engagement level.
• A few of the People Engagement Practices implemented at Langoor included:
• + Peer to Peer Rewards and Recognition to make celebration of good work a Culture
• + Environment which is fun, safe & inclusive across diversities to enable High Performance
• + Objective and pyramid based Performance Management System for Accountability across roles
• + Performance Improvement Plan coupled with Coaching for High Performance
• + Learning as a sustainable Culture by internalizing Learning initiatives using experiential methods
• + Employee Net Promoter Score as a Benchmark for Employee Engagement level
• As Head of PMO:
• Designed Agile Management Framework with the intent of Driving Execution Excellence.
• At the time of transitioning on, a few of the Best Practices (in evolution) across Projects at Langoor included:
• + Stage Gate Process (based on PRINCE2 & CMMi) for effective Change, Risk & Quality Management
• + Lean & Agile (SCRUM) methodology across engagements
• + Adoption of lean metrics and Project Management using Zoho Projects

Dec 2012 – Jul 2016 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Managed Strategic Initiatives, Innovations and Execution Excellence across the Portfolio
• Accountable for Driving Revenue Growth, Business Process Management, Competency Management and Business Ecosystem Development.
• Added Value as a Learning & Organization Development (OD) Consultant, Instructional Designer and Facilitator in Design & Delivery of
• 1. Flagship Leadership Development Programs
• 2. Experiential Blended Learning Programs and
• 3. Organization Development (OD) Consulting Engagements
• + Competency Management,
• + Assessment Center,
• + Career Management,
• + Performance Management,
• + Operational Excellence ... An inclusive but not exhaustive list of engagements

Jan 2012 – Aug 2012 · 7 mos · Bangalore

• Accountable for the Compliance to Common Benchmarks of Profitability, Quality and Process (based on PMBOK and Prince2) across the Global Portfolio of Projects.
• Rendered Coaching and Support to Project Managers.

Oct 2008 – Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Project Manager for a virtual 25 membered team of Developers, QA and Business Analysts for Misys Vision (TM) - A Legacy Patient Management Healthcare Product of Misys.
• Resource Management in the Matrix Structure for a Resource Pool of over 50 People across the Business Units of Misys: Healthcare, Capital Markets, Core Banking and Open Source.
• Global Knowledge Management & Employee Engagement Program for the Capital Markets Business Unit of 150 Virtual Team Members

Jun 2004 – Oct 2008 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Worked with a Customer Pool of Teams from Bosch Groups in Germany, US, Japan, China and Australia while managing Software Development and Maintenance Projects & Engineering Services in Active Safety Systems Department.
• Accountable for:
• + Offshoring of Projects from Bosch Groups to the India Development Team
• + Scaling up the Team in size and competencies
• + End to End Project Management across the Software Development Life cycle
• + Performance Management, Goal Setting & Talent Development of Team members.
• + Project Scheduling & tracking and Periodic Project Status Reporting to Stakeholders.
• + Quality Assurance activities in alignment with CMMi L5
• + Analysis, Design, Development, Verification and Validation of Software Applications
• + Managing Applications of Diverse Technologies: Perl, C, C++, VC++, Java, VB.NET, LabView & CAN

Sep 2003 – May 2004 · 8 mos · Chandigarh Area, India

• Part of the Software Development Group of QuarkXPress, the Legacy Desktop Publishing Product of Quark Inc.
• Engaged in Product Development, Unit Testing & Product Maintenance activities for both Windows and Mac Versions of QuarkXPress (Based on Windows, Mac OS X, VC++, JavaScript, AppleScript)
• Involved in Module Design, Reviews and Collaboration with Product Management Team

Jan 2001 – Aug 2003 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Jan 2001 - Apr 2003:
• + Involved in Engine Run analysis applications of Light Combat Aircraft Tests (LCA) at DRDO.
• + Development & Enhancement of legacy software applications in Windows and DOS environments
• + Technologies: Borland C++, VC++, LabView & MIL-STD-1553B
• Apr 2003 - Aug 2003:
• + Analysis & Development of Flight Path Simulation Software for LCA at National Aerospace Labs
• + Technologies: UNIX and C++