Shirish Halapeth

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Established pre-sales functions for Adobe Experience Cloud.
Led digital transformation initiatives with measurable outcomes.
Expert in managing P&L and driving operational excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Experience Leader specializing in MarTech and Digital Transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital Experience ManagementSolution ArchitectureBusiness StrategyOperations ManagementDigital StrategyDigital TransformationProgram Management

Other Skills

Adobe CampaignAJOMarketoAdobe TargetCapability buildingTechnical deliveryClient successP&L ManagementKPI GovernanceMargin ImprovementCost savingsPre-sales MethodologiesDX SolutionsPipeline generationMarket to Order Transformation

About

I help global enterprises turn digital ambition into business reality — blending strategy, architecture, and execution to deliver measurable outcomes. My career spans Delivery management, Technology centers of excellence, pre-sales, business strategy & operations in both Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and IT services organizations. I bring deep expertise in building and leading large teams, managing P&L, and driving people satisfaction alongside business outcomes. Key achievements & expertise: - Established and scaled Solution Architecture and pre-sales functions across Adobe Experience cloud stack. - Led large DX programs comprising AEM, Adobe Campaign, and Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) - Designed Agile-based, KPI-driven delivery models for efficiency and scalability - Built and led technology competency teams across multiple DX Solutions - Head business strategy & operations function with supply chain planning, vendor strategy and driving operational KPI's - Owned P&L, business performance management and operational excellence for GCC - DX domain and solution expertise in AEM, AEP/AJO, and ACC I’m passionate about turning complex transformation goals into actionable, sustainable solutions that drive real business change.

Experience

26 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

17 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Adobe

3 roles

Head of CJM Competency

Promoted

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Lead CJM competency (Adobe Campaign, AJO, Marketo, Adobe Target) at GDC with $25M annual P&L.
Delivered double-digit YoY growth through capability building, technical delivery excellence, and client success.
Created “T-shaped” consultant model, enhancing cross-solution expertise across the team.

Adobe CampaignAJOMarketoAdobe TargetDigital Experience ManagementSolution Architecture

GCC - Business Strategy and Operations

Aug 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Owned GCC P&L & business performance, delivering margin improvement programs with measurable cost savings.
Designed multi-level dashboards and KPI governance for cross-functional delivery and competency teams.
Drove 45% partner-led delivery scale-up, enabling flexibility and improved margins.

P&L ManagementKPI GovernanceMargin ImprovementBusiness StrategyOperations Management

Head - Digital strategy and Solution architecture

Sep 2016 – Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Responsible for establishing the function from scratch including people, pre-sales methodologies and tools supporting presales across NA, EMEA and APAC regions. Partner with professional services sales team to generate pipeline and drive bookings across DX solutions. Supported Solution Architecture for entire DX stack including AEM, Analytics and Adobe Target, AEP and app services and Adobe Campaign.

Pre-sales MethodologiesSolution ArchitectureDX SolutionsDigital Strategy

Wipro

3 roles

Program Director - Digital

Promoted

Jun 2012 – Sep 2016 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Customer had embarked on a Market to Order (M2O) transformation initiative aimed at improving business agility, empower business to take data driven decision and become customer centric from being functional centric across sectors. Via this initiative, customer is revamping its online presence specific to marketing, sales and care with objective of providing an highly engaging and personalized experience across touch points and to enhance sales.
I was accountable for revenue growth, customer satisfaction and overall success of the engagement

Market to Order TransformationCustomer EngagementBusiness AgilityDigital TransformationProgram Management

Solution Architecture - Customer Experience and commerce

Promoted

Mar 2007 – May 2012 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for revenue growth of the practice in areas of Digital transformation and large outsourcing opportunities. Key responsibilities were ownership of RFI/RFP, conceptualization of industrialized solutions that can accelerate digital transformation journey and deliver consulting engagements for global customers.

RFI/RFP ManagementDigital Transformation SolutionsConsulting EngagementsSolution ArchitectureDigital Transformation

Consultant

Mar 1999 – Feb 2007 · 7 yrs 11 mos

Played multiple roles like technical architect, Business analyst, developer in multiple digital engagements for customers like Apple Inc, Albertsons, BP, Honeywell and Maytag across US and Europe in Web/J2EE technologies.

Technical ArchitectureBusiness AnalysisWeb/J2EE Technologies