Jan 2010 – Apr 2021 · 11 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore, India

• Established and led Global Product Management function at Unisys India - Built a 15-member team of Global Product Managers & Business Analysts
• Incorporated various best practices using AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Product Management cycle
• Led Product Support business for software applications from India ODC; Built the team from zero to 40 Support Analysts; Also led Technology Services’ Delivery for a strategic client
• Responsible for hiring, budgeting, career progression, knowledge management and restructuring of the team of Product Managers
• Incepted the team, strategized processes & metrics and institutionalized the operating model spanning across various regional and global functions
• Accountable for Revenue Growth for the products managed from India Development center
• Led the transition of multiple roles to India operations, balancing business growth and cost reduction

Aug 2007 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Key member of Global Management Team & contributor in crafting policy decisions; Strategy presentations to Board of Directors & seek policy & budget approvals
• Led meets with financial analysts; Written multiple articles in journals and given interviews to Media
• Managed a team of 30 Product Managers, Analysts and UI/UX designers across Product Management, Marketing & Communications, Product Design, Pre-sales, Professional Services Delivery and Alliance Management functions.
• Worked directly with strategic customers and partners across India, Japan, USA and Europe

Feb 2006 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Led the Product Management function of this product company in the Healthcare space.
• Interact with the Engineering, QA and Delivery functions and field to ensure smooth transformation of market requirements and delivery of projects.

Sep 2003 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Worked on the Product strategy to be adopted by the combined Oracle, PeopleSoft and JDE products for the new, integrated ERP product suite (Fusion). Was the first Product Strategy Manager from India to be on this strategic project
• Responsible for global requirements management, conceptual solutions, and productization of requirements of Supply Chain globalization from Asiapac region

Jan 1997 – Aug 2003 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, India

• Successfully conceptualized and developed a totally new B2B Sourcing application - iBaan Sourcing, and piloted adoption by early field trial customers.
• Headed Product Management at global level for B2B – E- Procurement, iBaan Sourcing & ERP-Purchasing solutions.

Aug 1988 – Dec 1996 · 8 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

• Was responsible for indigenization of imported parts of select commodities from Caterpillar and other overseas suppliers. This involved developing new vendors, vendor evaluation and qualification exercises, Contract/ PO negotiation and delivery management apart from cost reduction projects.
• Developed Sourcing criteria and was accountable for the Source-to-Pay cycle for select commodities of components and sub-assemblies for both local consumption & exports
• Outsourced/ indigenized about 60% of Caterpillar Engine components of various commodities and significantly reduced dependencies on imports
• Internal auditor for ISO 9001 systems.