Davis M Chackunny

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India39 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 30 years of leadership experience across multiple industries.
  • Expert in scaling businesses and driving successful P&L performance.
  • Proficient in Six Sigma and Lean methodologies for process optimization.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Telecom and Embedded Systems with a strong focus on Business Development.

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Account ManagementAnalysisAnalyticsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCC++CRMChange ManagementCloud ComputingCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer RelationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)

About

As a seasoned Global Business Acceleration Consultant with a proven track record in market expansion and offshoring, I bring over 30 years of leadership experience across telecom, avionics, datacom, embedded systems engineering, Applications engineering, Analytics, genAI and Agentic AI solutions development. My journey spans building and scaling businesses, driving successful P&L performance, and leading diverse teams across India, China, and Europe. I have co-founded and led multiple organizations providing innovative product engineering solutions. My expertise lies in business development, pre-sales support, and delivering complex programs with a sharp focus on driving client success and operational excellence. I am passionate about leveraging Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to optimize processes and deliver tangible results. Over the years, I've successfully expanded businesses in diverse sectors, from telecommunications to defense and aerospace, reaching revenues up to $100M. I specialize in building high-performing teams, managing large-scale program transitions, and executing strategic plans that foster long-term growth. With strong business acumen and technical expertise, I aim to continue leading product engineering services organizations to new heights while delivering exceptional value to clients. Core Competencies: Global Business Development & Strategy P&L Management & Financial Planning Telecom Product Engineering & R&D Systems Integration & Embedded Software Team Leadership & Multicultural Team Management Six Sigma, Lean Methodologies, and Process Optimization Offshore Business Setup & Management Client Relationship & Negotiation Let's connect to explore opportunities where my expertise in scaling businesses and driving innovation can bring value to your organization. My goal is to build a world-class product engineering services organisation Specialties: Telecom Services business development, (EMS/NMS/OSS) Product R&D, Embedded s/w development, Systems Integration, Team manageent across the globe, negotiations with workers' councils, Large program transitions/ management, SW quality, Delivery excellence, Client relationship development, Six sigma, Lean methodologies, P&L, multilocation delivery management.

Experience

39 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Gadgeon systems inc.

Head - Market Expansion

Dec 2020Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Global Business Development

Hoobbo technology services pvt ltd

Founder and Director

Dec 2017Present · 8 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Auga tech private limited

Consultant - Business Acceleration

Dec 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Head of Sales and Marketing
  • Strategy Planning

Growthnets global solutions

Founder and Director

Oct 2015Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Business Strategy, Planning and Delivery
  • India Operations
  • Business Acceleration Services, Smart Sourcing Services and Make in India advisory

Religent global ventures pvt ltd

Cofounder and Vice President

May 2014Sep 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore

  • Solutions, Delivery, Operations and Business Support

Blueocean career consulting

Founder

Mar 2014Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Hiring middle level and senior level Talents

Cognizant technology solutions

Director

Sep 2012Apr 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

  • Emerging Technology (Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud) Leader in the Consumer Goods Vertical
  • Solutions Support
  • Large deal Solutions and proposals

Gadgeon systems

VP (Product Engineering Services Business)

Aug 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

  • Strategy Planning & Implementation, Operations, Marketing, Business Development

Wipro technologies

7 roles

GM and Account Head

Apr 2010Jul 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for delivering programs in OSS/BSS, IP transport, SGSN and BTS
  • Global delivery management
  • Responsible for customer satisfaction
  • Responsible for customer relationship management
  • Responsible for Account mining and business growth

General Manager (Smart Solutions & Services)

Apr 2009May 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

  • Responsible for grooming the Telecom Network Managed Services business.
  • Met the business target of 20mUS$ in 2010
  • In the process of developing a customer experience management solution in the voice and data services segment.
  • Worked out the Telecom Network Managed Services strategy and oeprations plan for 2010-11.
  • Responsible for Managed services competetency development to meet the business plans and delivery.

Account Head and Global Delivery Head

Apr 2008Mar 2009 · 11 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for relationship development, business development and Global delivery
  • Global Team size : 700
  • Responsible for proactive business proposals, solution delivery and team competency management.
  • Responsible for annual strategy/ accounts management and operations planning.
  • Managed programs across EMS/NMS/OSS, GSM BSC s/w, IP DSLAM maitenance, IP backhauling products etc.
  • Received award for the best Six Sigma project on competency management
  • Enhanced the relationship scorecard rating from 2.0 to 3.5 out of 4

General Manager (OSS/BSS BU)

Jan 2004Mar 2008 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for business development from Telecom equipment vendors/ service providers.
  • Responsible for solution delivery and competency development
  • Responsible strategy/ accounts management/ Team competence
  • Team size: grew from 150 to 1300
  • Accounts : NSN/Ericsson/Motorola/ and around 10 Telcos.
  • Received Innovation award on business models

Group Head/GM (Datacom)

Jan 2003Dec 2003 · 11 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for business development/ competency and delivery from Nokia, Ericsson, Nortel and Alcatel in the datacom domain
  • Team size:600
  • Authored two white papers
  • o Total product ownership outsourcing model
  • o How to write winning Proposals?
  • Represented the company in the South Asian IPv6 conference and presented a paper in “IPv6 business opportunities”
  • Received awards for my significant contributions towards authoring winning business proposals• Promoted to General Manager in 2004.

Group Head (New business group)

Promoted

Apr 2001Dec 2002 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Started with zero team and expanded to a size of 80 in a year. My Role was mainly to build new accounts and transfer to Technical managers.
  • Won broadband projects from Nokia, executed the project and expanded the team to 40.
  • Submitted a number of pro-active proposals to Nokia and most of them got realized and the team was grown to 100 in 2003..
  • Won complete product ownership project from Ciena corporation, US against stiff competition from companies in India and abroad. Executed the project for one year and it was grown to a size of 100 in 2003.
  • Was responsible for Network Management Practice group and developed couple of IP’s.
  • Executed a six sigma project as green belt and brought significant business advantages to teh company

Project Manager / Technical Manager(EMS product development)

May 1996Mar 2001 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

  • Scoped the requirements for an Element Management System for Alcatel ATM DSLAM and started the project offshore with a team of 40 people.
  • Developed the product from scratch under my leadership and delivered the final version within 2.5 years(6 million LOC)
  • Authored two of the 20 subsystem architectural documents myself.
  • Followed an incremntal waterfall model for development
  • Enhanced the product for various versions of DSALMs
  • Multiple Network management products were brought under my control and team grew to 130.

A start up in datacom

Technical Consultant

Jan 1994Apr 1996 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Working partner
  • Complete offshore responsibility of the company
  • Designed and developed the IBM Netview FTP protocol ver 1.0 in Tandem C
  • Designed and implemented the GUI part of Tandem Integrated Development Environment
  • The team size was 6

Hindustan aeronautics limited

Aero Engineer

Jan 1986Jan 1994 · 8 yrs · Bangalore

  • Project Lead for the Iron Bird Simulation of India's prestigious fighter aircraft, the advanced Light combat aircraft.
  • Did complete engine simulation and six-degree of freedom modeling of the aircraft
  • S/w programs for Electrical load analysis for various aircrafts
  • Designed and developed a Printed Circuit board design and drafting package using AutoLisp
  • Electrical wiring diagrams for Automatic flight control systems in various indigenous aircrafts.
  • Simulation S/w for 1553 B MIL STD data bus

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Certificate course in General Management

Cochin University of Science and Technology

M.Tech — Computer Science

Jan 1988Jan 1989

Govt.Engineering College Trichur, Kerala, India

B.Tech — Electrical Engineering

Jan 1980Jan 1985

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