Prasad Ramakrishnan

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States36 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in transitioning to cloud-first IT architectures.
  • Strong C-level collaboration and strategic planning skills.
  • Proven track record in compliance and risk management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Computing expert with a strong focus on IT strategy and compliance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Consultancy ServicesCloud Computing

Other Skills

Organizational ConsultingProject Portfolio ManagementEnterprise ArchitectureVendor ManagementStrategic PlanningBudgetingMentoring Of StaffEnterprise Application DevelopmentSharePointOracle E-Business SuiteBusiness IntelligenceEvent PlanningCross-functional Team LeadershipOffshore ManagementBusiness Plan Formulation

About

• Innovator in a “Cloud First” ecosystem who has successfully transitioned companies from a traditional IT architecture to an user experience enhanced cloud only architecture. • Ability to Operate at C-level as a business partner with the Board, other C-Level executives and third party partners • Hands on experience with managing core infrastructure, end user services, Cloud platforms and SaaS applications. • Unique combination of product development, consulting operations and corporate IT experience. • Experience in defining and implementing compliance requirements (e.g. SOX) for public and pre-IPO companies. • Enjoy working in dynamic fast paced environment where innovation and customer experience is the primary focus • Passionate about expanding adoption of the cloud-first IT infrastructure paradigm & building high performing teams.

Experience

36 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Forbes technology council

Member

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · United States

Optimeyes ai

Advisory Board Member

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Optimeyes.ai is ( https://optimeyes.ai/) a unique on demand Zero Risk Trust SaaS solution that quantifies and manages enterprise-wide cyber, compliance and data privacy risk.
  • Advanced Technology - Our advanced algorithmic technology brings together multiple risk sources to create an automated centralized view of risk.
  • Real Time View of Risk -Our continuous, on-demand risk assessment capabilities provide a real-time, enterprise-wide zero Risk trust view of risk.
  • Quantification of Risk - Algorithmic modeling quantifies enterprise-wide risk exposure and portfolio optimization.
  • Risk Exposure Benchmarking - Blockchain data aggregation enables industry specific benchmarking.
  • Risk Decision Making - Executive-level dashboard reporting provides real-time risk mitigation decision-making tools.
  • Modular And Scalable - Easy to use, flexible and automated technology supports an organization at every stage of its risk journey.

Vistalytics inc.

Advisory Board Member

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

India community center

Board Member

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Indiaspora

Patron

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Riscosity

Senior Advisory Board Member

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Texas, United States

Freshworks

SVP of IT and Chief Information Officer

Oct 2018May 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Optimeyes ai

Executive Board Member

Dec 2017Nov 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · California

Shasta business consulting

President

Nov 2017Present · 8 yrs 6 mos · United States · Remote

Consultancy ServicesCloud ComputingOrganizational Consulting

Strikedeck

Advisory Board Member

Nov 2017May 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Veeva systems

Chief Information Officer

Sep 2015Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pleasanton, California

  • Responsible for oversight for global corporate applications, IT Infrastructure, strategy, and driving innovation in partnership with internal stakeholders and other key business partners.

Hotchalk, inc.

Vice President and Head of Information Technology

Nov 2013Sep 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Campbell, CA

  • Hired to build the infrastructure to on-board university partners and to hire a world-class IT organization
  • Built the entire IT Organization consisting of Business Applications, Infrastructure, Program Management Office, Enterprise Architecture, and Business Intelligence /Data Warehousing Functions.
  • Developed and executed the strategy to rapidly on-board university partners, with integrations to their Student Information Systems (SIS) and Learning Management Solutions (LMS)
  • Deployed multiple SaaS tools (SFDC, SparkRoom, Velocify, DocuSign) to handle enrolment operations for various partner schools
  • Deployed an enterprise data warehouse and a Microsoft Reporting Services on AWS and implemented a Tableau based BI platform for enabling reduced cycle time to information and improved visibility to the business metrics
  • Architected and implemented a multi-tenant Partner Data Hub to ensure interactions with our University Partners adhere to FERPA and PII laws.

Bodhtree

VP of Delivery

Mar 2013Nov 2013 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Hired to integrate and re-align the organization to a global delivery model. Established the big-data and analytics practice and streamlined the enterprise applications delivery model

Buxton consulting

Sr. Director of IT

Feb 2011Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Hired to integrate and re-align the organization to a global delivery model. Established the project based delivery model and multiple service lines.

Infoblox

Sr. Director, Enterprise Applications

Aug 2010Feb 2011 · 6 mos · Santa Clara, CA

  • Senior IT executive reporting to the CIO, responsible for all aspects of staffing, talent and performance management, planning, capital and expense budgeting, and vendor management for the IT organization.
  • Responsible for the overall management of the Oracle e-Business Suite Financials, Supply Chain, Customer Service & CRM applications.
  • Responsible for the maintenance and support of the corporate web presence and the product licensing infrastructure.

Formfactor

Director of IT Applications

Feb 2008Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Livermore, CA

  • Managed the end to end application architecture for a semiconductor capital equipment manufacturing company
  • Managed a complex high volume portfolio of business applications consisting of Oracle EBS, Salesforce.com, PROMIS MES, Agile PDM, SharePoint, BPEL SOA, and the enterprise data warehouse.
  • Implemented multiple strategic systems to support Order to Cashand design to manufacture processes.
  • Implemented the manufacturing cost accounting system that enabled improved WIP tracking and cost containment by over 20%.
  • Architected and deployed the Storage and Server Consolidation Strategy based on NetApp and SUN Servers. Reduced the carbon footprint and spend on Storage and Servers by over 40%.

Brocade

Sr. IT Manager

Oct 2001Feb 2008 · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • As IT Governance and Compliance Manager, Managed Year-one Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.
  • As BI & Data warehouse manager, architected and managed the corporate data warehouse & BI platform (BO XI)
  • Managed the transition from home grown CRM to Salesforce.com. Integrated Salesforce.com to the on-prem enterprise data warehouse and Oracle eBusiness Suite
  • Deployed a supplier performance model to measure effectiveness of our suppliers. Enabled cost savings of over 30%.
  • Implemented a management reporting application called Virtual P&L that helped reduce discretionary spend by >20%.

Intraware

Director of Engineering

Jan 2000Jan 2001 · 1 yr

  • • Led a team of 40+ engineers responsible for designing, developing, testing, releasing and supporting a web based software deployment and installation service developed using Java/J2EE/Oracle.

Keane (formerly caritor)

Project Director

May 1993Mar 2000 · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Responsible for solution architecture and implementation of strategic solutions for multiple clients in California, Ohio, Chicago, and Washington DC
  • Managed multiple Oracle ERP projects, setup the off-shore delivery infrastructure, and drove the CMM Level 5
  • Managed a team of 30 people on-site and over 200 consultants offshore, spread across five locations, with responsibilities for providing technical professional solutions to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Managed the relationship with the clients at an executive level. Increased the revenue base in the region by 40 percent over a 9-month period.
  • Identified and implemented cost saving opportunities for the clients. Developed and implemented formalized project management techniques at the client locations. Established processes to reduce the project execution time by over 20% by making the offshore execution model work more efficiently.

Premenos corp

Systems Engineer

Jan 1993Jan 1996 · 3 yrs

  • Responsible for development of industry leading EDI Software Platform

Wipro

Project Manager

Jan 1989Dec 1992 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • • Developed a DOS/Windows based maintenance management application for the manufacturing industry.

Education

Anna University Chennai

M C A — Computer Science

Jan 1986Jan 1989

University of Phoenix

MBA — Global Management

Dec 2001Jul 2003

University of Madras

BS — Mathematics

Jan 1983Jan 1986

St. Johns

High School — Science

Jan 1975Jan 1983

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