Swagat Siddhartha

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led transformation initiatives across multiple industries.
  • Achieved 95% user adoption in a media platform migration.
  • Scaled strategy practice from 40 to over 100 consultants.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Business Transformation and Digital Strategy Leader with expertise in diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementBusiness TransformationBusiness TechnologyDigital TransformationE-commerce StrategyOperational ExcellenceSoftware DevelopmentSystem Engineering

Other Skills

Go-to-Market StrategyGovernanceExecution readinessValue protectionChange managementUser adoptionPower BIData visualizationAgile methodologiesIT assessmentInvestment analysisBusiness AnalyticsE-commerceOrder Management SystemWarehouse Management System

About

"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein: This has been my guiding principle for 13+ years when working with clients to solve complex business & digital transformation challenges. I have developed a deep expertise in business and IT strategy and delivery execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams across diverse industries. Key metrics & info: Largest team handled: 6 (direct), 40 (indirect) | Geolocation of teams: India, US, EU, Asia | Project budgets: $30k - $1M | Client domains: Cybersecurity, Gaming & Payments, CPG, Healthcare & Pharma, Insurance, Media & Entertainment, Airlines & Travel, Retail & Ecommerce, Travel & Hospitality Key Areas of Focus: 1. Driving Business Transformation: - Successfully led and executed transformation initiatives across industries such as cybersecurity, healthcare, gaming, and retail. 2. Agile Governance & IT Capability Improvement: - Led a global cybersecurity project, co-developed an agile governance model that improved delivery cadence by 100% for 80% of teams. - Conducted IT capability assessments that uncovered a $2.5M underinvestment in a chemicals industry client, designed intake & capacity frameworks that enhanced delivery predictability by 40%. 3. Program Governance & Delivery Efficiency: - Redesigned QA operating models, increased release velocity & reduced defects in the airlines industry. - Led a large-scale platform migration, crafting governance models & change management strategies resulting in 95% user adoption within 3 months & reduced transition risks by 40% 4. Scaling Teams & Enhancing Organizational Capabilities: - Scaled the strategy & transformation practice from 40 to over 100 consultants. - Created structured onboarding, boot camps, & skill-to-role alignment maps, & reduced new-hire ramp-up time by 25%, enabling the team to deploy at scale with high quality. - Developed reusable strategy playbooks, vendor templates, and deal assets, reducing ramp-up time by 20% and improving deal win rates. 5. AI Advocacy & Digital Transformation Leadership: - Leveraged AI and digital transformation to solve complex business challenges. - Driving AI-driven initiatives that optimize delivery models & enhance business processes, providing businesses with the tools they need to adapt and thrive in an increasingly digital world. I’m eager to collaborate with organizations to unlock their business transformation journeys. If you're looking for a leader to drive strategic initiatives, scale teams, &deliver impactful results, let’s connect!

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Pwc acceleration centers

Manager Cloud and Digital Strategy

Apr 2018Present · 8 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban

  • PMO / CHANGE EXECUTION
  • Led transformation office for a Fortune 500 global bank across a multi-year program spanning 40+ downstream systems, driving governance, execution readiness, and value protection
  • Managed PMO and change enablement for a Fortune 500 media platform migration, achieving 95% user adoption in 3 months and reducing transition risk by 40%
  • Built 8 Power BI dashboards for a Fortune 100 airline using Jira signals, improving visibility by 70% & reducing decision latency by 60%
  • Set up a centralized intake, prioritization, and demand management office for a chemicals manufacturer
  • STRATEGY / OPERATING MODEL / VENDOR SELECTION
  • Designed Agile governance for a global cybersecurity leader, improving prioritization alignment by 60% and doubling delivery cadence across 80% of teams
  • Redesigned engineering operating model for a chemicals client, improving capability maturity from 2.3 to 4.0+ across $100M+ initiatives
  • Standardized SDLC and QA governance, reducing rework by 35% and manual effort by 50%
  • Led IT capability assessment for a Fortune 100 airline, identifying $2.5M underinvestment and improving delivery predictability by 40%
  • Built business cases, ROI, TCO, and cost-benefit models supporting $50M+ transformation investments and CXO decisions
  • Led vendor selection across media, CPG, retail, and insurance clients, accelerating C-level decisions ahead of SLA timelines
  • Delivered 20% cost savings through benchmarking, vendor governance, and renegotiation frameworks
  • COMMERCIAL / AI ENABLEMENT
  • Supported 20 strategic pursuits worth $50M+, winning 11 by aligning scope, value proposition, and delivery strategy with client priorities
  • Built reusable POVs, playbooks, and vendor templates, reducing ramp-up time by 20%
  • Shaped AI-led solutions for content validation, sales enablement, and engineering support
  • Built a v0-based MVP for vendor selection to improve requirements capture, weighted scoring, and architectural-fit assessment
Business TechnologyGo-to-Market StrategyProgram ManagementBusiness Transformation

Cognizant

Consultant with Cognizant

Apr 2015Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Ecommerce Platform Build Luxury Retailer
  • Led end-to-end digital transformation for a luxury retailer by integrating OMS/WMS, enabling Omni-channel order processing.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to map processes, enable real-time inventory sync, & align fulfilment across categories.
  • Cut fulfilment TAT by 25% and supported successful e-commerce rollout across watches, jewellery, and eyewear categories.
  • Ecommerce Front-End & Marketing Tobacco Firm
  • Led cross-functional alignment to deliver a seamless Adobe SaaS transition with a projected 40% increase in CSAT.
  • Translated marketing and portal requirements into BRDs/FRDs, drove defect triage, and facilitated quality management.
  • Cut UI issues by 30% & improved load time by 2.5×, & achieved successful launch of the digital marketing stack under budget.
  • Retailer Onboarding Legal Flow Mapping
  • Documented on-boarding workflows & integrated legal/compliance checkpoints, streamlining eligibility across channels.
  • Reduced on-boarding time by 40% and achieved 100% documentation accuracy, improving legal compliance and efficiency.
Business AnalyticsOperational ExcellenceDigital TransformationE-commerce Strategy

Infosys

Senior System Engineer

Jul 2010May 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Major Projects:
  • HNI Travel Personalization Platform
  • Designed custom intake logic & backend rules, captured 100+ personalized needs for stay, travel, & concierge for HNI clients.
  • Enabled 100% paperless, error-free booking with 95% CSAT on launch, & ensured zero drop-offs in custom travel experiences.
  • Legal Archive Digitization
  • Led digitization of 100,000+ case files using OCR & XSLT, transforming 10+Y of paper records into structured, searchable files
  • Streamlined retrieval by integrating automated QA checks and stakeholder feedback, ensured 90%+ search accuracy.
Product DemonstrationConsultative ApproachSoftware DevelopmentSystem Engineering

Education

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

Jun 2013Apr 2015

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

PGDIM

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technlogy

Electronics and Communication

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Surendranath Centenary

Science

Jan 2004Jan 2006

ST.Xavier's Ranchi

ICSE — Science

Jan 1993Jan 2004

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