Ajay Prashanth Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Key areas of responsibilities include leading corporate strategy formulation for the business unit, leading consulting engagements to drive growth for customers, creating new business models and market research for industry & competition analysis.Corporate Strategy • Created the Annual Operating Plan for the CPG & Distribution unit (a half a billion dollar portfolio business unit)• Developed the cloud transformation strategy for the business unit to drive contextual engagement with CxOs of global CPG & Distribution companies • Identified growth avenues for the business unit and developed strategies to drive sustainable revenue growth • Created the inorganic growth strategy for the unit to drive growth through acquisitions & partnerships• Orchestrated the GTM strategy and created a pipeline of over USD 500 million• Competition benchmarking to identify their key strengths and develop counter strategy • Coordinated Analyst Relation Initiatives for the business unit to gain leadership position across industry analysts• Created presentations for TCS board of directors to gain positive mindshare for CPG business unitKey Consulting Engagements• Architected the end-to-end transformation roadmap for the CIO of a US based wholesale grocery supplier to enable create business value of USD 1 billion over 7 years • Architected the automation transformation roadmap for the CTO of the world's largest beverages company which improved productivity of operations by at least 20% • Developed a sustainability ecosystem business model for the CTO of TCS with cross industry approach involving CPG, Retail, Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals & Logistics to drive sustainability outcomes aligned to UN SDGs• Conceptualized and created multiple C-Suite Pitch Decks to drive adoption of TCS platforms & grow revenue• Monitored and analyzed market conditions to understand latest industry trends & innovation to ensure clients are adaptable to market changes & sustain competitive advantage

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Functional software testing with end-to-end lifecycle management including requirement analysis, effort estimation, design, development, and implementation of test plans for a global bio pharmaceutical major• Spearheaded the completion of a high visibility, cross functional transformative pilot program centered around standardizing digital assets which helped drive significant cost reductions• Think tank for platform enhancement – Identified and eliminated challenges faced on a component level which stabilized the platform for all future engagements• Institutionalized the culture of talent transformation in the team and enabled the upskilling of 100+ associates on next-gen technologies• Innovation committee – Created process improvements and significantly reduced efforts through automation and process re-engineering• Offshore counterpart for troubleshooting any issues related to estimations, resourcing, delivery, and escalations• Mentored and managed a team of 5 members and reduced defect leakages in UAT to a near zero % for all projects worked on

Post Graduate Program In Management, Analytics

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Biomedical Engineer’s Association