♣ Proven Cloud services management leader with a consistent track record of exceeding expectations with strong Product Development background. Over 15 years of experience in consulting services and 5 years of product development experience coding Business Applications and Analytics - HCM, CRM, and BI. ♣ At ExxonMobil, worked on hands-on delivery of multi-year multi-billion $ global transformation projects (FTP & DVC) that focused on integrating complex entities and business lines. Managed Transition to Cloud.♣ At Workday, as a Regional Services Director, responsible for 75 Workday successful go-lives (HCM and Financial). Laser-focused on Customer Satisfaction while driving budget or better revenue and margin targets. Executive Sponsor on several key accounts. Effectively managed senior level relationships and acted as a trusted advisor on complex Workday cloud deployments. Focused on strategic partnerships to develop and generate a new pipeline to exceed financial goals. Responsible for oversight and delivery of the region’s portfolio of projects. ♣ As Consulting Director for Business Analytics unit, North America, at SAP, directed a team of 120 consultants, managers, and practice leaders with ~ $100M revenue target. Led several consulting leadership and product development roles during my tenure at SAP.
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Vice President Of Consulting ServicesDextra Solutions Inc Apr 2016 - PresentDallas, TxResponsible for revenue generation, pipeline growth and delivery while maintaining margin goals. Provided oversight and delivery on key projects. Hired and developed Pre-Sales, Delivery and Customer Success managers to drive all aspects of customer engagement. - Engaged with C-level executives and senior management to drive Value Prop, Delivery and Customer Success/Adoption. - Hands on project delivery at ExxonMobil: Analytics implementation on Cloud Snowflake/HANA/Tableau/Power BI. - Designed, Developed and Delivered large multi-year $30 M + digital transformation projects namely IFA(Integrated Fin Analytics), DFAT(Downstream Factor Analysis), FTP(Financial Transformation Project) : Fin Reporting Work Stream, Chemical Opex/Maintenance, Global Projects One Stop Shop. -
Director, ServicesWorkday Jul 2014 - Apr 2016Dallas, TxRoutinely engaged with C-Suite to develop the business case and deliver on it. Responsible for Professional Services practice for the South & Great Plains Region. P&L responsibility with heavy focus on driving Customer Satisfaction, accurate forecasting, achieving budgeted revenue and margin. Worked on approximately 40 large cloud deployments in the region at any point of time. ~15M revenue target- Aligned with Sales to generate net new cloud subscription and Professional Services business.- Reviewed Services estimates, assist in the SOW development and focused on taking the customers live and beyond. - Delivered on Forecasting, Revenue and Margin objectives, with 97+% customer satisfaction rating. - Served as Executive Sponsor on strategic and critical engagements.- Engaged in all aspects of Customer engagement cycle: Pre-Sales, Delivery, Customer Success and Support -
Consulting Director, Business Analytics North AmericaSap Jan 2012 - Jul 2014Dallas, TxConsulting Director for Business Analytics practice at SAP North America with a focus on BI, BW and HANA (US and Canada). Led pre-sales support, deal structure, staffing and resource plans, risk analysis and consulting delivery of the actual work. Accountable for revenue and profitability in addition to specific transformation objectives. Directed a team of 120 consultants, managers and practice leaders.• Successfully generated and driven growth metrics - Market Unit revenue, utilization achievement, 4x pipeline generation.• Achieved margin goals – Exceed operating profit target for the organization. • Customer Success – High touch customer engagement and reference-ability. • Employee Engagement –Successfully drove learning targets, development plans, leadership trust and employee engagement. Highest EE score amongst peer, and above levels within SAP based on 2013 survey. • Orchestrated transformation of the organization into in-memory and advanced analytics. -
Director, Consulting Analytics Business User SolutionsSap Jan 2010 - Jan 2012Dallas, TxResponsible for all areas under SAP Business Analytics. Managed 160 internal employees directly. Led services delivery of Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence (Business Objects and BW), Enterprise Information Management (Data Services, Quality and Migration) and GRC solutions. Spearheaded both practice management and delivery groups within this organization. Over-achieved on both bookings and delivered revenue during this period.
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Consulting Delivery ManagerSap Jan 2008 - Jan 2010Dallas, TxManaged 30 Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Warehouse consultants proficient in Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC). This includes Profitability Cost Management (PCM) and Cartesis Solutions. Majority of the employees (~25) were Certified Public Accountants (CPA’s) skilled in SAP Financial Solutions (Budgeting, Forecasting and Consolidations). • Acted as a strategy champion and incorporated change management. • Focused on bench optimization, effective resourcing and staffing. • Collaboratively work with Client Partners on deal structure, resource staffing and provide delivery over-sight.
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Sr. Consulting Manager – (Multiple Roles) . Sap Acquired Business Objects In 2007Sap/ Business Objects Dec 2003 - Jan 2008Dallas, TxMultiple roles –Moved up from a Senior Consultant, to Principal Consultant, Principal Architect, Technical Mgr. and Sr. Consulting Mgr. Worked with over 50 customers deploying BI solutions. Some notable customers include Pepsi, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Rent A Center, SouthWest Airlines, Sysco Foods, EDS etc. -
Senior Software EngineerBusiness Objects Aug 2001 - Dec 2003Sanjose, CaDeveloped Business Objects Analytics line of products : Webi, Dashboard, Analytics, Xcelsius to name a few. Built first Analytics SDK and error handling workflows. Ported the entire product into Unix. Responsible for improving performance, scalability and stability of Business Objects core products. Designed and developed multithreaded C++ CORBA server objects. Built an open dashboard framework using J2EE, JavaScript, and XML/ XSL.
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Software EngineerZaplet Dec 1999 - Jul 2001Sanjose, CaDesigned and developed Business Process Communications and Collaboration Platform. Coded critical business applications such as CRM and HCM. Zaplet improves cloud HCM application by enabling email-updates. Users can collaborate and make updates via email.
Anil Dara Education Details
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Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program -
Computer Science Engineering
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