Avinash Deshpande Email & Phone Number

A hands-on senior leader experienced in global software and IT business. Primary expertise in area of business leadership & solution delivery.Early Career – Technology Consulting: First big challenge: large complex multi-team development program. Experience of collaborative ways of working with > 100 distributed co-workers The wild ride: As a technology consultant, early exposure to international business environment. Worked in different parts of the worldPersonal development: geeky curiosity, new technology & interesting toolsets, international culture adaptationBusiness Context & Customer Focus: First independent responsibility: represented employer as an account manager at customer sites. Direct exposure understanding customer's challenges and business context.Started focusing on specific domain area to enhance understanding of customer's business challenges and corresponding solutions. Managed solution deliveries for key international customers focused on supply chain logisticsPersonal development: customer focus, people management, execution, accountabilityEntrepreneurship Bug:Failed attempt at establishing a startup in the area of architecture designs (real estate)Personal development: learning from mistakesManagement -> Business Leadership:Industry focus to deepen understanding of customer's business challenges, industry reference architecture, point solutionsCreate value through strategic partnership driven collaboration with leading software vendors in financial services business. Payments, Capital MarketsPersonal development: Financial industry domain, organizational development, strategy, co-creation, change managementHej Nordics:Unknown territory, new business environment, responsible for software centric business, exposure to business & corporate strategyPersonal development: New ways of working, open business culture, corporate strategyPresent day – Head of Wealth: Profitable business growth, new customer wins, shaping the future of business & companyBased in India, work experience in US, UK , Germany & Nordics

Listed skills include Software Project Management, Global Delivery, Requirements Analysis, Pre Sales, and 19 others.