Kumar Viswanathan Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Reported to Group CTO, Accenture Operations. Spearheaded the creation and delivery of MAGs & SaaS based Business applications/products jointly developed with ecosystem partners and Accenture’s IP. Managed Tech budget >$600M, drove savings >$30M and a team of 500 employees 80% (India, Philippines), 20% (North America, Europe & LATAM). • Led Technology for Operations Cloud Portfolio managing Cloud & Platform strategy, Cloud (MS, Google, AWS, ServiceNow, Workday) based offerings and enabled revenue >$100M.• Championed AI & Analytics managing product development and supported sales pipeline > $500M and revenue >$100M. Led and managed Customer Success for assets deployed to clients. • As Operations Cloud Ecosystems and Vendor Partner Lead, worked to build strong relationships, and drive cost efficiency on a YoY basis. Significantly drove down license cost for vendor products by 20% to 50% and enabled win-win strategy to drive greater deployment and usage. • Led Business Operations portfolio, managing overall Operations Tech spend > $600M and delivering >$30M worth of annual savings • Led Talent Management and helped onboard 500+ global resources annually to support business needs.• Led NA West Communications Media and Technology Intelligent Automation, managing Business Consulting engagements to drive enhanced sales and revenue and supporting customer success for assets deployed to clients. Supported sales pipeline >$1B and revenue> $200M.

Reported to tenured Managing Director and CTO for Operations. Successfully led the Technology for Operations Portfolio, encompassing Finance and Accounting, Talent and HR, Procurement, AI and Analytics, Intelligent Automation, enabling differentiated assets, to drive operations, sales, and revenue. Led and enabled Customer Success for assets deployed to clients. Managed $110M P&L and up to 700 global team members.• Led Intelligent Automation CoE, driving process optimization, sales enablement and deployment of Intelligent Automation CoEs. Supported numerous client visits enabling sales pipeline > $500M and revenue >$100M. • Worked w/ Analysts like Zinnov, Everest, HFS in positioning Accenture at top of Intelligent Automation spectrum.• Worked w/ Ecosystem partners & vendors to drive win-win strategy, greater deployment and product usage.• Directed Global Operations as Service Management lead for Accenture Methods & Tools encompassing deployment of IBM / MS assets and supporting ~ 300,000 users across 3000 engagements. Provided crisis response leadership across IBM and MS asset portfolio.• Spearheaded the Global Delivery Network, and Technological Growth Platform portfolios driving Product Management and delivery of key enterprise assets. Instrumental in leading the delivery of key products/assets to support HR, Opportunity Management, Delivery Management, Risk and Business Continuity Planning.• Served on the core Leadership team that developed IT Strategy for India Delivery Center and led multiple business transformation initiatives. Some of the key initiatives were Opportunity Management System, Delivery Management System apart from a host of enterprise systems to support rapid Delivery Center growth.• Led Business Operations managing direct Tech spend >$200M and Talent Management of global resources• Strong innovation capability within Technology for Operations generating more than 50 patents filed by team in 5 years and have been part of 25 IP filings.

Reported to Business Unit Head. Excelled at managing multimillion-dollar projects across Healthcare, Telecom, Financial services, and Retail domains. Provided complex program management, delivery operations, service management, and customer engagement for major clients. Managed $35M P&L and up to 100 employees.• Managed significant SI and AO portfolio within Empire BCBS engagement, first of Healthcare projects to be transitioned and ensuring on time membership renewal and new card generation, driving $35M revenue and $5M savings.• Deployed at Boston in FY 2000 to support E-Commerce engagements to ensure quick deployment and significant savings to business enterprises.• Developed assets leveraged by delivery center for Software Life Cycle Management to enable on time delivery, reduce CoPQ, better Project Management, and Quality Management techniques.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, University Rank Holder

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electronics, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Chairman, Electronics Engineering Association, MIT, Anna University