IT strategy to support restructuring and global growth.SAP implementation across 13 manufacturing plants, 15 warehouses, 6 showrooms and various offices in UAE in an unprecedented 8 months. SAP center of excellence. Business benefits program.$20 million 'SAP Implementation & Global Rollouts' across China, India, UAE and B'desh. Cloud based tier-2 data center, Mobility platform for enhanced visibility in B2B operations, BI/Data analytics, IT governance and security.Global IT service delivery model, SAP shared servicesDisaster recovery and Business continuity programIT governance frameworkIncreased IT team-size from 17 to 75

IS strategy to drive customer delight in retail outletsBar-coding technology at the Central Warehouse for Inbound, Outbound, Repackaging and Inventory Management processes across the full range of 7500 SKUs, bundles and promotionsRF-based Warehouse Management Automation System LFS/400 using Bar-codes and Radio-frequency based hand-held portable devicesEnhanced customer experience thru’ introduction of the front-end Retail Point-of- Sales (POS) systemsInterface of POS and WMS with the back-end Oracle JDe ERPOperation and maintenance of OracleJDe ERP system, office productivity apps and MS ExchangeMIS for decision support and risk management using Microstrategy BI softwareSocial media for customer feedback and brand enhancement

IS strategy to deliver a process-driven organizationRevival of the failed SAP implementationStandardization of operating procedures in sales, procurement, production planning, finance and costingRe-engineering of supply-chain processes for reliability, responsiveness, flexibility and cost efficiency. Systems to impart greater visibility into the supply-chainConsolidation of the geographically distributed computing platforms into a consolidated data centerIn-house SAP support centerIT security policy and governance proceduresISO Management representativeCo-opted as Member, Executive Management Committee.

IT Strategy/RoadmapSAP implementationIT service deliveryManagement of IT teams and budgets.

Integrated IT Strategy/Roadmap for the multi-SBU industrial enterprise.Deployed E-mail across the group. Designed and commissioned the enterprise-wide network, integrated various SBI-IT teams into a centrally managed, federated structure. Implemented SAP at the 'Steam Turbines manufacturing, sales and service'. Developed and deployed software application for procurement/supply-chain with 10m. farmers at the Sugar SBU. Implemented a mini-ERP and MAXIMO plant maintenance system at the Sugar and Projects SBUs as a pre-cursor to SAP.

Start-up entrepreneur.Developed virgin markets for packaged software products from Microsoft, Lotus, Autodesk, TCS and Oracle. Consulted with government organizations and corporate houses for IT enabled transformation projects. Strategized and implemented the first e-government initiative at the Union Territory of Chandigarh, India, Developed and implemented enterprise software applications in multiple industry verticals. Built and led a team of 14 software professionals.