Neelakantan Padmanabhan Email & Phone Number

Neelakantan (Neel ) Padmanabhan has 25+ years of experience across business development, consulting, product development and support where he has managed multiple products and large teams, creating new product and business lines. At Lucep, Neel is Director India & Head of Global Operations. He is handling Enterprise Accounts across all lines of business as a Global Client Partner. Apart from this, he is also responsible for Operations, Support and Business DevelopmentAt EVA, Neel was involved in mentoring start-ups, establish & commercialise new business offerings and supporting business operations.Neel was with SAP Labs for 15+ years in different businesses across Business Suite & Business by Design in leadership roles in Development, Product Support, Localization Development, Quality Management and New Product Development. In the last 4 years at SAP, he was the driving force behind an initiative on Business Networks in the Retail Space, SAP Ganges, which aimed to create a network of retail stores, especially in the unorganized sector and focused on emerging economies. From initial user research to productisation, he was managing the project which involved a diverse set of teams and stakeholders spanning across many countries and areas of expertise.Prior to working in SAP Labs, Neel was with IVL India working on SAP Implementations and before that worked as equipment commissioning engineer with Mazgon Docks in their off-shore division. Neel did his graduation in Mechanical Engineering and holds an MBA in Finance.Interests- Avid Networker - Ideate, Incubate & Commercialise- Design thinking ( outside-in approach )- Manage Diverse Network of Stakeholders- People & Project Management- Quality Processes and Agile Methodology- Business Strategy

Listed skills include Leadership, Quality Processes, Sap Implementation, Consulting, and 52 others.