I will be responsible to grow Prodapt business across Telecom Services Providers and and Technology Providers in Europe

Mental Health is one of the most important challenge facing all ages and professions. I am quite impressed with the idea of creating Medical Grade Digital Health App powered by AI. It has a potential to revolutionise Mental Health Care across UK and beyond. Looking forward to work with the dynamic team of Cerina as it takes wings.

I am responsible for our Network Business outside Americas i.e. Europe, MEA, APJ & India. We cover Telecom Service Providers, InfraCo / AltCo and Enterprise networks. Our services are across Network and Data on Cloud, Fibre Planing and Roll out, Open RAN, Lab as a Service, AI Operations, OSS and 5G.As Chief Growth Officer I focus on profitable Market Access, Coverage and Expansion. Alliances and Partnerships is core to my plans.

COVID forced customers to challenge old ways of working and accelerate the pace of Digitalisation and Move to Cloud Native, Data Driven world . They needed a trusted partner to help them adjust to 'The New Normal' quickly. In response, I established EMEA Growth Office with a charter to work with customers to realize their Digital priorities, leveraging our Wave2 Competencies, Cutting age IT solutions, Partner Ecosystem, all underpinned by Intelligent/ 5G Network. My primary responsibilities were below : - Grow revenues for Digital Services -Cloud, CX, Data Analytics, Security and 5G- Ensure successful implementation of Central Initiatives across 200+ EMEA Clients - Drive Growth via Alliances and Partnerships- Regional M & A & Engagement with PEsAfter the initial shock of first pandemic hit Quarter, I have contributed to Successive QoQ growth in EMEA ever since. I am also Sustainability SPOC for the region and like to write on Sustainable Digital Transformation.

Recipient of ACE (Associates Consistently Excel) Award As part of European Leadership team, my responsibilities included :o Responsible for P & L of @ $200 Mil, grown from $48M in 5 years, fueled by IT to Digital Transformation. o Driving Global Strategy and Roadmap for Multi-Disciplined and multi-Geo Revenue growth in Vodafone, Telefonica and Hutch groups, with special emphasis on diversifying revenues outside the traditional IT Services, into networks (5G, SDN, IoT) and BPO o Executive Sponsor for all Key Alliances and Partnerships in Europe - driving innovation for our clients in area like Cloud, Analytics, AI, Automation, Security etcEarlier, I helped set up the Professional Services Division -Tech Talenta, which had grown to over 300 Consultants across Europe.

I was hired to head the Product Engineering (PES) business in Europe for Patni. My role included :- Setting up the strategy and market execution plan for building PES business in Europe - Owning the Product Engineering sales targets for Europe - Lead Sales and Business development team across Europe to scale up new and existing relationships- Recruitment and mentoring of new members to the team across Europe With my team, I signed over 10 new customers for R & D / Product Design across Europe in 3 years including Motorola, Sennheiser, NHS, Bentley, Mercedez, Invensys, RDT, Alpine, Aveva, Andrew Networks, ICS Triplex, Smith & Nephew, Hamcom etc. Significantly grew existing Schindler engagement

This was a Market Development and Growth enabling role. I carried out European Market Analysis and finalised go to market plans for Product Engineering business in Europe.I also supported account teams and customers to set up product engineering progrms with Patni, by presenting our value proposition aligned with their needs.

I joined L & T to set up their Communications and Embedded Systems business in UK Region - UK, France and Benelux.Starting afresh, I signed 7 new customers - Mobile Handset Makers, Telecom equipment manufactures - and partners like Symbian and TI, for L & T. 3 of them set up dedicated offshore development centres (ODC), while Magic 4 becoming First European client of L & T to set up ODC in over a decade.

As first Sales Manager, I started the Offshore Services Practice for CyberTech in Europe. Established Professional Services business across Cisco and e-Enterprice practices. The billable headcount was grown from 0 to 25+ within first 18 months, despite the challenging environment post DOT Com burst.

Siemens offered me great foundation to develop my sales expertise in a structured way. Initially I was responsible for Sales of Simatic Automation Systems to Large Industrial Users as well as Channel Sales thru Dealers to Small/Medium Businesses and OEMs.I was later invited to newly established Private Communications Division, first as product Manager for Hicom100 systems and then for Sales of Communications Systems in Mumbai / Pune Region.

I started my career with as Graduate Engineering Trainee with Tata Electric Company (TEC), in their Hi Tech Carrier Communications (HTCC) Division. I was part of project Team, led by EA to the CEO, to establish first Private Microwave Connectivity network in India, to connect all Power Generation and Transmission Centres of TEC. It was great learning to work from frontline field and plan engineers to presentation to the Board of TEC.