Praveen Kumar Email & Phone Number

Mumbai Area, India

Boomerang, it was an OMG moment when I received a call from the best-performing franchisee of Reliance who was part of my team 15 years ago! A follow-up conference call by the cofounder from Huston, USA. This desire and energy catapulted me into a new opportunity to interact and expand business for epay solutions with CXOs across the globe. Responsible to head the Organization from Production, Product, Process, People, and market Penetration, to energize the 16 years young, Payment… Show more Boomerang, it was an OMG moment when I received a call from the best-performing franchisee of Reliance who was part of my team 15 years ago! A follow-up conference call by the cofounder from Huston, USA. This desire and energy catapulted me into a new opportunity to interact and expand business for epay solutions with CXOs across the globe. Responsible to head the Organization from Production, Product, Process, People, and market Penetration, to energize the 16 years young, Payment gateway, Point sale devices enabling Aadhar pay, Smart home devices, Kiosks, and IOT as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). Energize and process drive the manufacturing facility for a better yield and drive the Make in India mantra, Create, Lead the Sales, Marketing and Distribution teams online and offline, to outperform the goal and to create and outperform in relevance to the growing market presence with a clear vision for the future. Expand the devices category to multiple sectors/ verticals and capture market share strategically across Pan India and across the Globe. Achieve/sustain the position of leadership by leveraging the CXOs and creating a strong B2B and a B2C model. Have incorporated Blockchain Technology and massified its presence and usage in projects. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

A meeting + an industrialist + compelling vision this cocktail combo turned on the flames of my Passion. A 34+-year-old challenging brand wanting to make a comeback. This led to massifying Pan India and Middle East penetration and distribution. The Impact: 1. Moved up the distributors and distribution volume to new heights. 2. Service capabilities were spruced up for better support. 3. Improved the manufacturing capabilities which in turn resulted in newer product lines. 4. The famous… Show more A meeting + an industrialist + compelling vision this cocktail combo turned on the flames of my Passion. A 34+-year-old challenging brand wanting to make a comeback. This led to massifying Pan India and Middle East penetration and distribution. The Impact: 1. Moved up the distributors and distribution volume to new heights. 2. Service capabilities were spruced up for better support. 3. Improved the manufacturing capabilities which in turn resulted in newer product lines. 4. The famous “Neighbours envy Owners Pride was Back” with the first-ever 5G global campaign which amassed volumes and spiked up the P&L. 5. The warehouse with 8+ years of stocks was a complete sell-out! Liabilities were converted into assets. Show less

Mumbai

Joined Wishtel Pvt Ltd by a surprise invitation call from the Founder. He had a crisp 3 nos Wishlist. 1. Being a humble start-up doing five thousand numbers per month must move to ten thousand. 2. Double the distributors 3. Corporate orders were a dire requirement.1. I had the opportunity to move the devices sales from a mere five thousand numbers to a Hundred Thousand vis-a-vis ten thousand of the Wishlist in just a quarter. 2. Instead of doubling Quadrupled the distributors and… Show more Joined Wishtel Pvt Ltd by a surprise invitation call from the Founder. He had a crisp 3 nos Wishlist. 1. Being a humble start-up doing five thousand numbers per month must move to ten thousand. 2. Double the distributors 3. Corporate orders were a dire requirement.1. I had the opportunity to move the devices sales from a mere five thousand numbers to a Hundred Thousand vis-a-vis ten thousand of the Wishlist in just a quarter. 2. Instead of doubling Quadrupled the distributors and created India’s largest network and service centers. 3. Won the biggest ever Reliance Jio Order and executed seamlessly. Bonus created new device product lines with future-proof roadmaps. Moved from a few Million to a 3000 million turnover. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

Devices play a major role and when paired with data it becomes a revolution. My next BIG opportunity was to revolutionize this revolution! I thoroughly enjoyed creating the Exclusive Device Distribution Model and stopped the losses by eliminating subsidies from the bleeding Devices business this Strategic Model was adopted by every organisation as best practice. The Pioneered the reverse bundle strategy and penetrated non-Reliance Device Distribution channel PAN India and massified the… Show more Devices play a major role and when paired with data it becomes a revolution. My next BIG opportunity was to revolutionize this revolution! I thoroughly enjoyed creating the Exclusive Device Distribution Model and stopped the losses by eliminating subsidies from the bleeding Devices business this Strategic Model was adopted by every organisation as best practice. The Pioneered the reverse bundle strategy and penetrated non-Reliance Device Distribution channel PAN India and massified the acquisitions inorganically. Energised the National team with Global R&R programs. Unique sachet data plans were launched for the first time encouraging new newer users to have a sticky experience and win them over. Our revenue jumped by 46% and we moved to 18000 million in total revenue with the biggest team of the distribution network in India. Show less

Dakc Mumbai

A Crack Team was Ensembled and the Movers and Shakers in the organisation were put together with an international consulting team (Value Partners, Italy) to draw and execute to become the Pioneer Telecom company in India to launch 3G products and services across the country. Hand-picked by the Chairman’s Team we had achieved the task of becoming the first Telecom operator to launch 3g across the country. In simple, we “Cracked it” and for the same, we became the recipient of the Chairman’s… Show more A Crack Team was Ensembled and the Movers and Shakers in the organisation were put together with an international consulting team (Value Partners, Italy) to draw and execute to become the Pioneer Telecom company in India to launch 3G products and services across the country. Hand-picked by the Chairman’s Team we had achieved the task of becoming the first Telecom operator to launch 3g across the country. In simple, we “Cracked it” and for the same, we became the recipient of the Chairman’s Award. Show less

Dakc, Mumbai

The twist: One call from the Chairman changed it all! The Chairman said that the goodness of the impact must benefit a large audience and was invited to take up a National role and Lead the Country by the helm. This gave me the opportunity to redesign Policies and Processes with more effectiveness with field reality.Had the honour of becoming an integral member of the Executive Leadership Council. Designed and implemented the Strategic Action Plan which produced a 20 % growth every… Show more The twist: One call from the Chairman changed it all! The Chairman said that the goodness of the impact must benefit a large audience and was invited to take up a National role and Lead the Country by the helm. This gave me the opportunity to redesign Policies and Processes with more effectiveness with field reality.Had the honour of becoming an integral member of the Executive Leadership Council. Designed and implemented the Strategic Action Plan which produced a 20 % growth every quarter. Also took up the additional responsibility to drive National Outbound Sales to leapfrog the Mobile business successfully.As an outcome, the stakeholders were happy with the critical issues chart moving to “NIL” every quarter and with an overall 100% growth. I had acquired the skills of understanding the ethos and the uniqueness of each state across our mighty nation. I am eternally thankful with gratitude for that one call that changed it all. Show less

Chennai Area, India

Attaining the Rank 1 position triggered the next promotion with a better and a bigger exciting challenge. A last-ranked loss-making state/circle was handed over for a positive turnaround! In just 3 months after I assumed responsibility as the State Head, we had attained the Rank 1 position in every product/ vertical and sustained the position (which was a bigger challenge) for the next 3 years. We were awarded for the best strategy and quick implementation. This was an opportunity to… Show more Attaining the Rank 1 position triggered the next promotion with a better and a bigger exciting challenge. A last-ranked loss-making state/circle was handed over for a positive turnaround! In just 3 months after I assumed responsibility as the State Head, we had attained the Rank 1 position in every product/ vertical and sustained the position (which was a bigger challenge) for the next 3 years. We were awarded for the best strategy and quick implementation. This was an opportunity to reskill and energize the employees and business partners, which in turn helped us to bag large national accounts into our kitty. We had used the FM/KM/WM strategy which paid handsome dividends. Show less

The promotion led me to become the messiah of the Broadband revolution. World-class broadband retail stores “Reliance World” Innovation was the name of the game. Like our chairman said “Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one’s monopoly” We had the opportunity to create grand visions and realize them too” Had the opportunity to win the “Best customer acquisition award” Fastest Growth award” “NPI Award” “Innovative Creative-Bee” awards and so on. Here is where I learned with the… Show more The promotion led me to become the messiah of the Broadband revolution. World-class broadband retail stores “Reliance World” Innovation was the name of the game. Like our chairman said “Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one’s monopoly” We had the opportunity to create grand visions and realize them too” Had the opportunity to win the “Best customer acquisition award” Fastest Growth award” “NPI Award” “Innovative Creative-Bee” awards and so on. Here is where I learned with the right strategic tie-up, we could multiply the results internally and externally like magic! Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

At Reliance I had adjusted my sails only to increase my nautical miles and reign the Telecom revolution 1.0! It was an amazing opportunity to award franchisees out of 2000 applicants and to design (partnered with FITCH Global) to deploy world-class retail outlets across including gamut of products like Telecom, Broadband, Video conferencing, Digital desk, Java Green, etc. Awarded for the first to achieve ROI in the shortest gestation period and held the record for the highest ROI! Good… Show more At Reliance I had adjusted my sails only to increase my nautical miles and reign the Telecom revolution 1.0! It was an amazing opportunity to award franchisees out of 2000 applicants and to design (partnered with FITCH Global) to deploy world-class retail outlets across including gamut of products like Telecom, Broadband, Video conferencing, Digital desk, Java Green, etc. Awarded for the first to achieve ROI in the shortest gestation period and held the record for the highest ROI! Good planning and execution led to larger and newer responsibilities/promotions. Garnered a blessed team for life. Show less

India

Software Solutions Integrated limited (SSI LTD aka Aptech before the merger) was the company that had 12 branches and I was handed over the “Grand Vision” of expanding to 600 locations across the country. I ended up creating 600+ centers and beyond COCO and FOFO ended up creating the beginning of COFO (Company-owned franchisee-operated models) across pan Indian and beyond! Experimented and designed business models, onboarded 600+ franchisees, and became the No1 in the industry. Good… Show more Software Solutions Integrated limited (SSI LTD aka Aptech before the merger) was the company that had 12 branches and I was handed over the “Grand Vision” of expanding to 600 locations across the country. I ended up creating 600+ centers and beyond COCO and FOFO ended up creating the beginning of COFO (Company-owned franchisee-operated models) across pan Indian and beyond! Experimented and designed business models, onboarded 600+ franchisees, and became the No1 in the industry. Good work attracts more good work I was rewarded with an opportunity to step into operations and turn around the business in South India and set new benchmarks in Profitability/ ROI. I was a pivotal part of the revolution, bringing the dream to life for first-generation young entrepreneurs in every district across the country. This is where I had the opportunity to learn how to identify and cruise on opportunities in adversities. Show less

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

My career started with a “Pioneer Concept Selling Company” the most challenging Door to Door sales Job. The size of the big-ticket was not the greatest challenge! but after the sale, the customers do not get a chance to touch and feel the product (meaning no instant gratification was the challenge). Being the Pioneers in the “Time-Share Concept” Sterling Resorts reared me with a “Never Give Up” attitude and the art of storytelling. To demystify the concepts and translate them into FABing… Show more My career started with a “Pioneer Concept Selling Company” the most challenging Door to Door sales Job. The size of the big-ticket was not the greatest challenge! but after the sale, the customers do not get a chance to touch and feel the product (meaning no instant gratification was the challenge). Being the Pioneers in the “Time-Share Concept” Sterling Resorts reared me with a “Never Give Up” attitude and the art of storytelling. To demystify the concepts and translate them into FABing. Honed by International trainers I acquired skills to recon with and had the opportunity to often be part of the “Star Club” the outperformers den. As an outcome, I mastered product/concept positioning and how to win and keep customers for life. Show less