Raghav Parthasarathy Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, United States

Lead Gross Margin Strategy for Azure's Multi-Billion dollar Compute, Storage and Networking Product Offerings.

Redmond, Washington, United States

United States

Greater Seattle Area

- Won the WCF award in the People and Partnership categories- Performed analyses to provide quarterly adjusted/net Revenue guidance for the annual $90B+ Commercial business in partnership with Product finance teams- Established process, developed tools and drove simplification on the quarterly revenue forecast rhythm for the annual $90B+ Commercial business

Redmond

• Implemented a financial governance model for internal Azure spend resulting in an est. $15M annual savings. Nominated for Quarterly CFO award.• Led the financial analysis & valuation for a datacenter transformation business case to save ~$33M over 5 years. Business Case approved by the CFO• Nominated twice for the quarterly CFT award in the “Partnership” Category

Redmond

• Led the financial analysis for a $120M contract re-negotiation that resulted in $11M annual savings. Developed business case and received approval from CIO and COO• Developed the budget for a $190M IT business unit driving portfolio rationalization and workforce planning

Greater Chicago Area

- Led the weekly business tracking meetings for the CEO and his executive team. Provided analysis on the firm’s Sales Volume, Price and Cost performance and guided the firm to a turnaround in EBIT- Improved the accuracy of Firm’s Topline forecast through a statistical forecast model, resulting in a more accurate EBIT forecast for senior management and an improved production planning process - Developed a long term demand model for the firm, that determines the production planning and capital expenditure schedule. Further the long term demand model is used to drive senior management and the functional teams towards a common goal- Provided guidance to senior management on firm performance against key competitors through financial statements analysis- Developed product specific P&Ls that is used by the product management teams to drive business decisions

Greater Chicago Area

- Improved the accuracy of the liabilities forecast by developing a statistical forecasting model and provided guidance to senior management on accruals for warranty claims- Chosen by management to work directly for the CEO on key pricing project. Audited the pricing logic in Sales Invoices and recommended process improvements to eliminate inefficiencies- Estimated the contribution margin of key products in the US Western market and drove EBIT improvements by creating price floors to be used by the sales teams during contract negotiations- Collaborated with the sales team to analyze the impact of freight routing, warehouse space and sales order size on profitability for a key customer. Recommended strategies to improve profits through bundling and tiered pricing

Columbus, In

Bengaluru Area, India ; Berlin Area, Germany

Research Intern, System Technology and Software Development (STSD) groupSuccessfully researched and implemented network concepts to improve the performance of HP servers.

Cleared Cfa Level 3 In 2018

Mba, Finance, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Kelley Consulting Club, Kelley High Tech ClubPresident - Kelley High Tech Club Recipient of the Kelley School.

B.E, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Rotaract Club at RVCE, Computer Society Of India - Bangalore Chapter.Graduated First Class With Distinction..