I have worked with my kids over the last 5 years in the end to end process of enrolling in US colleges....my twin boys pursuing football (soccer as is known in the US) and daughter pursuing STEM. I observed that there is a huge information gap we have in India regarding the process, understanding and appreciation of the US college recruitment process.....all the more when it comes to sports / athletic scholarship. Even though I lived in the US for 10+ years before relocating back to India in 2011, like most parents, "sending kids to US after 12th grade on sports scholarship" topic itself was quite challenging to comprehend....basic questions like is my kid good enough to play in the US, do they give sports scholarships to kids from India, will my daughter be safe, are there ways to optimize the cost etc. play heavily on ones mind....I ALSO HAD MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS :) and after going through this journey, I founded Final Third.....to help budding sports talents boys and girls (till grade 12) from India to get recruited in USA colleges and to help (especially the) parents overcome the "fear of the unknown".My current focus is on football (called soccer in US), golf, tennis and track & field.Visit my website www.finalthird.in for more info.WhatsApp me on +91-9606703255 for a FREE consultation.

M&A: Wipro business integration lead on USD 300 million ICICI deal and acquisition of 3800 employees.

# Wipro IT lead on USD 1.6 Billion, 10 years deal with Alight Solutions US. # Post deal closure, I was Integration Lead for organizational integration between Wipro and Alight Solutions captive India arm.# Developed the business case, carried out due diligence across application portfolio, infrastructure, data centers, people and processes, worked on contracts till deal closure.# Worked with HR, Finance, Legal, marketing, delivery and sales functions during the Alight deal.# Led threads on application of Holmes components & platforms, Testing Automation, Data Analytics. # Started continuous improvement implementations, utilizing crowd sourcing for faster delivery.

# Workforce Transformation of 30000 people across BFSI in Digital Technologies and Digital Ways of working# Develop multi year strategy for workforce transformation.# Design learning priorities for the business unit# Design learning framework, technical maturity roadmap, ways to identify/categorize/propagate employee across the technology maturity, guidelines to baseline employee skill proficiency and track movement across the maturity lifecycle, templates for developing individual skill roadmap.# Working with leaders on developing KPIs, yearly targets and messaging.# Working on branding of Workforce Transformation.# Account floor-walks to propagate learning and self development# Conduct focus group discussions to collect feedback on learning experience.# Facilitate senior leadership stakeholders across a matrix organization to converge on solutions# Work closely with the various account delivery leadership on communicating end state vision, tactical plan and maintain regular connects.# Develop innovative ways of identifying, grooming and creating talent pool.# Groomed Scrum Masters and base level Agile Coaches and deployed them successfully.

# Adjudged Best Program Manager across Wipro, all locations globally.# Set up Global Program Management function for BFSI# Manage 80+ Program Managers# Program Recovery, Assurance, Advisory, Assessment services to global clients# Program Recovery: recovered 4 multi-million dollar Banking and Insurance programs including digital transformation program.# Business Process Consulting # Program Governance, Steering Com meetings, Board meetings# Deliver high-value technology enabled business transformation programs.# Contract (MSA and SoW) Management, proposal life-cycle for large complex multi vendor programs, execution roadmap for multi-year business transformational digital programs# Cadre building and setting up internal pipeline for entry level Program Managers within the vertical, assessing, mentoring and providing opportunities to grow

US role:- Managed one of the largest CRM transformational programs for telecom company in Warsaw, Poland- Complete Oracle stack, CRM, Billing50+ real time and batch interfaces, decommissioning legacy apps, end to end implementation including organizational change management (OCM)- Client stakeholder management, steering committee meetings for program updates, program management. - Distributed delivery model (Poland, India, USA), contractors from multiple European countries, negotiating rates & contracts with vendor companies, invoice approvals.India role:- Managed India Captive Accounts for Continental Europe. - Lead Oracle Service Line adoption of Oracle Unified Method (OUM) methodology.Led team to train 200+ Oracle Managers in India.- Industrialized methodology and worked with concerned teams to update associated tools, accelerators, deliverable templates & pre-sales collateral.

- North America lead for CRM projects on East Coast- CRM / MDM / SaaS implementations- Account Management & farming (>10+ MUSD with 20%+ YoY)- Recruitment lead (working with NA HR)- Managed multiple programs across East Coast- Pre-sales support (proposals, RFP/RFI, solutioning, C-level prosentations)

Managed Siebel CRM implementation

- Oracle Manufacturing (discreet & process) implementation- Business analysis & business process re-engineering- Functional lead across modules.

Process Industry consulting, proposal generation, responding to RFP / RFI, estimation

Cold calling, pipeline management, turnkey project proposal building, estimation, presenting to end client, RFP / RFI response

Project Engineer for Fluidized Bed Drier turnkey projects, mobilization of people/machinery, erection & commissioning, project documentation, internal audits, managing vendors.