Rajul Agarwal Email & Phone Number

Innovation Hub, Bengaluru

• Shaping and executing strategy for technology growth & differentiation with industry first mindset.• Responsible to drive differentiation on global opportunities and engagements, influence sales, sell while deliver, drive origination and overall growth.• Leading global industry platforms and building industry solutions (on cloud, data, edge, space tech, sustainability, GenAI), collaborating with ecosystem ISVs and venture partners.• Leading and growing a team of deep industry experts and architects, setting the agenda for the industry learning, capability development for career specialization and growth for our talent• Ensuring right investment to build capabilities on prioritized areas - unified commerce, store/pos transformation to help drive store productivity, supply chain, and more.• Championing industry-led client co-innovation, delivering 360-degree value through technology and thought leadership, positioning Accenture at the forefront of industry transformation.

• Products Sales Innovation, spearheaded sales growth by driving innovation, fostering a culture of confidence in cutting-edge solutions, and catalyzing action with strategic partners.• AI, RPA, and Blockchain offering lead for Products (Retail, CGS, Travel, Life Sciences, Industrial), delivered MVPs and scaled transformative solutions on high-impact client engagements.• Industry Innovation Partner, collaborated with major retail, consumer goods - beauty and alco-beverage clients to co-create innovative solutions and intelligent automations.• Led Innovation & Design Thinking workshops, co-innovated with clients to originate new business opportunities and seamlessly integrated innovation into sales and delivery processes.

• Drove global engagements by bringing industry differentiation to the forefront, significantly influencing sales and sales origination.• Pioneered futuristic retail solutions by setting up a cutting-edge retail lab showcasing the "Future of Retail" through IoT, AI/ML, Computer Vision, AR/VR/MR, Blockchain, and Mobility technologies. Hosted C-level and senior executive visits.• Incubated and led an AI/ML team, delivering 30+ proof-of-concepts across Products (Retail, CGS, Travel, Life Sciences, Industrial) industries on client engagements, and filed multiple patents.• Curated partnerships within the start-up ecosystem, defining and executing accelerators that introduced differentiated solutions to clients.• Recognized as a Finalist for the (R)Tech Retail CEO Innovation Awards by RILA 2017, highlighting the transformation driven by ubiquitous and ultra-personal shopping trends.• Winner of Accenture SAP Mobility and Liquid Studio Global Ideation Challenge, presenting innovative solutions at SAP SAPPHIRE 2017 conference in Orlando.• Accenture Innovation Contest Finalist, with an industry-leading idea that ranked in the top 30 globally• Awarded Most Innovative Industry Idea as part of Accenture Global Products2020.

• Opportunity lead, Functional lead on client engagements - delivered multiple retail planning engagements, designed an integrated solution to provide single version of truth for merchandisers.• Deliver improved ways of working for client's Buying & Merchandising team, overseeing the configuration, implementation, and service management of Merchandise Financial and Assortment Planning solutions, along with proprietary retail applications. Awarded the 'UK Growth Day Award' for two consecutive years.• Drove innovation and client trust in IBM capabilities, stabilizing operations and generating additional revenue through strategic solutions.• Engaged on IBM-Apple, IBM-Twitter partnership to develop enterprise apps, social analytics, and cutting-edge retail solutions with IBM Research. • Authored industry insights and delivered talks on retail disruptions, including a presentation on "Gamification for Customer Engagement" to IBM China.• Selected as a Mentor in the IBM Leadership Development Program "Apprentice," guiding future leaders in the organization.

Functional lead on multiple retail client engagements across merchandising, warehouse, POS and retail planning solutions. Single Point of contact for retail opportunity solutioning, solution walkthrough and client value discussions. Incubated and scaled the team - trained & upskilled on Oracle retail suite. Oracle Retail Planning SME and Expert - Merchandise Financial, Assortment, ItemWorked with multiple retail clients, along with an onshore assignment @ Walmart, Bentonville

Onsite Coordinator, Subject Matter Expert on multiple client engagements - designed the translation program to process POS transaction within the merchandising system. Implementation & Quality Analysis of Merchandising, Sales Audit, Customer Orders management applications

Executive General Management Program (Egmp), On Campus

Activities and Societies: Qualified on Capstone Business Simulation Business Statistics, Business Strategy, Financial Accounting.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Honours