Ramesh Subramaniam Email & Phone Number

Chennai Area, India

• Set up Kalasa’s audio post-production facilities in Chennai in 1998:- grew the company between 1998 and 2014 in absolute terms:• revenue growths of about 180% between 1998 and 2007• before-tax bottom-lines grew 210% between 2007 and 2014• consistent yearly bottom-line revenue of 25% per year- Successfully worked on audio post production for more than 500 film projects primarily in Tamil and other South Indian languages in 14 years till date- grew the company to 3 facilities as of today, with 25 staff to handle the unprecedented growth that has made Kalasa one of the top 3 audio post-production facilities in Chennai.- Kalasa was Chennai’s first fully-digital audio post-production facility for film.• Launched Kalasa’s Digital Cinema initiative in July 2004:- Successfully raised investments of US$500,000 in 2004 and US$2million in 2009- Implemented Digital Cinema in South India from July, 2004 – a technology innovation providing a digital alternative to traditional 35mm film playback at theaters; set this up with operational partnership with GDC Technology, Singapore and Panasonic, Singapore.- Managing 20 staff with dedicated Film Services, Distribution Services and Theater Services departments, supported by a Technical Services unit to implement a world class digital cinema solution relevant for South India.- Being a green-field project, Kalasa’s Digital Cinema operations become profitable in its 3rd year of operations, instead of the anticipated 5th year.• Currently, Kalasa is a US$5 million company with annual revenues of US$1million staffed by 50 personnel.

Singapore

• Responsible for reshaping R2S as a resource for ISP and Intentia solutions offerings, improving top-line revenue by about 62% between Jun, 2001 to Dec, 2001 from US$500,000 per quarter to US$800,000 per quarter• Improved bottom-line revenue by 160% from US$128,000 in Jun, 2001 to US$300,000 by Dec,2001• Reorganized R2S’s organization by setting up a Sales team of 3 persons, 3 Pre-Sales Solution Architects, & 2 groups of software professionals, totaling 40 staff.• Generated consistent sales of US$1 million per quarter • Increased Staff Utilization from 52% to 78%• Completed tender submissions and sales awards for - People’s Action Party (a US$2 million integration project)- Bishan Toa Payoh Town Council (a US$1 million project)- Hour Glass, Exel Singapore and Swarovski (excess of US$500,000)• R2S became a major profit center for ASPNETCenter when it became publicly listed at S’pore’s Stock Exchange in July, 2002.

Singapore

• Set-up Project Management as a separate function working in matrix mode using the resources of the Technology areas to implement projects on time and budget• Hired 5 project managers to handle the 18 projects on hand – value of projects ranged from US$75,000 to US$1 million.• Developed a robust and practical Project Management methodology that brought business relevance to Delteq and increased our credibility with customers• Increased the timely delivery of projects by 300%. Before July, 1999, 1 out of 5 projects were delivered on time and budget. At my departure, 4 out of 5 projects are being delivered on time and budget, exceeding my planned target of 60%.• Increased cost effectiveness of projects by 350%. Before July, 1999, consistently projects had spent more than 70% of the cost allocation, while achieving less than 10% of completion of specified milestones. At the time of my departure, projects are keeping pace in terms of cost and cost allocation.• Rationalized career progression for functional managers and system professionals. This helped to reduce staff turnover from 50% in April-June, 1999 to under 10% by December, 1999.• Improved morale and employee communication by setting up regular inter-functional meetings across the department, and increasing accountability and visibility of staff for success and failure• Received recognition for my performance with increased responsibilities – became Head of Maintenance and Client/Server Technology in December

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Information Technology & Marketing

Marketing and Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science And Business