Practice Management Practice Leader for Global Talent Hub Advisory Analytics– Provided leadership to a geographically spread out team (4 locations in India) with responsibility to manage and grow the business operations & resources of Analytics practice– Headed Service delivery for Enterprise Software Development and drove software engineering activities to meet aggressive schedules and timelines while maintaining the highest bars of quality– Directed engagement teams to deliver projects ensuring value realization for both clients and firm– Liaisoned with global EY firms (especially from Americas, Europe, APAC Australia & MENA) to maintain a healthy pipeline of critical mass; Enabled sales and maintained customer referencability– Vitalized a domain centric culture to focus on developing an understanding of industry issues and thereby build solutions with high potential demand

Business Transformation & Analysis at a Leading US P&C Insurer (Bloomington, US)• Provided consulting leadership for Auto (Line of Business) Quote and Purchase New Business Flow• Part of a major transformation program to achieve target state integrated customer platform providing consistent experiences across multiple channels to all stakeholders (customers/agents)• Facilitated the set up of Offshore BA Factory to support the programSupport the development of Accenture Finance & Risk Business Services Practice• With specific focus on offering development for Analytics, Value-added Regulatory Compliance, Cyber Risk and Resilience, Sourcing and Procurement

Strategy & Business Consulting:– Consulting lead for a leading P&C insurer (Hartford, US)• Conducted Business Process study, Gap analysis and Requirements Analysis for Data warehouse, Reporting, Actuarial Analytics and Research groups• Consolidated BI Tools & Rationalized Reports used across the organization• Coordinated the enterprise-wide consolidation of data stores for Agency information– Consulting lead for a leading P&C insurer (Portsmouth & Indianapolis US)• Mapped business processes and customized third party policy admin product accordingly– Instrumental in the transition planning of a set of maintenance projects• Investigated Strategic Outsourcing Opportunity, Formulated & Executed Business Plan and Go-to-Market strategy; Evangelized the 2 and 5 year roadmaps– Provided leadership and guidance to the consultants and business analysts involved in these projects. Assessed individual performance and identified development opportunities Account Management, Relationship Management & Business Development:– Built and maintained relationships with client top management of Information Management IT Business Consulting group at a leading Insurer (Hartford, US)• Managed a team of internal consultants with complete responsibility for Customer Satisfaction• P&L Responsibility with consistent Y-o-Y revenue targets delivered – Business Development with new / existing clients including prospecting, qualifying leads, RFI / RFP response, proposal creation and client presentations; Co-ordination with marketing / sales support groups, technical and solution teams to create a winning pitch– Actively involved in recruitment, and induction of new professionals into Cognizant through on-campus and off-campus recruitment drives; Shared knowledge & best practices across the organization

- Web Analytics and Web Marketing Management to generate leads through web, and thereby reduce the sales cycle time; - Market Research & Competitive Intelligence- Supported Business Development with new / existing clients including prospecting, qualifying leads, RFI / RFP response, proposal creation, client presentations creation- Management of corporate collaterals, newsletters

– Embedded systems software development including Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Maintenance of protocol analysis applications used in Multi Channel Protocol Analyzers (MPA)– Team management and Coordination in the capacity of Team/Module lead: responsible for estimation, work allocation, reviews, project quality management and internal quality audits;- Training and Personal Development - Conducted trainings and knowledge sharing sessions on technical & domain subject matters