Saigokul Kannan Email & Phone Number

Dubai, AE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Founded UAE's largest online clicks-to-bricks apparel & footwear marketplace providing mall shoppers price, inventory and promotion information on over 1000+ stores listed across 7 Dubai Shopping malls
• Delivered a 3x improvement in shopping efficiency and cost savings of ~20% per-mall-visit for 1,500 customers (weekly)
• Achieved on average ~20% MoM organic growth of users and brand listings over a period of 24 months
• Featured by Al Aan TV on ‘Khatwa Jaree'a’, a show featuring UAE's most innovative entrepreneurs

Dubai

• Spearheaded a workstream in the 'Paperless Strategy' initiative and redesigned business processes, enabling DEWA to go completely paperless, cutting costs by USD 5M and avoiding 1100kgs of CO2 emissions annually
• Administered a company-wide feasibility study (11,000 employees) to identify business processes consuming most paper
• Double promoted to Engineer in 6 months (youngest and fastest international employee in division's history)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Led automation of ‘Approve Power Connection Design’, a highly technical process whereby contractors submit electrical power connection designs to DEWA for approval, saving USD 1M annually in personnel costs
• Designed and implemented (in partnership with Motius GmbH) a rule-based automation solution for application screening, improving application processing speed by 100% and reducing human errors by 90%

Greater New York City Area

• Quantified 8 quick-win EBITDA opportunities providing USD 3M annually in savings for a USD 4B Canadian Telecom client
• Facilitated inception of EY's Diversified Industrial Products (DIP) Sector (USD 300M)
• Co-authored the Offerings Playbook, highlighting DIP sector's industry offerings and Go-To-Market strategy
• Led DIP sector's marketing initiatives and boosted its social media footprint by 500%
• Received an Ovation Award from the DIP Sector Leader

Tutor Thermodynamics to about 8 students weekly as part of the Shell Tutoring program

Responsible for grading approximately 65 students’ work weekly

• Main Project: Used piezoelectric materials to develop alternative power sources to power pacemakers
• Simulated/tested the capabilities of the design using the CAE software ANSYS
• Presented a final report to upper-level management who appreciated the substantial benefits of the new design
• Positioned Infosys above its competitors to serve its clients better in the Healthcare Industry
• Infosys Business Plan Competition: Developed and presented a business strategy for potential IT market development which estimated a revenue boost of $100 million in the next 10 years
• Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Vice-Chairman of InStep program for my contribution to the firm

United Arab Emirates

• Communicated with about 10-15 clients daily and registered their vehicle concerns
• Forwarded the client concerns to service technicians who tackled the concerns in the service stations
• Completed first stage of Nissan’s technician training; developed important problem solving and technical skills

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Member of Consulting Club, Private Equity & Venture Capital Club, and Technology, Telecom & Media Club.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering, 3.84/4.00 (Highest Honors)

Activities and Societies: International Student Ambassador, Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society, GT BuzzBags (Director), Presidents’ Council (VP.