Creating global models for social change

EdTech startup with offices in India, Singapore, Australia, offering school-management software through web and app. Role extends to lead for setting up India operations, sales, marketing. ➢ Quadrupled India market growth. Mapping a strategy for increasing brand awareness across digital platforms.➢ Manage top clients for sales, product improvement. ➢ Built distribution strategy and network from scratch, driving higher sales, local brand awareness. ➢ Identified, initiated interaction on government grants in Australia for business expansion, marketing support.

Led strategic planning and resource management across South East Asia for this award winning IT consulting company that provides services and software solutions to its global customer base.➢ Played a key role in driving strategic growth through supporting multiple acquisitions, along with organization design, process improvements and effective corporate communications. ➢ Piloted change management and operational integration of newly acquired, mid-sized businesses in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, in alignment with corporate growth targets.➢ Led business expansion initiative by securing a US$240,000 grant from International Enterprise, a government agency that promotes Singaporean companies for overseas growth.➢ Secured strategic accreditation to Malaysia’s national IT organization, resulting in incentives such as tax exemption for up to 10 years.➢ Won several key industry partnerships with regional banks, vendors and technical universities.

Brought on to improve the pricing approval process through new software solutions with this leading provider of consulting services and software products for facilities capital planning. ➢ Key participant on the core team that smoothly migrated existing operations to a new software system.➢ Created Green Building Assessment reports to help with sustainability linked product plans.

Led a data-warehousing project which enhanced analysis of cost, spend, market sourcing information on an internal software platform and supported other business intelligence tools for this leading US energy consulting entity.➢Co-authored an original article, “The Upside in the Downturn,” that was published in Renewable Energy World, March-April, 2009.

Tasked with formulating in-depth product development strategy for an “orphan” drug with forecasted annual sales of US$300 million for this biotech pioneer. ➢Headed an interdepartmental effort to study viability of developing and launching this new drug offering.➢Developed product-to-market timeline by analyzing competitors and analogous products.

Responsible for Joint Venture plans and foreign direct investments for real estate projects, and for directing 20 MW wind project operations for this entrepreneurial leader in real estate and wind energy solutions. Worked with C-suite executives as well as prospective foreign investors, to form growth strategies. Regularly interacted with different government agencies, financial institutions and business organizations to exploit market opportunities. ➢Executed 2 foreign direct investment alliances for real estate projects - US$118 million alliance with an Irish entity and US$200 million alliance with German-Swiss company.➢As core-team member, initiated Indian ventures in Gabon through close liaison with the Ambassador and Office of the President of Gabon.

Managed the supply chain of US$150 million in PC monitors and LCD screens each year for this global leader in consumer electronics markets. Launched sales promotion strategies for the distribution network to meet monthly targets. Performed accurate demand planning based on various metrics, statistics and trend analysis.➢Appointed to Executive Team tasked with Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP); played a pivotal role in guiding supply chain activities, supporting the achievement of leading market share for PC monitors, LCD.➢Specially chosen as sole Indian representative for handling all supply chain functions with subsidiaries in China, Korea and Malaysia. ➢Set up and directed an efficient JIT inventory system to meet sales requirements, with near-zero aging stock over 60 days.

➢Client services for top Indian corporations, agencies➢Formulated pricing, packaging of product offering