In this role, I'm responsible for recruiting talent across IT skill areas, including Java, .NET, CRM, ERP, Marketing, Data Science and Engineering, Cloud-based, Program and Project Management. Our industry domain expertise includes Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Banking, Publishing/Media. With our tried-and-tested evolved approach, we are able to recruit the right talent in a quicker time frame, pushing the industry benchmark.

Managed the learning development requirements for cross-competencies in the areas of Leadership, Management, Processes, Compliance, Technical, and Soft SkillsAddressed, Developed, and Managed the learning technology requirements for all the cross competenciesAddressed the learning portal requirements for the entire division - LMS, Collaboration, CMS, Analytics, Reporting

Assisted in establishing the learning services competency with the VBU leaders, Customer Relationship Managers, Human Resource Managers, and Account Managers.Assisted in winning learning and development, learning management system (LMS) implementation contracts by conducting workshops, product demonstrations, and business presentations with prospective customers across industry segments. The total contracts worth were more than 1 million USD.Actively participated in proposal defense workshops and secured contracts worth more than 1 million USD.Conducted a Competency-based Needs Analysis (CNA) for an entire organization to arrive at their training needs. The exercise was an effort to bridge the gap in organization capabilities to achieve the organization's new revenue target in 3 years. Interviewed all the job roles in the organization by choosing an appropriate sampling. Developed a curriculum development plan in the areas of Leadership, Management, Technical, and Soft Skills. Proposed a re-structure of the organization to segregate the functional groups, and to facilitate seamless interaction between the functional groups. The re-structuring would also avoid silos, duplication of work, and encourage re-use and sharing of systems, and processes across the organization. Advised a learning technology road map in line with the organization's IT strategy.Maintained business relations with product vendor alliances - SumTotal, and Plateau.Reviewed and responded to request for business proposals (RFP), developed solution design for learning infrastructure and custom content development projects.Trained and mentored a 15 member team of LMS specialists on SumTotal, and Plateau Suites. Implemented the SumTotal Enterprise Learning Suite for the department.Trained on the latest releases of Plateau, SABA, and SumTotal enterprise learning suites. Certified as an Implementation Consultant on the SumTotal Enterprise Learning Suite.

Successfully led the integration of PeopleSoft Education and Siebel University with Oracle University during the respective acquisitions of PeopleSoft and Siebel by Oracle Corporation.- Won accolades from the Executive management as the Most Valuable Professional for the leadership during the PeopleSoft merger.- Won accolades from the Executive management as the "Team Leading by Example" during the Siebel merger.Trained the LMS Support team, Content Development team, Order Management team, and the Frontline Helpdesk team on Oracle iLearning - homegrown LMS from Oracle to deliver and manage offerings from OUKC.Supported the team in the areas of talent development, career development, and succession planning.Advised on business decisions regarding the LMS upgrades, HR Systems integration, Content Storage migration, and other supporting applications and infrastructure.Managed Oracle University Knowledge Center - built on Oracle iLearning LMS platform - all kinds of functional requirements, technical issues and upgrades, integration with other systems, and product features improvement.Developed Assessment Builder Tool that would work offline and generate XML documents that can be imported into Oracle iLearning to create assessments.Assisted in developing the Readiness System that addressed the gaps in Oracle iLearning for Talent Management. The system integrated with many systems - Oracle iLearning to access the available training data, OTA system to access the ILT training data, HR system to pull the employee hierarchy, and the reporting engine.Developed custom reports on the data warehouse to support numerous business requirements from different functional groups. Developed standard reports on the LMS server that would be continually supported by the LMS product development team.Have first-hands experience working on Oracle HCM suite of applications.

Successfully managed the execution, and delivery of eLearning development for organizations in the US.Assisted in developing a path-breaking initiative to adopt XML, and Adobe Flash to program templates for eLearning development. This initiative helped us win multiple eLearning development contracts at a time when XML was just beginning to gain grounds as a new technology.Trained multimedia developers on multimedia tools like Director and Flash.Supported the career development of team members – instructional designers, graphic designers, and template programmers.

Designed and developed ILT course materials on Microsoft Word for Advanced Users.Assisted in developing multimedia templates using Adobe Director to develop eLearning courses. Used object-oriented methodology to program the templates using Lingo scripting. The templates allowed for the use of textual content, static graphics, and animations using Adobe Flash and audio. The templates had standard features like navigation, glossary, search, audio toggle, notes etc.,Demonstrated learning solutions development capability to key business decision makers in the organization.Developed technology based training solutions for computer and web-based training.

Developed an Inventory Management System for a textile merchant using Microsoft Visual Basic, and Microsoft Access.As a technical writer and reviewer, wrote and reviewed support documents for Patent applications.