Chief Information Officer
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Feb 2023 - Present
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Chief Information Officer
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Post Consumer Brands
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@postholdings.com
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Chief Information Officer
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Tk Balaji is listed as Chief Information Officer at Post Consumer Brands, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at postholdings.com, phone signal with area code 612, 952, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Tk Balaji.
Tk Balaji previously worked as Interim CIO at Post Consumer Brands and Vice President Information Technology at Post Consumer Brands. Tk Balaji holds Msc, Statistics from Madras Christian College.
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About Tk Balaji
I am a versatile IT professional with over 28 years of IT experience, who has lead several large geographically dispersed teams in delivering complex programs with budgets over 50 million dollars. I have a strong reputation for building high performing teams and delivering results by implementing well thought out strategies. I have a proven track record of leading through organizational changes on both the application development and infrastructure functions of IT.My forte lies in mobilizing teams to focus on Business and IT goals delivering incremental results with quick ROI. I led many successful initiatives in my company’s journey from ~650 to 1800 stores. As a member of various leadership teams, I helped drive best practices and defined organizational structures. I believe in developing deep relationships with my staff and embrace diverse viewpoints. I apply situational leadership techniques adjusting my style based on team member readiness as well as organizational need. I am a collaborative and compassionate leader and attribute success to team work. On the personal leadership front, I persist through adversity, building strong resiliency through seeking and acting on feedback and lessons from experience. Strength Finder Profile: Input Connectedness Strategic Responsibility Achiever
Listed skills include Leadership, Vendor Management, Sdlc, It Strategy, and 20 others.
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Tk Balaji work experience
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Interim Cio
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Vice President Information Technology
Apr 2020 - Aug 2022
Sr. Director - It Strategy & Business Solutions
Nov 2017 - Apr 2020
Director - Application Architecture And Business Knowledge
Jun 2016 - Oct 2017
Director Engineering - Merchandising And Supply Chain
As Director Engineering in Merchandising and Supply Chain, I am responsible for defining the Integration test strategy as we fully move to Agile development methodology. The current process was established almost 2 decades ago when we had 3 major releases of our software changes and multiple smaller releases. In addition I will be leading the operations team to implement common practices across 5 different development teams, each led by a Director or above. Over the next few years Target is heavily investing in revamping its Merchandising and Supply Chain applications. This requires strong collaboration while continuing to empower engineers to make decision to move fast. My team will own inter/intra communication across teams to ensure we move towards the common goals as swiftly as possible.
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Director/Senior Group Manager - Infrastructure Tools
As Senior Group Manager of the Infrastructure tools team, I led multiple teams responsible for delivering middleware solutions and service platforms and tools to the IT development teams. Specifically, my team provided solutions for IT Service Management, Content and Collaboration Management, Middleware and Integration and Data & File Management technologies.I managed an annual multi-million dollar budget across projects and cost center. My responsibilities include driving future strategy for these technologies as well as driving down the unit cost of ownership across platforms. I lead an organizational cultural change to enable PAAS for the development technologies.
Jul 2012 - Feb 2016
Group Manager - Infrastructure Systems Engineering
Led a team of over 20+ team members accountable for managing strategy and lifecycle of over 30 system management tools. Domains serviced by the tools included Configuration, Deployment, Performance and Monitoring, Capacity, Event, Fault, Schedule and Automation management from vendors including Microsoft, BMC, Compuware, IBM and several others. Persuaded senior management to consolidate ownership of tools under one team in order to drive down unit cost of ownership, leading to best in class designation in our biannual Gartner benchmarking. Established a systems management engineering team at Bangalore headquarters to strengthen the team and improve service levels.
May 2011 - Jun 2012
Group Manager - Technical Center Of Excellence
Lead a team of 6 team members onsite and 200+ team members at the Bangalore offices through the IT Transformation. In partnership with my director, established the new Technology Centers of Excellence for Java, .Net and Mainframe as part of an organizational transformation. Defined roles and responsibilities, goals and objectives, success criteria and measurements, vendor strategy and the establishment of a team at Minneapolis and our Bangalore headquarters.
Mar 2010 - Apr 2011
Group Manager - Merchandising, Product Design & Development
Led a team of 20+ team members and 50+ contractors across locations to modernize the 15 year old legacy Item system. This application is the heart of Target's merchandising system with over 150 integrations with other applications. The project was estimated at $100 million and needed board approval. The program had multiple deliverables spanning 4 years that resulted in the consolidation of various Item systems, providing consistent experience to customers while improving data quality.Led a team of 18+ team members and 15+ contractors across multiple locations, to implement a COTS package to new business areas within the Product Design & Development department. This enabled the business to significantly reduce the turnaround time for Target Branded products from Design to sales floor. Sharing of large files with overseas vendor required collaborated with Infrastructure and support teams to meet desired application performance.
Apr 2006 - Feb 2010
Manager – Merchandising & Supply Chain Development
Built a strong reputation for delivering large complex projects.Led the rewrite of a 20+ year old legacy batch Sales and Inventory application on IMS (Mainframe) to a web based near real time application. This was a multi-year project with a team larger than 50 developers onsite and offshore. This project laid the foundation for real time inventory at Target for the first time and helped reduce the gap between Financial and Unit inventory from 10-15% down to 2-4%. The Inventory System also had over 100 integrations with various internal applications in several aspects of retail. My team received the CIO award for the successful delivery of this project and was also recognized as a leader for implementing offshore best practices.Led a team of 6+ team members and 10+ contractors to build a new web application for our import business. The project was over 5 million dollars and was a consolidation of separate applications that performed various import functions. Key accomplishment included leading the team through the six sigma process to prioritize deliverables.
Apr 2002 - Mar 2006
Project Lead - Merchandising Development
As a project lead, I had responsibilities for both the delivery of software solutions and leading a team of Business Analysts, Engineers and several contract staff. In addition to project delivery, I was accountable for the career development and advancement of the team that reported to me.
May 2001 - Mar 2002
Technical Architect - Merchandising & Supply Chain Development
As a technical architect, my responsibilities included understanding user requirements and architecting the appropriate solution to meet business need. I was responsible for the technical delivery of the entire application by leading a team on onsite and offshore developers from multiple vendors. This involved both online UI application components as well as background and batch solutions for managing the replenishment of products across Target Stores and Distribution Centers.
Nov 1998 - Apr 2001
Consultant
As a consultant, I was responsible for the SDLC for several development projects that included development of new applications to support replenishment systems for Target Corporation. This involved working with several developers to design, code, test and implement several applications and integrating with COTS packages.
Aug 1995 - Oct 1998
Technical Mentor - Application Development
As a Technical Mentor, lead an offshore team of developers to build custom applications for several Fortune 500 companies in the United States. My specific responsibilities included traveling to US to gather requirements, design a solution and return to India to lead the development team in delivering the application. Team comprised of 4-5 developers. I built templates that were used for standardization and quick delivery and was responsible for coordinating efforts with a development team at Texas.
Jul 1992 - Aug 1995
Founder
Computer Professionals And Consultants
Development of customized ERP software solutions for various industries from Leather Goods Manufacturers, Newspaper Publishing, Book Publishing, Glass Manufacturers, Power Companies, Flour Mills, Hotels and Banks.Responsibilities included recruiting, business development, sales, SDLC for custom build applications.
Jun 1990 - Jul 1992
Programmer Analyst
Computer Professionals Group
Developed educational software for Government Schools in India and ERP software for small businesses..
May 1988 - May 1990
3 education records
Tk Balaji education
Msc, Statistics
Madras Christian College
Bsc, Statistics
Madras Christian College
High School, Math & Science
Bishop Cotton Boys School
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What company does Tk Balaji work for?
Tk Balaji works for Post Consumer Brands.
What is Tk Balaji's role at Post Consumer Brands?
Tk Balaji is listed as Chief Information Officer at Post Consumer Brands.
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AeroLeads has found 4 phone signal(s) with area code 612, 952 for Tk Balaji at Post Consumer Brands.
Where is Tk Balaji based?
Tk Balaji is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States while working with Post Consumer Brands.
What companies has Tk Balaji worked for?
Tk Balaji has worked for Post Consumer Brands, Target, Rapidigm, Texas Instruments, and Computer Professionals And Consultants.
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What schools did Tk Balaji attend?
Tk Balaji holds Msc, Statistics from Madras Christian College.
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Tk Balaji is listed with skills including Leadership, Vendor Management, Sdlc, It Strategy, Business Analysis, Integration, Business Intelligence, and Team Leadership.
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