Head the IT function of The Sanmar Group (www.sanmargroup.com), an Indian MNC with a distinguished legacy in Chemicals, Engg, Foundry & Shipping Domains (>1.6 Billion USD topline), and operating in India, Egypt, US & Mexico. IT is delivered as a Service to the Group's Business in India, Egypt & US.Responsible for the Group's IT Strategy & Leadership, Enterprise & Applns Architecture, Budget Mgmt, Stakeholder collaboration & management, Risk Mgmt, Governance, Talent Mgmt, driving effective use of SAP to enable Business controls, ensuring 99.9% IT Infra uptime for WFO & WFH users, and..New IT Initiatives & Implementations incld1. IT Outsourcing 2.0 & 3.0 - Managed IT Infra & Asset Services thro' an Outcome based ITIL V3 process framework - Service Desk, Infra & Security Tools - Automation & Monitoring, Governance & mentoring of Service Provider's teams etc. 2. IT Infra Transformation initiatives - Sanmar Pvt Cloud, DR & Backup as a Service, Cloud WiFi etc..3. Applications team Insourcing - Build, Mentor & Governance of the team, to support SAP & non SAP applns sustenance operations & implementation of New Projects incld SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, EHS etc4. Paperless Office for HR, Central Acctg & Projects5. Master Data Governance(MDG) Appln on SAP Web platform.6. SAP Mobility using in-house built SAP Fiori Apps. BYOD MDM appln enabled to ensure secure mobility for SAP Mobility Applns.7. On-premise Mail Appln moved to a Secure Cloud Mail Appln.8. Qliksense Dashboard & Analytics Appln.9. GST & E-Invoice Compliant SAP System10. Enable IT & Business collaboration for productive usage of Sanmar Applns.11. Enabled re-engg of the earlier SaaS CRM Appln to a simpler & cost effective solution.12. Sanmar ESS portal revamped to a SaaS Cloud appln.13. In-house SAP Rollout to Matrix Metals US.14. Unified Commns & SFDC SaaS Customer Service implemented15. IoT Security & Privacy initiatives in progressOne Elevation in this role during 2016

CIO of Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (www.nagarjunafertilizers.com) which is one of India's top Crop Nutrition sector companies with an Asset Base of nearly 700 Million USD and a topline of 1 Billion USD.Responsible for IT Strategy & Leadership, Enterprise & Applications Architecture, Project Management including overall Budget management, collaboration with Internal & External Stakeholders, Manage direct and indirect reportees in IT Operations, Information Security and Applications including HW, NW, LAN, WAN, IS, SAP ECC 6.0, Web & Mobility space applications, and...New Initiatives in areas of 1. Applications & SAP Team insourcing including inhouse development.2. Increased usage of SAP Appln for automating new Business needs.3. Business Process Improvement (BPI) initiatives in Automation and Business Technology space.4. Business Analytics5. Mobile & GIS/GPS applications6. Intranet Portal7. IT Services, Vendor Standardization program8. IT Risk Management etc.One Elevation in this role during 2010.

C.I.O. of Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd (www.nagarjunaagrichem.com) which is one of India's top Crop Protection sector companies with a topline of 100 Million USD (FY2007).A Core Member of the Management team responsible for maintaining the IT Infrastructure, while being the SAP Post Production Project & Delivery Manager in the SAP ECC 4.70 environment, apart from the Successful execution of the SAP BIW Version 3.1 Implementation project in the organization.Additional responsibility of coordination with the B2B Toll manufacturing domestic & overseas alliance partners.

Responsible for formulating and implementing the IT strategies, systems and policies / procedures in the organization; involved in liaising with MNCs for import, export and new project activities.Project Manager with the distinction of implementing India’s first direct & successful SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.7 Version ERP in a time frame of less than 6 months. Was the architect with core responsibility for setting up an Independent IT Infrastructure for handling the growing Business of Nagarjuna Agrichem.Elevation to the next role during 2005

Responsibility as a P & L Head for managing the Agrochemical Business. New Japanese Product Launch Initiatives in association with a Japanese MNC in the Agrochemical Business.IT last mile enabler role during the launch of www.Ikisan.com, an agri-portal of the Nagarjuna Group when establishing 4 Ikisan.com Farmer Contact centres in Andhra Pradesh.Elevation to the next role during 2000

Core member of the Marketing Team involved in the BPR Phase & SAP S&D Module Implementation for Agrochemicals Division including Workflow & Business Process Mapping activities.

Responsibility for the Branch Office and the business operations in the state of Haryana; while playing a key role in expanding the business operations base.Elevation to the next role during 1998

Based in the NFCL Kakinada Plant and directly handling the Product Management of Traded Fertilizers like MOP, Zinc Sulphate etc apart from handling Institutional Sales of Fertilizers. Was also an ISO 9002 Internal Auditor and core member of the Quality Assurance Team.