Vijay Krishnan Ganesan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai Area, India

Product Management:• Spearheaded the creation of multiple new product offerings for our clients which involved extensive research and collaboration with BA, BD, Tech and Community teams• Led a team of product owners from the BA team and successfully managed multiple releases throughout the product life cycle• Created the standardized project process flow for key product offerings thereby enabling automation and improving efficiency in planning and execution• Established a clear roadmap for all BA-focused products and facilitated extensive collaboration among the product leads, and thereby minimized process gapsProject & Operations Management:• Led multiple cross-functional teams to analyze and identify opportunities for process improvement through technology• Conceptualized and implemented Project E to improve operational efficiencies, define productivity metrics based on raw data to track improvements in organizational efficiency• Led a team of 20+ people including Consultants, Associate Consultants and Analysts, and ensured that they deliver at the expected quality in all projects consistently• Increased client awareness by developing marketing collateral presentations and infographics using primary and secondary research data, and eventually contributed to a growth in generating new clients in 2019

Chennai Area, India

Product Management:• Managed the product roadmap for the BA team, and responsible for planning and execution of major and minor releases• Created a new product focused on making impactful insights easily accessible, leveraging historical data, benchmarking industry trends and generating marketing collaterals for new and existing clients• Established the process flow definition for cross-team collaboration between the BA team and other teams, to increase efficiencyProject and Operations Management:• Spearheaded project operations, managed multiple project teams across geographies, and delivered quality insights to various clients• Managed clients across therapeutic areas including Oncology, Psychiatry, Hematology etc. independently without US-based support• Facilitated multiple project renewals, upselling and cross-selling efforts with my clients, and contributed actively to various Business Development efforts targeted towards new and prospective clients• Managed a team of 10+ Business Analysts, monitored their performance and mentored them actively in their career growth

Chennai Area, India

- Successfully led a team of analysts and delivered effective marketing insights across projects for multiple pharmaceutical companies in the US, thereby helping them to make better decisions- Owned the delivery of reports and dashboards to multiple clients in the US completely, established a strong rapport with the clients- Actively involved in obtaining new RFPs and owned the proposal creation to address their research requirements- Introduced multiple novel data analysis techniques and frameworks to the team and spearheaded their adoption in the company successfully, which were then used by other project teams.- Owned the requirements definition of multiple product enhancements and thereby driving them to production and adoption- Actively involved in recruiting fresh and lateral Business Analysts into the system- Led the creation, delivery and evaluation of training modules intended for new joiners

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

- Working along with the Senior Management directly towards growing the company's business from existing and new clients- Managing various clients across a portfolio of industries independently, delivering insightful reports and presenting the findings to clients- Leading all project management aspects once a project is commissioned by the client, and delegating the tasks appropriately to the research team so that quality marketing insights are delivered to clients- Managing the research team and ensuring that the client service provided by the team is of the highest quality

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

- Establishing a strong rapport with the clients, securing research briefs from the client and writing winning proposals to address their research requirements.- Preparing quality report frameworks, which can be used by the team for data analysis and interpretation.- Using the client account knowledge and the industry knowledge to analyse data and provide insightful research reports, presenting the findings to the client and servicing any additional analysis requests during the presentation effectively.- Mentoring the research executives on-the-job and training them as and when required.

Chennai Area, India

• Conducted a comprehensive market research among the Dealers, Distributor, Manufacturers and Retailers of Ice Creams/Frozen Foods about the feasibility of launching Eutectic Freezers in the state of Tamil Nadu.• Performed a Demand-Supply Gap analysis of the electricity situation in Tamil Nadu to study the potential for the product category, as power has a high correlation with the product demand according to qualitative research.• Identified the major determinants and expectations of the customer in terms of purchasing the product, in addition to obtaining valuable insights about the potential gaps where Blue Star can venture into the market.

Chennai Area, India

- Owner of the Quality of Service (QoS) module as part of SQA process of various releases.- Was the Lead Platform & Stacking Tester in bringing up MXL 10/40 GbE, the first blade switch in the industry with 40GigEthernet support; and the first product from Force10 to be offered as part of Dell.- Was selected as part of the high-priority S* team of Force10, before the acquisition by Dell, to meet Dell RTS Quality standards.- Worked as Platform Tester on a variety of projects and different platforms - Terascale, Exascale, C-series.

Pgdm, Marketing, Finance

B.E, Computer Science And Engineering

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