Vikram Sethia Email & Phone Number

Kolkata Area, India

•Manage SLAs and support for key accounts and liaison with stakeholders•Monitor the project progress and status on key milestones, risks and issues•Major Accomplishments: Channeling Institutional Funds into Inland Waterways Assets. Transaction Advisor (Debt) - executed INR 3.32 bn, under execution INR 3.6 bn.•Ideate & Implement Marketing Road Map

Kolkata Area, India

•Provide leadership on ERP business practice and define processes for supply chain eco-system•Provide expertise on systems & domain matters including assisting pre-sales team•Lead system design and implementation of ERP applications including identifying Business Functions, defining Scopes, preparing Development Plans and Module Mockups•Manage SLAs and support for key accounts and liaison with stakeholders•Prepare Migration & Rollout Plans and Benchmark Performances•Monitor the project progress and status on key milestones, risks and issues•Major Accomplishments: Executed Complex Inventory & Sales Management Systems for an upcoming FMCG manufacturer, a large Metal dealer, a fast growing Automotive Component dealer; ERP for a plastic goods manufacturer, leather goods manufacturer, processed food manufacturer, Infrastructure Project Advisor among others

Kolkata Area, India

•Strategized company’s foray into Software Projects•Developed strategic channel relationships & alliances, and executed SLAs, NDAs, and NCAs•Strengthened project delivery & product implementation processes•Provided leadership in VB, VB.NET, MySQL, MS-SQL•Introduced high customer satisfaction focus and orientation by setting up dedicated system for customer help and escalation and redressal of issues•Managed a diverse team of system analyst, senior & junior developers, testers & delivery associates•Major Accomplishments: Delivered 20+ projects including Bullwhip analysis (supply chain) for a large conglomerate and Provident Fund & Pension Fund Management System for a large educational institution, Led 150+ implementations of business accounting and payroll management software packages

Kolkata Area, India

•Strategized company’s foray into Software Products•Created Product Roadmaps of desktop software products for SMBs•Effectively liaised between cross functional teams•Designed a proprietary Development Language to write runtime executable external script files•Led a team of 10 programmers to develop highly scalable Business Accounting and Payroll Management software packages by effective utilization of SDLC methodologies including Waterfall, Agile-Scrum, and Iterative•Major Accomplishments: Design & development of two desktop software applications for SMBS, Led 150+ implementations including 50+ of payroll application and 100+ of business accounting software in diverse business domains

Kolkata Area, India

• Liaised between business development team and system development team•Designed tools for faster UI design•Created core libraries and effected standardization and faster TAT•Led a team of 6 software developers and effectively and efficiently managed scarce resources•Major Accomplishments: Designed & developed applications for Payroll & Central Excise Records Management, Led 100+ software implementations for payroll and a multitude of business functions and domains

Kolkata Area, India

•Designed Systems, Databases & UI•Delivered efficient systems using FoxPro, Clipper, DBF, TEXT, CSV•Provided post implementation training and support•Major Accomplishments: Designed & developed a Freight Forwarding & Logistic Management System for a Road Cargo company, Indirect Inventory Management System to manage 10,000+ SKUs and a Sales Management System for a large tobacco company, a compact Desktop Business Accounting Software application for Micro Enterprises, and set-up & managed an EDP department among others

Executive Post Graduate Diploma In International Business, International Business/Trade/Commerce

Dissertation: “Gap Analysis of Deployment and Adoption of ERP Software Program among SMEs in the Indian Automotive Industry”. The viva.

Certified Course In Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Management : Materials, Cost, And Logistics Management, A

The end-of-course project submitted has found a place in the Institute's library as reference material.

B Com (Hons), Accountancy

Activities and Societies: Freshers' Quiz Competition & Duet Singing Competition.

Hs, Accountancy

Activities and Societies: An article on the Contemporary Socio-Political Environment was published in the School Magazine.