Rakesh Suresh

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Oct 2008 - Feb 2011

  Assistant Systems Engineer

  •Involved in application maintenance for a client called “AD Summation”, one of the leading legal service providers in the US. The application was developed in VC++ and SQL Server 2005• Worked with “Deluxe Corporation, USA”, a check printing company and involved in automating their printing processes and application maintenance.• Underwent beginner level training in Informatica, Cognos, Core Java.

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  Scientific Publishing Services Pvt Ltd

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2011

  Consultant-Production Support

  • Acted as liaison between Production and Software application development team• Involved in enhancing in-house software tools used for Pre-Editing process• Instrumental in creating an interactive tutorial on Copy Editing process• Associated in the creation of additional software tools to aid the production process• Involved in project scheduling and planning• Performed quality control and report generation for senior management.• Assisted Associate Director and Senior Manager for the project, (Springer Books)and brought the Total Turn around Time (TAT) to 87 from 147 days. Show less

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  Hachette Book Group

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  Summer Intern - Production

  • Carried out backlist and new titles migration from old server to newer one, pagination using their in-house e-book production software application (DANTE) and assessed the quality of final PDF.• Assisted Digital Production department to implement “Large Print POD” program for backlist titles using their new e-book production software. • Developed “Regression Testing Document” for DANTE.• Documented the Hachette’s newly brought workflow management software application.• Assisted Senior Production Director to create MS Excel scripts to schedule production and created a defects logging system. • Assisting book-manufacturing Production Director to route jackets/covers, filling book specifications in the server.• Visited the book jacket and cover printing plant and understood more about the book publishing process. Show less

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  RosettaBooks

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  Intern

  Involving in Prodcution, Distribution, data entry and quality control for Rosetta's eBooks.

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  Newgen KnowledgeWorks

  May 2013 - Jan 2014

  Operations Manager

  Manage clients such as Kluwer Law International, Springer Publisher and Oxford University Press.Consult with the company to set up standard operating procedures.Involved in the creation of additional software tools to aid production processMonitor project scheduling and planning, employee productivity, performance review, workload mapping, etc.Perform quality control and report generation for top management.Manage an overall business of $2 million per year.

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  HCLTech

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Assistant Manager

  • Review all incoming opportunities from sales team and map them with existing capabilities.• Work with Operations/cross-functional teams and solution architects to analyze and respond to RFPs /RFQs /RFIs.• Coordinate with various departments (Sales, Practice, Delivery, Business Finance, etc.) to get the best solution for new business proposals.• Manage all strategic proposals and presentations for bids, bid defense demonstrations and other pre-sales & marketing activities.• Maintain Internal Capability Index for various solution offerings. • Analyzing market trends, behavior pattern and presenting prospects for media services vertical (Media, Publishing and Entertainment). Show less

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  Newgen KnowledgeWorks

  Nov 2014 - Mar 2016

  Executive - Marketing Strategy

  Positioning and Branding - Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates Newgen's product (ResearchPad) in the market.Sales enablement – communicate the value proposition of ResearchPad (www.researchpad.co) to the sales team and develop the sales tools that support the selling process.Market intelligence – Understand publishers' pain points and need, what they envisage and their buying criteria; Understanding what competitors are doing and how to edge over themDemand generation – develop the strategy and manage the marketing programs that drive demand. Show less

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  Nought1 Solutions

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

  Growth Consultant

  Provided growth consulting services to startups and mid-sized businessesConceptualized, designed, and crafted the company's value proposition and GTM strategyDesigned and Developed product brochure/flyer, web pages, blogs, and other marketing-related materials

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  HCLTech

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2022

  Part of HCL's Digital Business and consulting enterprises to envisage and build Insights infused, Cloud-native, API&Microservices driven, Human-centered Omni-Channel/Multi-Channel nextGen applications.Owning the Presales and business pursuit efforts for RFXs and Customer Visits. The average Bid to win ratio is ~30%Managing End-to-end business pursuit effort by coordinating with multiple stakeholdersContributing to various large deals with prospecting revenue of USD 100+ millions Part of HCL's Digital and Analytics Bid management team.

  • Digital Architect

    Jul 2018 - Jul 2022

  • Senior Consultant

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
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  LTIMindtree

  Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

  Associate Principal
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  Agilisium Consulting

  Apr 2024 - now

  Customer Success Director