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Asha Ramachandran

Asha Ramachandran

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Pre sales
    Solution architecture
    Software project management
    Requirements analysis
    Global delivery
    Business analysis
    It service management
    Requirements gathering
    Vendor management
    Oracle
    Offshoring
    Business transformation
    Business process
    Service delivery
    Data warehousing
    Program management
    It strategy
    Management

  • About me

    * Over 18 years of experience in IT Services industry across Service Delivery roles, Solution Architecture and Presales roles * Worked across the globe for Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Manufacturing, Travel and Transportation customers * Strong expertise in presales with ability to solution architect and bid manage all kinds and sizes of deals like Vendor Empanelment, IT Outsourcing, Application Development, Application Modernization, Transformation, Total Outsourcing and Captive Takeover * Strong expertise in Project Management and Service Delivery which includes project planning, execution, resource management, scope/schedule/cost management, stakeholder management, quality management, communication management, timely escalation and risk management. * Self-motivated and ability to bring together various stakeholders to a common goal and drive towards achieving it

  • Education

    • PSG Krishnammal College

      1993 - 1996
      Bachelor’s Degree Mathematics

    • Santa Clara University

      2008 - 2008
      Master of Precision Retailing

    • Madurai Kamaraj University

      1996 - 1999
      Master’s Degree Master of Computer Applications University Topper

  • Experience

    • Wipro

      Jun 1999 - May 2012

      • Lead large strategic deals in the Retail, CPG, Transportation and Grocery business unit• Responsible for end to end bid management including qualification, customer/competition analysis, solution architecture, estimation, pricing, due diligence, contract drafting and negotiations, customer visits, etc.• As presales category lead for Grocery practice, involved in strengthening the marketing collaterals, GTM strategy and identification of account farming opportunities for Grocery sub-vertical• Anchored various multi-year and multi-million strategic deals of various complexity and nature • Anchored new account openings for a number of marque accounts and also first account opening in Singapore region • Proposal Writing training from Shipley, UK• Certified Proposal Assessor from Shipley, UK Show less • Was responsible for managing localization projects for a leading freight forwarding company for localizing its global freight operations in Japan, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore and Hongkong. • Responsible for end to end project management activities such as project planning, execution, resource management, schedule/cost management, client management, risk management, knowledge management, enhancing reusability, compliance to MSA, project metrics, Quality Inspection Council (QIC) participation, participation in CMMi audits, appraisal and career progression of project teams Show less

      • Presales Consultant

        Nov 2006 - May 2012

      • Project Manager

        Aug 2004 - Nov 2006

      • Project Engineer

        Jun 1999 - Jul 2004

    • Cadbury Schweppes

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
      Wipro Consultant

      • Coordination between the client and offshore team, SME support, requirements gathering/analysis, application support, testing, reviews, application deployment, status reporting• SLA compliance, Conducting customer satisfaction surveys

    • Dell Technologies

      May 2012 - Aug 2017
      Solution Architect

    • NTT DATA North America

      Aug 2017 - Jun 2020
      Director at NTT DATA Services

    • A.P. Moller - Maersk

      Jun 2020 - now
      Cyber Security Consultant

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITIL V3

      APMG International
      Apr 2012

    • Professional Scrum Master I

      Scrum.org
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate

    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Foundations

      A.P. Moller - Maersk
      Jan 2024
      View certificate certificate

    • OpenHack: Security, Compliance, and Identity

      Microsoft OpenHack
      Feb 2022
      View certificate certificate