Samir Dhond

Experience

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  Merind Limited

  Aug 1995 - Aug 1998

  Manager - Human Resources

  Worked as a HR generalist and looked after staffing, training and development, compensation and benefits. Samir executed workshops called "Knitting Together" to help people work better. These had a teaming as well as a business Goals oriented theme. Samir also executed some of the most unique "Outward Bound Learning" (OBL) programs. Participants were taken away to these remote places without any access to civilization. The attempt was to simulate the work environment in an alien land and get people to learn from each other. Samir executed a unique practice called "People Audit". This was a process where the Strategic Leadership Team would get together to review and approve the compensation proposals. Every Business presented its top 20 and bottom 10 performers with recommendations for action. These were critiqued by the other team members and were normalized. The practice was considered much ahead of time in the industry at that poin in time. Show less

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  Leo Burnett

  Sept 1998 - Apr 1999

  Director - Human Resources

  Worked as Director HR for this Advertising company in India. It was called Chaitra Leo Burnett at that time. Headed the HR function of the India business entity and looked after all aspects of HR including Recruitment, Compensation and Benefits, Training and Development.

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  Texas Instruments

  Apr 1999 - Jul 2005

  General Manager - Human Resource

  I joined TI when it was a comparatively a smaller organization of about 350 people. I consider myself fortunate because TI gave me a platform to practice my skills in a variety of areas. Be it Recruitment, People Development, Organizational Development, setting up of systems and processes, working with people one on one, conceptualizing, designing, developing and executing variety of training programs, working on compensation and benefits, working on communication to employees, it made me a stronger professional. I have only fond memories of working at TI.The other unique thing about me as a professional is that at TI, I always got a chance to play dual role. One of a Business HR Manager for a line/s of buisness and the other one was of a specialist in Training and Development. This made me more able to take on challenges outside of TI. Show less

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Aug 2005 - Jun 2006

  Global Manager - Learning and Development

  I was responsible for overseeing the Learning and Development function of the BPO business of HP across it's few BPO sites. I had team members who worked at these locations and worked with me to oversee the Learning and Development endeavor at HP BPO.

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  BearingPoint Consulting

  Dec 2006 - Sept 2007

  Head - Human Resources

  Headed the HR function for Bearing Point Business Consulting at India Global Development Center (GDC). My portfolio consisted on overseeing the HR function including Recruitment, Training, Compensation and Benefits.

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  Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd

  Oct 2007 - now

  Working as Director of Human Resource. Overseeing all the aspects of Human Resources including Comp and Ben, Recruitment, Training and development and HR back office and Talent Management. Also began the Leadership Skill Building program within the organization to groom people to hone and develop their skills to lead others. A curriculum is set up for five/six months which has two experience sharing sessions - one by a professional from a different industry and the other by a professional within Ittiam. The concept session and the experiential learning session takes place in the second half.Also started open programs for Engineers to hone their skills. Nominations are by the people themselves. The topics are varied such as "Transactional Analysis", "Moving from Blame to being accountable", "Managing confrontations" with some routine topics such as Building Communication skills, preparing and making smart presentations. Show less

  • Chief PeopleOfficer and Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communication

    Apr 2020 - now

  • Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Communications

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2020

  • Director - Human Resources

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2014
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  Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd

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  Chief PeopleOfficer and Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communication