HARIPRASAD KALAGARA

EMBA » B.TECH » PMP » CCP

ac7krz@r.postjobfree.com» 978-***-****» www.linkedin.com/in/harikalagara TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY LEADER

IT STRATEGY » IT/OT OPERATIONS » BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES Solutions-driven, trans-disciplined thought leader with diverse experience across the IT spectrum specializing in ERP and emerging technologies.

Proven business strategist and tactician with robust IT knowledge, sound business acumen, agile and empowering leadership. Challenges the status quo with an aptitude to uncover and resolve hindrances, builds collaboration to achieve technical and operational excellence, simplifies technical jargon and act as an eloquent corporate ambassador. ACADEMIC PEDIGREE

» TRIUM Global Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) « New York University Stern School of Business + London School of Economics & Political Science + HEC Paris School of Management Performance strengths include:

» Executive Leadership » IT Strategic Planning & Administration » Blockchain

» Internet of Things (IOT) » Cloud Computing » ERP Implementation

» Business Intelligence » Data Analysis & Machine Learning » Disaster Recovery

» Project Management » Program Management » Change Management

» Continuous Improvement » Business Reengineering » Software Development Life cycle

» Vendor Management » Resource Management » Budget P&L Fluent in English, Hindi and Telugu; Basic Mandarin and Spanish PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ATHENA DOYENS

NJ, USA India

CHIEF DOYEN(CEO) / TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY CONSULTANT 2008 – present

(7 direct + 120 indirect reports $2M OpEx $500K CapEx $2M P&L) Profit sharing multi-faceted enterprise founded by doyens from different fields striving for optimal solutions with the prime objective of elevating customer satisfaction, catering to various technology management services and business solutions across multiple industries.

» Tasked with reducing high spiraling costs on multiple systems and client complaints while increasing market penetration.

» Using SaaS model, cloud and mobile technologies, added security features to existing tool while improving the User interface and functionality, sharpening the competitive edge and market penetration, boosting client base by 200% in 1 year.

» Evaluated the expanding technology portfolio, rising R&D costs and increasingly frustrated internal and external business clients resulting in the low ROI.

» Prioritized and Reduced R&D activities by 50%, improved the communication channels, streamlined the Software development life cycle, changed the implementation methodologies with focus on the internal/external client willingness to pay.

» Engaged by a utility client to provide QA services for an ERP system, partnering with business users, understand existing QA practices and source QA resources and tools.

» Designed and deployed a strategy to improve business involvement, and increased ERP system changes by 100% per month, boosting business input by 300% and streamlining ERP system testing.

» Entrusted to optimize multiple iterations between the cloud technology team and clients that were causing friction and has potential to sabotage growth potential.

» Propelled the successful project completions by 300% from the budget and time perspective in a year by introducing quick & smaller cycles and revisiting the Software development, Product life cycle strategies and improving change management. HARI PRASAD KALAGARA MBA, PMP » 978-***-**** »ac7krz@r.postjobfree.com Page 2 SAPTA GLOBAL INC.

Woodbridge, NJ

SAP PRACTICE DIRECTOR 2013 – 2014

(3 direct + 21 indirect reports $15M OpEx $1.5M CapEx > $45M P&L) Delivers mission critical consulting, support and technical services to growing Fortune 1000 enterprise companies and government agencies, developing products using complete software development lifecycle methodologies.

» Challenged to customize the SAP system to capture and optimize the day to day restaurant operations as SAP embarked on penetrating the restaurant sector.

» Analyzed the requirements thoroughly and completed the ERP implementation in 12 months to facilitate payroll processing for 40K employees in 38 states with a 99.6% accuracy and a successful financial month end closing within first month of go live.

» Assigned to identify issues stemming from abnormal times in responding to RFP’s compared to industry standards, causing bottlenecks and wasting time.

» Created a global strategy to streamline the RFP response process, uncovered top success stories, conversed with clients requiring repeat services to capture $12M in new business within 1 year. ADVANSOFT INTERNATIONAL

Chicago, IL 2002 – 2013

ERP PRACTICE MANAGER 2007 – 2013

SENIOR SAP HR FUNCTIONAL ANALYST 2004 – 2006

JUNIOR SAP HR FUNCTIONAL ANALYST 2002 – 2004

(Peak 50 direct + 60 indirect reports $10M OpEx $1M CapEx $100M P&L) Delivers business solutions in the Fortune 500, mid-size and public sectors, with a corporate philosophy to create an optimal technology hybrid.

» Chosen to strategize and implement aggressive marketing campaign to solicit client intrigue and earn new opportunities.

» Sourced, hired and coached a new 8-person sales team tasked with servicing 250 clients, all considering ERP implementations.

» Captured contracts in excess of $20M USD by responding to RFP’s in the SAP and Oracle applications technology sector.

» Requested to locate and recruit skilled professionals specializing in emerging technologies with ERP experience and able to be swiftly trained in SAP HR technology to support the corporate strategy.

» Facilitated interactive, intense SAP training for new employees, utilizing their new knowledge to enhance IT services.

» Handpicked as a trainer to provide SAP seminars to employees in other companies, training over 300-persons in 6 years.

» Designated to open a quality resource pipeline to maximize resource utilization and nurture it for future business expansion.

» Detected peer consulting firms specializing in ERP and formed business relationships to satisfy the increased requirements.

» Collaborated with vendor services and project management teams to achieve 100% on-time resource onboarding.

» Parachuted in to resurrect a payroll implementation, derailed by abrupt resignation of the existing project manager, requiring swift and firm leadership and decision making.

» Reviewed project status, plans and injected energy and excitement into the team to continue the implementation with 1 week to go live, delivering the project on schedule with all hyper care restrictions of SLA timelines met or exceeded in first month.

» Commissioned to conquer a demanding challenge for a chemical sector client requiring a rapid benefit system consolidation with data stemming from 4 different benefit providers.

» Hired a project team, formed partnerships with benefit and payroll providers and business teams supported by an ambitious step- by-step project plan implementing radical changes to alleviate further employee frustration in dealing with the vendors.

» Optimized employee access and data transfer heightening employee morale, engagement and communication. PRIOR APPOINTMENT: IT Manager for a financial institution in India (2000 – 2001) FORMAL EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS Certification) 2018 Project Management Professional (PMP Certification) 2010 Bachelor of Technology majoring in Computer Science » Nagarjuna University (India) 2000

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