Senior Manager
Resume:
Chrompet, Chennai-600044
harikrishnanvenugopal@
gmail.com.com
HARIKRISHNAN
VENUGOPAL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harikrishna
n-venugopal-86612116/
PROFILE
Senior Manager with close to 10 years of
experience in handling market research and
sourcing projects. Proven track record of handling teams, Clients and managing end to end delivery of research and strategic consulting projects
CERTIFICATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
Project Management
(PMP)
Honors Diploma In
Computer Applications
Business English
Certificate (British
Council & Cambridge
University)
Senior Manager- Research Collaboration
IIT Madras Research Park Chennai
2025 (June) – Present
Building and maintaining strong relationships with research park clients, including industry partners, startups, and IITM faculty
Connecting clients with the right research partners within IITM
(faculty, centers of excellence, startups, etc.) and facilitating collaborative research projects along with market studies
Identifying and enabling opportunities for synergy and collaboration between different stakeholders within the IITMRP ecosystem
Assistant Manager
Sicame GBS Chennai
2023 – 2025 (June)
Lead Primary Research process by reaching out to (KOLs) Key Opinion Leaders (senior-level executives) through different modes of communication (LinkedIn, Zintro, email, Google Surveys, etc.), and conducting high-quality interviews through calls (scheduled and cold-calls), or different modes
Client Management: Maintain regular interface with clients, and seek client feedback for each completed project and share with top management
Project Management: Project plan, include task delegation for every team member involved, and continuously review progress
Visited France to represent GBS and gave a presentation at KEY SKILLS
Procurement & Sourcing
Project Management
Strategic Consulting
Business English
Online Search
MS Power Point
MS Excel
MS Word
the Purchasing Seminar 2024 in the month of June
Handling Sourcing projects and Supplier Management Associate Vice President, Research & Consulting
Axience Consulting Mumbai
June 2022 – Dec 2022
Conducting basic to advanced research on target industry / sector / vertical / product category, competitive landscape, and derive insightful take-away that outline the underlying dynamics, trends, and value-chain
Identifying gaps and / or discrepancies in information / data and plug the missing links with extensive knowledge of target industry / sector
Handled a team of ten analysts on a big JV project that involved identification of potential partners, Contact Mapping in LinkedIn, Quality check of the reports and consolidation of teams work
Organised/Fixed meetings between the potential JV companies and client through continuous follow ups Other Experiences:
Senior Analyst, Market Research
Beroe Consulting & The Smart Cube Chennai & Noida Jan 2016 – June 2022
Conducted competitive intelligence and supplier landscape update, tracking M&A activities in the industry, Deep dive Market Intelligence reports in PPT, Supplier profiling in MS Excel and PPT. Secondary & Primary Research tasks
Performing Porters, PESTLE, SWOT analysis in MI reports
Market Size estimation, Trends and capturing Engagement Models, Thought Leadership, Articles, Newsletter
Presenting the project to clients and top level executives EDUCATION
Master of Engineering Management
University of Technology Sydney
August 2010 – July 2011
Master of Electronics Engineering
Latrobe University, Melbourne
August 2009 – July 2010
Bachelor of Technology (EEE)
SRM University, Chennai
August 2005 – May 2009
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