Experience

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  Sysnet Global Technologies Pvt Ltd

  • New Delhi, India

  • Vice President, Strategic Interventions

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • New Delhi, India

    After years of creative pursuits at the workplace, involving strategic interventions across functions, now focused on strategic organization development initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiencies. Major recent assignments handled include design of systems for development of software applications such as incentive scheme for field engineers, engineer deployment analysis, development of a knowledge base for field service engineers, automated conveyance claim system, material tracking system, design specification for complete budgeting and costing system, and operations analytics. Happy to be mentoring young talent and helping them grow.Also hold additional responsibility as a board member of a a non-profit organization that provides free education to underprivileged girls from urban slums of Jaipur.Author: The Circus Corporate - In search of a super work ethos.Available on The Notion Press Book Store at https://notionpress.com/read/the-circus-corporateAuthor: Mohabbat Ibaadat Vagairah - a collection of poems in Hindi, written under the pen name, Sammaan.Available on The Notion Press Book Store at https://notionpress.com/read/mohabbat-ibaadat-vagairah

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  Tesco Bengaluru

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Head of HR for ITES functions, Head - Talent, Rewards, Global Mobility, Employee Relations, Policies

    • May 2011 - Jan 2015
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    In my multiple roles at Tesco, Bengaluru spread over four years that included heading HR for the ITES functions (Finance, Commercial, Property and Business Services), I also architected many of the changes that we delivered over these years. These changes made a difference to our colleagues and made Tesco Bengaluru a better place to work. Notable achievements include simpler talent cycle, revised performance management principles, policy development, differentiated functional pay investment, revision of expat assignment terms, more robust and structured grievance and disciplinary procedures.

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  inTarvo Technologies Limited (Formerly RT Outsourcing Services)

  • New Delhi

  • Vice President (Enabling Functions)

    • Jan 2002 - Apr 2011
    • New Delhi

    - India's leading integrated life cycle services provider for technology products.Led multiple enabling functions (HR, Supplyl Chain, Materials, Software Development) to support the organization during its growth from about 500 employes to close to 4000 employees, creating a holistic development environment through people, processes, and technology. Fathered the development of the company's operations backbone system, CIRIMS (Call center Integrated Repairs and Inventory Management System).

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  Microland Ltd.

  • Vice President. Marketing

    • Dec 1999 - Nov 2001

    - Pioneers in Networking and Technology Infrastructure Services.Established a pragmatic Go To Market Strategy for the new e-age services business, and deliverables for related service products.

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  Tandon Computer (USA), India Operations

  • Vice President, Operations

    • Jul 1997 - Mar 1999

    - Offshoot of Tandon, USA – the product innovations company.Established start-up operations for the organization's computer business in India.

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  Unicorp Industries Ltd.

  • Senior General Manager, Strategic Marketing

    • Aug 1993 - Jun 1997

    - Computer distribution and salesEstablished Compaq as a major brand in India. Formulated a path-breaking channel strategy that led to the most successful distribution model in the computer business.

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  ICIM Ltd.

  • Business Manager

    • Jan 1992 - Jul 1993

    - Offshoot of ICL, UK – the mainframes company.Led the Line printer business and managed key identified large accounts.

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  Blue Star Ltd.

  • Area Manager, Sales and Service

    • May 1989 - Jan 1992

    - Harbingers of the desktop publishing era in India.Managed sales for north India.

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  IDM Ltd.

  • Marketing Executive

    • Nov 1985 - Apr 1989

    - Offshoot of IBM after its exit in 1977.Field sales execuitive for supermini and personal computers. First employee in the organization to work on a relationaldata base application platform.

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  Development Consultants

  • Executive, Management Consulting

    • Jul 1981 - Nov 1985

    - India’s engineering consulting behemoth.Conducted secondary data based market surveys, project feasibility studies, and system studies.