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Prakash Kumar Consultant (IT Services Strategy), Dell International Services (India)
 
Prakash Kumar's Profile
Dell International Services (India)
Prakash Kumar
Consultant (IT Services Strategy), Dell International Services (India)
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Professional summary
Prakash Kumar's Experience
Current :

Consultant (IT Services Strategy), Dell International Services (India)

IT Services

Working from 2009

Previous :

Bangalore- 560036

India

Worked from 80 to 42055

Brief summary :

Bangalore- 560036 India Res Phone : 080 - 42055667 Cell : +91 9686577726 Email : prakash.mbe@gmail.com Web Survey (Perseus, Zoomerang), Statistical Tools (SPSS, SAS, MS EXCEL - Pivot table, Macros), Experience (total exp - 9 years) DELL International Services Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore July 2009 - Present

Previous :

Consultant (Strategy and Change) Market Intelligence Software Group, IBM India Pvt Ltd

IT Products

Worked from 2007 to 2009

Previous :

IBM India Pvt. Ltd

Bangalore

Worked from 2006 to 2009

Brief summary :

Consultant (Services Business Strategy, Dell Global Analytics) Strategic analysis of IT services marketplace to help DELL IT Services Strategy Team make inform decision on growing its expanding IT services business. Additionally, serve as focal point for market sizing, research, and competitive intelligence for DELL Global Analytics. Role involves: Analyze IT services marketplace - Identifying and quantifying market opportunity, understanding needs of IT services market/customer segments. Identify competitive trends, provide early warning on threats and opportunities in the evolving competitive landscape, and evaluate their impact on DELL. DELLs performance analysis, assessment of strategic alternatives, organizational capabilities. Strategy Identification - Identifying strategic alternatives. Provide consultation on market research project, actually driving market research activities at DELL Global Analytics IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore December 2006 - June 2009

Previous :

Business Planning Analyst, Hewlett Packard ,

Bangalore

Worked from 2005 to 2006

Brief summary :

Senior Consultant (Competitive Intelligence, Strategy and Change) Strategic analysis of current and emerging competitors capabilities and vulnerabilities to help IBM management (Information Management, software group) make informed decisions and develop effective business plans. Role involves: Identify competitive trends, provide early warning on threats and opportunities in the evolving competitive landscape, and evaluate their impact on IBM. Help decision-makers understand the competitive implications of current and potential decisions and drive action across the company through timely, impactful deliverables. Detect competitive behavior and initiatives assessing both the possible success and impact on IBM, including emerging strategy, marketing, product/offering, Hewlett Packard, Bangalore (Business Planning Analyst III) April 2005 - December 2006

Previous :

Manager, Customer Insights ,

Delhi

Worked from 2005 to 2005

Brief summary :

Provide analytics solution to strategic business problems. Sales force productivity analysis through optimal time allocation to various activities performed by sales forces. Developing baseline and trend analysis its linkage with internal revenue data. Win loss analysis, sales channel satisfaction analysis. Statistical validation of a statement bias in survey response. User-centric online purchase consumer behavior analysis using behavioral data related to web browsing, search, and online purchase pattern (Neilson Net Rating data). Project involved analysis of high volume transactional data. Customer Insights, Delhi, (Manager, Analysis) January 2005 - March 2005

Previous :

Associate, Hansa Research Group ,

Delhi

Worked from 2002 to 2004

Brief summary :

Provide advance analytics support to market research data (SE Asia region). Involve in data integration project for historical tracking studies. Handling team of analysts to provide timely reports. Provide guidance on sample size and sampling, research design, analysis plan etc. Hansa Research Group, Delhi (Associate Project Director) November 2002 - December 2004

Previous :

Senior Research Executive, Market Probe ,

Delhi

Worked from 2001 to 2002

Brief summary :

Project Management (designing, planning, execution, and report presentation of market research projects). Client interaction, identifying and substantiating market research opportunities. Responding to RFPs. Handling cross functional team comprising of research analyst, field executives, data analysts. Market Probe, Delhi (Senior Research Executive) March 2001 - October 2002

Prakash Kumar's Education

Department of Business Economics, Delhi University

Master of Business Economics
India
From 1999 to 2001
 
 
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12646 members, 215 jobs, 199 articles, 122 questions, 246 debates, 79 idea contests.
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Prakash's contributions
It looks like a race!! Hardware marging are under pressure. IT services have higher margin. It relates to hardware in some form. So lets get into this space!!! It that so simple? I think we do not have too many success story on such acquisitions. 
It may take time. But this will happen for sure!! It will take time because it will require standadization in mobile services and platform. (here we dont have monopoly like Microsoft Word). So, what kind of file you can exchange, what kind of display...
SMS will not die. Just rethink its usage.. when you use it.. why you use it.. i cant think of any other option when i need to convey someone that I am in a meeting...or just go back to college days... if i need to say anbody in class when lecture is...
Then why do you feel mobile phones are so polpular amongs even illiterates? I think usage (how it can solve certain day to day problems) and availability is more critical than simplpy language.
I think problem is more related to education and awareness of internet than any specific language. Else why would extremely difficult languages (mandarin i guess) is not considered as barrier in Japan/Korea/(and?) China. To increase internet...
 
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