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Siva Subramanian CEO/MD/Director, VELCOM ERP IT SOURCING PVT LTD (www.velcomerp.com)
 
Siva Subramanian's Profile
VELCOM ERP IT SOURCING PVT LTD (www.velcomerp.com)
Siva Subramanian
CEO/MD/Director, VELCOM ERP IT SOURCING PVT LTD (www.velcomerp.com)
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Chennai, India
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Professional summary

15 years experience as Business Head managing Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Project Delivery & Talent Sourcing operations.

About 12 years in IT Consulting & 3 years in Industrial Automation.

About 10 years in managing Enterprise (ERP, CRM, SCM, BI) Consulting Business in India, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Nordic Region & US.

Specialties:

Enterprise (ERP, CRM, SCM, BI) Consulting, Program Management, Project Consulting, Talent Sourcing, Business Head, P&L Responsibility, Solution Selling, Account Management, Team Management, Channel Management, Liaison with principals like Microsoft, Oracle globally.

Siva Subramanian's Experience
Current :

CEO/MD/Director, VELCOM ERP IT SOURCING PVT LTD (www.velcomerp.com)

Technology Consulting
India, Chennai

Working from 2009

Brief summary :

About VELCOM:
• An Independent ERP Consulting & Talent Sourcing Company
• More than 1000 person months experience in the ERP related areas of Project Audit, Program Management, Project Management, Functional & Technical Consulting, Talent Sourcing
• Expertise in various leading International players like SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics (AX, NAV, GP, MS CRM) among others
• An extended IT arm for its customers

Previous :

Group Manager, Sundaram Infotech

IT Services
India, Chennai

Worked from 2008 to 2009

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Business Head reporting into CEO
• Company's P&L responsibility for APAC (India, Sri Lanka) & Middle East
• Team Management & Key Account Management
• Manage principal relationship with Microsoft in APAC & EMEA; Oracle in APAC
• Partner Development & Management

Key Achievements:
1) Re-build the Sales, Pre-Sales, Marketing, Delivery support operations especially in India, Sri Lanka, Middle East regions
2) Acquired & managed key global customers (4 nos) within a short span of time
3) Provided Professional Consulting Services to ERP Services providers in India, Sri Lanka, Middle East
4) Vertical (SmartLend / DeMax / Agro) Solution Development: Worked with Microsoft / Oracle, its partners & customers to build the solution

Previous :

Sales Head, California Software

IT Products
India, Chennai

Worked from 2004 to 2008

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Handled multiple roles within the company and left as Sales Head - Microsoft Solutions (Microsoft Dynamics, MS Sharepoint, BI, Application Development)
• Professional consuting services of company's other service offerings like Oracle, Firmware development etc.,
• Team & Key Account Management
• Division's P&L Responsibility
• Vertical Focus – IT/ITES, Automotive, Construction
• Managed Microsoft relationship in APAC, EMEA & USA

Key Achievements:
1) Established the Microsoft Solutions Practice with management support in India, Middle East & Nordic
2) Turn around the division as a profit centre in 1 year time
3) Managed global customers like Chemoil, AP Moller Maersk, RR Donnelly, Randstad
4) Built the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Vertical Add-on solution for the Readymix Concrete Industry
5) Steered to acquire & manage the company's Microsoft Gold Certification Status

Previous :

Sales/BD Manager, CG Maersk Information Technologies

IT Services
India, Chennai

Worked from 2003 to 2004

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Business Development Head
• Offshore Projects from Maersk Data, Denmark on Logistics Industry, Mainframe solutions
• Manage business development activities in India
• Solution focus for - Container Terminal & 3rd Party Logistics Verticals
• Liaison with Microsoft APAC

About CG Maersk:
CG Maersk was a joint venture between Maersk Data (AP Moller Maersk Group) & Crompton Greaves (Thapar Group). The company had been taken over by IBM.

Key Achievements:
1) Bagged an order from a leading logistics service player, India
2) Offshored Projects from Maersk Data, Denmark

Previous :

Sales/BD Manager, SRM Technologies

IT Services
India, Chennai

Worked from 2001 to 2003

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Business Development Head
• Focus - Microsoft Dynamics, Professional Consulting Services (PeopleSoft, DataStage, SAP), Application Develpment, Multimedia & Web Technologies
• Liaison with Microsoft APAC

Key Achievements:
1) Closed a PeopleSoft professional consulting deal with a leading IT Major in India
2) Closed a SAP professional consulting deal with a leading Logistics player in India

Previous :

Sales/BD Manager, Future Focus Infotech

IT Services
India, Chennai

Worked from 1999 to 2001

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Business Development Head
• Focus - Application Development (Microsoft, Linux & Web Technologies); Resource Augmentation

Key Achievements:
1) Closed a resource augmentation deal with a leading bank in India
2) Other Key Deals – a) Workflow Automation, PSU India; b) Cement Major – Web Portals (Corporate site, B2B & B2C) & Sales Intranet Solution; c) Web Portals - Industrial gas, E-Learning & Music

Previous :

Territory Manager, Real Value

Industrial Products/Heavy Machinery
India, Chennai

Worked from 1996 to 1999

Brief summary :

My Role:
• Handled multiple roles and left them as Territory Manager
• Team Management & Account Management
• Industrial Sales – “CEASEFIRE” Brand Safety Equipments like Fire Extingishers, Smoke Detecting systems
• Partnered with Architects, Builders for their projects safety requirements

Key Achievements:
• Zonal Second and National Third in Sales for 1st Qtr of 1999
• Winner of Launch Awards for the periods Sep – Oct’98 and Nov - Dec’98
• Winner of National Quiz Contest on Fire Safety - Jan’97

Siva Subramanian's Education

Indian Institute Of Management (IIM), Kozhikode

MBA/PGDM
India
From 2004 to 2005

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

MBA/PGDM
India
From 2000 to 2002

Madras University

B.Sc
India
From 1993 to 1996
 
 
 
 
Siva's communities
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Siva's contributions
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The organization readiness can be divided broadly into: 1) Management Readiness - The top management should be ready to adopt such a system, which would have organization-wide impact. 2) People Readiness - The users in the organization, should...
 
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