K. BHASKARAN TECHOLOGY, ENGG., AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

• Was an early member of the start-up team at Infosys Techologies and also worked in several other global IT-giants, including TCS (then CMC) serving significant roles in pioneering projects in India-based software delivery for global customers.
• Served as India centre COO for a global business group, setting up the operations from ground-up. Also served board and advisory roles for start-ups as well a other companies.
• Strong process management, program management, IT delivery management and customer management experience, (over 15 years)
• Strong software team management experience across a wide range of technologies. Well exposed to ISO, CMM, CMMi models. Strong exposure to Banking and finance, Logistics, and Manufacturing domains. Worked with a range of ERP products.
• Entrepreneurial exposure with roles in advising, incubating, and operationalising start-ups in technology-based business. Leadership trainer for corporates and in academic/academic-corporate partnership.
• B. Tech from the globally-rated IIT Chennai, in 1983
• Diploma in Management from AIMA, 1991.

Head, Bilvac Technomanagement Pvt Ltd. (from Sep 2001 to May 2012), board director (Sample list of responsibilities/assignments, not a complete one)

• Setting up PMO office operations and process for a mid-size IT services company. Establishing initial customer-delivery processes and pilot projects for process consulting.
• web-based digital yellow pages portal, for a US company, using JAVA/MySQL
• web-based ERP for workflow management for all locations for a Dubai-based shipping company (websphere environment)
• SQL/VC++ based equity trading/analysis system for a US equity management firm
• a queue-management system on WINCOR-NIXDORF ATM for a middle-east bank
• Process Audit for the implementation of a Banking package in the middle-east.
• Setting up Quality Systems for software export, enabled ISO-9000 certification. Training courses on CMMi Overview, awareness, process consultancy for CMMi.
• Served on selection panel head/advisor for several HR and technology consulting companies in resourcing. Partnered with services companies on specific assignments.
• Trained several entry level software programmers in IT, providing them a finishing school facility, with good industry experience through software projects.
• Partial list of companies,- consultancy clients : : SBI, Amrutanjan Ltd, Emerio Technologies, Singapore, Chennai, Birlasoft Technologies, Hi-Tech Consultants- Bahrain, SCOLIS Technologies Pvt Ltd, 3-Edge Solutions.Infocareer.
• Ideation and incubation of BILVAA Learning division, in education space.

Advisor to board of directors – Pentasoft Technologies Ltd., Chennai ( Sep 2000 to Aug 2001).

Preparation and consultancy guidance for several business proposals and pre-sales for projects, value from 50,000 to 2.5 million US $; process/quality improvement initiatives company-wide.

CEO Green Micro Systems Ltd ( Dec 1999 -Aug 2000)(part of the Indian Syntans group.)

Set up operations and development facility was set up from ground up to about 40 personnel within 6 months time. Responsible for initiation of business and deliveries, starting up with the first German account in off-shore JAVA based off-shore work. Set up first level of quality and HR processes. Opened up several customers/prospects in Germany/Europe.

COO, Bahwan Cybertek Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. Chennai May 1999 to Dec 1999.
Bahwan Cybertek is part of the multi-billion $ middle east (Omani) business group of Bahwans. Responsible for setting up off-shore delivery operations in India, global software team of 100+ members, primarily delivery management being done from India. Set up JAVA competency group, and Open Systems Applications group, support groups like HR, training and quality

Group Manager : RAMCO Systems, Chennai, from Oct 1994 to May 1999.
Ramco Systems is a pioneer in India in the development and implementation of ERP solutions for the global market.
Roles handled :
Head, Quality Management Group, directing the quality management in the company globally, Head, Project Control Cell. Responsibilities : Project planning and monitoring of a large project - responsibility for delivery systems for a 400 member team, with fifteen project leaders reporting to this cell for timing and quality of deliverables.(VC++, VB, SQLSERVER/ASP), also managing a testing team of about 25 functional resources.
Head, Product Management. Responsible for product roadmap for a large business product, setting up the market feedback processes and structures in the organization, periodic product plan updates to sales/customers.
Head, Logistics product group. Responsible for product planning, project management and product release for the logistics, about 50 developers and 3 project managers. (94 to 97).

Project Manager, Infosys Technologies (Jun 1991 - Sep 1994, also earlier Jul 1983 to Jan 1986)
Project Management responsibility for several projects, for several US, UK, France customer, in manufacturing, trading, sales and distribution, logistics, banking, etc. Technologies ranged from mainframes, minis to state-of-the-art PC-based platforms. Handled significant responsibilities in pre-sales phase, requirements and system study, project delivery, implementation, and maintenance. Software Engineer role in the first few years.

Systems Engineer , CMC Ltd. Bangalore (Nov 87 - Jun 91)
(CMC was taken over by TCS later) Headed the manufacturing domain solutions group. Developed Production planning and Control system (project head, leading a team of about 15, implemented in 33 sites, on RDBMS/Informix, 1+ years duration) and conducted several feasibility studies, third party evaluations of proposals etc, in manufacturing industry vertical segments. Earlier positions were as Systems Analyst with SONATA div of IOCL, Bangalore, and Usha Microprocess Controls Ltd, executing projects in the roles of project leader, systems analyst and programmer, in industry applications of process manufacturing, auto manufacturing, logistics, financial accounting, and banking. Started software career from hands-on design and development roles, in COBOL, moving to c, RDBMS platforms..