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Four decades between a toolkit and a board pack — and why that is the whole point.

Expert Consultant

Training Specialist

Dedicated professional offering specialized training and consulting services designed to elevate your expertise. This background highlights core consulting capabilities and industry knowledge to help clients achieve their professional goals effectively.

Professional Expertise

This section highlights your key consulting credentials and professional milestones.

Certified Consultant

This represents advanced professional training and proven expertise in delivering effective consulting solutions.

Industry Speaker

Recognized for sharing valuable insights and professional knowledge across various industry platforms.

Trusted Partner

Demonstrating consistent dedication to client success and building long-term professional relationships.

Overview of Professional Expertise

This section highlights essential capabilities, offering insights into key consulting services and professional accomplishments.

123

Years Experience

Delivering expert training and consulting services to industry leaders.

100

Clients Served

Providing strategic guidance and actionable insights for businesses.

50

Workshops Held

Empowering teams through comprehensive professional training programs.

98

Success Rate

Ensuring measurable results and professional growth for every client.

Career

The long version

Nov 2010 — present

Chief Profit Officer

4P Advisory Services

Client solutions across strategy, business goals and service management; IT strategy, sourcing options, organisational design, shared services and governance; evaluation of service management and automation products so clients decide on facts; white papers and research notes; and senior training and knowledge-sharing programmes.

Apr 2018 — present

Independent Consultant

Self-employed

Improving capability, individual and organisational, on assignments taken directly.

Jul 2009 — Oct 2010

Lead — IT Service Management

Reliance Communications

Rewrote service level agreements around what customers actually needed; process management accountability across an operations team of 225-plus; service reviews with the business; improvement plans including automation to cut cost and lift performance; ISO 20000 management representative; service desk set-up through the group BPO units.

Dec 2007 — Jun 2009

Change & Configuration Manager

Reliance Communications

Enterprise change management under the ITSM framework; CMDB design and implementation; ITSM suite rollout to customers; audits, training and management reviews as ISO 20000 management representative. Peer Award for the ISO 20000 implementation.

Jul 2007 — Dec 2007

Head (IT)

Expat Group of Companies

On-demand CRM, VoIP and wireless network implementation; a process-oriented service desk with call routing; and the project plan for an ERP linking branches through their business processes.

May 1995 — Jul 2007

Director (Solutions)

Generic IT Solutions

Management and support systems for maintenance contracts and lead management; a team of support specialists; Windows migrations at client sites; help desk, incident and change management functions established for clients; remote support and knowledge bases for faster resolution of critical incidents.

Feb 1988 — May 1995

Senior Inspector, Quality Assurance

Electronics Trade and Technology Development Corporation (ET&T)

Part of the programmes that first brought colour television and the People's Computer within reach of ordinary households; led the technical team behind the promotional campaign and set up support through five third-party centres in Mumbai.

1986 — 1988

Deputy Engineer; Copier Technician

Super Group of Mills · Gestetner (India) Limited

Electronics in textile production, including training at SITRA and on electronic yarn clearers; and before that a first job servicing copiers, electronic typewriters and stencil cutters across Coimbatore, Salem, Ooty and Dharmapuri.

Enough about the past.

What are you trying to fix, teach or govern? Start there and we will find out quickly whether I am useful to you.