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Biju Paulose

Biju Paulose

Bangalore,KA

Summary

Successful P&L leader with experience in building and managing scaled global operations in remote/ in-office and hybrid models, managing vendors, clients and establishing good governance and people practices across large operations globally.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Vice President

Wipro
12.2018 - Current
  • Global delivery head for a New Age Silicon Valley client operation of 2,000+ people across multiple domains and sites globally
  • Managing multiple programs, prominently machine teaching (autonomous vehicles), logistics back-office, map making operations, Risk and fraud operations, IQA (independent quality audit), among others
  • Managing multiple delivery models - WFO, WFH and Hybrid.

Senior Manager

Wipro
04.2013 - 01.2017
  • Was Head of Workforce Management (talent fulfillment), for Network Equipment Provider and Media verticals, a 3,500+ people unit
  • Also managed Product Marketing and Communications for Wipro BPO's platforms group

Manager

Yahoo
10.2010 - 03.2013
  • Program Manager and Vendor Manager at the Bangalore CoE for outsourced product development

Entrepreneurship

BizSensors
05.2010 - 09.2010
  • Joined hands in an entrepreneurial venture with a startup company in the Operational Business Intelligence (BI) space, for a business intelligence SaaS product.

Channel Partner Manager

Hewlett Packard
08.2008 - 04.2010
  • Drove a $50Mn Revenue Generation channel for upsells via third-party Vendor Partner Tech Support contact centers at multiple global locations across USA, India and Philippines

Area Manager

Dell
04.2006 - 03.2008
  • Managed the technical support contact centre operations for the EMEA region
  • Successfully led a Six Sigma Green Belt project on First-time resolution with a 500-basis point improvement.

Assistant Program Manager

24/7 Customer
11.2003 - 03.2006
  • Transitioned, launched and managed outbound contact centre operations for multiple clients, across Telecom, Healthcare Insurance and Database marketing sectors.

Business Development Manager

TeamLease
04.2003 - 11.2003
  • Managed the Chennai Branch Operations as well as Client Relations and Business Development for Temp-Staffing and Recruitment services.

Business Development Manager

Manjushree Infotech
05.2001 - 03.2003
  • Account management and BPO operations teams for HIPAA compliant claims processing, EDI and transcription services
  • Was also the India Account Manager for OpenText Livelinkâ.

Content Developer to Bizdev Manager

Techna International
09.1996 - 01.2001
  • Worked between Sunnyvale and Calcutta offices, was responsible for account management, business development, client relations, and transitioning of software projects to the ODC in India
  • Was also a multimedia author and content developer in the early days.

Education

B.Com. (Hons) -

St Xavier's College, University of Calcutta

High-School - undefined

Don Bosco School, Calcutta

Certificate course - Computer Science

Apple Industries (later Aptech, Calcutta)

Skills

  • Global and Regional business operations, P&L leader
  • Global Vendor management
  • Service Delivery led growth
  • Building practices - scaled operations, new-age, semi-tech, domains like AI/ML/GIS
  • Building brands - online and offline
  • Customer relationship management
  • Industry Experience

    • New-Age/ Internet companies, Tech Product companies, Digital Media & Software Product Engineering
    • BPO & IT Services - Service Delivery and Practice Management
    • Startups (B2C, B2B) and Brand/ Product launch (two regional internet service providers & a business intelligence software company)
    • Staffing & HCM (Human Capital Management)
    • Advertising & Publishing - Print Media, Digital Media & Content Publishing

    Professional Highlights

    • Hands-on leadership in business operations across BPO, IT, Media and Digital/Internet-age companies. Set up and currently heading a profitable, growing, global (India, LATAM, Europe, South Asia), 2,000+ people operation for a Silicon Valley New-Age client across multiple domains, prominently, machine teaching, logistics, digital map making and navigation, independent quality audit (IQA), among others.
    • Set up processes and streamlined vendor management operations at Yahoo!'s Global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Outsourced Product Development. Managed a $24+ M budget and successfully scaled-up and supported the outsourced operations from 350 to 700 people.
    • Successfully drove a $50-million annual revenue stream through outsourced vendor operations at HP's Consumer division, by managing performance of Tier-1 tech-support vendors across US, India and Philippines. Trained and managed vendor teams of 6K+ people on Up-sell techniques, Product portfolio and Customer management.
    • Awarded Area Manager of the Quarter at Dell for Q2, 2007, as well as joint winner of Site Director's award for Q3, 2007, for successfully managing Tech Support Operations/ Delivery.
    • Invited as Guest Lecturer/ Speaker, by institutions like Indian Institute of Coal Management and The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, to speak on various topics in Information Technology.

    Timeline

    Associate Vice President

    Wipro
    12.2018 - Current

    Senior Manager

    Wipro
    04.2013 - 01.2017

    Manager

    Yahoo
    10.2010 - 03.2013

    Entrepreneurship

    BizSensors
    05.2010 - 09.2010

    Channel Partner Manager

    Hewlett Packard
    08.2008 - 04.2010

    Area Manager

    Dell
    04.2006 - 03.2008

    Assistant Program Manager

    24/7 Customer
    11.2003 - 03.2006

    Business Development Manager

    TeamLease
    04.2003 - 11.2003

    Business Development Manager

    Manjushree Infotech
    05.2001 - 03.2003

    Content Developer to Bizdev Manager

    Techna International
    09.1996 - 01.2001

    B.Com. (Hons) -

    St Xavier's College, University of Calcutta

    High-School - undefined

    Don Bosco School, Calcutta

    Certificate course - Computer Science

    Apple Industries (later Aptech, Calcutta)
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