Kamal Narendran Menon
Senior Technology Consultant
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Technology Consultant & Enterprise Architect Senior technology consultant with significant exposure to enterprise systems and practices in design, engineering, delivery and pre-sales. 14 years of experience in Telecom, Media and Cloud domains. Domains of professional expertise
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Director - Product Management
Rakuten Symphony Ltd
bangalore
10.2021 - Current
- Solution Architecture
- Define, articulate , implement the E2E enterprise architecture
- Articulate and the unfold the enterprise architecture foundation to cross functional stake holders
- Define architectural guidance principles for the enterprise transformation and solution implementation
- Identify, incubate and develop architectural approaches to modernise and transform
- Consulting, Strategy and
- Design for transformation
- Identify and model enterprise wide solution problems statements, groom the problem statements with stakeholders and leaders through workshops and whiteboard meetings
- Convey solution impacts in terms of business / revenue implications
- Provide technology consultative expertise and guidance to C-Suite executives and leaders
- Design and drive the integrated delivery roadmap, Provide ownership as delivery anchor
- Solution selling and Centre of Excellence development
- Identify new age solutions / solution partners
- Validate and incubate solutions through PoCs and staged environments
- Develop Centre of Excellence teams for creating a go to market approach for the solution sales
- Provide pre sales guidance and customer engagement on proposed solutions through value driven conversations
- Productise / Platform-ise solutions for portfolio development
Associate Director
Mindtree Ltd
Bangalore
08.2018 - 10.2021
- Provided strategic analysis for manufacturing life cycles, technologies, process validations and robustness.
- Analyzed impacts of regulatory changes on operations and developed mitigation plans.
- Directed financial operations and administered budgets.
- Kept operations responsive and agile with proactive troubleshooting and problem-solving of routine and complex concerns.
- Trained and developed department leaders and management staff for specific projects and ongoing operational needs.
- Engaged analytical subject matter experts outside project teams to drive troubleshooting of critical process-related deviations and enhance process improvements.
- Oversaw vendor delivery deadlines and requirements to fulfill priority contracts.
- Communicated all capacity, sourcing and technology gaps with upper management.
Senior Project Manger
Prime Focus Technologies Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Leadership for the product implementation and delivering transformational programs for BSS/OSS service rollout, OP-CO rollouts,
- Program manage the delivery plan by tracking inter-dependencies and various service line contributors, highlight the emphasis and strategic significance of the aligning the enterprise architecture with the delivery plan
- Identify new age solution for enterprise architectural approach, incubate and develop the required solutions- develop collateral and material to substantiate the need of the solution and approach
- Strategic sales leader for global markets , responsible for P&L and market leadership of portfolio and Go to market propositions for solution verticals
- Prepare market leadership propositions for engaging customers and leads
- Presales ownership on high value deals, provide the Presales teams with the required consulting knowledge and backing when engaging customers.
Project Manger
RGB Broadcasting Ltd
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
- Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.
- Maintained clear communication with precise technical writing to document and inform critical processes.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Provided detailed product orders based on project drawings and technical specifications.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
Technical Project Manager
Flytxt Mobile Solutions
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Served as technical liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, sales and marketing, quality assurance and supply base.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing and planning sessions to validate requirements.
- Accomplished client goals by providing quality technical projects.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
Executive Engineer
JBK Tele-ventures Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Established procedures for corrective and preventive maintenance.
- Complied with planning legislation and code regulations for project implementation.
- Designed project specifications and blueprints for structures.
- Designed detailed budget for engineering equipment and projects.
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Communicated with industrial equipment installers to deliver technical support throughout project execution.
- Liaised with company executives and project managers to acquire resources to move projects forward.
- Evaluated change order requests in response to out-of-scope work activities.
- Completed construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines.
- Identified technical risks within managed projects.
- Recommended process improvements to reduce unnecessary waste.
- Assessed impact of modification requests for ongoing projects.
- Planned and managed engineering projects and continuous improvement programs to reduce labor and costs.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
Kamal Narendran Menon
Skills
Product line management
undefinedTimeline
Director - Product Management
Rakuten Symphony Ltd
10.2021 - Current
Associate Director
Mindtree Ltd
08.2018 - 10.2021
Senior Project Manger
Prime Focus Technologies Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2018
Project Manger
RGB Broadcasting Ltd
01.2013 - 01.2016
Technical Project Manager
Flytxt Mobile Solutions
01.2010 - 01.2013
Executive Engineer
JBK Tele-ventures Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2010
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
Kamal Narendran Menon
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