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Mainak Chakraverti
Entrepreneur, Information Technology and Services Sales / Technical Sales
Kolkata
Summary
Self-motivated professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Brand Owner
The Terrace, The Steak Factory
06.2020 - Current
- Worked as independent technical consultant for Process IT Global designing projects on SAP HANA, software defined storage and HCI.
- Started two F&B brands, The Steak factory, The Terrace in Kolkata, one a fine dining restaurant and the other a rooftop lounge.
- Total investment including Govt. License fees and infrastructure was 1.8 Cr. Inaugurated the rooftop lounge in October 2020 achieved a revenue of 1.8 Cr. In FY20-21.The combined revenue of FY21-22 was 2.58 Cr. Which was increment of 70L from the previous financial year. Currently The Steak Factory and The Terrace both combined is delivering a yearly revenue of approximately 3.6 Crs. Started one more brand Cheap Charlie from Dec 2022 with a concept of junkyard Pub focusing mainly on the music promoting up coming musicians. Cheap Charlie at present is the favorite destination for young stars due to the pocket friendly nature. In the month of January 2024 The Terrace got featured in Times of India a leading national daily as one of the most popular open air restaurant / lounge of Kolkata
ISA Leader Sales, Next Gen Products
Suse
05.2019 - 12.2020
Leading the Next Gen product sales team in the India South Asia Region
Enterprise Technologist (SAP, SDS and HCI)
Dell International Services
05.2016 - 05.2019
- Drove India Business for DellEMC's Software Defined Storage Business, Hyper Converge Architecture Solutions and SAP Solutions.
- Lead India Brand Sales for achieving the Software defined Storage (SDS) solutions business in India for both Commercial and Enterprise accounts.
- Handling all Govt. accounts (Central and State), PSUs and BFSI vertical.
- Performing regular technical workshops with the clients, performing POCS and designing the appropriate solution.
Lead System Engineer
Veritas Softwares
06.2015 - 05.2016
- Solution Architect Backup and Recovery, High Availability, Information Governance and Archival Solutions
- Partner training and partner enablement across East India
- Handling Enterprise, Govt. and commercial accounts in East India
Senior Technical Sales Manager
IBM
05.2011 - 06.2015
- Lead IBM’s System X Server Storage Product portfolio.
- Client presentation and client engagement
- Handling all Govt agencies in Eastern India and IBM’s Geo Expansion Initiative
- Providing consultation to customer to prepare RFP or RFI
- Handling Pre Sales consulting for System P Servers and System X Storage for the eastern India
- Responding to RFP and RFI based on experience of Hardware and Applications
- Preparing End to End IT Infrastructure Solution Document.
- Preparing Solution Architecture
- Server sizing at design phase.
Technical Consultant
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
11.2009 - 05.2011
Pre Sales consultant for Infrastructure Managed Services solutions.
Tech Lead
Symantec Corp.
02.2005 - 11.2009
Sr. Tech Support Engineer
Transworks IT Services
11.2004 - 01.2005
Tech Support Engineer
Accenture Services
01.2004 - 10.2004
Team Lead Sales
Impressions Ltd.
10.2002 - 12.2003
MIS Officer
M&M Tractors
12.2001 - 09.2002
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
UDIPI 01.2000 - 01.2003
Skills
Multitasking
Verbal Communication
Organizational Skills
Analytical Thinking
Research
Dependable and Responsible
Project Planning
Decision-Making
Time Management
Interpersonal Communication
Skill Summary
E2E Managed services Pre- Sales and business analysis, Tivoli, BMC and CA tools, Storage and Backup, EMC Storage, IBM Storage, HP Storage, Symantec Netbackup, Backup Exec, IBM TSM, ITIL V3 Processes, Servers, IBM/Lenovo/Dell/HP Server Hardware, Networking, Cisco/Juniper, Application/DB, SAP ERP, SAP HANA, Oracle ERP, Oracle DB, IBM DB2
Accomplishments
A++ Award in 2008 and Several Level 2 Applause Awards in Symantec/Veritas, 100 percent Club Member IBM, One Team Dell Award
Workshops Training Programs Attended
- SAP BASIS Certification from CDAC NOIDA
- ITIL V3 Processes (internal to Symantec)
- OCA DBA – Oracle Certified Associate Database Administrator
- VCP - VERITAS Certified Professional for Backup Exec 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10d
- IBM Pureflex Certified
- SNIA – Certified Storage administrator
- MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
- Completed Oracle 9i Database Administration Track from SQL STAR.
- SOLARIS ADMINISTRATION from NIIT Pune
- Completed Certification on Linux Administration and Networking from College Of Engineering Pune
- Completed Oracle 9i Application Development Track from SQL STAR
Academics
Bachelor of Information Technology from Manipal University
Certification
Oracle DBA, SAP Basis
Interests
Timeline
Brand Owner
The Terrace, The Steak Factory
06.2020 - Current
ISA Leader Sales, Next Gen Products
Suse
05.2019 - 12.2020
Enterprise Technologist (SAP, SDS and HCI)
Dell International Services
05.2016 - 05.2019
Lead System Engineer
Veritas Softwares
06.2015 - 05.2016
Senior Technical Sales Manager
IBM
05.2011 - 06.2015
Technical Consultant
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
11.2009 - 05.2011
Tech Lead
Symantec Corp.
02.2005 - 11.2009
Sr. Tech Support Engineer
Transworks IT Services
11.2004 - 01.2005
Tech Support Engineer
Accenture Services
01.2004 - 10.2004
Team Lead Sales
Impressions Ltd.
10.2002 - 12.2003
MIS Officer
M&M Tractors
12.2001 - 09.2002
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
01.2000 - 01.2003