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Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh

Senior Director - Global Delivery Center
Jaipur

Summary

Manpreet Singh is passionate about building high-performing teams and sustainable business. He brings more than 25 years of technology and professional services experience and is a proven entrepreneur, senior executive, and board member. His most notable entrepreneurial journeys includes leading Appirio and Traction on Demand in India, both business pioneered professional services companies hyper-focused on the enterprise cloud computing. Appirio grew to more than 1500 employees around the world and eventually sold to Wipro for $500M+ and Traction on Demand grew to more than 1300 employees around the world and eventually sold to Salesforce for $350M+. Manpreet is also the founder of Lioness Tile, a B-Corp certified social enterprise.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Managing Director, India

Traction on Demand
Jaipur
09.2018 - 04.2022
  • Built Traction on Demand, India business with a team of 250+ cloud professionals. Introduced the concept of the global delivery model, the squad (NA based)/pods (India based) to build a USD multi-million delivery engine with the strategy of growing talent in a tier-2 city (Jaipur) in India.
  • Architected TOD "Going Global" strategy and designed how different organizational units shall collaborate. Translated the details into bigger picture implications driving the business forward, and challenging the status quo.
  • Accountable for TOD India P&L with responsibility for bookings, revenue, margin, and CSAT. Responsible for overseeing end-to-end service delivery and ensuring all contractual commitments are met. Reported to TOD Leadership Team on regular financial projections, risk identification, and mitigation plans.
  • Actively supported large-scale multi-year deals to ensure we are selling what we can deliver as aligned with the customer’s objectives.
  • The services business got acquired by Salesforce and the product/innovation teams got spun off to become Uncommon Purpose.
  • Build a purpose-led, engaging talent pool that demonstrates alignment to global values to build a globally thriving community.

Vice President & General Manager

Appirio
Jaipur
07.2013 - 08.2018
  • Responsible for managing growth of Largest Global Delivery Center with accountability to manage Headcount, Utilization and Cost Targets
  • Enabling revenue contribution of over 500+ folks in Cloud based Technology Services based on Appirio Delivery Methodology, Cloud Enablement Suite and leveraging crowdsourcing via Appirio Community called TopCoder which is world’s largest community of 730,000 Developer, Designer and Data Scientist.

Vice President

Genpact
Gurgaon
09.2012 - 08.2013
  • Responsible for establishing program management around cloud based Technology services & Product Development focused towards Finance & Accounting Domain
  • Responsible for Co-Sell BPO Opportunities, Working with Business Leaders to Consult BPaaS in F&A domain (O2C, P2P, S2P and R2R) across industry vertical.

Delivery Director

Astadia GDC
Gurgaon
01.2010 - 05.2012

Delivery Program Director with belief in team-based approach to solving problems and innovating solutions, responsible for Delivery Center P&L, Business Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, Delivery, Sales and Technology Enablement.

  • Managed cross-functional, [Number]-member team to meet account needs through training and creative approaches.
  • Created rigorous and comprehensive quality assurance programs to provide timely and quality-based customer solutions and implementations.
  • Met with internal and external customers to consult on technical solutions, project planning, issue resolution and implementation assessments.

Director

Oxyent Medical India, Oxyent Medical
New Delhi
10.2008 - 12.2009
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Involved in strategic decision of conceptualizing, financing, requirement analysis and development of NetScope “an experimental control interface” and Neuro Enterprise Information System (NEIS) two flagship OM products.

Vice President

ITFACTORY Global, ITFACTORY
New Delhi
05.2002 - 01.2009
  • Acquired by Software A/G
  • Led CMMI certified Offshore Captive Product Development Center (OCPD) having 100 people team at multiple locations.
  • Managed programs comprising of 4 Product Lines i.e. CRM/HRM Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Business Suite and Tool Suite.
  • Build expertise for CRM and HRM business process and product development on Lotus Notes & Domino platform.
  • Successfully piloted strategy to migrate IT Factory CRM and HRM Business to IBM Websphere Middleware platform, Portal and Web 2.0.
  • Implemented CMMI Certified Quality Management System (QMS) focusing on Quarterly Custom Product Development Lifecycle based on established SDL models and Agile Methodology.

Lead Software Developer

ITFACTORY A/S, ITFACTORY, www
Copenhagen
03.2001 - 04.2002
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.

Software Developer

Mobilix A/S
Copenhagen
03.2000 - 03.2001
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Translated customer requirements into written use cases.

Software Developer

Tumlare Software
New Delhi
08.1999 - 03.2000
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Translated customer requirements into written use cases.

Developer Programmer

Binary Semantics India
New Delhi
08.1998 - 08.1999
  • Participated in team development of divisional standards for technology use.
  • Developed and maintained web applications following specifications provided.
  • Used critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and worked with minimal supervision.

Education

MBA - International Business

India Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India
04.2008 - 05.2010

B.E - Computer Science And Engineering

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar, Karnataka
08.1994 - 08.1998

overall distinction

  • Received Meritorious Sikh Student Scholarship (Free Seat)
  • Awarded Distinction and University Rank Holder

Skills

Drive Insights & Innovative Opportunities

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Timeline

Managing Director, India - Traction on Demand
09.2018 - 04.2022
Vice President & General Manager - Appirio
07.2013 - 08.2018
Vice President - Genpact
09.2012 - 08.2013
Delivery Director - Astadia GDC
01.2010 - 05.2012
Director - Oxyent Medical India, Oxyent Medical
10.2008 - 12.2009
India Institute of Foreign Trade - MBA, International Business
04.2008 - 05.2010
Vice President - ITFACTORY Global, ITFACTORY
05.2002 - 01.2009
Lead Software Developer - ITFACTORY A/S, ITFACTORY, www
03.2001 - 04.2002
Software Developer - Mobilix A/S
03.2000 - 03.2001
Software Developer - Tumlare Software
08.1999 - 03.2000
Developer Programmer - Binary Semantics India
08.1998 - 08.1999
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College - B.E, Computer Science And Engineering
08.1994 - 08.1998
Manpreet SinghSenior Director - Global Delivery Center