Venkata SR Dasari
Summary
A highly experienced Digital Professional who has demonstrated the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams of professionals through periods of significant revenue growth. Strong business and operations qualifications with an impressive track record of more than 37 years of hands-on experience in client-side IT, practice, and discipline leadership within consulting and agency environments, project and program management, resource management, and strong financial oversight. Proven ability to analyze an organization's critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop solutions and processes to maximize profitability. Skilled in partnering opportunities, and developing solutions and processes. Experienced in people management, motivating teams, and building client relationships to deliver innovative digital solutions.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Operations
Chidrupi Software Solutions
01.2019 - Current
- Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures
- Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth
- Establish policies that promote company culture and vision
- Develop and integrate staffing programs designed to attract the highest caliber of talent while satisfying the needs of the customers
- Work with the CFO on financial projections and analyses of existing programs and policies
- Develops plans to increase efficiency and reduce costs
- Promotes and enforces safety in the workplace
- Helm budgeting and resource allocation efforts alongside the other C-level executives and the senior management team
- Identifies improvement areas and plans and implements systems to boost company effectiveness
- Manages internal and external service contractors
- Executes plans designed to meet company goals by changing policies and coaching employees
- Ensure all program initiatives align with the company's values and culture.
Delivery Head
Linc Softech
Bangalore, India
02.2010 - 12.2018
- Setting up offshore delivery model, Defining processes and responsible for P&L
- Anchoring the Customer Relationship in resolving all the service-related issues
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise in BFSI, SCM, Travel & Transportation and Manufacturing solutions
- Design delivery models based on MSA, SoW and SLAs
- Identify potential growth areas and ensure people are trained in technological skills
- Strategizing efficient functioning & productivity
Oracle Competency Head/Delivery Support Head
MindTree Ltd.
Bangalore, India
12.2004 - 01.2010
- Managed multi-technology accounts and achieved delivery excellence with good customer satisfaction
- Managed delivery support for BFSI, Manufacturing, Retail, and Travel & Transport Industry
- Built Oracle Center of Excellence from the ground up at MindTree
- Defined project execution strategies, techniques, and methodologies
- Developed a knowledge management strategy to capture technical and functional knowledge
- Developed training tool kits and imparted training
- Coach, SME, and Go-To person for Oracle Technology and ERP within MindTree
- Defined the business strategy, created marketing & sales material, and launched sales campaigns
- Expertise in Pre-Sales in RFI & RFP responses
- Reviewing signed contracts, MSA, SoW, and SLAs for the resolution of conflicts
Sr. Project Manager/Onsite Coordinator
Infinite Computer Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Bangalore
04.2004 - 11.2004
- Part of the program office team for implementing Oracle application and headed a large Oracle application testing team
- Managed and executed functional and technical Oracle applications integration testing
- Managed defects tracking and bug fixes till their closure and coordinated with teams in Hong Kong and India
- Hands-on Manager
- Defined offshore governing practices to increase the comfort level of offshoring for the customer
Project Manager
Shekar Soft
Hyderabad
07.2003 - 04.2004
- Ascertained project completion within budgets and scheduled periods.
- Understanding the Client organization functions, and business processes to provide an integrated information system.
- Streamlining and re-engineering of client business functions & practices.
- Effective planning & delivery of project activities.
- Submitting project-specific (required) deliverables to the client.
Project Lead (Functional)
Al Tazaj Fakieh
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01.2002 - 06.2003
- Kicking off Business Process Improvement Initiatives leading towards the effective Systems Integration & Interfaces between Oracle & Legacy Systems
- Implementation of Budget Methodology & Control for all Operating Restaurants &Support services leading towards Better Expense Control & Management, Performance Analysis, and key Metrics on Performance Matrix.
- Automation of Expense Management Process.
- Building Executive Information System, Summary statistics for sales, Expenses, Volume movements, Activity analyzer, Product based descriptive statistics as part of operation analysis.
Team Lead (Functional)
GM Indosoft
Hyderabad
03.1999 - 12.2001
- Performed analysis and study of the client's organization structure, existing business processes and new business needs to gather functional requirements for the trial implementation of Oracle Financials modules.
- Performed Business Process Improvement (BPI), Business Process re-engineering (BPR), Gap Analysis, and mapping of existing processes & systems with Oracle Financial Applications functionalities.
- Involved in Application Design Documentation on the client's current business process.
- Involved in a trial setup of GL, AP & AR modules as conference room pilot.
- Performed testing of important functionalities and Integration testing of all the financial modules by creating a test plan for the Trial Implementation study.
Team Member (Functional)
GM Indosoft
Hyderabad
10.1998 - 02.1999
- Oracle Applications Financials implementation functional setup and configuration
- Finalizing chart of accounts for the Client
- Setup Flexfield Structure with six segments
- Setup Security and Cross-Validation Rules, Roll groups, summary accounts, suspense accounts
- Implemented online journal approvals
- Implemented Recurring journals
- Setup budgets, Defining Budgets, Budget organization, uploading the Budget Values
- Setting up the Budget Controls
- Extensive Utilization of FSG, and ADI for reporting.
Team Member
GM Indosoft
Hyderabad
04.1998 - 06.1998
- Part of the team developing financial accounting system
- Building and Maintaining new Forms using Oracle Forms
- Building and Maintaining new Reports using Oracle Reports
- Involved in Shell scripting to provide automation of jobs
- Involved in PL/SQL programming
- Creation of employee's department - wise coding
- Calculation of attendance
- Adjustment of leaves.
Deputy Manager (Finance & Admin)
Indo American Hybrid Seeds (India) Pvt Ltd.
11.1991 - 03.1998
- Control all General Ledger Accounts, filing regular monthly/annual returns to Headquarters
- Payroll-related activities - Staff Salaries, reimbursement of expenses to Field staff, etc.
- Co-coordinating with internal auditors
- Working with the head office to create budgets and ensure funds are allocated to the correct departments
- Reviewing project contracts and financial reports to ensure they align with strategic decisions
- Developing and implementing policies and procedures that define the daily routines of the office
- Supervising administrative employees, including recruitment, training, and performance management
- Furnishing reports to update senior managers on business activity progress, and holding meetings to communicate goals and provide guidelines to employees
Accounts Officer
Silklens India Pvt Ltd.
Hyderabad
09.1987 - 10.1991
- Introduced work - simplification methods in accounting, filing regular monthly/annual returns to Headquarters
- Finalization of accounts
- Control all General Ledger Accounts.
- Payroll-related activities - Staff Salaries, reimbursement of expenses to Field staff, etc.
- Accounts Payable activities for procurements for sites.
- Cash Flow Analysis & controlling Deposit Accounts - Receipts, Interests & Repayments
- To look after all Cost Records and analysis of Cost Reduction aspects
- To observe all the site accounts constantly.
- Formulating various MIS reports to give feedback on all Cost Centers.
- MIS on Monthly Sales Analysis, review/feedback of contribution from each Field person
- Review various Purchase patterns (Tendering, obtaining quotations, etc.) for effective Purchase Management.
Education
PG Diploma - Management
Indira Gandhi Open University
01.2004
Masters - Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
Osmania University
01.1988
Certification
ITIL 2011 Certified, APMG, UK
Career Profiles
- Director of Operations, Chidrupi Software Solutions, 2019-01-01, present, Handling Multiple Technology Projects, Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures, Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth, Establish policies that promote company culture and vision, Develop and integrate staffing programs designed to attract the highest caliber of talent while satisfying the needs of the customers, Work with the CFO on financial projections and analyses of existing programs and policies, Develops plans to increase efficiency and reduce costs, Promotes and enforces safety in the workplace, Helm budgeting and resource allocation efforts alongside the other C-level executives and the senior management team, Identifies improvement areas and plans and implements systems to boost company effectiveness, Manages internal and external service contractors, Executes plans designed to meet company goals by changing policies and coaching employees, Ensure all program initiatives align with the company's values and culture.
- Delivery Head, Linc Softech, Bangalore, Karnataka, 2010-02-01, 2018-12-31, Handled Multiple Technology Projects, Setting up offshore delivery model, Defining processes and responsible for P&L, Anchoring the Customer Relationship in resolving all the service-related issues, Provide Subject Matter Expertise in BFSI, SCM, Travel & Transportation and Manufacturing solutions, Design delivery models based on MSA, SoW and SLAs, Identify potential growth areas and ensure people are trained in technological skills, Strategizing efficient functioning & productivity
- Oracle Competency Head/Delivery Support Head, MindTree Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, 2004-12-01, 2010-01-31, Handled Global Projects, Oracle Applications Financials 11i & R 12, Managed multi-technology accounts and achieved delivery excellence with good customer satisfaction, Managed delivery support for BFSI, Manufacturing, Retail, and Travel & Transport Industry, Built Oracle Center of Excellence from the ground up at MindTree, Defined project execution strategies, techniques, and methodologies, Developed a knowledge management strategy to capture technical and functional knowledge, Developed training tool kits and imparted training, Coach, SME, and Go-To person for Oracle Technology and ERP within MindTree, Defined the business strategy, created marketing & sales material, and launched sales campaigns, Expertise in Pre-Sales in RFI & RFP responses, Reviewing signed contracts, MSA, SoW, and SLAs for the resolution of conflicts
- Sr. Project Manager/Onsite Coordinator, Infinite Computer Solutions Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, 2004-04-01, 2004-11-30, Hong Kong Treasury, Hong Kong/Bangalore, Oracle Applications Financials 11i, Part of the program office team for implementing Oracle application and headed a large Oracle application testing team, Managed and executed functional and technical Oracle applications integration testing, Managed defects tracking and bug fixes till their closure and coordinated with teams in Hong Kong and India, Hands-on Manager, Defined offshore governing practices to increase the comfort level of offshoring for the customer
- Project Manager, Shekar Soft, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2003-07-01, 2004-04-30, BPL Engineering Ltd., Oracle Applications Financials 11i, Ascertained project completion within budgets and scheduled periods., Understanding the Client organization functions, and business processes to provide an integrated information system., Streamlining and re-engineering of client business functions & practices., Effective planning & delivery of project activities., Submitting project-specific (required) deliverables to the client.
- Project Lead (Functional), Al Tazaj Fakieh, Jeddah, Makkah, 2002-01-01, 2003-06-30, Oracle Applications Support Maintenance, Oracle Applications Financials 11, Kicking off Business Process Improvement Initiatives leading towards the effective Systems Integration & Interfaces between Oracle & Legacy Systems, Implementation of Budget Methodology & Control for all Operating Restaurants &Support services leading towards Better Expense Control & Management, Performance Analysis, and key Metrics on Performance Matrix., Automation of Expense Management Process., Building Executive Information System, Summary statistics for sales, Expenses, Volume movements, Activity analyzer, Product based descriptive statistics as part of operation analysis.
- Team Lead (Functional), GM Indosoft, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1999-03-01, 2001-12-31, Swiss Confectionery (Offshore Project), Oracle Applications Financials 11, Performed analysis and study of the client's organization structure, existing business processes and new business needs to gather functional requirements for the trial implementation of Oracle Financials modules., Performed Business Process Improvement (BPI), Business Process re-engineering (BPR), Gap Analysis, and mapping of existing processes & systems with Oracle Financial Applications functionalities., Involved in Application Design Documentation on the client's current business process., Involved in a trial setup of GL, AP & AR modules as conference room pilot., Performed testing of important functionalities and Integration testing of all the financial modules by creating a test plan for the Trial Implementation study.
- Team Member (Functional), GM Indosoft, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1998-10-01, 1999-02-28, Microflow Industrial Filters, Oracle Applications Financials 11, Oracle Applications Financials implementation functional setup and configuration, Finalizing chart of accounts for the Client, Setup Flexfield Structure with six segments, Setup Security and Cross-Validation Rules, Roll groups, summary accounts, suspense accounts, Implemented online journal approvals, Implemented Recurring journals, Setup budgets, Defining Budgets, Budget organization, uploading the Budget Values, Setting up the Budget Controls, Extensive Utilization of FSG, and ADI for reporting.
- Team Member, GM Indosoft, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1998-07-01, 1998-09-30, Srinisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Oracle D2K, Part of the team developing a financial accounting system, Building and Maintaining new Forms using Oracle Forms, Building and Maintaining new Reports using Oracle Reports, Involved in Shell scripting to provide automation of jobs, Involved in PL/SQL programming, Creation of employee's department - wise coding, Calculation of attendance, Adjustment of leaves.
- Team Member, GM Indosoft, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1998-04-01, 1998-06-30, Bajaj Group of Companies, Oracle D2K, Part of the team developing financial accounting system, Building and Maintaining new Forms using Oracle Forms, Building and Maintaining new Reports using Oracle Reports, Involved in Shell scripting to provide automation of jobs, Preparing technical specification documents, Optimization of DB quarries, Involved in Bug Fixes
- Deputy Manager (Finance & Admin), Indo American Hybrid Seeds (India) Pvt Ltd., 1991-11-01, 1998-03-31, Control all General Ledger Accounts, filing regular monthly/annual returns to Headquarters, Payroll-related activities - Staff Salaries, reimbursement of expenses to Field staff, etc., Co-coordinating with internal auditors, Working with the head office to create budgets and ensure funds are allocated to the correct departments, Reviewing project contracts and financial reports to ensure they align with strategic decisions, Developing and implementing policies and procedures that define the daily routines of the office, Supervising administrative employees, including recruitment, training, and performance management, Furnishing reports to update senior managers on business activity progress, and holding meetings to communicate goals and provide guidelines to employees
- Accounts Officer, Silklens India Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, 1987-09-01, 1991-10-31, Introduced work - simplification methods in accounting, filing regular monthly/annual returns to Headquarters, Finalization of accounts, Control all General Ledger Accounts., Payroll-related activities - Staff Salaries, reimbursement of expenses to Field staff, etc., Accounts Payable activities for procurements for sites., Cash Flow Analysis & controlling Deposit Accounts - Receipts, Interests & Repayments, To look after all Cost Records and analysis of Cost Reduction aspects, To observe all the site accounts constantly., Formulating various MIS reports to give feedback on all Cost Centers., MIS on Monthly Sales Analysis, review/feedback of contribution from each Field person, Review various Purchase patterns (Tendering, obtaining quotations, etc.) for effective Purchase Management.
Evening Phone
+91-80-26931201
Timeline
Director of Operations
Chidrupi Software Solutions
01.2019 - Current
Delivery Head
Linc Softech
02.2010 - 12.2018
Oracle Competency Head/Delivery Support Head
MindTree Ltd.
12.2004 - 01.2010
Sr. Project Manager/Onsite Coordinator
Infinite Computer Solutions Pvt Ltd.
04.2004 - 11.2004
Project Manager
Shekar Soft
07.2003 - 04.2004
Project Lead (Functional)
Al Tazaj Fakieh
01.2002 - 06.2003
Team Lead (Functional)
GM Indosoft
03.1999 - 12.2001
Team Member (Functional)
GM Indosoft
10.1998 - 02.1999
Team Member
GM Indosoft
04.1998 - 06.1998
Deputy Manager (Finance & Admin)
Indo American Hybrid Seeds (India) Pvt Ltd.
11.1991 - 03.1998
Accounts Officer
Silklens India Pvt Ltd.
09.1987 - 10.1991
PG Diploma - Management
Indira Gandhi Open University
Masters - Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
Osmania University
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