Venugopal Terla
Chief Technology Officer
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished IT leader with 24 + years established experience in Technology Strategy, Practice incubation, P&L management from Accenture, Infosys and Wipro.
Has Unique experience of IT and Automotive and managed Budgets of more than 700 MM.
Honorary member of the “Skill Advisory Board “for the Govt of India and VTU.
Set up IT Strategies, Right shore Off shoring centers, Captive IT centers for following customer’s:
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Technology Officer-Applications and AI
Wipro Technologies
03.2015 - Current
- Launched successful new products with extensive research on market trends combined with collaborative input from various departments.
- Evaluated emerging technologies for potential adoption, staying ahead of industry trends to maintain competitive advantage.
- Aligned IT strategy with organizational goals, fostering collaboration between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Coordinated third-party vendors and client IT teams to seamlessly deliver effective solutions.
- Drive Technology strategy for the company
- Improve ROI and reduce TCO
Chief Technology Officer and Global Practices Head
Mphasis
03.2014 - 02.2015
-Manage Global Practices for Mphasis
- P&L owner and drive Technology strategy for the company.
-Manage Budgets for 700 mm
Global ERP Head-CRM , SAP and Oracle
Birlasoft Technologies
01.2009 - 01.2014
Manage 400 Million Practices from Sales to Delivery -3000 associates
Manage P&L, Order book, revenue, Delivery.
Customers GE, Sunpower, Jonson controls
CRM and Automotive Head
Accenture
03.2006 - 01.2009
Manage CRM Practice for Accenture
Started Salesforce Practice for Accenture
Managed Automotive Practice for Accenture -1000 associates.
Ø Highlights of the Customers managed:
o Wolseley -$30m, 100 people, 3 years
o GE Automotive- 50 million, 2 years
o TIMKEN- captive center- $50 million, 150 people, 3 years
o BMW-50 million
o Cargotec- 40 million
o Daimler, - $30m, 50 people, 4 years
o Honda-$20 million, 40 people, 3 years
o SKF- $100m, 100 people, 2 years
o Navistar-$18m,18 people, 1 year
o Johnson controls
o SKF
o XEROX
CRM Head
Infosys
03.2004 - 01.2006
Manage Infosys CRM Practice for 1000+ professionals
Domain Experience- Manufacturing and Automotive
Tube Products, Bharath Forge Ltd
01.1993 - 01.2004
Ø Oversee SAP and other implementations in Manufacturing.
Ø Drive Sales across West and South regions.
Ø Plan collections and Number of month sales for West and South customers.
Ø Drive tops-down revenue sales with global delivery alignment across multiple geographies worldwide
Ø Attain utilization targets, ensure project profitability, Implement project management best practices
Ø Ensure quality assurance activities are scheduled and executed at the client.
Ø Escalation management
Ø Design and Development of Forgings for Propeller shafts – Open and Closed forge.
Ø Work with Muller Weingarten for driving manufacturing presses within the company
Ø Drive Digitization across Satara and Pune plants.
Ø Key Automotive customers handled:
- o Ashok Leyland
- o Hyundai
- o Ford
- o TELCO
- o Enfield
Skills
Technology Strategy
Budget Management
Practice incubation
Delivery Management
P & L management
Accomplishments
Ø Grew the CRM practice in Accenture to 1000 consultants in 3 years a record till date.
Ø Started the SFDC practice from the scratch in Accenture and Birlasoft from the scratch and grew to the next level.
Ø Grown the Accenture Automotive IDC to a mature level with 6 centers- 5000 associates.
Ø Turned ES Practice to the most profitable PL’s in CK Birla group.
Ø Was involved in 2 M&A’s Appirio- WestBrook and Enable path.
Ø Shown strong YOY growth at all responsibilities during the tenure.
o Shown 25% YOY growth in Cloud practice for 3 years.
Ø Set up Innovation centers, Centers of excellence, Customer Insight Lab in Bangalore, AIE Lab in Hyderabad.
Ø Program executive and lead for a number of IT initiatives to increase the stability of critical IT services while also reducing annual operating costs across IT by 15-20%.
Ø Managed budget responsibilities in excess of $700MM with staff in excess of 500 professionals depending on project lifecycles.
Ø Architected and led negotiations on various global IT outsourcing program leading to > 100million savings.
Timeline
Chief Technology Officer-Applications and AI
Wipro Technologies
03.2015 - Current
Chief Technology Officer and Global Practices Head
Mphasis
03.2014 - 02.2015
Global ERP Head-CRM , SAP and Oracle
Birlasoft Technologies
01.2009 - 01.2014
CRM and Automotive Head
Accenture
03.2006 - 01.2009
CRM Head
Infosys
03.2004 - 01.2006
Domain Experience- Manufacturing and Automotive
Tube Products, Bharath Forge Ltd
01.1993 - 01.2004
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