Venu Prasad Menon
Chennai
Summary
Strategic leader offering skills in global operations management and business development. Innovative and enthusiastic Managing Director striving to create successes for organizations while building lasting relationships. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Director
Amnet ContentSource Private Limited
CHENNAI
06.2019 - Current
- Strategizing and building an organization catering to end to end content solutions for global publishers, public organizations and corporate.
- Restructuring the business and setting up separate verticals for content creation, content production, content compliance and content technology.
- Building a transformation map for the 20+ year old organization and execution.
- Growing the business steadily at the rate of 25-30% YoY with marked growth in both topline and EBITDA. Formulated strategic vision to drive mission and goals while stimulating revenue, profitability and growth.
- Strategize and build a road map for technology with AI/blockchain/ML interventions. Developed product and service expertise across groups to deliver desired client experience.
- Increased efficiency, effectiveness and profitability by managing team productivity, costs and budgets.
- Cultivated deep understanding of market, customer and competitor landscapes to identify growth opportunities.
- Contributed to professional development of client staff through effective training and mentorship.
Founder
Adventum Technology Consulting
CHENNAI
09.2012 - 12.2020
- Devised organizational vision, mission and foundational structure to facilitate early growth.
- Set up with a primary objective of enabling justice delivery in the Indian judiciary. Primarily a not for profit creating social impact and awareness of law.
- Consulted with a major Indian conglomerate to facilitate setting up of a global transmedia agency. Partnered with a content aggregator on architecture and globalization.
- Established a start-up www.mylawally.com in the corporate advisory and legal domain. My Law Ally is currently the biggest legal ecosystem in India and is on beta for analytics.
- Analyzed operations to evaluate company performance, determining areas of potential improvement.
- Helped in setting up an ecommerce portal from scratch to go live. Approved and negotiated contracts with distributors and suppliers.
- Presentations and pitches to international investors, global consultants etc. Delivered speeches and attended industry conferences to promote company image and engage with buyers.
- Built and own India’s largest repository of live case data and judgments; 8 crore live case records and 700,000 judgments.
- Only private entity on an advisory panel constituted by the Ministry of Law and the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India to advise on the big data and AI strategy. Ran recommendation reports for the Supreme Court of India for promotion of judicial officers.
- Featured in 2 international journals and among the final shortlists for the HiiL justice innovation challenge in 2018.
CEO
Ingegno Transmedia Private Limited
CHENNAI
06.2014 - 06.2019
- Led organization by establishing business direction and actualizing operational plans to meet goals. Worked on everything from incorporation to making the company profitable.
- Built strategic business partnerships by cultivating relationships with employees and experts.
- Established and oversaw strategic business actions and streamlined operations. Established the core team and also involved in selection of each of the team members.
- Built the client base from zero to 10 global clients. Clients include global corporate and public organizations.
- Built 3 product lines for the Asian market; the India Grid for Learning, DIYA and Skillability. Established partnerships with global leaders in the learning and EdTech space. Involved in every aspect of compliance, digital architecture and security audits.
- Strategized and built the India and Sri Lanka Grid’s for Learning in partnership with Edutone. The IGFL is a single sign on platform for K-22 learning with more than 2 million digital assets from 50 leading publishers across the world.
- Conceptualized and build Skillability (a learning platform for skill development) and the DIYA (Do It Yourself App) ecosystem.
- Established strategic alliances with more than 20 leading global organizations like D2L Brightspace etc.
- Was part of the teacher training initiative for the MoHE Indonesia for training 250,000 teachers through the Brightspace platform
- Worked with the MoE in Sri Lanka on probably their largest ICT and skill development project and made it to the final 4.
- Drove company vision with collaborative employee engagement techniques and strategic leadership.
VP & Head Strategy - New Initiatives
MPS Ltd
CHENNAI
01.2011 - 08.2012
- Led team in strategic executive-level planning. Was responsible for all new strategic initiatives. Was part of the team that facilitated the sale from Macmillan to ADI MPS.
- Key member of the leadership and strategy team working closely with the CEO and CXO.
- Identify new revenue streams and work on strategy and execution. Build business plans, business framework and P&L projections for strategic projects.
- Work on new technologies, innovations and prepare pitches to prospective customers. Identify new revenue streams and work on multiple streams to create value propositions for the organization.
- Working on positioning MPS as the preferred technology partner for publisher.
- Built futuristic technology and platform roadmaps
- Evangelized the new entity across industry forums and events.
Vice President - Business Development
MPS Ltd
12.2010 - 12.2011
- Key member of the leadership and strategy team. Developed growth plans by identifying key clients, key targets and priority service lines.
- Key driver in increasing repeat business from existing clients (with a 2-member team of GM’s to assist). Cultivated and maintained industry relationships and customer partnerships to capitalize on opportunities and maximize business success.
- Developed growth plans by identifying key clients, key targets and priority service lines.
- Responsible for acquisition of new business with the help of a BD team/geography specific sales teams.
- Responsible for all marketing and PR initiatives across geographies with the organizational marketing team across the globe reporting into me.
- Responsible for strategy to brand MPS as a technology company for publishers. Responsible for new initiatives like technology consulting and new media. Planned and executed mobile strategies for global publishers for journal publishing.
- Speaker and facilitator at key industry events like the London Book Fair.
- Championed a group on digital convergence and enhanced repeat revenues for MPS.
- Liaised with high-value accounts, fostering personal relationship and top-of-mind awareness to capture emerging business opportunities early.
Associate Vice President & BU Head
Macmillan India Ltd
Chennai
10.2007 - 11.2010
- Set up the Learning and New Media Solutions team globally. Part of all global initiatives and plans across all BU’s for the organization.
- Responsible for setting up the Learning & New Media Services BU and turning it into a profitable BU. Created and integrated market plans to position company brands in target marketplace.
- Analyzed market trends and conducted GAAP analysis to update budgeting and forecasting.
- Business Development: Handling BD for global opportunities. Responding to RFP’s, working on promotions, plans, budgets etc
- Providing Consulting Services to Major Corporates all over the world. Managing International Sales Relationships with global publishers and corporates.
- Involved in recruiting the Leadership team and building the overall team to the desired size. Identified as a high growth practice, consistently delivering top of the line solutions and innovations.
- Travelling globally for conferences, client meetings and negotiations. Championing internal initiatives on HR, delivery and service orientation front
- Establishing a brand identity with global customers through effectively marketing techniques.
- Conceptualized, built and delivered the following platforms (totally about 7) for Macmillan globally, these platforms totally delivered more than USD 200 million in revenues and won awards internationally. The platforms are New Inside Out Digital, Global eWorkBook, OneStop series for Science, Math etc.
- Conceptualized, built and delivered “Journey to the Exoplanets” app, one of the most successful Macmillan apps till date.
- Was the driver of change to digital and enabled digital transformation at Macmillan.
Director Business Development
Sify Ltd
08.2002 - 10.2007
- Business Development: Handling BD for global opportunities. Responding to RFP’s, working with the presales team. Set up a competent presales team for the organization. Exceeded quotas consistently through new account penetration and territory expansion.
- Developed growth plans by identifying key clients, key targets and priority service lines.
- Managing international sales relationships with clients through Satyam and directly. Was responsible for the Satyam - Sify relationship.
- Relationship Management with Satyam Accounts like GEGDC, Automotive, and Manufacturing etc. Also independently manage 5-6 direct accounts.
- Managed existing partnerships and informed potential partners about key business developments.
- Forming financially viable new alliances. Forging new partnerships and initiatives. Involved from sourcing to due diligence.
- Sound knowledge on Learning Management Systems, Virtual Collaborative tools and eLearning Strategies. Was in charge of the SABA business initiative. Built a professional services team contributing to very high revenues.
- Coordination with onshore and offshore teams to meet delivery schedules. Managing Support and Back Office Operations with a team of 5 personnel.
- Headed APAC Business with a team of 4 people reporting into me. This team sold eLearning Solutions to corporates in the APAC region.
Centre Head
Zee Interactive
08.1999 - 07.2002
- Headed three states and a team of more than 180 professionals.
- Managing operations in the state and generating profits through all our networks and partners including franchisees.
- Handling Budgets (promotional) for South India.
- Played a key role in bringing interactive VSAT based technology for classrooms to India.
- Liasing with ad agencies.
- Build new product launch strategies.
- Competitor analysis/market research responsibilities also handled.
- Involved extensively in implementation of interactive technology throughout locations.
- Set up and ran a network of 150+ franchisee-based training centres across South India.
Manager Consulting Services
Vibgyor Technologies Pvt Ltd
Chennai
09.1998 - 07.1999
- Co ordination with senior academics globally for various World Bank projects.
- Preparation of project plans, budgets, reports for World Bank Projects.
- Co ordination and Scheduling with Project Team handling GIS Projects on modelling tool named “GRASS”.
- Development of geographic models based on information from INSAT 1B downloads.
- Handling presentations and meetings with Government authorities and Public Servants on various projects.
- Completion of plan on Telemetric Flood Forecasting Methodology for the Tamarabharani Basin in Tamil Nadu with data for 100 years available in a scattered manner.
- The project was planned with extensive usage of data acquisition cards/methodologies.
- Preparation of Project Plan for Metro water in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with TCS.
- Extensive research and data modelling methodologies involved. Sound understanding of these as well.
Management Trainee - Sales Manager
HCL Frontline
Chennai
08.1995 - 08.1998
- Cross Functional Role with emphasis on brand positioning, marketing and research practices. Was a part of the team that developed the retail strategy and implementation of the same for SOHO market in India.
- Handled major accounts and retail and government sectors.
- Established “Beanstalk” as a brand in various markets in India.
- Established HCL Beanstalk counters across all leading superstores in Chennai. Set a record of selling the highest number of Beanstalk’s in a month through Landmark
- Handled the Toshiba brand of laptops successfully through channels.
- Developed sales plans, goals, strategies and objectives to achieve team goals and revenue objectives. Tracked monthly sales to generate reports for business development planning.
- Performed sales consultations and educated clients on products and services. Created and maintained sales environment to support business objectives.
- Achieved company growth and brand development through market expansion and sales. Prepared sales production reports for senior management.
- Was responsible for some of the largest corporate deals in India then.
Education
Six Sigma Black Belt - DFSS Practitioner -
Breakthrough Management Group
09.2004
Bachelor of Science - Applied Geography
University of Madras
Chennai05.1995
Advanced Diploma - Management Information Systems
NIIT
05.1995
Masters in Business Law - Law
NLSIU
BengaluruSkills
- Global Business Development
- Strategy/Sales Management/Global Operations
- Recruitment Strategies
- Startups/Business plans
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- OPSP/OKR/Scaling up strategies
- Relationship/Account Management
- Contracts/Agreements
- Partnership Development/Strategic Alliances
- Project planning, scoping, estimation, tracking, implementation within pre-set budgets and deadlines
- Offshore Delivery Management for technical deliverables of large projects
- Negotiating SLA’s for large and medium-size business transformation projects
- Recruitment, team mentoring, deployment, monitoring and development
- Delivery Management & Post Implementation support
- Proven experience in setting up new facilities ground up and specialized teams for organizations
- Good knowledge of the international and domestic markets
Certification
Certified Scaling up practitioner - Growth Institute
Six Sigma Black Belt
UN Scholar at all levels
National Geographic Scholar at all levels
Languages
Languages
English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi
First Language
Russian
Upper Intermediate
B2
Sanskrit
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Managing Director
Amnet ContentSource Private Limited
06.2019 - Current
CEO
Ingegno Transmedia Private Limited
06.2014 - 06.2019
Founder
Adventum Technology Consulting
09.2012 - 12.2020
VP & Head Strategy - New Initiatives
MPS Ltd
01.2011 - 08.2012
Vice President - Business Development
MPS Ltd
12.2010 - 12.2011
Associate Vice President & BU Head
Macmillan India Ltd
10.2007 - 11.2010
Director Business Development
Sify Ltd
08.2002 - 10.2007
Centre Head
Zee Interactive
08.1999 - 07.2002
Manager Consulting Services
Vibgyor Technologies Pvt Ltd
09.1998 - 07.1999
Management Trainee - Sales Manager
HCL Frontline
08.1995 - 08.1998
Six Sigma Black Belt - DFSS Practitioner -
Breakthrough Management Group
Bachelor of Science - Applied Geography
University of Madras
Advanced Diploma - Management Information Systems
NIIT
Masters in Business Law - Law
NLSIU
Certified Scaling up practitioner - Growth Institute
Six Sigma Black Belt
UN Scholar at all levels
National Geographic Scholar at all levels
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