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Harikrishnan S
Co-founder, India
Introduction
- Co-Founder and Automotive Dealership Industry expert with 25 years of professional experience in Senior Management and consulting leadership.
- Entrepreneur in Learning and Development and Online retail.
- Past: Regional Manager of Popular Vehicles and Services Ltd responsible for multiple branches.
- Past: Founder of “Netecom Worldwide”, Expert in HR Development, Training of manpower focusing on Soft skills, Selling skills, Personal and Business Success.
Engagement experience
- Implementing ISO 9002 in Automotive Dealership (Service and Sales)
- Designed and Executed many learning and Development programs across various sectors including Automotive Dealership (Popular Vehicles and Services Ltd, Advaith Hyundai, Carnation), Financial markets (Geojit), Pharma (Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Salai), Insurance (Metlife) and more.
- Technical consulting to ER&DCI for developing Fault Diagnostics in Automobiles (Car Expert)
- Published column in “Labor India” on Entrepreneurship.
- Several motivational public speaking assignment across India and abroad (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia)
Education/prior work experience
- Harikrishnan holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Kerala University, India (College of Engineering Trivandrum) and Post Graduate in Business Administration from Annamalai University.
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Raja Pillai
Co-founder, Singapore
Introduction
- Co-Founder and Transformation Expert, 25 years of experience in Senior Management and consulting leadership
- Leads Integrare Omnex, Singapore (Operations and Supply Chain Consulting company) as Managing Director
- Past : Director of McKinsey Capability Centre – Green Campus with Singapore office of McKinsey & Company
- Past: Associate Partner and Operations Transformation Expert/ Lean Manufacturing Expert
- Past : Senior Manager in Delphi Automotive Systems – Various functions in Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain
- Past: Manager – Apollo Tyres, Various Functions in Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain Planning
Engagement experience
- Several multi- year Operations, Organization transformation and Turnaround programs
- Automotive, Electronics, Assembly, Tires, Wheels, Component manufacturing, Oil and Gas- Exploration, Refining, Postal and logistics, infrastructure, Construction , Consumer Goods, Cement, Mining, Shipping and ports
- Across all Geographies : North America, Europe, China, Japan, South East Asia, India, Sri Lanka. Africa
- Across all functions – Purchasing, Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain
- Set up McKinsey Capability Centre in Singapore for client capability building in Energy Efficiency, Lean Operations, Reliability and Maintenance
- Develop Growth Strategy – Logistics, Postal industry,
Education
- Raja holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from the Kerala University, India and Masters in Business Administration from the California State University, Hayward, USA. He also has Cost accounting qualification
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A Sushil Kumar
Co-founder, Emeritus
Introduction
- Co-Founder and Management Specialist, with Senior management experience of four decades in private sector, public sector, entrepreneurial sector, academic sector and social sector
- Past : Global Head (M&C), Amrita Television, Trivandrum
- Past : Dean, Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore
- Past : CEO & Mentor, Popular Vehicles & Services Ltd, Cochin
- Manager, GIC Group, Mumbai
- Commercial Officer, DCM Group, Delhi
Engagement experience
- Corporate Strategy & Development across industry
- Marketing & Sales in fields of Automobiles, Media & Entertainment
- Social Consulting and Baseline Studies in the areas of Urban Poverty assigned by World Bank and ODA,UK to Cochin Corporation
- Mentoring senior management professionals in industry and consulting firms
- Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Service Communications
- Freelance writing for RD, TOI, ET, IE, FE, BI, EPW
- Risk Management, Safety and Loss Prevention
- Experiential Sessions in prominent B-Schools like IIM-K, ASB
Education
- Sushil Kumar pursued BA(Eco.), MA (Eco.),LL.B from Delhi University and MMM from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute for Management Studies, Mumbai.
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Introduction
- Senior operations and management executive working for the last 21 years in the Asia Pacific Region.
- Mainly managed tier 1 automotive component plants and established operational excellence across the board.
- Extensive experience in fast growth environments, green field set up, plants consolidation and troubled plant turnarounds
- Customers included Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Ford, Fiat, Daimler, Proton, Daewoo & GM.
Engagement experience
Past: Plant Manager TRW Suzhou, China
- Rapid growth over 5 years as sales went from US$3m in 2008 to US$132m in 2013.
- Strong focus on consulting the supplier base to improve their quality, delivery, inventory and responsiveness.
- Implemented and maintained the business system that led to profit % improvement every year.
- Embraced and led TRW’s Back to Basics and Operational Excellence in Asia Pacific.
- Built a solid and stable team while managing attrition in the blue collar workforce
Past: Plant Manager for 3 Delphi Automotive plants in Asia Pacific
- Greenfield plant in Indonesia, consolidated two plants in Delhi India, major turnaround in Malaysia.
- Very strong focus on cost control by pinpointing waste item problem areas and implementing lasting solutions.
- Introduced Lean Logistics by implementing “Right part, right quantity, right time”.
- Improved sales by exceeding the customer’s expectations in quality and delivery. This led to lower costs that resulted in very competitive quotations which resulted in more business and wiped out a competitor.
- Embraced the power of Lean and valued Six Sigma as a method of solving problems by all employees.
- Developed a large tool box of Lean strategies under Delphi’s Global Lean experts.
- Admired Delphi for it’s processes and culture of “Exceed Customer Expectations”
Past: Education
- Peter studied Communication Engineering at Royal Melbourne Instituite of Technology, Australia.
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Introduction
- Vadivel Pillai is an accredited Trainer and Master practitioner of NLP and is highly accomplished in advance hypnotic techniques and modalities.
- Through his experiences, has found simplest ways to change people’s unproductive behaviors to spectacular results, by weaving Metaphors and Hypnotic Language together, creating an inductive learning at the subconscious level.
Engagement experience
- Faculty/Coach:
- Visiting Faculty for Personality Development at the prestigious Fashion School- NIFT, Chennai.
- Vadivel Pillai is the Man behind “Mind Academy” – Indian Institute of Mind Sciences helping people with the most powerful mind sciences for change using Hypnosis – NLP
Corporate:
- Performed for the Most of major Multinational Corporates like Dell, Coca-Cola, Singapore Airlines, Tata Steel, Cadbury’s, Infosys, Shaw Wallace, Bank of America, Hyundai, Cable & Wireless Worldwide etc.
Media:
- As a professional entertainer has starred in 3 very highly acclaimed Magic Specials on National Television-India
Sports:
- Trained National Table Tennis Champion 2012 Amalraj & National table Tennis Champion 2013 Neha Aggarwal
Education/Certification
- Vadivel Pillai Graduated from Loyola College in English Literature. He is a Certified Master Practitioner of NLP from NFNLP , one of the leading NLP institutes in USA. He is also a Master Hypnotist , Certified in Advance Hypnotics techniques & modalities From CHI, California.
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Introduction
- Independent Professional (IP) and Senior Consultant at Grochange Global since 2016
- 34+ years of work experience in the fields of Hospitality, Automation, IT and Automobile industry.
Engagement experience
- Hospitality industry: Excellence in customer handling and customer satisfaction. Led the customer management team for over 5 years
- Automation and IT industry: Developing and leading sales teams (direct and indirect sales) for over 15 years. Leading sales transformation programs (Xerox and TVS Electronics)
- Automotive: Established new dealership in Chennai for leading Car maker in India, Suzuki – for Popular Vehicles and services for over 11 years.
- Established the dealership as the top performing dealership in India for consecutive 36 months
- Automotive: Established dealership for another leading brand Hyundai in India with equity partnership, transformed it into global standards dealership for sales and service
Seminars and Guest lectures:
- Karpagam Institute of Management Coimbatore
- Krishnadevaraya University-Ananthapur
- Sree Guruvayurappan Insititute of Management-Coimbatore
- Amirta University-Kerala
- Thirumalai Deemed University-Vellore
- Sri Adiparashakthi Univeristy-Melmaruvathur
Education
- Graduate from Madurai Kamaraj University
- Several certifications and field coaching programs from
- IIM-Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Hospitality Management
- Transforma-Pune
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Introduction
- Independent Professional (IP) at Grochange Global since 2016
- 10+ years of experience in Learning and Development, Branding, Marketing, Creative concept development and launch
Engagement experience
- Insurance and Finance Sector:Sales Training, Customer service skills, Leadership Skills, products and services, Team building (Training Manager ; ICICI Prudential)
- Automotive Dealership : Developed Training modules and delivered at large Automotive Dealership in South India - Soft Skills, Management Development Programs, Retailing Skills and Customer Communication. (Manager- Learning & Development, Popular Vehicles & Services)
- Automotive Group:Re-branded the 75 year old group. Designed Marketing plans for advertising, events, promotions & customer connect campaigns. Handled Corporate communications, Branding, Training on brand standards, Brand re- positioning, Promotional Strategies, Market study, product launches and revivals (Brand Manager - Kuttukaran Group )
- Media industry: Ideation, Content development and Analysis, Designing show concepts, Creative concepts for marketing, Public Relations and Activities (Radio Mango 91.9, FM)
Education
- M.B.A Degree in Marketing & Information Systems (Mar Athanasius College for Advanced Studies, Thiruvalla, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam)
- BSc. Degree in Software Systems (Amrita Institute of Computer Technology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore)
- Several Certifications in Insurance products and sales skills
- Customer Service Training Certification from Singapore Quality Centre
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Introduction
o - Independent Professional (IP) at Grochange Global
- 8 years of experience in media planning & investment, marketing strategy development, and client advisory services
- Global Recognition
- First Prize: Mindshare Int'l Photo Contest 2014, London (600 global entries)
- Honourable Mention: Int'l Photography Awards 2019, Los Angeles
Engagement experience
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MEDIA
- Worked as an Account Director with Mindshare (Group M) which is the world’s largest media
and marketing services company
- Handled the media advisory services for key blue-chip clients across sectors like corporate/B2B,
retail, and healthcare
- Major clients handled include Murugappa Group, Apollo Hospitals, Sun Group, TTK Healthcare,
Jos Alukkas, GRT Jewellers, Casa Grand, Synthite Industries to name a few.
- Interacted with key national media houses and creative agencies like Star Network, Sun Group,
Colors, Sony, Zee, Discovery, Republic, Times Group, JWT, Ogilvy.
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Co-founder & Lead Photographer, SIDART Photography - a professional photography venture
focusing on weddings, portraiture and commercial photography.
- Mentored by KL Raja Ponsing at Ambitions4 Photography Academy during 2011-2012
PIANO
- Trained till Trinity College London’s Grade 8 in Piano Performance
- Conducting western classical piano classes at Chennai
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Education
- MBA in Marketing from Amrita School of Business, Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala
- BSc in Biotechnology from Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala
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Introduction
- Independent Architecture and Interior Design Consultant since 2013
- LEED Accredited Professional with specialization in Building Design and Construction, USGBC.
- Over 12 years of experience in the architecture and interior design field in residential and commercial spaces.
Engagement experience
- Architecture and Interior Design for residential spaces: Including conceptual design, detailing, project management and coordination
- Focusing on Passive Architecture which reduces carbon footprint by inclusion of sustainable design materials and practices
- Trained in Energy Modelling by using simulation software for energy efficient building design
- Completed over 10 projects as an independent consultant and contributed to over 40 projects in various capabilities of design consultant as a team member
- Worked as Technical Assistant at FMS Energy services, University of Southern California, USA
- Worked as Project Engineer at Mansions Consultant Engineers, Cochin
- Worked as Design Consultant at P K R Menon and Associates, Cochin
Education/Certification
- LEED Accredited Professional (BD+C) since Dec 2012
- Masters in Building Science from School of Architecture, University of Southern California, USA
- Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
- Member of Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society, 2013
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Introduction
- Independent Professional (IP) at Grochange Global
- 7 years of experience in undergraduate teaching, and as a practicing architect, as well as consulting in the area of creative arts for children
Engagement experience
ACADEMIC
- Worked as Asst. Professor at Marg Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi (MIDAS) Chennai: Approved by Council of Architecture ( COA), New Delhi, and affiliated to Anna University
- Worked as Asst. Professor at Mohamed Sathak AJ Academy of Architecture, Chennai: Approved by Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi, and affiliated to Anna University
- Independently taking Courses on Design and Theory, Studio-cum-Theory subjects for B.Arch. students (First to Final year)
PROFESSIONAL
- Worked as Freelance Architect advising on residential, commercial, institutional projects, as well as turnkey interior and architectural projects. Completed 12 turnkey projects and 40 design projects.
- Worked as Coordinating Officer at Vowels Consultancy and Solutions, Chennai, an exclusive digital platform for Architecture & Construction sector, and was responsible for curating and leading the outreach & marketing activities which involve enabling industry-academia interface, providing consultancy services, facilitating promotions and networking with the architectural fraternity.
- Worked as Consulting Specialist to Global Art, Perambur Centre & Global Art, Maduravoyal Centre at Chennai. Global Art is an innovative art programme that aims to develop the artistic and creative potential of young children. Global Art has a presence in 19 countries with 650 Centres.
- Worked as Junior Architect at Transform, Chennai, a firm of Architects, Designers & Planners for Projects in various sectors—Corporate, Institutional, Retail, Residential & Hospitality. Was assisting Ar. Krithika Subramaniam on residential, commercial and institutional projects with major work contribution for Interiors of Banu Hotels, Porur.
- Worked as Trainee at Space Design, Chennai, a Design & Construction firm engaged in residential, commercial & industrial projects and assisted Ar. Balaji on residential, commercial and institutional projects of the firm.
Education
- B.Arch.: Sathyabama University, Chennai
- Registered Architect of Council Of Architecture, India (COA).
