Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.

Current

Sr. Manager - Sales & Marketing at ISTS
Sr Manager - SAP Practice (TMER) at HCL AMERICA INC.

Past

Director - Business Development at NIIT Technologies Inc
Director - SAP Consulting at Advent Global Solutions
Asst. Project Manager - IT Strategy at UBS AG

Business Development Exec - BDM at Oxyura Group Corp

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Education

Hult International Business School
Indian Institute of Planning and Management

Recommended

11 people have recommended Gaurav Arora [LION]

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Summary

• Performance-driven IT Sales and Marketing professional with close to 8 years of continuous advancement and expertise in Business Development, Technology Consulting, and in international Off-shoring and Outsourcing business.

• Proactive self-starter with track record of initiative, personal responsibility,
ownership of work and reputation for removing obstacles and turnaround agent.

• Highly analytical thinker with demonstrated ability to scrutinize technical and financial data.

• Strong leader who effectively motivates others and directs strategic corporate initiatives.

• Superlative interpersonal communicator, presenter, and negotiator; delivered effective presentations to corporate senior executives; successfully negotiated agreements with key clients.

• Creative, dependable, and enthusiastic change agent with proven track record in improving efficiencies, reducing costs, and increasing revenues.

• Power Linked In user with 2200+ Connections.

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Specialties:

- Global Business Development
- Key Account Management/Retention
- Multimillion-Dollar Profit Growth
- Strategic Alliance Development
- Sales, Advertising & PR
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Marketing & Brand Management
- Presentations
- Consultative Sales
- Project Management
- Solution Selling
- Program Management
- RFQ – Proposal Preparation
- Event Planning and Promotion
- Business Blueprinting
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Requirements Management

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Experience

Sr. Manager - Sales & Marketing

ISTS

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Sr Manager - SAP Practice (TMER)

HCL AMERICA INC.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; 532281; Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year)
Director - Business Development

NIIT Technologies Inc

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year)
Director - SAP Consulting

Advent Global Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Asst. Project Manager - IT Strategy

UBS AG

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UBS AG; Financial Services industry)

March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)
Business Development Exec - BDM

Oxyura Group Corp

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years)

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Education

Hult International Business School

2005 — 2007
Indian Institute of Planning and Management

2002 — 2005

Additional Information

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Interests:

Skiing, traveling around the world, backpacking occasionally.

Gaurav Arora [LION] 5000+ (TopLinked.com) galinkedin@gmail.’s Groups:

Project Management Institute (PMI) – Registered Member,
TAG – Technology Association of Georgia Member
Association of Internet Technology Professionals (AITP) Board Member;
American SAP Users Group (ASUG) – Volunteer,
The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) - Member,
Net IP Atlanta.org
Techlinks Platinum Sponsor,
Rotract Club of New Bombay (Director of Cyberspace and International Projects for 3 years & Fundraising Member of the BOD)

Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
eOffice
DFW Entrepreneur Network
Rotaract
Association of Information Technology Professionals - Windy City Chapter 147
World Young Entrepreneurs Network
Enterprise Architect (Sparx Systems) User Group
International Association of Software Architects
Institute of Management Consultancy
Link Silicon Valley, LLC
SalesLab
OPEN Forum
KIVA
Unitus
Obama for America
Clarisoft Technologies
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TakingITGlobal
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OpenNetworkers.info < 50.000+ members across 60 social networks >
Networlding
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Dale Carnegie Global Graduates
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International Export N Import Group
ITBHU Alumni
International Network of Social Entrepreneurs
Technical Recruitment
Independent Recruiters Group
Project Management Link
Canadians
Toronto
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Global Worker
Chicago REVerb
Computer Castle BBS
Passive Recruiters Unite (US Residents ONLY)
EEC Global Sustainable Development
Digital Forensics Association (DFA)
Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
China Business
Hult International Business School Alumni
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
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