Kiran Garimella

Current

• VP, BPM Solutions at Software AG

Past

• VP, Office of the CTO at webMethods
• Chief Architect at GE Healthcare Financial Services
• CIO at GE Healthcare Financial Services (Equipment Finance)

• Sr. Business Architect at Inventa
• Partner & Consultant at Technology & Process Consulting
• Consultant & Release Manager at AMDOCS
• Project Manager at Capital One
• Sr. Consultant at Bluestone Consulting
• Asst. Prof. of Business at Central State University
• Research Student at University of Florida
• Management Consultant at Independent (Self-employed)
• Software Engineer at Frontier Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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Education

• University of Florida
• Hyderabad Central University
• New Science College

• Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur

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Recommended

12 people have recommended Kiran

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My book
• My Blog
• My Blog

Kiran Garimella’s Summary

C-level executive (ex-GE CIO, ex-GE Chief Architect), BPM expert, author, speaker, and management consultant. I'm interested in early stage ideas, infusion of advanced technology, building a strong network of forward-thinking professionals, professional writing (ideas and collaboration welcome). With strong corporate experience and solid academic background, I'd be interested in serving on boards and professional associations. Domains of interest include BPM, SOA, IT management, academic writing, process management research, and K-12 education.

My networking is very purposeful and active. I have a network of 2700+ first level contacts around the planet, of which over 650 have CxO title.

Being an active writer and speaker, I welcome requests for networking from experts, executives, and professionals who are willing to share their best practices, goofs, opinions, and stories, or are willing to review my writings prior to publication.

I also travel globally, and I like to think I am a world citizen. I love meeting people who have interesting viewpoints, who like to collaborate, and are interested in breaking down artificial geographical barriers. I make it a point to keep my contacts informed if I plan to be in their area.

Kiran Garimella’s Specialties:

Executive IT Management
Business Process Management
Information Technology Architecture
Process Re-engineering
Six Sigma, Lean, & Process Improvement
Decision Technologies
Author
Speaker
K-12 Education

Kiran Garimella’s Experience

• VP, BPM Solutions

  Software AG

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SOW; Computer Software industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Global responsibility for sales enablement, senior level sales support, evangelism, and thought-leadership for all BPM revenue channels.

• VP, Office of the CTO

  webMethods

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WEBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for Strategy and Evangelism.

• Chief Architect

  GE Healthcare Financial Services

  (Public Company; GE; Financial Services industry)

  August 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  GE HFS is a $20 billion global powerhouse providing full vertical financing solutions and services. With business segments across the globe, GE HFS is the 800 lb gorilla in the world of healthcare financing. Offerings include structured financing, vendor programs, equity, physician practice, dentistry, real estate, cash flow, and asset-based lending.
  
  As Chief Architect, responsible for implementing Business Process Management, SOA, Integration of Enterprise Processes and Applications, and Business Activity Monitoring, to ensure Customer Centricity, Growth, Controllership, Agility, and Productivity.
  
  Kiran worked closely with the CTOs and Chief Architects of other GE businesses to ensure architectural consistency within GE Commercial Finance, as well as GE’s Global Research Center to infuse advanced decision technology solutions for HFS and HFS’ customers.

• CIO

  GE Healthcare Financial Services (Equipment Finance)

  (Public Company; GE; Financial Services industry)

  September 2001 — August 2004 (3 years)

  GE Healthcare Equipment Finance is a $8 billion business P&L of GE Healthcare Financial Services. The business grew from $2.5 billion to over $8.0 billion during his tenure.
  
  Responsible for the IT strategy and ensuring delivery on initiatives for all the eight business segments (including support for Asia, Europe, and Latin America).
  
  Critical accomplishments in this role include creating a strong IT organization from the ground up, decreasing the cost of delivery by over 40% and avoiding over $2.5 million in annual IT spend through strategic outsourcing; collaborating with the company’s CFO and the Six Sigma Master Black Belt to set up a Business Program Review Council to select and execute high-value initiatives; managing an annual budget of over $12 million and 38 global personnel; overseeing $3 million of facilities renovation; and execution of numerous projects with a total benefits of $6.0 million and continuing annual benefit of over $2.0 million.

• Sr. Business Architect

  Inventa

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Responsible for helping clients with strategic business process analysis, planning, and delivery.
  
  Defined solution sets in EAI/B2Bi, supply chain and eCRM competencies.
  
  Managed several B2Bi and EAI projects addressing and solving problems involving online catalogs, personalization, content management, workflows, acquisition strategies, market research, middleware, and connectivity. He has led teams in specifications, architecture, and delivery using technologies including ATG, WebMethods, TIBCO, ASP, J2EE, UML, XML, and custom Java development.
  
  Wide experience in engaging senior executives, facilitating workshops, and mentoring managers, analysts, and technical architects, as well as supporting sales and business development efforts.

• Partner & Consultant

  Technology & Process Consulting

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

  Advised Bell Atlantic on the Object-Oriented Project Management methodology, and authored a standards-based ATM network management requirements for Sprint's Bandwidth-on-Demand (ION) initiative.
  
  Managed large multiple releases of billing enhancements for ITDS (now, Amdocs).

• Consultant & Release Manager

  AMDOCS

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Project Manager

  Capital One

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

  Involved in the strategic challenge of leveraging Capital One's Information-Based Strategies and core competencies in market research, testing and solicitation by applying them to other business domains and models (such as Capital One's Growth Opportunities and Value-Added Alliances).
  
  Supported corporate-wide initiatives as a member of the COO's committees on Promotions, Retentions, and Diversity.
  
  As Capital One's Strategic IT Infrastructure Manager, Kiran managed Capital One's exploration into long-term strategic IT infrastructure based on distributed object-oriented and component based technologies using CORBA/Java, as well as implementing the sales and service management systems of one of the subsidiaries.
  
  Led the analysis of business processes for card account management, as well as the sales and service processes, by leading structured workshops and guiding the development of use cases.
  
  Recipient of Capital One's Corporate "Best of the Best" Circle of Excellence Award.

• Sr. Consultant

  Bluestone Consulting

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1994 — August 1995 (1 year 1 month)

  Lead analyst and senior consultant for GTE's $120M billing process reengineering project to prepare for the provisions and opportunities of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

• Asst. Prof. of Business

  Central State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year)

• Research Student

  University of Florida

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1988 — 1993 (5 years)

• Management Consultant

  Independent (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  March 1985 — April 1988 (3 years 2 months)

  Engineered the successful turnaround of an industrial chemicals manufacturer;
  Assisted with business planning for startups, and secured first-level funding;
  As incorporating director, participated in the creation of a marine products company.

• Software Engineer

  Frontier Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1987 — April 1988 (1 year 4 months)

  Led the design and development of an expert system engine that enabled CPAs and their clients to use a 'Company Incorporation Wizard' to fast-track the creation of startups. The wizard provided an interactive interface for the collection of information based on corporate structure and funding requirements. The software prepared 10-year financial statements and various reports required for venture capital funding.

Kiran Garimella’s Education

• University of Florida

  Ph.D. , Decision & Information Technology , 1988 — 1993

• Hyderabad Central University

  MCA , Computer Science , 1983 — 1986

  This is a superb 3-year program (the equivalent of 90 US credit hours) that seeks to provide its graduates an all-round education in three critical disciplines: computer science, quantitative and math, and management. Examples of courses include: operating systems, computer architecture, DBMS, programming languages, expert systems, artificial intelligence, etc. (in computer science); operations management, linear programming, discrete math, linear algebra, approximation theory, probability, statistics, etc. (in quantitative techniques and math); economics, organization theory, accounting, financial management, sales, marketing, etc. (in management). The coursework includes case studies, class projects, programming projects, and thesis (mine was on "Learning Expert Systems for Financial Analysis"). Opportunities for summer internship reinforce practical work experience.
  
  I was fortunate to be a student at the very first, inaugral program at the University of Hyderabad.

• New Science College

  B.Sc. (Hons) , Chemistry , 1980 — 1983

• Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur

  1976 — 1980

Additional Information

Kiran Garimella’s Websites:

• My book
• My Blog
• My Blog

Kiran Garimella’s Interests:

Music (violin, piano, Classical, various cultures), writing (business/professional, fiction), reading, philosophy, K-12 education, Artificial Intelligence, Yoga, martial arts (1st degree black belt in Karate), tennis, ping pong.

Kiran Garimella’s Groups:

* Past Member of the Operations and Technology Solutions Planning Committee, Equipment Leasing Association
* Member of the Curriculum Planning Committee, Elmbrook School District, WI

•    Executive Suite
•    TEN - Top Executives Net
•    Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    BRICs Business Leaders ( 1000 + members)
•    Global Worker
•    CIOsense Global Brain Trust
•    Link Up Milwaukee
•    Business Process Management Professionals Group
•    Association of Information Technology Professionals
•    Australian IT Industry
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    iSixSigma Network
•    LinkingIndia
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    GroupLinked.com
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    General Electric Alumni
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    CEO Crossing
•    Thailand Connection ราชอาณาจักรไทย \ Professionals and Friends
•    Hong Kong Connection
•    India Leadership Network
•    Professional board member group
•    Business Process Improvement
•    InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
•    CIO Exchange
•    LinkedBPM
•    BPM Guru
•    Global Wealth Management
•    Entrepreneur's Network
•    ! NRI (NON RESIDENT INDIANs) - Largest and Earliest Platform to Reunite NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs
•    Movers & Shakers
•    Singapore & APAC IT Professionals
•    World-Wide Business Companions
•    SoftwareAG/WebMethods Enthusiasts.
•    BlitzTime Speed Networking
•    BRICS IT Leaders
•    Rajeev Motwani's Network

Kiran Garimella’s Honors:

* Author of "The Power of Process: Unleashing the Source of Competitive Advantage" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0929652061
* Co-author of "BPM Basics for Dummies," a Software AG corporate edition, published by Wiley, 2007; translated into German, French, Spanish, and Japanese.
* Speaker at BPM conferences
* Awards for leading and successfully delivering on critical initiatives, GE, 2003-2004
* Corporate "Best of the Best" Circle of Excellence Award, Capital One, 1998
* Guest speaker at the Executive MBA and MBA programs at Kellogg’s; Queen’s University, Canada; Notre Dame; Equipment Leasing Association; and the University of Florida
* Numerous conference publications, presentations, white papers; one published book chapter on AI

* Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (GE), 2003.
* Six Sigma Black Belt trained (GE).
* United Way Co-Champion for GE, 2003 (raised over $72,000, a 60% increase over prior year).

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