Head of Media Solutions (Europe) at HCL Technologies
London, United Kingdom
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- Head of Media Solutions (Europe) at HCL Technologies
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- Enterprise Architecture and Business-IT Alignment at nextManage.com
- Vice President - Technology and Global Delivery at t5m.com
- Assistant Vice President at RMSI
- General Manager (Software) at Risk Management Solutions (India)
- Director Business Development at RMSI Limited (Daily Mail Group)
- Director Technical Projects at Northcliffe Electronic Publishing
- Head - Media Division at RMSI Private Limited
- Senior Project Manager at Gayatri-Cytura (Now Mobius)
- Software Consultant at Xerox PARC
- Software Consultant, Founder at Infonetmap Technologies
- Education
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- Carnegie Mellon University
- Saint John's University
- DCE, Delhi University
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- Japanese Management Association
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Manav Sehgal’s Summary
Dynamic, self-starter with 16 years of software technology-business management and product development experience in Financial Services, Media, Internet and IT.
Over 6 years Director/VP level management experience with blue-chip organizations in UK, USA and India.
Strong leadership, mentoring and people management skills.
Educated in Computer Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Financial Accounting Foundation from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Quality Management from Japanese Management Association. Professionally certified in Process Management and Insurance from Carnegie Mellon University (SEI) and St. John’s University respectively.
Well rounded management experience including business development, consulting, delivery management and account management for Global 1000 organizations.
Hands-on knowledge of Web 2.0 Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Force.com, Java, MS.NET, Oracle, SQL Server, Portals, CMS, SOA, RDBMS, CRM, BPM, Business Intelligence, EAI, Visual Studio Team System, MSF, RUP, CMMI and Agile methods.
Generated multi-million dollar, multi-year repeat business through prestigious accounts.
Demonstrable experience in managing large scale offshore outsourcing projects involving multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams across US, UK and Asian subcontinent.
Manav Sehgal’s Specialties:
Enterprise Architecture, Product Development Lifecycle, Startups, Entrepreneur, Media, IT, Software, Internet, Consultancy, Web, Business Development, Programme Management, Account Management, Business-Technology Alignment, Process Optimization, Project Management, Software Lifecycle Management.
Web 2.0 Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, Java, MS.NET, Oracle, SQL Server, Portals, CMS, SOA, RDBMS, CRM, BPM, Business Intelligence, EAI, Visual Studio Team System, MSF, RUP, CMMI and Agile methods.
Manav Sehgal’s Experience
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Head of Media Solutions (Europe)
HCL Technologies
(Public Company; 532281; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Leading Media and Entertainment solutions in Europe for top-tier IT service provider - HCL Technologies.
HCL is a trusted partner for 48 of the Global 100 corporations. Business Week’s advisory panel including some of the world’s most respected thought leaders has nominated HCL as among the top 5 companies to watch out for 2008-09.
Responsibilities include consulting, client engagement (Media & Entertainment vertical), and solutions for medium to large deals ($30-300M TCV). -
Enterprise Architecture and Business-IT Alignment
nextManage.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — April 2008 (2 months)
Consultant, evangelist, speaker in areas of Enterprise2.0, Web2.0, Enterprise Architecture, Global Sourcing, Product Design and Development and Business-IT alignment.
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Vice President - Technology and Global Delivery
t5m.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
Lead global delivery operations for "The 5th Medium" (t5m.com), an online video startup founded by serial entrepreneur Charlie Muirhead.
Responsible for building a world class, best-shored global delivery organization, working with leading partners including Microsoft Consulting Services, Rackspace, Omniture, GlobalLogic and InfoVision.
Responsibilities included high performance team development, Web2.0 strategy, enterprise architecture, product development, vendor management and process outsourcing. -
Assistant Vice President
RMSI
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)
October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)
Lead enterprise software product development center for the Insurance Risk Management space targeted at market leading clients.
Associated with multi-disciplinary product management team in US, Europe and Asia offices.
Coordinated product lifecycle – product envisioning, market research, requirements definition, prototyping, technology roadmap, architecture design, development and quality assurance.
Implemented software product design lifecycle involving rapid prototyping based discovery workshops and automation for software development productivity. -
General Manager (Software)
Risk Management Solutions (India)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)
April 2006 — September 2006 (6 months)
Directed large-scale software development teams delivering high profile projects in areas of application outsourcing, process and infrastructure management and consulting services.
Mentored staff to setup consulting services model within software division.
Generated multi-million dollar outsourcing business from large UK and US accounts.
Lead several projects in company’s successful CMMI Level 5 assessment.
Represented software organization in implementing ISO 27001 for Information Security. -
Director Business Development
RMSI Limited (Daily Mail Group)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; dmgta; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2003 — March 2006 (3 years)
Launched UK subsidiary of a global technology outsourcing provider, entering new markets.
Managed outsourcing of multi-million pound business-aligned, enterprise-wide service management programme utilising the ITIL best practice for clients like Associated.
Channeled large-scale projects by forging alliances with 3rd parties like Oyster and Oracle.
Presented on software life-cycle management at Outsource World & Rational User Summit.
Managed P&L responsibilities driving 10% of global revenues for the company.
Achieved finalist position in IM2004 awards for large-scale business transformation project.
Managed diverse matrix team of senior technical, marketing, communications and sales staff. -
Director Technical Projects
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing
(Internet industry)
July 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Spearheaded IT/IS strategy solutions for launch of 20+ regional portals across UK, using XML-Java based CMS, increasing online customer base by 300% within first year of launch.
Managed successful business transformation projects with budgets approaching £10 million.
Advised at board level on a highly successful IT enabled change management programme involving multiple stakeholders, in a complex live newspaper environment.
Coordinated rollout of leading web platform for Northcliffe-Associated-Fish4 consortium.
Managed 3rd party supplier relationships with WebTrends, Autonomy, Oyster and BEA.
Managed 20+ multi-disciplinary technical and business team, spread out globally. -
Head - Media Division
RMSI Private Limited
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2001 — June 2001 (5 months)
Initiated setting up of the Media software line of business with 20 staff.
Won the major UK client with life-time value exceeding £1 million. Got promoted to client site. -
Senior Project Manager
Gayatri-Cytura (Now Mobius)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2000 — January 2001 (4 months)
Introduced new XML based enterprise content management product in Asian subcontinent.
Advised senior management of leading organisations on online and portal architecture, content management and e-commerce strategy. -
Software Consultant
Xerox PARC
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — September 2000 (4 years 9 months)
Consulted for Xerox Research in the area of distributed and visual computing.
Earned letter of appreciation from one of the original inventors of GUI and OOPL.
Invited to Xerox PARC, USA for a technical presentation to Xerox Researchers.
Played key role in internationally acclaimed distributed multimedia project “Gita Govinda”.
Defined web architecture for the project, utilizing Java, XML & RAD environment. -
Software Consultant, Founder
Infonetmap Technologies
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1992 — December 1995 (3 years 6 months)
Setup own E-business consultancy during early years of Web industry.
Spearheaded project with Euro 4.1 billion group Osram GmbH, developing their first e-catalog providing web enabled access to more than 5000 products – http://www.osram.com.
Created one of the first B2B websites for US moving & relocating industry – http://www.findamover.com.
Directed e-commerce marketplace development for US food industry – http://www.efoodcommerce.com.
Consulted for various organizations including IndoAsian, NIIT, IIS and IGNCA.
Manav Sehgal’s Education
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Carnegie Mellon University
Certification , CMMI , 2006 — 2006
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Saint John's University
Certification , Introduction to Insurance , 2006 — 2006
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DCE, Delhi University
Bachelor of Engineering , Computer Engineering , July 1995 — June 1999
Achieved 73% credits with 1st division while consulting full time for Xerox PARC.
- Activities and Societies:
- Designed DCE website.
Part of management team for the Annual Technical Festival organised by the IEEE and IEE Student Chapters of Delhi College of Engineering.
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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Certified in Chartered Accountancy Foundation , Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Business Law , 1993 — 1994
Achieved 1st Division.
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Japanese Management Association
Quality Management , Kaizen , 1993 — 1994
Achieved Distinction.
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Manav Sehgal’s Interests:
Product and Service Lifecycle Management, Strategy to Execution, Enterprise Technologies, Tennis, Photography, Writing on Business and Technology, Traveling, Art, Music, Mind mapping, Applied Psychology, Web2.0, Startups
Manav Sehgal’s Groups:
Project Management Institute, British Computer Society, Association of Online Publishers, AIIM Europe
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Manav Sehgal’s Honors:
2006: Invited to present Next Web Technologies to BBC Online Technical Directors.
2004: Lead next generation web project to win acclaimed AIIM, UK award for best project.
2004: Elected as Member of British Computer Society.
2003: Elected as Affiliate Member (Professional) Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
2002: Developed early-concept of Social Content Management Engine – Browzing.com.
2001: Cited as a key member in internationally acclaimed distributed multimedia project.
2000: Earned letter of appreciation from one of the original inventors of GUI and OOPL.
1999: Invited to Xerox PARC, USA for technical presentation to Senior Xerox Researchers.
1994: Admitted as Graduate Member of All India Management Association.
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