Sainath Nagarajan

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Sainath Nagarajan’s Summary

Sainath Nagarajan is passionate about enabling business value alignment(TM) by linking strategy, organization and execution. He is a Managing Director at Obvious Ideas International LLC, a boutique management consulting, training and investment intermediary firm focused on CXO-level interests in aligning an organization with its strategic goals and ensuring measurable execution

He is also the co-founder of a stealth mode startup focused on maximizing social capital. As a business technology leader with core expertise spanning IT strategy, organization transformation and execution; he has over 14 years of cross functional global experience in the US, Middle East and India.

Most recently, as a direct report to the CIO of a multi-billion dollar global business services firm, he successfully led the strategic organization transformation program of a $110M 500 person IT organization. Prior to that, he was accountable for executing a $15M business technology portfolio across the Americas, Europe and Asia. His career began in the world of financial audit and advisory services.

Sainath is currently enrolled in the Kellogg School of Management Executive MBA program at Northwestern University. He graduated with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University with a Masters degree in Information Systems Management and was awarded the MISM Leadership Award. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). As a commitment to continuous professional development, he holds an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the MIT Sloan School of Management, completed the Stanford University Advanced Project Management Program and the Programs on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. He is the co-author of the "NSR Management Mediation Grid", published by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in 2007.

Sainath Nagarajan’s Specialties:

** ENABLING CXO SUCCESS **
CXO-Level Technology Studies
Business-Aligned IT Strategy
CIO Brand Building
Governance + Organization
Measurement + Performance Mgt
Project Portfolio Mgt
Program + Project Mgt
Strategic Sourcing + Vendor Mgt
IT Operations + Service Mgt
Business Process Reengineering

DOMAIN EXPERTISE
Organization Transformation
Corporate Performance Management
Business Intelligence
Multidimensional Online Analytical Processing Systems

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Sainath Nagarajan’s Interests:

CIO advisory, technology strategy, strategic analysis, organization transformation, non profits, mediation

Sainath Nagarajan’s Groups:

Project Management Professional (PMP),
Carnegie Mellon Admissions Council,
TiE-Boston, Babson College Curriculum Advisory Board,

http://obviousideas.wordpress.com/