Lead Consultant, Strategy & Change
Delhi Area, India
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- Lead Consultant - Strategy & Change, Virtual Universe Community Guildmaster at IBM
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- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Delhi University
- Vasant Valley
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Pranab Sharma’s Summary
Pranab has over 36 months of strategy and process consulting experience. He has worked on Solution Design for clients, Business Proposal Development, ERP Implementations and done Project Management. He is a recognized SME in Emerging Technologies.
Pranab Sharma’s Specialties:
Technology Strategy, Corporate Business Strategy, Business Proposal Development, Project Management, Client Relationship, Negotiation Senior Stakeholder Management
Pranab Sharma’s Experience
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Lead Consultant - Strategy & Change, Virtual Universe Community Guildmaster
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
GLOBAL STRATEGY & CHANGE (S&C) SOLUTIONS LEAD
* Lead a team of 5+ consultants to develop tools, solutions, assets used by S&C
* Smart Cities Consulting Toolkit, Innovation Archetypes Assessment, Green Consulting Toolkit, Globally Integrated Operations Diagnostic
VENDOR EVALUATION FOR AFRICAN GOVT. HEALTHCARE MINISTRY
* Based on the IT Strategy, develop a template proposal & Vendor Evaluation framework using Benchmarking, Competitive Analysis while validating through Interviews and Client team
INNOVATION HUB CHAMPION
* Development of 2 new S&C offerings
* Partnerships with IBM Assets Group (7 projects) & IBM Research (3 areas)
* Developed Thought Leadership on Cloud Computing, Green Strategy
STRATEGY FOR IBM SALES & SOLUTIONING TEAM (SST)
* 2009 STRATEGY: Using the Balanced Scorecard Approach. Completed Vision & Mission Workshops, development of Strategic Themes and hence the Strategy Map for SST. Specific objectives for Financial, Customer, Process and People aspects articulated with metrics, targets and relevant initiatives for each objective
* DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY & EXECUTION: Develop “Value Levers” using an Issue-Based-Consulting approach integrating primary data (from focus groups & interviews) & secondary research (existing initiatives, competitive research, benchmarking) to develop & deploy for 180+ members SST
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY FOR IBM
* Develop IBM's value proposition with Key Clients for Emerging Technology
* Evangelize & Map Business needs to Virtual Worlds leading from conceptualization to deployment
Key Projects for
* North American Govt. Ministry of Healthcare
* North American & UK Retail Chain
* Multinational Hotel Chain
IT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR INDIAN GOVT. CONSTRUCTION CO.
* Top Management Dashboards
* Blueprinting for Project involving client discussions, training and consulting
* Configuration of Package (SAP) to match customer needs & get executive sign-off
Pranab Sharma’s Education
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Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
MBA , Information Systems & Finance , 2004 — 2006
Management Intern at HCL Technologies (2005)
- Project Management for an offshore delivery center
- Pharmaceutical Client & Industry profile
Management Intern at TATA Motors (2005)
- Supply Chain consulting for Third Party Logistics Implementation
- Analysis & initiatives for reducing barriers to smooth implementation
Project Consultant (part-time) at TATA Steel Subsidiary (TATA Metaliks) (2005)
- Vendor Management implementation on ERP System- Activities and Societies:
- Kshitij 2006 - Steering Committee, Kshitij 2005 - Event Management Head
Kshitij (ktj.in) is a Techno-Management Fest with participation of 3500+ and several Nobel laureates and C-level Executives, Badminton Team
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Delhi University
B.IT , Information Technology , 2000 — 2004
Engineering Dissertation - Accenture (2004)
- Implementation at client site of Oracle Applications (ERP)
- Data migration in the applications of Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing
- User Acceptance testing
Research Project - Bio Informatics Center, Jawaharlal Nehru Univerity (JNU) 2002-2003
- Algorithm Design for dynamic programming
- Approximate string matching algorithm designed for DNA sequences
- Development of SeqFilter tool for checking similarity of DNA sequences
- C++ Development in Solaris & Linux environments- Activities and Societies:
- Founding Editor of "Insight" - Editorial Ventures (2001-2003),
Badminton Team Captain (2003), Environment Club, Debate Team
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Vasant Valley
Additional Information
Pranab Sharma’s Websites:
Pranab Sharma’s Interests:
* Learning Languages - French & Spanish * Professional Mountaineering * New Technology Adoption
Pranab Sharma’s Groups:
* Information System Audit & Control Association - Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
* IBM Thinkplace Catalyst
* IBM Technology Adoption Program First Adopter
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The Personal MBA Community -
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees -
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VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur Alumni -
University of Delhi Alumni -
STRATEGY Consult -
IBM Virtual Universe Community -
Vasant Valley Alumni -
Network with IITians in Business-Build Relations-Global & International Engineers Leaders -
STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK -
VirtualWorlds
Pranab Sharma’s Honors:
* September 2007 - Paper Presenter, Early Career Conference @ Armonk, NY
* July 2007 - Paper Presenter, Academy of Technology Collaboration Conference @Somers, NY
* April 2007 - Best of IBM - "Bravo" - "pioneering contribution in developing our 3D Virtual Worlds Solutions Capabilities"
* March 2007 - Top Contributor Award in IBM Virtual Universe Community
Pranab Sharma’s Contact Settings
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