Shankar Bala .

Current

• Associate Vice President - Technology at Secova

Past

• Assistant Vice President - Travel & Hospitality at MGL
• AVP & Delivery Head - Web Technologies Practice at MGL
• Manager at Accenture

• Program Manager at MGL, USA
• Functional Consultant / Project Lead at MGL, India
• Manufacturing & Planning Engineer at TI Diamond Chains

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Education

• Annamalai University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Shankar Bala .’s Experience

• Associate Vice President - Technology

  Secova

  (Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  December 2009 — Present (1 month)

• Assistant Vice President - Travel & Hospitality

  MGL

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  Client Delivery, Product Development, Pre-Sales, Marketing Support

• AVP & Delivery Head - Web Technologies Practice

  MGL

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 3 months)

  Pre-sales and Full Delivery responsibility of offshore center of 400 member team. Handled P&L of $ 18 MM.
  
  Complete ownership of delivery for customers from US and UK.
  
  Managed engagements in Logistics & Transportation, Travel and Retail.

• Manager

  Accenture

  (Public Company; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2004 — December 2004 (3 months)

• Program Manager

  MGL, USA

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1999 — September 2004 (5 years 7 months)

  Account Management, Pre-sales support, Program Management based out of Chicago. Managed large client engagements in Manufacturing and Logistics & Transportation.

• Functional Consultant / Project Lead

  MGL, India

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 4 months)

  ERP implementations in India, Singapore & Indonesia.
  
  Specialities - Order Management, Inventory, Purchase, Costing, Manufacturing.

• Manufacturing & Planning Engineer

  TI Diamond Chains

  (Automotive industry)

  June 1991 — November 1997 (6 years 6 months)

  Shop floor Manufacturing, Production Planning & Control. Vendor sub-contract planning, Statistical Quality Control.
  
  Leader for Kanban and JIT Implementation.

Shankar Bala .’s Education

• Annamalai University

  Bachelor of Engineering , Mechanical & Production , 1987 — 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  Vice President - Rotaract Club
  Literary Secretary - Department of Production Engg.

Additional Information

Shankar Bala .’s Groups:

•    IT/Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring
•    Jobs in India
•    YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
•    Indian Startups
•    Premium Headhunting Network
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    India Leadership Network
•    MGL(Mascon Global Limited)
•    India Biz-THE Global Collaboration Network-Partner with Indian Industries Companies & Consultants
•    SOA Governance Implementation

Shankar Bala .’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch