Yogin Prabhakar

Past

Group Manager - IT at SanDisk
Senior IT Manager at ProBys Consulting USA
IT Infrastructure Lead / Project Manager at i2 Technologies (via RightWorks acquisition)

IT Team Lead at Xoriant Consulting USA (formerly TekEdge)
Senior IT Manager at TI Software Services

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Education

Stanford University
Santa Clara University
IAIA Cultural Coaching - Effective Global Organization

BIIT
University of Madras

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Yogin Prabhakar’s Summary

• Extensive experience in Information Systems and Technology management.
• Well versed in IT niches - Architecture, Engineering, Implementation, Operations, Data Center and Helpdesk.
• Demonstrated leadership: Customer and bottom-line impact excellence, multi-team coordination between IT Infrastructure and Business Applications towards meeting current and future business needs with focus on quality. Consistent delivery within timelines and budgets.
• Motivated self-starter, fast-learner, consensus-builder, peace-maker, team-player and leader with strong beliefs in teamwork and team success.

Yogin Prabhakar’s Specialties:

- IT Management, Standards & Strategies
- Team & Morale Building
- Infrastructure Design & Implementation
- Data-Center & IT OPS Excellence
- Cross-Functional Team Management
- Project Management & Tracking
- Structured Methodologies
- Large Scale & Rapid Deployments
- Process Analysis & Improvements
- IT Change and M&A Management
- Security, Compliance & SOx
- Budgeting & Resource Management
- OnShore / Offshore team building/management
- Training & Continuous Improvement

Yogin Prabhakar’s Experience

Group Manager - IT

SanDisk

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNDK; Semiconductors industry)

January 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 4 months)

(Consultant Jan 05 - Feb 06. Employee Feb 2006 - Apr 07)
Senior IT Manager

ProBys Consulting USA

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2003 — February 2006 (2 years 11 months)

Clients:
- Jafra Cosmetics, greater Los Angeles, CA
- SanDisk, Sunnyvale, CA
IT Infrastructure Lead / Project Manager

i2 Technologies (via RightWorks acquisition)

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

October 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 6 months)
IT Team Lead

Xoriant Consulting USA (formerly TekEdge)

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1999 — October 2000 (1 year )

Clients:
- PeopleSoft / Vantive, Santa Clara, CA
- CashEdge, Milpitas, CA
Senior IT Manager

TI Software Services

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1995 — November 1999 (4 years 7 months)

Senior IT Manager (Mar 96 - Nov 99)
DBA & UNIX/Network Administrator (Sep 95 – Mar 96)
Software Engineer (May 95 – Sep 95)

Yogin Prabhakar’s Education

Stanford University

Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM) , Advanced Project Management , 2008 — 2009
Santa Clara University

Workshop , Leadership Challenge , 2007 — 2007

Leavey School of Business.
IAIA Cultural Coaching - Effective Global Organization

Workshop by Israeli-American Intercultural Advantage , http://www.IAIAConsulting.com , 2006 — 2006

Attended this workshop to better understand and appreciate the Israeli work and personal cultures in American contexts. This workshop helped me tremendously in establishing long-term rapport with my Israeli co-workers onsite in California and offshore in Tefen, Israel.
BIIT

MS , Computer Applications , 1997 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Organized and coordinated the onsite Case Studies at major corporations for 70+ classmates.
University of Madras

BBA , MIS, Management, Finance , 1992 — 1995

Additional Information

Yogin Prabhakar’s Groups:

Forbes.com San Francisco member, LinkedInnovators, PMI, PMI SF Bay Area Chapter, i2 Alumni Network member, LinkSV member.

Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
i2Alumni
International Association of Software Architects
Link Silicon Valley, LLC
LInked Business Strategists
Business Intelligence Group
EPM - Business Intelligence
ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
Business Intelligence Professionals
Technology Leaders Association
OBIEE Professionals Group
Oracle Core and Apps DBA (Database Administrator)
CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
Oracle Practices
Oracle Senior DBA Group
SanDisk IT Alumni
Vantive Corporation Alumni (CRM)
RightWorks Corporation Alumni
SanDisk Alumni Association
Square One IT & ERP Consultants Group (SAP, Oracle / Peoplesoft, Testing, Databases & Development)
BANG - Bay Area Networking Group