Gopa Kumar Ponnemkunnath, General Manager

Gopa Kumar Ponnemkunnath

General Manager

Cognizant - India

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

General Manager at Cognizant - India
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since August 2016

• Designing Digital solution for Internet, Hi-Tech and Cloud companies
• Focus on Building practice assets and service offerings for new LoBs
• Engaging with client stakeholders for solution workshops and delivery execution
• Grooming & Mentoring team members and client project teams

Principal Consultant at Infosys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2014 to August 2016

• Building digital solution for clients focusing on Content Management., Digital Marketing and Digital analytics
• Managing the entire sales cycle from lead generation to transition
• Mining of existing client accounts to identify gaps and new opportunities
• Designing marketing assets including flyers, Web site and brochures
• Building alliances and partners
• Managing analyst relationships and surveys

Senior Consultant – Solution Design at Infosys BPO ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2012 to December 2014

• Identifying and designing solutions in Social Media, Mobility and Cloud based service offerings
• Managing RFP/RFQs end-to-end including designing the complete outsourcing solution for clients with Resource planning, Pricing, Transition, Transformation, Tools & technology etc.
• Managing Marketing and Analyst relationships
• Creating business leads - with existing and new customers
• Developing service lines and Alliance partners
• Collaborating with technology teams to develop point solutions
• Hiring and grooming resources for Presales role

Associate Consultant / Consultant at Infosys BPO ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • April 2009 to June 2012

• Responding to RFP/RFQs which includes designing the complete outsourcing solution for clients
• Build industry specific solutions and PoVs
• Working with the Sales to create teaser and company specific decks for sales presentations
• Working with Alliance partners to identify areas of partnership and offerings

Team Lead/Asst Manager at Infosys BPO ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2006 to March 2009

• Managing a team of 100+ FTEs
• Working with client to identify and set up Content and Ad Ops offshoring
• Handling client governance and escalations
• Meeting client/process SLA’s for five different processes across 3 geos - Account Management Support, Partner Service, Content Creation, Content Review, Sales Performance

Process executive at 247 Custmer Pvt ltd
  • India
  • October 2003 to July 2004

 Meeting sales target and meeting the quality standards.
 Generation of quality report.
 Handling calls.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
  • April 2006

Specialized in Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics
  • at Government Engg college
  • June 2003

Completed the degree with 70%. Won 1st prize in a National level presentation.

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Pricing
Marketing
Benchmarks
MS Power point
MS excel

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Digital Marketing Certified Associate - Simplilearcn (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Jack Welch Management Institute - Creating a winning strategy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014