Avishek Chakraborty, Director - Business Development

Avishek Chakraborty

Director - Business Development

Harbinger Group

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence
Experience
10 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months

Director - Business Development at Harbinger Group
  • India
  • My current job since June 2022
Sr Manager - Industry solutions (Retail/CPG) at Sonata Software
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2021 to June 2022

Microsoft Cloud for Retail solution: Author and anchor in his previous organization. Re-defined offerings and industry led value propositions (Retail/Consumer Goods) -
(https://www.sonata-software.com/industries/retail)

Sr Business Developmement Manager at Wipro Limited - United States
  • United States - New Jersey
  • February 2012 to April 2019

With 18years+ global work experience, Avishek is an established customer advocate and
technology evangelist. He has been instrumental in putting together integrated digital solutions,
winning customer engagements and showcasing sharp business growth while holding global
Business P&L responsibilities. Most recent international experience in a Digital Sales (Tech advisor - Business apps, Data/analytics) capacity relates to US for 5yrs+ (2014-2019) and South-East Asia prior to that. Has managed typical P&L/territorial quota of 18-20M USD yearly while serving clients from different cultural diversities. Did also receive a Band Change/Promotion in lieu of his efforts while in US. Major clients served included likes of Pitney Bowes, Philips, Sealed Air, Lexmark, AT&T, Verizon to name a few. Has good exposure of enterprise business models and applicable automation for industries like Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Goods, Higher-Education and Telecommunication.

Education

Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence
  • at McCombs School of Business, Univeristy of Texas at Austin
  • February 2020

Executive PGP from UT, Austin, Texas and Great Learning. An endeavour to upskill myself and stay relevant to the IT industry dynamics. CGPA: 9.5/10, Part of Top#3. Put together the AI adoption trajectory and use cases for his previous software product start-up. Presented the same as part of the final thesis for the “AI for Leaders” Exec-PGP course. Link to academic e-Portfolio: https://eportfolio.mygreatlearning.com/avishek-chakraborty2.

Master's degree, Business Administration And Information Technology
  • at ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management
  • April 2005

Govt. deemed and autonomous university. CGPA of 7.3/10 and campus recruitment as a Management Trainee (Associate Consultant) at Satyam Computer Services in 2005. Achievements through Cultural & Tech fest - #1 for Mr College/Personality, Debates, 2004

Bachelor's degree, Electronics And Communication Engineering
  • at Chaudhary Charan Singh University
  • May 2003

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Specialties & Skills

Enterprise Content Management
HR Consulting
Digital Storytelling
Global Business Development
Industry Cloud like Retail & CPG, Manufacturing
Collaboration and Team work
Technical writing
Business Value outlining
Consultative Sales
Digital Learning

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Bengali
Expert
Dutch
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

TOGAF (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2020
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CRM, NAV, AX) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Executive PGP in Artificial Intelligence (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020