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Sudhakar Siddegowda, Principal Consultant

Sudhakar Siddegowda

Principal Consultant·OMNIPOD

United Arab Emirates

Doctorate, Retail Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 33 years, 10 months

Principal Consultant

January 2012 - Present

OMNIPOD

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2012 - Present

*Provided ICT strategy to BFL, UAE as per the Good to Great Business Transformation Program and currently building E-Commerce platform for their online fashion business.
*Provided Retail Audit Service for BMA International, UAE operating within GCC countries on Oracle Merchandize Operations Management (MOM) Applications with 2 Fashion Brands & 200 Stores.
*Provided Program Management and Implementation service to Mohammed Hilal Group, UAE for implementing Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution (MRD) Industry solution and Omni-channel business model through Oracle Fusion Cloud Service & Retail On-Premise Applications covering 5 brands, 6 countries & 100+ stores.
*Provided Program Management and Implementation service to Khaled Al Rajhi Holding Company, KSA for implementing Oracle Point of Service (XOffice & XStore) for their 3 brands.
*Provided Program Management and implementation service to Midad Group, KSA for implementing Oracle Retail in a box solution with optimized BoM - Fusion Cloud (GL, AP, AR, CM, FA, SCM, HCM, Payroll, OTL & OM) and Point of Service (XOffice & XStore) for 15 brands. 1st company to go live in the entire IMEA region on the new Oracle Point of Service (PoS) modules with integration to Fusion Cloud Service Suite.
*Provided Management Services to Versant Technologies Inc., USA and improved their retail practice level skills, resource utilization and sales revenue with vendor agnostic approach (Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft etc.) throughout their Merger and Acquisition process with Aspire Systems, India.
Developed Retail Real-time Operational Intelligence (ROI) Solution Blue Print (SBP) to Omnitrol Networks, USA.
*Provided ICT Strategy to Almas for Al Mazroui Group, UAE.
*Provided Program Management Officer (PMO) service to Nouvasys, UAE for Hyperion Implementation projects in ADGSEC & FERTIL, UAE.
Provided Management Service to Tetrahedron Consulting, UAE for their Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) business setup at Dubai Internet City (DIC).
*Provided Consulting Service to Doral IT, UAE on their Services Delivery Division setup.
Provided Consulting Service to GTS, UAE on their Services Delivery Division setup.
*Provided Consulting Service to Lead Associates, UAE on Omni-channel Transformation Strategy.
Provided Management Service to Team Time Company (TTC), KSA for implementing 1st Oracle Cloud (Fusion, Taleo & Right Now) modules in the region.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Consulting

IT Director

June 2010 - December 2011

MAF Holding

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 2010 - December 2011

Provided IT strategic direction and leadership to Ventures division SBU’s (Franchise & JV) having Fashion & Confectionery businesses with heterogeneous IT ecosystem (Microsoft Dynamics AX, JDE, GP, Retail Pro, Control etc.) and shared services on infrastructure and corporate systems.
Key Achievements:
* Facilitated Risk Assessment and Developed Register.
* Ensured compliance on Audit Observations.
* Developed capacity planning
* Reduced cost and increased productivity with proper planning, budgeting and forecasting as per business dynamics.
* Finalized Service Level Agreements (SLA) on shared services model.
* Presented business case and transformation plan from current state to vision state.
* Prepared Enterprise Architecture using ARIS software based on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) methodology and standards.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

Chief Information Officer

February 2009 - May 2010

M.H. Group of Companies

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2009 - May 2010

Provided IT strategic direction and leadership to SBU’s (Own, Franchise & JV) - Food Solutions & Service, Sales & Distribution (FMCG & Chemicals), Food Processing & Packaging and Duty Free operations.
Key Achievements:
* Successfully established the ICT Department with centralized People, Process & Technology (PPT)initiatives with proper Policies, Procedures and Systems (PPS).
* Centralized Facility, networking and computing capabilities including Disaster Recovery (DR)mechanism.
* Facilitated on Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) Certification process.
* Implemented Warehouse Management System (WMS) build on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
integrating to ORION ERP and interfacing to Smart Client Potable Data Access (PDA) devices.
* Connected GCC Operations via Virtual Private Network.
* Implemented open source Spiceworks Help Desk system.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

General Manager

October 2008 - February 2009

Global Retail Company (Al Rajhi Investments)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2008 - February 2009

Provided strategic direction and leadership to SBU’s having Retail & Hospitality businesses on Franchise & JV model.

Key Achievements:
* Started Oracle - EBS and Retail business applications implementation process.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

Deputy General Manager

March 1996 - September 2008

Landmark Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 1996 - September 2008

Founder Member of Group IT & Deputy to CIO - Provided solutions to SBU’s (Own, Franchise & Joint Venture) managing Retail & Hospitality businesses.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

Software Engineer

August 1995 - February 1996

Processware Systems Private Limited

Bengaluru, India

August 1995 - February 1996

Lead team to build PPS and FIMS.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Deputy EDP In-Charge

February 1993 - July 1995

Desk Courier and Cargo Limited

Bengaluru, India

February 1993 - July 1995

Lead team to develop business applications

Company industry:
Distribution, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job role:
Information Technology

Trainee Software Engineer

August 1992 - January 1993

PAM Electronics

Bengaluru, India

August 1992 - January 1993

Developed billing software.

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

SRU

June 2015

June 2015

Doctorate, Retail Management

India

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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GCC
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GCC
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ERP Consultancy
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ERP Consultancy
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Retail Systems
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Retail Systems
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B2B eCommerce
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B2B eCommerce
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RETAIL
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RETAIL
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BUSINESS CASE
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BUSINESS CASE
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CAPACITY PLANNING
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CAPACITY PLANNING
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CONSULTING
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CONSULTING
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Management
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Management
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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GCC
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GCC
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ERP Consultancy
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ERP Consultancy
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Retail Systems
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Retail Systems
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B2B eCommerce
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B2B eCommerce
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Languages

English
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Hindi
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Kannada
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Memberships

Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

Gold

January 2005

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Jan 2007 - Dec 2018
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
Jan 2010 - Dec 2018
Certified Global CIO
Dec 2011