Kalidhas Mahadevan, Practice Manager

Kalidhas Mahadevan

Practice Manager

Global Technology Services LLC, Dubai (Part of ENOC Group)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
30 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 2 Months

Practice Manager at Global Technology Services LLC, Dubai (Part of ENOC Group)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2008 to March 2015

As Practice Manager for Real Estate Industry responsible for the following:

Presales:
Prepare technical proposals and estimate the effort related to the domain, take ownership, prepare and conduct presentations and demos to prospects, attend prospect/customer meetings as required by company presales and sales teams.
Delivery:
Nominate resources from the domain and validate with project managers the domain schedule in the project plan. As the project progresses inspect/validate completeness of the delivered solution and support project managers in case of task slippage in the domain track of the project, participate in Steering committee meetings, Oracle CEP meetings, critical and important sessions in projects to close/resolve issues. As the project nears completion, participate in project closure activities and secure all documents and deliverables to the central repository.
Domain Management:
Assess current skill set and designate the appropriate titles in coordination with Oracle Practice Head, hire and maintain competent functional consultants in the domain, develop continuous improvement programs and arrange cross functional trainings, manage domain resources to ensure resource availability to running projects and develop succession plans for domain to ensure minimum operational interruption.

Oracle Apps Module Lead/ Project Manager at GTL Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • July 2005 to July 2006

This company is an Oracle Certified Partner. The job responsibility included implementing and managing Oracle Apps project.

Sr. Manager at Siemens Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • April 1995 to June 2005

Responsible for building up the sales for the Electronic Components in the region and drawing up Product Marketing strategy on all India basis for a product group to capture a sizeable market share. Also responsible for market analysis, pricing, marketing plan and channel support.

Sales Executive at Various Companies
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 1983 to March 1995

Sales and Marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Madurai Kamaraj University
  • May 1983

Specialties & Skills

Marketing Strategy
Market Analysis
Product Marketing
Pricing
Oracle Apps

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Expert
Tamil
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • PMP Certified
  • October 2010