Anand Bharadwaj

About Anand Bharadwaj

Purposeful about starting up and rapidly scaling sustainable, new-age and world-class businesses - within start-ups and within large enterprises, all while building a strong culture.Driving the growth of the company over 225 times in 11+ years at Tiger Analytics, a firm recognized as a global leader in Data and AI by established companies such as Deloitte, ISG, Forrester, Everest, Inc Analytics India Magazine, Gartner, among many others - all while building a very unique culture (please refer my LinkedIn article on \"Being The Culture\" featured in my profile).Played roles involving Business Unit (P/L) Ownership, Client Partnering, Consulting, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Program/ Delivery Management, People Development, Product/Platform OwnershipBuilding expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI)(including Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Data Engineering (DE)), Application Engineering (AE), Business Intelligence (BI), Consulting, IT or BPO solutions~29 years of experience, across countries (7 years in 3 countries in Western Europe and rest in India (working with international & Indian clients)), have traveled to 26 countries and >130 cities and towns around the world!Serving as Member, DeepTech Council, Market Access Committee, at NASSCOM, helping DeepTech (AI, Quantum Computing, AR, VR, Blockchain, etc.) start-ups in India scale globallyGrew and delivered the Europe business and other business units for Mu Sigma and also led a great employee-engagement program by doing >100 1-1 sessions, cutting attrition in my team to the lowest in the company.Won new enterprise clients, built great client relationships based on business value, started and grew business several times for Cognizant in 3 new European countries. Also, built a great next line of Client Partners and a highly productive team,Led start-up teams within IBM India and IBM Asia Pacific after joining them as a Team Blue recruit (only selected) scaling the Strategic Outsourcing biz, by winning large and complex engagements involving networking with internal/external stakeholders across countries and pioneering an interactive Knowledge Management ProgramWon the largest contract ever won by the company in its history in a new business unit and a new territory for Ingram Micro (then, Godrej Pacific), one year into my first job!Have done sessions for MBA students, global clients and >300 colleagues across >20 sessions on \"Thriving in International Cultures\"(based on personal experience stories, also a Level 5 Contributor with TripAdvisor!)

Experience

1. Vice President and Head, Growth

   Tiger Analytics

   Dec 2017 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Leading at The C-level all the revenue for North America,>80% of company revenue (helping new prospects and existing clients), jointly with Sales and Business Unit leaders,Shaping the company strategy, as part of the Core Leadership team, primarily the Go-To-Market strategy and also, other strategies towards scaling the company while keeping the core vision and culture,Striving to be one of the best firms in the world for all our stakeholders (clients, people, partners, investors, society) in using Artificial Intelligence (AI)(including Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL) and Data Engineering (DE)), Business Intelligence (BI) or Analytics Consulting, to drive high-impact value, Playing a central role in the exponential growth of the company (~225 times in 11 years),Winning top honors from ISG (Leader is several reports), Everest (Leader in several DS/DE reports in 2024/5), Forrester (recognized us a global leader for Customer Analytics, 2023), Deloitte (made their list for Fastest Growing Tech. Companies in India (Top 50) 7 times in a row), Inc. Fastest Growing Companies in America (again 8 times in a row), Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies in America, The Economic Times Award for 50 of the fastest-growing companies in India across all sectors (twice in a row), Analytics India Magazine, besides being formally recognized by Gartner,Helping grow our many marquee accounts sustainably working closely with our Client Partners and Clients,Leading all the teams driving consultative business development, lead-generation, pre-sales, sales, marketing, conferences, solution development and partnership functions globally,Hiring and building an impressive line of future consultants and leaders,Inspiring the team to build a cool company with the best of cultures from all over the world (happy to share that our retention rate is >90% and that too in a very hot industry as AI),Building great stories through great work!

Education

• Xavier Institute of Management(XIM Bhubaneswar)

  MBA, Marketing, Finance, Operations

  1995 — 1997

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Executive Education, Modern Business Communications

  2009 — 2009

• Walchand College of Engineering(A Govt. Aided Autonomous Institute),SANGLI-M.S

  B.E., Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

• Andrew Sobel Advisors

  Executive Education, Building Executive Relationships

  2009 — 2009

• London Business School

  Executive Education, Leadership

  2010 — 2010

Skills

• International Sales
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Alliances
• Customer Relations
• Outsourcing
• Transition Management
• Pre-Sales
• Cultural Awareness
• Negotiation
• People Management
• Management Consulting
• IT Outsourcing
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Consulting
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Team Building
• IT Strategy
• Business Development
• Knowledge Management
• International Relations
• Account Management
• Bpo
• Business Planning
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Crm
• Team Leadership
• Marketing Analytics
• Business Process
• Leading Large Teams
• Business Management