Chandrashekar Satyanarayana

About Chandrashekar Satyanarayana

With over three decades in IT services experience in multiple roles like Practice Operations Manager, Practice Manager across industry verticals like Manufacturing, Retail, CPG, Communication, Energy, Utilities and Services.My expertise lies in Practice incubation and Management, P&L Management of large Programs (upto 10M USD), AI/RPA-driven automation, talent management, margin improvement, aligning operational strategies to meet organizational goals while fostering high employee satisfaction. Have spearheaded DevOps maturity initiatives and achieving exceptional recruitment outcomes, earning multiple BU-level accolades.Passionate about driving innovation, I have also led large-scale (covering employees) skill development programs, enabling cross-functional teams to adapt to emerging technologiesContributed towards bridging the gap between academic ideation and commercial viability by mentoring global innovators through InStep Business Hackathon and supporting R&D lab (UVCE MARVEL). Passionate about nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs through structured problem validation, business model design, and technology enablement (GenAI/Cloud).

Experience

1. Group Project Manager

   Infosys

   Jul 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Role :Practice Operations Manager - Infosys Delivery Unit (DU)s, MFG industry verticalKey Accomplishments :AI/RPA based Automation – Launched and led various initiatives to achieve upto 100% coverage based on technical feasibilityLateral & Fresher Recruitment & Deployment – Complete ownership and led the recruitment track to achieve 100% utilization of allocated hiring budgetMargin Improvement – Led various SPO initiatives to achieve upto 150% of assigned targetPeople Management – Led HR initiatives for a team of 150+ and achieved Employee Satisfaction rating to be among the Top 3 DUs Skill Development / Training Delivery – Led a cross-functional team to design and implement Re-skilling and Cross-skilling programs to train 100+ employeesTalent/Resource Demand Fulfilment – Practice-level SPOC to track and plan for 100% Demand Fulfilment enabled by DU-level Automated DashboardsVendor Management / Sub-contractor Fulfilment & Optimization – Developed 10+ strategic partners in niche technologies like IOT, PLM, Full-Stack Developer ensuring constant supply of Sub-consDelivery Risk Management – DU SPOC for program risk assessment, risk mitigation planning and execution related activities. Successfully de-risked several high-risk programs through innovative methods and processes.

Education

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

  1990 — 1994

• UVCE

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Business Transformation
• Strategic Alliances
• Talent Management
• Erp Support & Maintenance
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Pre-Sales
• Operational Excellence
• Pmp
• IT Solutions
• Global Delivery
• Software Project Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Erp Rollout
• IT Project & Program Management
• Transition Management
• Erp Upgrade
• Strategic Planning
• Offshoring
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• IT Service Management
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Erp Implementations
• IT Strategy
• Software Quality Assurance
• Test Centre of Excellence (Tcoe)