Raja Jamalamadaka

About Raja Jamalamadaka

I am a Harvard educated neuroscience researcher, mental wellness expert and an industry keynote speaker/writer specializing in mental wellness, professional and personal leadership, and peak performance. As a thought leader in neuroscience and a LinkedIn Global Influencer (Top Voice 2018 and 2023), I share researched perspectives on topics such as leadership, motivation, mental wellness, professional and personal leadership, and peak potential. I was awarded the prestigious Marshall Goldsmith award in coaching excellence in 2018 for being a top 100 coach. My research has been cited in the book -\"The Michelangelo Pipeline\" by Professor Giovanni Machia. As an industry speaker, I have delivered keynotes at several industry events and corporate leadership conclaves across the world, leveraging cutting edge brain research. I have written in several well known publications and am currently working on a manuscript for my book.(100\'s of keynotes, workshops, panels) Forbes, CNBC, TED DLC, Barclays, Everest, LEAN IN Infosys, HSBC, Roche TATA, BOSCH COEP, NMIMS, NHRD, IIT, SPJIMR, NIT, IITD Please send me LinkedIn message AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS - LinkedIn top Voice 2018, 2023,24 25 Marshall Goldsmith award in coaching excellence Led the \"Nasscom Rising Star award\" for Roche GCC FICII R&D Sub committee, Nasscom National GCC council INDUSTRY MENTORSHIP: • Member Della Leaders Club focused on grooming students from tier 2/3 cities and villages for professional jobs • Partner at Empresario – IIT Kharagpur helping 4th year engineering students focused on entrepreneurship • Strategic advisor to founders of several startups on positioning, pitch, funding, M&A, strategic direction, market segmentation, GTM strategies and exits. Former Venture partner making investment decisions in startups PERSONAL I am a family man, father of two teenage kids and a travel connoisseur having been to and enjoyed the delicacies of nearly 50 countries across five continents.

Experience

1. Country Head and India Board Director- Roche Information Solutions India Private Limited (Roche Gcc)

   Roche

   Jan 2021 — Present · Pune, IN

   Head of one of the world\'s largest healthcare organization - Fortune 100 company Roche\'s GCC in India. Ultimately responsible for building and developing the India captive organization (GCC) as Roche\'s Software Engineering and Data Center of excellence o Led the post-acquisition team to ensure smooth integration with Roche o Positioning – Positioning India and the ecosystem up the value chain to attract business that is a strategic fit too the unit India is now on course to becoming one of the three global technology hubs for Roche globally Expected strength in year 20•••00o Networking with Indian GCC ecosystem (NASSCOM, CII) to strengthen Roche branding in Indian ecosystem Networking within Roche with global heads o Stakeholder and Expectation Management – ensuring results match business expectations o Thought Leadership – Focus on activities that strengthen Roche’s thought leadership – patents, whitepapers, speaker slots, publications, citations, copyrightso Played central role in getting Roche certified as great place to work in year 2022 in Indiao Key Senior Leader of Roche’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE & I) team hosting cross geographic panels and dialogue circles on DE & I Key member of Roche’s sustainability team (SHE)

Education

• School

  Topper all academic life with several records to credit

• Harvard Business School

  Strategy, Finance and Marketing

  2008 — 2010

• College of Engineering Pune

  Bachelor's Degree

  1994 — 1998

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Quit seat in the MBA Program

  2000

• NIIT

  Diploma in Software Technology and Systems Management

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Business Intelligence
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Process Improvement
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Strategy
• Team Management
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Customer Relations
• Outsourcing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Pre-Sales
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Operations Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Erp
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Testing
• Human Resource Development
• Software Development
• Talent Management
• IT Management
• IT Strategy
• Business Analysis
• Management Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)