Pardha Buyyanapragada

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ABOUT PARDHA BUYYANAPRAGADA

Pardha Buyyanapragada (Pardha) is the Consulting Partner of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Communications vertical providing Advisory and Technology Solutions for North American Clients. In his strategic and demanding position, he supports business planning and overall strategy of TCS North America Communications vertical.In this position, Pardha is responsible for cultivating client relationships and managing a portfolio of client service engagements through advisory and consulting services, identifying new business opportunities and implementing business strategies to enhance TCS position of Communications business. As a partner, Pardha is responsible for directing project teams ensuring quality of client deliverables and making sure financial targets are met, and that the right team is in place to meet the needs of clients.In his previous roles, Pardha is the Chief Solution Architect in the Telecommunications Practice specifically focusing on Strategy and Business Transformation. In this role, he helped CSPs (Communication Service Providers) in transforming their IT with next generation practices to create alignment to the evolving business imperatives and monetize IT investments made. In previous capacities, has served British Telecommunications Plc. in Europe geography and was responsible for the design of IT application transformation in BT Retail and BT Wholesale. Also served Telco’s such as MTNL, Tata Cellular (now called Idea Cellular) in Indian geography and other experience includes sectors like Banking and eCommerce & eGovernance.Participated in eTOM training, process consulting, and technology consulting for various service providers globally and has presented multiple papers and across leading industry forums including TMFORUM, Billing & OSS and TUCON. Published white papers on BPM/SOA, BigData and presented in local Charter.Pardha has held various leadership roles and delivered value in supporting various businesses verticals in TCS. His specialization include; Requirement Management, Large program management, relationship management, Sales and Solutioning, Practice Management, Application Management and Development, IT Infrastructure Services, Large transformational deals pursuit leadOverall, Pardha brings a unique blend of Telecom Business and Operations expertise, Technology & Domain experience to build strategic partnerships with many customers and help them become industry leaders.