Ramakrishnan Ka Padmanabhan

About Ramakrishnan Ka Padmanabhan

Seasoned, Hands-on Workday, Oracle Cloud certified Sr. Manager / Leader with 19+ years of progressive experience in Cloud based & On-Premise ERP applications – Have driven Consulting, Advisory, architecture, delivery, Project management & pre-sales areas across Workday (HCM), PeopleSoft (HCM, CRM, Learning ) & Oracle Cloud HCM packages. Engagements led include Application Management services (AMS) programs, Transformational efforts including Implementations, Large scale cloud based Integrations deployment, Application & tools upgrades & Re-implementations. Currently helping clients realize their Workday investments through Cloud Optimization solutions.• Solutions Architected multiple Full-Life cycles of end-to-end HCM-ERP Implementation / upgrade engagements in waterfall & Agile project execution methodologies.• Architected & driven responses to RFPs for Implementation & AMS business opportunities that includes development of End to End Solution proposals comprising Estimation, Staffing, Pricing & drafting Profitability matrices• Helped drive clients plan, transition and manage their Workday system from Go-Live Cutover to successful AMS engagements.• Managed/consulted for multiple Workday M&A customer engagements to help consolidate the merged entity in to one Workday system ( focussed on Integrations).• Performed Workday tenant assessments for clients and presented findings & improvement opportunities to optimize current processes and best leverage Workday capabilities.• Strong experience leading and managing diverse teams across geographies (including US, Europe & India) for large development efforts / AMS engagement delivery including escalations yet maintain highest possible quality of service.• Extensively provided consulting solutions for Peoplesoft Base Benefits, Ben Admin, North American payroll Configurations & processes, Payroll integrations.• Data Conversion Strategy, Architecture and Design for HCM Implementations/ Application rewrites & migration.• Orchestrated Implementation Cut-over planning & Management, Change Management & communication.• Demonstrated excellent working relationships with senior IT and business Leaders in client teams.• Certified in Workday Integrations Core, Workday Studio, Workday Engagement Manager, Workday HCM Applied Concepts Consulting Core, Workday Core-HCM Essentials, Oracle HCM Cloud Global-HR & Oracle cloud NA Payroll areas.

Experience

1. Sr Manager Leader-advisory (Workday)

   PwC

   Mar 2022 — Present · US

Education

• Bharathiar University

  Master Of Computer Applications, Computer Science

  2003 — 2005

• RKM Vivekananda College, University of Madras

  B.Sc. Computer Science, Computer Science

  1999 — 2002

• Sankara Vidhyashram

  Higher Secondary School, Physical Sciences & Maths

  1997 — 1999

• Hindu Senior Secondary School

  Secondary School, Science & Mathematics

  1989 — 1997