Satish Ananthakrishnan

About Satish Ananthakrishnan

An innovative, result-driven, self-motivated, and hands-on Executive Leader with 20+ years of proven IT experience, in leading architecture, design, and configuration of ERP products, to drive the company’s vision, agility, revenue, and efficiency. Considerable client-facing project experience has driven my commitment to customer satisfaction. Extensively worked with key stakeholders at all levels including client executives and C-Suite levels to present a strategic solution to gain buy-in from executives. Presented solution proposals and process improvements. Led Business development, Customer engagement and cross-sell for the company. Innovative and seasoned IT Leader, Strategic thinker, with demonstrated capability of global delivery of SAP ECC & SAP S 4 HANA, Ariba, and SAP Commerce Cloud projects that enabled business transformations. Held various senior roles and provided thought leadership and insights into customer problems. Mentoring and coaching SAP team as a Program manager. Provided business insights and value analysis for clients. Provided Configuration documentation, blueprint documentation and requirements documentation. Strong track record to engage with senior business leaders and clients and enabling them to realize enterprise-wide business outcomes and transformation through technology.Well respected by clients for consistent ability to deliver on time, within budget with precision and quality. As SAP Programme Manager implemented several projects in the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan and China. Managed projects within an FDA-regulated healthcare setting using SAP.• As a member of the executive leadership team, helping companies with their digital transformation journey. • Conceptualized, Architected, and built complex solutions for various clients across the globe.• Reduced Operating costs by 20%, Improved Application Performance for various clients. • Improved revenue by $2.4M, improved competitive edge, opened access to Global Market,• Enhanced user experience by moving to technologies like SAP S4 HANA, SAP Hybris, and Ariba • Secured and stabilized IT Business Operations through better customer engagement • Developed – Speed to Market accelerators for SAP Ariba • Implemented Value stream mapping and management for various clients• Slashed project non-compliance from 20% to less than 2% Worked on Presales, RFP and SOW, Mentored and coached team members. Reduced server load by 50 %

Experience

1. Client Account Director

   NTT DATA

   Jan 2018 — Present

   Hold a leadership position in the delivery of strategic customer engagements in the US & EMEA regions and took part in market development operations. • Together with the corresponding competency leadership teams and key client account leaders, built solutions aligned with AMS offerings. • Created a robust AMS pipeline for the Managed Services & worked with Business Development teams to support critical sales and account plans to meet and surpass goals. • Oversaw the pre-sales for Implementations and AMS solutions while collaborating closely with other solution leaders.• Contributed significantly to the design of complex, multi-year, transformative AMS services solutions that combine people, process, technology, and facility/location components into a workable and effective solution while developing value propositions that are specifically suited to meet the needs of the clients.• Created SOWs, proposals, presentations, and responses to RFIs and RFPs by outlining the company\'s value proposition in relation to customer requirements, which helped us win new AMS contracts.• Formulated effective business strategies to drive P&L and ensured accurate business forecasting and reporting of financials, revenue, and profit.

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Production Engineering

• International Business School (ICFAI)

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Accounting, Finance and Data Analytics

Skills

• Business Process
• Erp
• Sap Snc
• Pmp
• Sap R/3
• Sap Erp
• Sap
• Project Managers
• Sap Sd
• Sd
• Business Intelligence
• Sdlc
• Business Process Design
• Integration
• Secure Network Architecture
• Sap Mm
• Project Delivery
• Pre-Sales
• Sap Srm
• Sap Pp
• Sap Implementation
• Data Migration
• Project Management