Chandra Sekhar

Vice President Digital @Ascendum Solutions

Denver, CO, US
EMAILS
c••••••••@ascendum.com
MOBILE NUMBERS
+91 *********19

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WORK HISTORY

Feb 2024 — Present

Vice President Digital @Ascendum Solutions

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Denver, CO, US

Named a 20••••24 CNBC World’s Top Fintech Company, 2023 Winner of the Circuit’s Enterprise Innovation Award, 2023 Best Workplaces in Ohio by Ohio Business Magazine, 20••••22 Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company, and a 2022 Most Loved Employer by NMP Magazine, Ascendum is an award-winning global technology firm dedicated to delivering pioneering ideas and solution-based outcomes that enrich our clients’ customer experiences and business operations. Our clients come to us for our creativity, our collaboration, and our approach for prototyping new ideas and boundary-pushing solutions.From custom software and GenAI solution development to data engineering, user experience design, and business process solutions, Ascendum’s creative global team of tech strategists, experienced designers, full-stack developers, data engineers, and process solution consultants act as a collaborative catalyst to drive positive change and elevate our clients’ digital transformation strategies.Ascendum is MBE certified and a portfolio company of Vora Ventures with worldwide offices in the U.S, India, UK, and Australia. For more information, visit

EDUCATION

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Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electronics & Telecommunication

2006 — 2006

Miller Heiman

Large Account Management Process

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Mercuri International

Sales Negotiating Skills

2002 — 2002

Mercuri International

Sales Effectiveness

2014

Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario

CPA, Management Accounting

2011 — 2011

Accelper Consulting at Illinois Institute of Technology

Six Sigma

N/A

The Japan Foundation

Level 3 Proficiency, Japanese Language

2013 — 2013

Miller Heiman

Strategic Selling

2005 — 2006

Canadian Association of Management Consultants

Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Strategy Consulting

2008 — 2008

Hewlett Packard

HP Accredited Sales Profession, Technology Portfolio, Customer Driven Sales Methodology, CIO Agenda

N/A

Carl Zeiss

Product Training, Sales Training, Service Training, Ophthalmogy, Surgical Microscopes, Lab Microscopy, and Imaging

2004 — 2005

Queen's University

MBA - General Management, Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation, Change/Ops Management, Marketing, Finance, New Ventures

SKILLS

Process ImprovementManagementTeam BuildingBusiness ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness DevelopmentFinancial AnalysisManagement ConsultingIT StrategyTeam ManagementForecastingBusiness StrategyConsultative SellingManaged ServicesDigital TransformationProject Portfolio ManagementVendor ManagementP&L ManagementCustomer Relationship Management (Crm)OutsourcingStrategyBudgetsKey Account ManagementGlobal Channel DevelopmentSolution SellingCustomer ExperienceContract NegotiationSellingStart-UpsEnterprise SoftwareSales ManagementPmoInternet of Things (Iot)LeadershipBusiness AnalysisBpoSaasInternational BusinessChange ManagementBusiness Transformation

ABOUT CHANDRA SEKHAR

Who I\'m, is the possibility of BEING A VISIONARY, RELIABLE, and JOYFUL. If we just let Life flow through us in all it\'s magnificence, we would all be living a great life and the world would be a better place. Global Sales, Consulting, and Delivery Executive with 20+ years of experience in Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Hi-Tech, Med-Tech, Energy, Utility, and Public Sector Verticals. SaaS (Microsoft, AWS, Google, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, SNow, Adobe) & HW (VMWare, EMC, Cisco, Nvidia) Sales, Client Partner, P&L Management, GTM & Business Strategies, Product/Services Launch, Executive Reporting, and JV Operations. Chandra managed teams in Canada, China, Europe, Japan, India, Oman, Singapore, UAE, & USA. Led 600 people delivery & 50 people sales organization, an Engineer with an MBA, recognized as distinguished professional by fellow Management Consultants & Professional Accountants with a touch of “je ne sais quoi”. Chandra represents a model of a “T-shaped individual”, who collects expertise in many different disciplines, industries, skills, capabilities, countries, & topics, and uses the breadth of knowledge to connect dots. The technology depth provides the analytical thinking & problem-solving of a CIO/ CTO/ Business Leader. Outside of work, Chandra is Outdoorsy and Adventurous, loves travel, and is passionate about Health & Wellness. Sold & Managed major projects and outsourcing services to FP500 & Fortune 500 companies. Provides advisory service to organizations & leads initiatives strategic to reduce cost, grow topline & margins & market USP or differentiation. Managed Corporate Programs, IT & Business Projects, Resource Management, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Process Mapping, Business Analysis, Systems Integration, Application Development & Maintenance, ERP, CRM, & Package Implementation, QA, Infrastructure Management (ITSM / ITIL), & Cloud projects- Developed Partnerships & Strategic Alliance- Established 50 people sales operations for a US$5B German multinational- Established operations for Multinational System Integrators / IT outsourcing / SW development service providers in Canada, China, & USA. Excellent Stakeholder Management, Consensus Building, Team building, Negotiations, Customer Relationship Management & Communications skills.Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and propel sales to record bottom-line results & run Strategic Initiatives / Sales Ops / Delivery / Program Management.

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