Venkat Gajjala
Sr VP, COO – Global Engineering / R&D Services BU, Digital Engineering Transformation expert, 28+ yrs of Engineering services expertise in Strategy, Sales and Delivery; 6500+ global team and $400+ Mn P&L; Board Director
- Role
- Sr Vice President, Global Head & COO Engineering R & d Services Group at Tech Mahindra
- Location
- Hyderabad, TG, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Venkat Gajjala
Sr. Vice President, COO – Global Engineering Services Group, Tech MahindraSr. VP, COO, Digital Engineering Transformation Champion, Board Member, P&L ownership, High impact Technical leadership and Business excellence, 28+ years of Global Engineering R&D Services expertise; managing 5500+ global team and responsible for $350 Mn+ P&L Global Engineering / R&D Services portfolio experience includes verticals - Automotive, Aero & Defense, Industrial, Energy, Oil & Gas, Rail Trans, Health Care, Telecom, Hi-tech / ISV, Smart Infra. Strong leadership drive in innovative Digital Engineering Transformation and accomplished 30+% of revenue through Digital Engineering solutions/services Established high impact global teams in delivering strong value creation to customers, in the areas of Engineering R&D / Digital Outsourcing Consulting, IP (Global Patents) creation, Global Engineering Product Design, Digital Engineering solutions, Frugal product sustenance, Manufacturing / Supply Chain / After Market Engg. Successfully established more than 40+ Global Customers’ Engineering operations in realizing their global outsourcing targets (best technology) and delivered Technology & Digital Engineering Goals Experienced in strategic M&A assessment, synergy planning, asset valuation and successful integration Global CXO connects and management through regular Industry conclaves and Advisory forums
Experience
Sr Vice President, Global Head & COO Engineering R & d Services Group
Apr 2018 — Present · IN
Successfully managing a Global Engineering R&D Services group with P&L responsibility of $400+ Mn revenue, 6500+ professionals, with best in the industry Growth and EBITDA• Enabled an innovative Digital Engineering Transformation framework to expand our Digital portfolio service across industry verticals – o Automotive - Level 3 Autonomous vehicle E2E data collection, data management, Algorithm validation; DevSecOps based Infotainment full stack SW development and testing; E2E connected vehicle platform dev and 30K+ deployment; E2E ePowertrain sub-system des & dev; E2E Electric Vehicle des & dev; AR/VR based remote vehicle repair platform; Global Industry 4.0 consultancy & deployment across 20+ global plants; Pega based warranty mgt and predictive analytics; Digital Twin / Digital Thread simulationo HiTech/ISV - DevSecOps based SW product development; Hyper scalar SW product enhancements and test automation; Cons Electronics 15” HMI full stack SW development & manufacturing of 50K+ units; e-Commerce E2E SW platform dev & ops; Storage and Compute SW revitalizationo Telecom - Mobile device full stack SW dev & testing; 5G mobile device certification testing automation; SDN / NFV / ORAN proprietary framework; GIS based automated telecom network design and plan tool; E2E Device Management and Automationo Industrial / Health Care / Retail – Digital Engg consultancy and transformation of global major ER & D operations; multiple E2E IoT based APM SW platform and analytics; Cloud based Servitization IoT platforms; SaaS based Asset tracking and monitoring platform; Integrated Tele Health platform - with 20 diff device data integration and tested with more than 100+K patients; PaaS based Aircraft health monitoring and predictive analytics platform; AI/ML based mfg quality system• Established a CoE based and innovative resource sourcing models to build right teams• Successfully negotiated and integrated 3 M&A companies in Europe, India, US
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
M.Tech, Machine Design
1991 — 1992
University of Louisville
MBA, Entreprenuership
1999 — 2001
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering
1987 — 1991
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