Vinay Krishna

About Vinay Krishna

Have around 22 Years of in-depth IT experience having worked in large End to End Transformation ERP projects for several Fortune 500 clients. Have played key roles like Head of SAP Master Data Management, Data Management Strategist, MDM Leader, MDM Evangelist, Delivery Head for Multi Country Roll Outs for Complex SAP MDG engagements on S4 HANA track. Currently working with Cognizant Technology Solutions as Director and Head of SAP MDG Technology for S4 HANA Programs across North America, EU and APAC regions. Have been responsible for providing strategic consulting for large organizations in Enterprise Data Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Master Data Management, Data Quality and End to End Data Governance solutions. Have led accelerating Digital Transformation journey with different business domains like Manufacturing and Logistics, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Retail, Consumer Goods for their large S4 HANA transformation projects. Extensive experience in stakeholder management and have been working closely with Senior leadership of various organizations CXO’s, CXO’s-1 level and leading their overall MDM and S4 Transformation projects. Have led large teams for end-to-end delivery and mentored the team for successful Global rollouts. Have excellent communication skills and guided the top management of various organizations in taking strategic decisions for several projects and helping them drive towards successful delivery.Having close to 22+ years of overall experience and currently heading SAP MDG Competency for cognizant worldwide - US, UK, EU and APAC. Have been Thought leader in this space and help Organizations to take up and lead large transformation initiatives and engagements in Master Data Management in SAP MDG space. Have been engaged in building solutions across the enterprise and also enabling them on their S4 HANA Journey and helping multi county global roll outs. Have been instrumental in implementing and establishing a high performing team of more than 350+ resources MDG resources at Cognizant World wide. Have also groomed and established a pool of Senior MDG Architects and thought leaders in this unique space. Have strategically lead around 55+ projects and helped customers right from planning to execution and multi-country roll outs implementations. Have strategically led more than 55+ End-to-End Implementations in SAP MDG Implementations for various MDG versions on S4 HANA. Deep expertise in various Master data objects in MDG – Customer, Vendor, Material, Finance and Customer objects.

Experience

1. Director

   Cognizant

   Jan 2021 — Present · IN

   SAP MDG Competency Head at Cognizant

Education

• Bachelors in Information Technology

  Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Soa
• Solution Architecture
• Business Intelligence
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Sap Erp
• Erp