Vivek Padmanabhan
GCC Leader l Head of IT I Technology Leader I Digital Transformation Leader I Change Catalyst
- Role
- Head of IT Operations, India at AutoZone
- Location
- Gurugram, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vivek Padmanabhan
Vivek is a seasoned & mature leader with 30+ years of significant, progressive experience across wide gamut of functions in IT working with global giants. A technology enthusiast and a people person with a successful track record of setting up GCC capability in India, building world-class teams and practices, enabling cross- work group activities to achieve business goals, identifying synergies and challenges across functional groups and offeringinnovative technology solutions.KEY STRENGTHS:Technology Leadership, IT Strategy & Roadmap, People Leadership, Cloud Computing, IT Infrastructure Management, Operations & Support, Software & Infra Engineering, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, End-to-end Delivery Management, Program Management, IT Service Management, Global Stakeholder Management, Financial & Vendor Management, Talent Development & Retention & Diversely Experienced Visionary.VALUE PROPOSITION -Serve as a role model by demonstrating a commitment to company values, high performance standards, workplace diversity, and driving results. Motivated achiever who drives aggressive revenue growth and market expansion by utilizing talent for connecting mission, product, and service to untapped niches. Customer FOCUS -Look for hybrids and cast a wide net, straddling business and technical worlds, bringing a paradigm shift in business to view technology not as a cost, but to leverage it for competitive advantage. Influence client stakeholders to take action / facilitate buy-in of recommendations with minimally invasive strategies General Management - Strong People Management, relationship building, competency building, talent nurturing, communication & general management skills. Ability to create an effective, aligned & motivated team, collaborate globally to achieve win- win outcomes, build credible & long term relationships, navigate through the organization & enable people to achieve significant outcomes. Energetic achiever who continuously succeeds in establishing and leading world-class business from inception to fruition and consistent focus in delivering Business Value. Facile decision-maker who designs innovative incentive and benefits programs that increase yields and reduce costs. Vivek loves to travel & spending time with his family. His travels has helped him to look at the other side of the world & believes in giving back to the community.
Experience
Head of IT Operations, India
Jan 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN
Heading the India IT Operations & leading all support functions.(HR, Finance, Recruitment, Vendor Management, Security, Tech, Infrastructure, etc). Provides strong leadership and effectively communicates strategies, objectives and tactics to the team and guides them to success.
Education
Siddhaganga Institute of Technology
B.E, Mechanical
1991 — 1995
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