Perspectives 22 - Unleashed

Raunaq Rajani is a stand-up comedian and writer hailing from Mumbai. He is known for his clever and humorous observations on daily life and current events. With a background in writing for the comedy group East India Comedy, Raunaq has honed his comedic skills and developed a unique voice that keeps audiences entertained and laughing. He has appeared on several television shows, including NDTV’s Rising Stars of Comedy and Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Showcase.

Dr. C. Jayakumar is a highly accomplished HR professional with over 35 years of experience and has a proven track record of leading strategic HR initiatives and driving organizational transformation, including digital transformation. He has been the Head of HR for various businesses, independent companies, and JVs within L&T Group, including leadership roles in the Middle East & Africa Region. 

An alumnus of London Business School, Dr. Jayakumar is a recognized thought leader and speaker with extensive academic qualifications, including a doctorate in leadership. He holds various national and international certifications and actively contributes to professional bodies. Under his leadership, L&T has achieved numerous recognitions, including Great Place to Work certification, Ambition Box Employee Choice Awards, Company with Great Managers, Gold Award by Stevie, Best Advance in Learning Strategy by Brandon Hall and many others. Dr. Jayakumar himself has been honoured with several prestigious awards for his achievements in HR

Neel Heads the Group Learning and the Aditya Birla Group Global Center for Leadership Learning. Before this he was Head of Leadership Development at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and worked closely with the RIL Leadership to create and implement Leadership Development framework and strategies to support this Fortune 100 organization further move to next level. Earlier, Neel Headed the Learning and Talent Development for India and South Asia at the Standard Chartered Bank. Before SCB he was with Microsoft India, where he was leading People and Organization Capability (POC). Before Microsoft, Neel was with ICICI Bank as the Group Head of Leaning and managed Training and Leadership Development for the whole Bank.

Richa is a seasoned HR leader with 20+ years of vast talent & leadership development experience focusing on developing talent for the skills of today and readying the workforce for the future. She has established & led multiple portfolios within the Learning, Talent Development & CSR space. She is currently heading the L&OD portfolio for Coforge (erstwhile NIIT Technologies), prior to this she has worked with MetLife, Genpact and Vertex. Richa has over the years developed & enhanced her expertise in the HR domain through various certifications- she is an MBTI, DISC, LOMA ALMI, Neuro-linguistic certified professional, Prince 2 Practitioner with an Advanced Certificate in Strategic HR Management from eCornell University & is currently pursuing a certification as an Executive Coach from International Coaching Federation (ICF). She brings a business-focused and practical approach to learning & talent development having worked extensively with the business.

Matthew Glitzer is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Skillsoft. He most recently served as Vice President, Security Sales, IBM Americas where he was responsible for all Security related products and services. Previously, Matt served as Vice President, IBM’s Integrated Security Business Unit - Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for Security Software sales and Services and was a member of IBM’s regional Senior Leadership Team. In Matt’s prior roles in Greater China for IBM, he was a member of the Global Technology Services leadership team holding the positions of General Manager, Global Technology Services, Hong Kong and Head of Client Management and Offerings. In these roles he had country and regional P&L responsibility for all managed service clients, as well as technology solutioning, consulting and go-to-market offerings. Before joining IBM in 2005, he was vice president of Field Alliances for SAP America.

Experienced Human Resource Leader across industries. Professional acumen in Strategic HR, Talent Management, Executive Coaching, HR Business Partnership, Recruitment, Performance Management and Rewards. Incubated new businesses and transformed organizational culture. In the process of building a Digital organization for one of the largest conglomerates. Experienced Human Resource Leader across industries. Professional acumen in Strategic HR, Talent Management, Executive Coaching, HR Business Partnership, Recruitment, Performance Management and Rewards. Incubated new businesses and transformed organizational culture. In the process of building a Digital organization for one of the largest conglomerates.

Vinutha comes with rich global experience of over 25 years in IT covering delivery management, operations management, solution development, creating and building a talent pool on digital skills. She has excelled at delivery management by creating value for the customers through innovative solutions and consistent delivery quality. She also has extensive experience in defining, setting up, and managing end-end business operations, developing digital talent capability@scale.

A learning leader in large multinational organizations such as IBM and Conduent (formerly Xerox Services), Govind is adept in establishing and managing multimillion-dollar learning & knowledge operations. He has extensive experience in learning strategy & transformation, performance & learning consulting, design, development and deployment of learning and knowledge solutions/curricula/university, driving social & self-directed learning, branding, content management, project/program management, evaluation, effectiveness & ROI.  Govind is accomplished in driving efficiencies, innovating, collaborating with large geographically dispersed teams, demonstrating strong leadership, stakeholder management, client partnering, communication, vendor management and negotiation skills to build deep technical, functional and behavioral competencies through best of class learning interventions evolving for 2020 workforce.

Experienced in designing and delivering impactful learning solutions, talent management programs, and organizational design initiatives that align with business objectives and evolving market needs. 

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Industry Veteran and Thought-Leader in Technology, Learning and Development with 34 years of experience. Training and upskilling engineers with specific focus on Deployment through Competency development. Founder and Head of the School of Talent Advancement and Reskilling (STAR) Academy which has grown from a simple training facilitation unit to the key business stakeholder for the Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) division of HCL Technologies Ltd; contributing significantly to HCL’s revenue.

Dr. Anand Kumar is a distinguished professional with a difference in the field of HR/Talent Management with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing & Customer Support Services (Navratana/Maharatna). During the tenure he has served in multiple location in leadership roles effectively harmonizing HR Practices with current/future business needs and strategy specializing in HR processes & policy, Talent acquisition and enabling increased Employee Engagement and fostering performing culture. Dr Kumar has been instrumental in enabling processes and spearheading HR Transformational drive undertaken by the company for giving wings to be future ready organization.

Sachin has over 24 years of experience within Learning, Talent Management and Organizational Development domains. During this time, he has worked and learnt with organizations as varied as the Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Amazon, Accenture, and IBM India to name a few. As the Global Head of L&D, Leadership Development and OD for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Sachin is accountable for capability development and future skilling needs across technical learning, compliance, scientific, leadership and professional skills, for more than twenty-five thousand DRL employees spread globally. Prior to this role, Sachin spent time at Novartis as their Global Head of Learning for Operations and Corp. Functions, and before that he was the Chief Learning Officer for Global Consulting at Deloitte.

Partnering with Leaders on key people dimensions, organization transformation programs, driving talent engagement & management and development initiatives such as leadership development program, designing & implementing competency model for high performance environment, career management framework, structured & agile on-boarding curriculum, learning roadmaps, focused coaching interventions for diverse profiles spread across different geographies. 

Mathuram Subrahmanian has over 23 years of experience with proven expertise in Talent Development, Consulting, Project Management, Designing, Creation & Curation of Learning Solutions, Quality Assurance and Application Development.

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Manoj leads the L&D function at Persistent Systems and is responsible for the overall L&D Transformation and bringing it in the business mainstream to make it more proactive and forward looking. He strongly believes and is passionate in the areas of People Development, Continuous Improvement, Business & Delivery Excellence, Quality Management, Project Management and Risk Management. Manoj designs programs to nurture talent across the organization and help create deeper expertise across technologies and domains. Prior to this role, Manoj was the AVP, ECoDe - Education & Competency Development at KPIT

Dynamic, results-driven sales executive with extensive experience driving revenue for technology companies across complex market landscapes. Firsthand experience building teams on the ground in China, Japan, India, ANZ, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, South America, East Africa, and West Africa. Exceptional record of performance delivering revenue, developing strategy, and driving execution of key business initiatives.

Technology business leader with expertise in leading the strategic direction and development of learning products that enable individuals to achieve their fullest potential. With over two decades of experience in the e-learning space, Ramki has been a steadfast leader with a deep expertise in driving product innovation, and technology strategy for skillsoft with specialties include leadership in building feature flag platforms and integration, general management, critical business planning, product management, business operations, bringing new technologies to market and driving customer acquisition and sales enablement.

Divyesh is an entrepreneurial business leader with rich experience in helping organizations drive their digital HR agenda.  Over the last 2 decades, Divyesh has helped hundreds of organizations leverage technology-led solutions for delivering key business results. In his current role as Regional Vice President for Skillsoft India, Divyesh advises businesses on how to extend their digital agenda, go beyond technology implementations to drive strategic imperatives and create best-in-class employee experience (EX) aligned with current and future needs of organizations. Prior to joining Skillsoft, Divyesh has worked in global technology and cloud-based solutions companies like SAP, Polaris Software Labs and others.

Ankur is currently working as a Vice President of Marketing at Skillsoft and has been part of the company for over 18 years. In his current role, he is responsible for managing regional field marketing, demand generation, business development, brand management as well as Marketing COE (Centre of Excellence) globally. Prior to Skillsoft, Ankur had worked on marketing and consulting assignments with Fiorano Software, IDC, AMCON and PwC.

With over two decades of leadership and management experience in Customer Success and L&D, Rachna has a proven track record of success in transforming business operations and increasing customer satisfaction. Having worked with global clients across various sectors, my career encompasses diverse organizational environments, including startups, large enterprises, service and product organizations, and SaaS companies. Rachna has successfully hired, trained, and mentored high functioning teams throughout her journey.

Sucheta has over 20 years of professional experience in IT/ITES, BFSI, Leadership & Organizational Development Consulting as well as Social Development sectors across multiple organizations in varied capacities. She has evolved not only as a Subject Matter Expert but also acquired key people, project and client management skills. An effective communicator with immense focus on client, business and people. Diligence, wit, honesty and creativity embellish the skill set further.