Santhosha Kumar
@santhoshakumar
Senior Consulting Manager at Wipro Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
Santhosha Kumar is a seasoned Techno-Managerial Professional with over 24 years of experience leading projects, people, and consulting across diverse industries including Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Pharma, and Banking. He specializes in the end-to-end pre-sales process, translating complex customer business requirements into workable, multi-million dollar solutions. He has a proven track record of building long-term customer relationships, driving revenue growth, and delivering high-quality IT solutions through strategic leadership and technical expertise.
Experience
Senior Consulting Manager
Wipro Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Spearheading strategic planning and pre-sales efforts, including managing end-to-end RFP/RFQ support, bidding, and qualification. Responsible for developing solution themes, target operating model documents, and managing client portfolios. Drives project operations by defining strategies, scoping, and planning, while executing service delivery efforts using service delivery management methodologies. Leads team management and knowledge transfer to maximize team strength and align efforts with organizational vision.
Associate Manager
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Delivered business presentations and achieved quality project outcomes. Built and supervised a team of 30 offshore members. Played a key role in planning and executing value-driven functional projects. Effectuated pre-planned sales strategies for accomplishing performance milestones.
Project Manager
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Led a portfolio of projects, defining budgets, timelines, and risk mitigation plans. Defined project scope, objectives, and resources by interfacing with offshore teams and clients. Managed projects from scoping and planning to successful implementation for the Shell account.
Senior System Analyst
Satyam Computer Services Pvt. Ltd.
Conducted 'System' and 'Business Analysis' of software modification requests from prominent clients, leading multiple projects and receiving positive feedback.
Associate Quality Assurance Engineer
RelQSoftware Pvt. Ltd.
Engaged in the configuration of BancsConnect and Bancs2000, maintained test case documents, and designed modules. Monitored scripts for converting Back-end to Front-end formats.
Associate Software Engineer
GPS Computers Pvt. Ltd.
Actively analyzed software modification requests from clients; undertook the design and development of software requirements.
Education
The National Institute of Engineering Mysore (Mysore University)
B.E. - Bachelor of Engineering
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