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Amit Agrawal

Houston,TX

Summary

IT Consulting leader, result oriented and highly motivated professional with more than 22 years of experience in Sales, Pre Sales and Delivery in technology led business solutions for Fortune 500 and mid-size clients . Expertise in Account Mining, Large scale Program Governance , Project initiation , Pre Sales , and over all Client services . Strategic thinker and partner to client executives to orchestrate their roadmap through digital transformation, systems modernization with AI and Gen AI led services and process optimization to create business value and competitive edge.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Practice Director - Oracle

Birlasoft
01.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for Account Mining with Oracle Application and related services as focused areas.
  • Responsible for growth of portfolio of accounts in Oracle Economy in Manufacturing , Energy and Utilities and Life Science verticals. Responsibility for EN and NN growth with quota sales target
  • Leading Oracle Sales engagements for large clients for the Oracle Cloud and EBS practice in US. Portfolio of 50 MUSD approx. with existing programs.
  • Engage with Vertical - Accounts and Delivery team to position Birlasoft's enterprise value proposition and drive deals to closure.
  • Analyst engagement with Gartner , Forrester , Avasant . Supported pipeline and revenue through ISV engagements involving co-selling, joint campaigns as well as Cloudworld orchestrations.
  • Craft and anchor Winning propositions and proposals for Oracle practice.
  • Advisory capability to C-Suite in Oracle Application and overall IT Road map planning.
  • Adept in RFI ,RFP, Proposal, Proactive Pipeline creation , Best Estimates preparation and review.
  • Leading Investments in Cloud SaaS, PaaS environments for ERP, SCM, CX and led creation of proven Integration adapters like iLInk & Cloudlink for JDE/ EBS/ SAP/ PeopleSoft/ Infor etc.
  • Sponsor for inhouse tool development - R12 EBS upgrade assessment ( IMPACTA) , code remediation and migration tool , Oracle SaaS Cloud automated testing tool ( OCUST).

US Delivery Head- Oracle

Birlasoft
12.2020 - 01.2022
  • Overall Delivery responsibilities for North America Clients for Oracle Applications . Year on Year delivery led growth in Revenue , CSAT improvements and overall Team retention and capability building targets.
  • Led delivery engagements for large clients for the Oracle Cloud and EBS practice in US. Portfolio of 28 MUSD approx. with existing programs.
  • Led delivery team for multiple large scale global implementations and roll out for ERP modernization .
    Team mentoring – internal team readiness for pipeline projects and upskill/cross skill planning ( portfolio team lead for 500 FTE across Geographies).

Senior Engagement Manager - Oracle

Birlasoft
12.2019 - 12.2020

Practice Lead - Oracle Cloud and On-Premise (EBS) . Responsible for practice growth , existing and new client.

Client Lead

Infosys Limited
09.2011 - 12.2019
  • Project initiation , Client service in delivering large scale implementation , Pre-Sales , Recruitment for North America Oracle practice , Project Management.
  • Solution Architect for Oracle EBS , Fusion middle ware applications , Team mentoring.
  • Created and maintained project plans to ensure projects were completed on time and on budget
  • Acted as a liaison between clients and internal teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
  • Utilized problem solving skills to resolve any conflicts or issues that arose

Lead Consultant

Infosys Limited
06.2005 - 09.2011
  • Managed teams of up to 80 consultants in the delivery of complex projects for clients, ensuring projects were delivered on time and within budget.
  • Developed client relationships to ensure repeat business and a good reputation for the company
  • Created project plans, monitored progress and identified risks to successful project delivery
  • Provided technical guidance and support to junior consultants

Education

Post Graduate Program - Artificial Intelligence

University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX
11-2025

MBA - Master of Management Business Administration

IIT Bombay - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
Mumbai , India
05-2005

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical Engineering

Utkal University
India
06-2001

Accomplishments


  • Practice Lead with responsibility to mine and grow Oracle footprint at large clients for Oracle Cloud and EBS practice . Portfolio of 50 MUSD approx. with existing programs
  • Senior Leader of Oracle Practice and part of annual Strategic planning team along with CXOs.
  • Achieved Net Addition of more than 8+ MUSD year on year for Oracle EBS/Cloud Sales through compelling solutions blue printing by working together with the Account sales team , SMEs, and delivery team.
  • Key responsibility to build Alliance relationship with Oracle Sales Rep and larger Oracle Community ( Tim Zuch, Andrew Bauer et.all)
  • GTM initiatives, Campaign development and pipeline building.
  • Strong relationship built with Accounts Sales/CP and Delivery team for mutual growth and continued repeat business.
  • 2+ years of Hunting new logos : Successfully closed 3 new logos
  • Led the first comany wide Oracle native AI proposal for an existing client in the area of CX ( Sales and Commerce Cloud , Eloqua) with real life development of demo using Oracle Cohere.
  • 5 Large deals in the last 3 years: 3 Managed Services deals, 2 Oracle Cloud Transformation deals
  • Rich Experience in Manufacturing. Energy and Utility , Medical Devices Domain: Additional experience with diverse industries including Automotive, Aerospace, Aggregates & Cement, Agricultural Equipment, and Defense.
  • Specialized in High-Value Deals: Expertise in crafting and selling large deals ($10M+), with a strong background in Digital Strategy and Service Modeling.
  • Led team to orchestrate multi-year transformation deal worth $12+MN to enable Oracle SaaS Cloud application implementation along with Digital services.
  • Co-developed Oracle SaaS Cloud implementation project estimation tool ( US – Patent filing in process).
  • Led delivery team for multiple large scale global implementations and roll out for ERP modernization and carved out long term value propositions like SaaS Bot tools , Industry 4.0 based delivery ( PLC to IoT and Digital footprint)
  • Led the Celonis process mining partnership for Oracle at Birlasoft
  • Unit Management – Best Estimates preparations , resource planning , Order book and guidance management
  • Analyst engagement with Gartner , Forrester , Avasant . Supported pipeline and revenue through ISV engagements involving co-selling, joint campaigns.
  • Team mentoring – internal team readiness for pipeline projects and upskill/cross skill planning ( portfolio team lead for 500 FTE across Geography).


Timeline

Practice Director - Oracle

Birlasoft
01.2021 - Current

US Delivery Head- Oracle

Birlasoft
12.2020 - 01.2022

Senior Engagement Manager - Oracle

Birlasoft
12.2019 - 12.2020

Client Lead

Infosys Limited
09.2011 - 12.2019

Lead Consultant

Infosys Limited
06.2005 - 09.2011

Post Graduate Program - Artificial Intelligence

University of Texas At Austin

MBA - Master of Management Business Administration

IIT Bombay - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical Engineering

Utkal University

Awards ,Recognition & Other Skills

  • STAR Award at Birlasoft for consecutive years ( 2023 and 2024)
  • Oracle Fusion AI Agent Studio Foundations Associate - Rel 1 - BETA (1Z0-1145-1)
  • Bronze medal winner for Excellence in Client Delight category in 2014-2015–by CEO, Infosys
  • Award for excellence , Infosys : 2018 and 2019 for large scale delivery success in Oracle Applications.
  • Ability to build consensus with multiple parties to arrive at key go to market strategies internally and led team to present before client mainly to Vice Presidents and C-Level executives.
  • Competency building , Point of View and Proof of Concepts involving newer technologies
    Multiple client appreciation/citation ( available on Linked in profile )
Amit Agrawal