Gopinath Reddy SomaVenkata (Gopi)

Highly motivated and experienced IT executive with ~33 years of extensive experience and subject matter expertise in defining, guiding and selling information technology solutions vision, strategy, and execution of large-scale complex projects for major organizations in highly regulated industries like Healthcare Life Sciences (HLS). Banking Financial Securities & Insurance (BFSI), Media, Retail sectors, startups/voluntary organizations. He is currently responsible for providing technology leadership for groundbreaking solutions & strategies that support 40 Bn dollar J&J MedTech “Go to Market Strategies”(Organic growth via Digital Sales, Rep based selling, Partner/Distributor based selling & Inorganic growth strategies via Mergers & Acquisitions) encompassing Customer & Sales, Marketing, Digital, Data ,Integration, Commercial Education etc using multi cloud, digital (MarTech), commercial solutions (salesforce, Axtria, Axonify), cloud based data management platforms, customer data platforms, master data solutions, enterprise data warehouses, ERP s, integration strategy, API strategy, Acquisitions & Divestitures. As part of his expanded role, Gopi also leads the marquee J&J MedTech A&D practice that focuses on high value Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestiture projects for J&J MedTech. Here are some examples of Gopi’s major current responsibilities around Inorganic Growth Strategies (Integrations/Acquisitions & Divestitures etc)
#1- Abiomed Integration Project -Currently leading integration of Abiomed into J&J MedTech focused on strategy & end to end program execution of 28 Mn+ Abiomed IT integration program (MarTech, Digital, Data, Commercial, Supply Chain) etc to enable Abiomed’s expansion into new markets, regions and help achieve 5 Bn sales by 2025.
Some of the key areas of my current focus are.
 Risk & Compliance & Product Strategy- end to end on boarding of Abiomed into J&J ‘s product strategy on
a) Service &Repair Strategy on cloud
b) Supply chain’s Enterprise Complaints Management strategy on cloud (CAPA related)
 MarTech & Digital Strategy: - a) Abiomed Omni Channel Strategy b) Abiomed Digital hosting strategy
 GenAI & Innovation: - Building a virtual assistant to coach Commercial sales teams of Abiomed.
 Master data & Integration Strategy (ERP s & Commercial systems).
This large complex program requires extensive due diligence, strategic planning, product strategy, full program life cycle that involves internal selling, proposals, product strategy/management ,Application Life Cycle Management /Technology Life Cycle Management remediation, TIME dispositions, architecture, program implementation involving large global teams, planning, stakeholder management, strategic partnerships, vendor management, business planning, business partnerships, process optimization with clear OKR s & business outcomes & reviews.
#2 -Project “Trieste” – leading IT portion of a confidential project that involves a potential divestiture of part of our business in a particular geography
#3 End to End leadership for ~45+ million USD “Project Diamond” for MedTech (Kenvue Spinoff from J&J).
One of the biggest spin offs in Health care industry, Kenvue (J&J Consumer) separation from J&J was one of the most complex programs that I have successfully executed in J&J. I was responsible for the entire MedTech sector work which required extensive due diligence, strategic planning, full program life cycle that involves internal selling, proposals, ALM/TLM remediation, TSA strategy, R-TSA strategies, architecture & design, project/program implementation involving hiring & scaling large global teams, planning, stakeholder management, feedback loops, vendor management, business planning, business partnerships, process optimization with clear OKR s & business outcomes & reviews.
Successfully completed the work on schedule, on time & 15% below budget & has been duly recognized with CEO Award for my work.
Here are some examples of Gopi’s major current responsibilities around IT enablement of organic Growth Strategies (Go to Market Strategies of J&J MedTech)
#4 MedTech Insights & Decisions powered by Data on Demand powered by many themes like “Data As a Service”, “Integration as a service “, “Analytics as a Service” models along with solutions using Generative AI)-Proactive work being done to unlock hidden business value out of J&J systems, documents, unstructured data and data as competitive advantage and provide ~28 Mn value to MedTech just by brining industrialization concept into data & integrations in Commercial & Digital domains. Lead the proactive discovery, due diligence, architectural patterns, data sources/systems, value hypothesis, building alternate solution options, validating, communicating and internal selling of the concept across the JJT eco-system of Product Groups, Engineering teams, MT LT, TS LT etc. This new approach & its value proposition is currently being tested with “Abiomed” as a proof of concept.
#5 Omni channel strategy for Strategic Customer Group, Ethicon, Depuy Synthes, CSS Companies Abiomed etc using Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience cloud, CPQ, Cloud Craze, Mule Soft, Analytics cloud, CDP etc.

1. Successfully created cloud technologies strategy for a medical device manufacturer based in Midwest of USA across the domains of Sales, Marketing, Service, Pricing, Analytics, Contracting, ERPs, Data & Analytics. This work involved rolling out of solutions using Salesforce cloud platforms, Tableau, Powe BI, AppExchange products, Integration cloud/API solutions, Model N and ERPs.
2. Key player in putting together frameworks, technical training plan, Org62 implementation and selling Program Architect product/service for Salesforce marquee customers. Key member shaping GTM strategy for PA engagements and has been able to generate ~5million dollar order bookings under my oversight.
3. Consult & Advise a Mid-west-based med tech organization on Digital Transformation Strategy involving Process consulting (As-is to Target state definition, Digitization, Data treatment), Business Value measurement framework, change management frameworks based on KOTTER & ADKAR models.
4. Contributed as PA for many voluntary organizations like Girls Who Code , Action Aid etc.

•  Lead the business solutions strategy group the focused on pursuing pro-active opportunities and opened new geographies like LATAM(Banamex) and Canada (Aviva Canda)-Awarded best Account Strategy for 2 yrs in a row.
   8 Years of successful stint as practice director (responsible for pre-sales specializing in cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) Data,Analytics,EAI s, B2B commerce, E-commerce, EDI, ETL, Business Process Optimization etc), Lead proposals ,deal pursuits, overseeing the execution of multi-million-dollar projects for US clients like Citibank, CapitalOne, UBS, BNYM, NYSE, Deutsche Bank and other EMEA clients like Alstom,Argos,Aviva etc using global delivery models and various contract models like fixed priced contracts/SoW based/Risk-Reward contracts.
   Grew the business of 'Business Application services” portfolio (cloud, analytics services revenues) to $25 Million from $5.2 Million in

•  As a Senior Consultant in Architecture & Program Delivery at Cognizant Technologies (based in U.K.) delivered strategic programs like ERP implementations, e-commerce portals, Web based solutions that involved regulated data & regulated systems for customers like Alstom, Argos etc.
   Delivered Strategic projects for Amex, World Bank etc.
   Lead and manage a team of architects and program delivery professionals to deliver high-quality IT solutions.
   Pro-active consultative, solution/delivery driven selling, Account planning, Quarterly Business reviews etcDelivered strategic programs like ERP implementations, e-commerce portals, and web-based solutions for customers
• Lead and managed a team of architects and program delivery professionals.

• Worked as a software developer for various global IT consulting firms.