Li Muralikrishnan
Summary
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Methodical Director with 15 years of comprehensive experience overseeing daily Travel and Fleet operations at Panasonic. Smart and Hardworking and versatile professional well-versed in executing business strategies, preparing and implementing business plans and overseeing financial performance. Thorough knowledge of market changes and trends paired with strong grasp of corporate finance and performance measures.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Corporate Services
Panasonic Avionics
Irvine, CA
04.2010 - Current
- Currently Manage global Travel & Expense program, including management of travel management company, travel suppliers, expense management tool, and company credit card programs
- Manage Concur tool
- Global credit cards management, travel and procurement Pcard
- Work with HR and Finance in policy refinements
- Maintain live dashboard and leading indicators reports
- Manage global fleet program for both benefit level cars and service cars
Corporate Business Leader
Panasonic Avionics
04.2006 - Current
- Acted in the role of Chief of Staff to the CEO and President, strategic alignment of cross functional department projects for CEO, Developed and managed CEO dashboards, accountable for AS9100 audit representations on customer feedback requirements, conducted annual Airline Customer Survey, briefed results to executive management & functional groups and followed up with Regional VPs on closing of the customer feedback loop and provided gap analysis to existing customer success projects
- Appointed by CEO of Panasonic Corporation as “CB Dendo-Shi – Created cash 1% of sales, Productivity improvement by 72,000 hours and instill Cost Conscious DNA in PAC culture; Won the 2016 North American Regional Time Busters Award for PAC
- 151M savings year over year from Cost Busters Program
- 2015 Panasonic World Cup Cost Busters Award winner – Travel program recognized as Best in class among Panasonic companies
- Managed Corporate Administration services including but not limited to Global Facilities(101 Locations over 2M RSF), Global Travel (12M spend) and Company Fleet programs (435 cars) – managed over $125 million USD plus budget
- Managed several offsite projects related to customer specific projects such as but not limited to relation management of software development vendors and management of development projects in Mumbai for interactive development for Cathay Pacific, Jet Airways, and Emirates
- Managed construction from ground up of a $32 million four storied, 1st ever LEED Platinum, state of the art building in DAFZA, Dubai Operations running in full fledge with over 425 employees
- Building Official Opening was in FY 2016.
Contracts Manager
Panasonic Avionics
08.1999 - 03.2006
- Work with Company legal Secretary in finding the requirements for doing business across the globe and in registering PAC in various countries, completed registration in Dubai, Belgium, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Spain, Sri Lanka, Australia and several other countries
- Created and managed an automated process for processing Corporate Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) for PAC (18th year in progress.) Airlines Contracts, GTA and exhibits preparation
Education
The Executive Program in Management -
UCLA Anderson Business School
04.2009
Master of Arts in music Business -
San Diego State University
01.1990
Master of Arts – Indian classical music -
University of Madras, India
01.1988
Ph. D Work in Ethnomusicology -
UCLA
Skills
- Experienced over ten years in managing corporate travel and expense programs
- Champion level with Concur tool
- SAP ERP integration with concur
- MS office, excel reports, BI dashboard
- Commitment to confidentiality nature of the travel business and financial sensitivity
- GTP certified travel professional from GBTA
- MA degrees from SDSU, CA
- Executive mba program from UCLA
Additional Information
Artistic side of Li under the brand “NMK”
Cultural ambassador to Indian community in maintenance of culture through music to the younger generations of Southern California. Has performed in world class auditorium such as Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Grammy awards Shrine auditorium, to name a few – www.nmuralikrishnan.com
Timeline
Director of Corporate Services
Panasonic Avionics
04.2010 - Current
Corporate Business Leader
Panasonic Avionics
04.2006 - Current
Contracts Manager
Panasonic Avionics
08.1999 - 03.2006
The Executive Program in Management -
UCLA Anderson Business School
Master of Arts in music Business -
San Diego State University
Master of Arts – Indian classical music -
University of Madras, India
Ph. D Work in Ethnomusicology -
UCLA