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Prakash H

Director & Practice Lead Automation, North America
Aurora,Iilinois

Summary

Seasoned transformation leader, making direct impact on enterprises across multiple geographies & industry verticals through Digital Technologies & Design Excellence. Creation & application of strategic frameworks for innovative transformation solutions & implementations leveraging Digital Technologies such as Intelligent Automation, AI (Generative AI, Cognitive AI), Data Analytics, New Technologies etc, to achieve business outcomes & objectives.

Over 20 years of multi facet experience & exposure to Business Consulting, Enterprise Innovation, Operational Management & Transformation, Customer Experience Management, Program Management, Service Designing, Market Research & Business Analytics spread across, USA, India, UK, Middle East & South America,


Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director & Practice Lead Automation North America – Business Transformation

HGS Digital
11.2021 - Current

Global Transformation leader focusing on creation & application of strategic frameworks & solutions for Digital Transformation to generate guaranteed business outcomes for our clients.


Leading digital transformation program P&Ls across Healthcare, Telecom, Logistics (Supply Chain), CX (BPM/BPO, Contact Center) & BFSI verticals by leveraging Hyperautomation, Analytics & AI solutions (Generative AI, Cognitive AI etc)


  • Directing & managing Robotic Process Automation & Digital Transformation for HGS including overall growth of Digital Transformation Practice
  • Creating industry specific strategic frameworks for generative AI based solutions
  • Project & Program management of RPA solutions
  • Managing team of automation & transformation professionals
  • Manage client relationships in order to maintain competitive market share and identify new business opportunities and areas of improvement
  • Lead efforts to attract, retain, grow expert consultants and collaborate with consultants to ensure overall quality execution of business and technology
  • Monitor & Identify opportunities to increase revenue and efficiency
  • Gather competitor intelligence
  • Provide strategic inputs to clients on digital strategy
  • Provide thought leadership
  • Innovation and future state suggestions.

Deputy General Manager – Business Transformation

Hinduja Global Solutions
06.2015 - Current
  • Directing & managing Robotic Process Automation & Digital Transformation for HGS
  • Managing team of automation & transformation professionals
  • Designing, implementing & delivering Robotic process automation projects for clients
  • Provide optimization inputs to improve program performance
  • Monitor & Identify opportunities to increase revenue and efficiency
  • Gather competitor intelligence
  • Provide strategic inputs to clients on digital strategy
  • Provide thought leadership
  • Innovation and future state suggestions.

Director e-Channels Strategy – Digital Strategy, Innovations, Performance Enhancement for Chat & Email Channels

Sutherland Global Services
12.2014 - 06.2015
  • Standardization of chat processes across the organization
  • Baseline program information and performance
  • Monitor program performance & identify optimization areas proactively
  • Provide optimization inputs to improve program performance
  • Identify opportunities to increase revenue and efficiency
  • Liaison with various support functions for seamless implementation of optimization projects (SPOC & interface with SD, WFM, OE, Analytics, and other departments)
  • Assist in RFI & RFP responses
  • Gather competitor intelligence
  • Create knowledge repositories
  • Provide strategic inputs to clients / SD on digital strategy
  • Provide thought leadership
  • Innovation and future state suggestions / inputs.

Director Global Analytics (CM Analytics) – Analytics Framework (Text and Data), Innovations (Automation & Business Transformation), Thought Leadership, Business Development, Client Management, Service Delivery, People Management

Sutherland Global Services
06.2012 - 12.2014
  • Setup the chat (text) analytics team in Sutherland
  • Designed the chat analytics framework
  • Successfully delivered chat analytics projects for both internal & external clients
  • Worked with data management team to create a framework for data automation & data management
  • Created vision document & business case for Sutherland’s digital strategy
  • Setup Social media analytics framework
  • Designed and presented social media analytics framework for a leading telecom player in US
  • Was invited to attend meeting in Washington with SVP’s for discussing insights derived from social media analysis
  • Created a vision document on setting up VOC platform for one of the world’s largest telecom player
  • This tool had been implemented by the client
  • Key member of Sutherland’s onsite BT team for one of the world’s leading banks
  • Successfully scoped out business opportunities with both internal & external clients, thereby creating a constant revenue flow for the global analytics team
  • Worked closely with senior management in scoping out automation opportunities
  • Designed & presented platform solution for presenting integrated voice of the customer
  • Lead a team of analysts & senior managers.

Manager Transitions

Johnson Controls India Pvt Ltd
08.2011 - 04.2012
  • Understand client requirements & contract for transition implementation, both global and local clients
  • Develop the transition plan and deliverables on the plan with work stream owners
  • Partner with the internal work stream owners & client team for the successful implementation of project team deliverables on time, within budget, and according to agreed plan
  • Project Monitoring to ensure adherence to plans, continuous review, monitoring and reporting the actual progress towards the transition plan
  • Develop contingency and identify risks during the transition process and develop a mitigation plan to ensure minimal impact to transition timelines and deliverables, risk mitigation plans for transition
  • Deploys and refine the standardized change management toolkit / transition methodology to be used consistently for all transitions
  • Drive JCI & Client transition review meeting to track project progress
  • To establish & manage client relationship & engagement right from the transition inception
  • Communication with key stakeholders on an ongoing basis to ensure a seamless transition.

Assistant Manager Compliance & Risk Management

24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd.
09.2003 - 08.2011
  • Compliance adherence audits
  • Risk assessments of contracts
  • Policy formulation.

Education

B.A Economics -

Annamalai University

Skills

  • Consulting & Solutioning
  • Strategic and Analytical Thinking
  • Client Management
  • Team Management
  • Project & Program Management
  • Leading Change
  • Customer Focus
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Development
  • Budget Control
  • Operations Management

Accomplishments

  • Achieved $1 Million saving by process redesign & automating Enrollment & Cash Posting processes for a major Fortune 15 Healthcare Payer in USA. Consulted, Created solution framework & supervised the successful implementation of the solutions
  • Created & implemented strategic framework for leveraging Generative AI to automate Quality Assessment (Audit) process for contact/call center process, resulting in an improvement of 3% in gross margins
  • Consulted & created Center of Excellence (CoE) framework for a major Fortune 300 transportation & logistic company resulting in $1.25 Million Cost Savings & additional new Revenue of $1 Million by implementing hyperautomation
  • Consulted & setup RPA CoE for a major bank in Saudi Arabia. Automate processes such as Trade Finance, Card Services, Capital Markets, Corporate Operations & Administration
  • Created solution framework for Revenue Cycle Management processes in Provider operation resulting in 20% increase in collections & 45% reduction in TAT


Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Malayalam
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Kannada
Professional Working

Timeline

Director & Practice Lead Automation North America – Business Transformation

HGS Digital
11.2021 - Current

Deputy General Manager – Business Transformation

Hinduja Global Solutions
06.2015 - Current

Director e-Channels Strategy – Digital Strategy, Innovations, Performance Enhancement for Chat & Email Channels

Sutherland Global Services
12.2014 - 06.2015

Director Global Analytics (CM Analytics) – Analytics Framework (Text and Data), Innovations (Automation & Business Transformation), Thought Leadership, Business Development, Client Management, Service Delivery, People Management

Sutherland Global Services
06.2012 - 12.2014

Manager Transitions

Johnson Controls India Pvt Ltd
08.2011 - 04.2012

Assistant Manager Compliance & Risk Management

24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd.
09.2003 - 08.2011

B.A Economics -

Annamalai University
Prakash HDirector & Practice Lead Automation, North America