Venkatesh Mahadevan

Venkatesh Mahadevan is a highly seasoned IT professional from the industry with over 15 years of exposure with leading multi-national & trans-national corporations

He spent his professional career with leading multi-nationals and has lead large teams with diverse skill sets. His immense business knowledge and passion for the challenge has led him to deliver milestones in diverse circumstances. His qualifications ably supported by his tremendous industry knowledge and undying passion for his work has helped him achieve challenging deadlines time after time. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate (Ph.D), in addition to being an MBA in Marketing and Computer Applications Management. He also holds several certifications from prestigious institutes in the areas of Project Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and some Key Information Technology competency areas.

Venkatesh has been formally trained in International Project Management Methodologies and Practices. He is also a member of the reputed International Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) and holds the CISM certification from ISACA, information systems and audit control association

Venkatesh has been admitted into the International Who’s Who society in recognition of his having demonstrated exemplary achievement and for making distinguished contributions in the field of Information Technology.

Venkatesh, before he moved out to set-up on his own in May, 2005, had been with International Foodstuffs Company (IFFCO) , a leading manufacturing and marketing FMCG group in middle-east, based in UAE. IFFCO has ten business units in UAE and independent manufacturing marketing business companies in Egypt and Malaysia and presence in KSA and South Africa with more than 6000 employees. Prior to moving to the Middle East, his most recent position has been as Director, Information Systems with Coca-Cola India, reporting to the CEO ; where he was with the company for 8 years. He also served on the Executive committee of the company and has been a member of the leadership council at Coca-Cola India. As a member of the Leadership Council at Coke, his key task apart from keeping Coke at the forefront of IT technology was to influence the business strategy.

Venki’s track record includes working for leading multi-national corporations like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Schlumberger, and Lintas India.

Venki is an accomplished Information Systems professional with very strong exposure in the areas of Operations and has rich experience in Marketing Operations, supported by a very keen business Sense. He is very well conversant with the different industry segments and its Policies and procedures. In addition, he also possesses a very sound knowledge of HR systems and a good understanding of manufacturing operations, which he has, in his vast experience put to good use for the benefit of organizations, helping them achieve their business objectives.

During his accomplished career, he has successfully spearheaded Enterprise Resource Planning projects and has conceived highly complex Sales & Distribution solutions , in addition to successfully implementing high-end technology projects for corporates, resulting in substantial dollar savings. He has pioneered several projects in India for corporates, which have resulted in maximizing outputs and increased workplace efficiencies.

He has presented a paper at the International World IT Congress to an audience of international CIO’s and CEO’s. He has also delivered a talk at the IDC meet in the Middle East on “Business Intelligence for Enterprises”.

He has authored a book on Computer Management for Post-graduate students and is a prolific contributor to journals and technical publications, including the Web. Venki has been a faculty at leading management institutes and is also a member of the “Board of Studies” at a reputed institute.

His key expertise is in the area of Strategic Information Technology, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Business Process Re-engineering, Enterprise Resource Planning and Enterprise Intelligence. He has effective General Management experience in the areas of Strategic Infrastructure Planning, Marketing Operations, Marketing and Merchandising communications etc.

He has always had a passion for people and he believed in the maxim that it is our people that make us look good and it is through them that we achieve success. He always believed that attitude and Passion are the two essential ingredients for achieving success and scaling great heights for any individual.