deepak sarath

In partnership, we bought-out a 14-year established family-run restaurant located at Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Restaurant's popularity was declining sharply prior to the take-over. We had managed to turn this around and had doubled the customer-base and increased the sales and popularity of the restaurant through clever low-overhead marketing strategies particularly in partnership with Groupon and Livingsocial.

Since March 2013, I had assumed the role as Finance and Operations Manager, in addition to Marketing. I had been leading the organizational and financial restructuring of the company till end of Q4 2014. I was also allocated the responsibility to ensure compliance with the new KSA Nitaqat regulations and we had successfully increased our staffing to over 330 personnel in a span of less than 1 year (a considerable increase from 32 staff in 2012). In February 2014, we had signed the contract to become the exclusive KSA distributors for Gustav Klein, the power supply solutions experts from Germany since 1948. We had established plans to diversify into the Electrical arena with specialized custom-made solutions to cater to the clientele including SWCC, SEC, SIEMENS and SABIC.

* At CTG, my duties could be summarized as follows. Some achievements are also highlighted: * o Devised and implemented new marketing policies and practices * o New business development, with focus on restructuring the company strategies to veer away from traditional practices. * o Establishment of new wing dedicated to mechanical, civil and electrical projects. * o Spearheaded the new branch opening in Yanbu, expanding the business in the West Coast. * o Exclusive deal with Gustav Klein (GK) from Germany, power solutions experts since 1948.

I was a managing partner at Mantraa, a hugely popular Indian restaurant in central, which we had converted and rebuilt from a run-down old Thai basement restaurant. Achievements: In 2010, Mantraa had achieved 8th position in "Best Value for Quality" off 700+ restaurants in the 2010 Food and Wine Awards in Ireland; also highly commended by famous food critics such as Ernie Whalley, Lucy White and Aoife Carrigy In 2011, in the annual Food and Wine Awards in Ireland, we had achieved 8th position in "Best Value for Quality in the sector" and 9th position in "Best Value for Quality" off 700+ restaurants.

* I was extensively involved in the set-up of Beckett College with branches in London (established) and Dublin (initial phases). I was the project manager and was involved from the research and project design phase to the fully functional implementation carried out at Aldgate East, London. Highlights are listed below: * o Research carried out on feasibility of starting up tertiary level private college in Dublin and London * o Laid out financial projections; cash-flow statements, P&L projections * o Secured 8 Million funding for the college based on these projections and the project feasibility study laid out * o Co-ordinated project development from developing documentation for university affiliation to laying out strategies for marketing * o Development of marketing strategies in India and the middle-east; Set up a temporary marketing office in Kerala, India to aid interviews and publicity * o Overseeing the IT design and development for the college and initial infrastructure deployment

* Short term commitment as project consultant for Irish website www.recessionbeaters.ie * Achievements: * o Technical and Creative consultant for the site developers and the owner/director * o Completed the task of getting the live functional in a short period of time, while minimizing the costs

Activities and Societies: Published 3 peer-reviewed International Conference Papers

MBA with specialisation in Operations Management