nikhil chadha

Reporting on the latest digital insurance news for Hong Kong

* Independently consulted 50 customer accounts including 3 of top 10 regional accounts by working with cross-functional teams across sales, marketing, engineering, project management and services * Acquired 10 new customer accounts across manufacturing, hospitality and IT/ ITeS verticals including deals ranging from $30K to $250K for the Northern Sales region * Saved US$20K annually for a manufacturing customer by solution design to connect 12 locations globally and earn consistent revenues of $1.5 million for the company during 2012-14 * Selected for ESSAR and Cisco’s Big Bet Partner Program. Acquired 2 new customers within 3 months of the program generating $86K revenues * Supervised and trained 6 Graduate trainees, new Accounts managers and channel partners to identify sales opportunities

* Consulted B2B clients for telecom solutions that involved direct interaction with C-level executives which enabled them to execute ICT strategies and budget technology investments * Designed and presented innovative Hospitality solution designs that generated 10 new projects worth $2 million including Hilton, Mariott, IHG, Taj Hotels, Oberoi Trident Hotels and The Leela * Re-engineered Demo Programme during FY 09 that generated a sales funnel of $2.2 million and converted $700K as wins * Recognized by Avaya World Wide Channel Marketing & Communications at Avaya Partner Conference. Presented an innovative solution design that won the company an order worth $105K

* Implemented multiple on-site technical projects for collaboration and contact center, leading to timely completion of complex projects and recurring business for the company * Periodic cross-functional rotation among different roles‐ Sales, Project implementation, Professional Services and Pre‐sales * Besides single-handedly implementing multiple technical projects at client site within scheduled project timelines, I represented the company at marketing road shows and presentations within six months of joining the company. * I also actively contributed to other activities outside the scope of my role thereby increasing my scope and product knowledge. Eventually, I was the youngest and the only one to be selected for the role of Technology consultant among the graduate trainees.

I worked as an intern with Mobile Services team of Bharti Airtel. I developed a project for Automatic SMS Notification on Initiation of an Alarm at a BTS site and visited a number of sites to understand the GSM network. Beyond the scope of my role, I helped the Marketing team in marketing the In-Building Solutions (IBS) with various customers in Delhi for Airtel.

* Managed Project activities for multi-million dollar Transformation Projects leading a team of consultants for one of the world's leading Insurance and Asset management company in Hong Kong * Collaborate with end business users and IT delivery partners to facilitate alignment of requirements between business and IT including business analysis * Worked closely with Program managers / sponsors to plan Project Budget Proposals & key project activities, prepare business requirement proposals, facilitate approvals from all stakeholders and resource allocation

Activities and Societies: Alumni Class Chair for HKU MBA 2015 at LBS, Winner of Digital Marketing Master Class (DMMC) competition- 2015 organized by London Business School, Presented Digital Marketing and branding strategy to Lxpert, a London-based Tech startup

Activities and Societies: Member- Consulting Club, Student Member- Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA), Consulting Project for Hong Kong Tramways

Top 1% of graduating class, first class with honors + Student President at “Electronics Students Forum, GNDUniversity”. + Founder of first ever Technical Festival that generated a participation of over 300 students from across the country. + Research project on “Effect of Rare Earth Substitution on Ceramic Dielectric Materials at Microwave Frequency”. Study results used for further research in the department. + Awarded Certificate Course in French from Department of Foreign Languages, GND University, with distinction. Activities and Societies: “Electronics Students Forum, Department of Electronics, GNDUniversity”, Debates, Paper Presentation and Quiz competitions