Nelson Kulandairaj

Nelson Kulandairaj

Member - Chennai Chapter @ CIO Association

About

Nelson Kulandairaj is a seasoned IT Delivery Leader with 28 years of experience, committed to creating exceptional client values. Nelson has completed the COO (Chief Operations Officer) certification, an MDP course, from IIM Lucknow. In his current role as Chief Digital Officer he is driving the platform-isation initiatives across the organization and driving the synergies between the HR tech solutions. In the past Nelson worked with Satyam, Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Capgemini & Adrenalin eSystems in leadership roles. His global perspective, garnered through client-facing leadership roles in the USA, UK, Denmark, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and India, enabled him to spearhead large-scale transformation initiatives. These initiatives encompass consulting, product implementation, application development, and managed services to impact their business outcomes profoundly, all with distinct emphasis on his signature themes #Data2Decide and #Design2Lead and often in close collaboration with the CxOs. As a business leader responsible for P&L, Nelson's visionary approach has consistently improved operational efficiency, delivery standards, and economic utilization. Nelson’s interventions helped in cost transformation, process refinement, intelligent automation adoption, and digitization efforts. His strategies have successfully met the organization's Delivery Excellence, CSAT, Cost of Delivery, Delivery Led Growth, and EBITDA goals. Nelson enabled winning multiple large multimillion annuity deals for meeting the TCV goals. Global Delivery Head - Emerging Technologies, Digital and Automation head, Cloud – Global Delivery Head, BU Delivery Head, HCM product implementation head, Program Director/Customer Success director are the leadership and strategic roles played by Nelson in the past with P & L responsibilities. Nelson designed & delivered branded re-skilling & up-skilling initiatives to address the demand & supply challenges to unleash the potential of human capital for organizational success. Nelson is committed to continuous learning & a CSPO, CSM, PMP, 6 sigma GB , ITIL (F), MS Power Platform fundamentals & Azure Data fundamentals, Digital 401 (Digital Transformation Consultant) certified professional. Contribution towards learning and development is Nelson’s passion. He had spent more than 5000 hours for industry-academia connect initiatives, 18 years consistently & enjoys volunteering, spending time for students/faculty enablement programs. Nelson spends good amount of time on social impact programs and serves as a volunteer for various NGOs.

Country

India

City

Chennai

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Leveraging Human Capital, Customer Focus, Executive Summary, Win-loss Analysis, Intelligent Automation, Pipeline Analytics, Contract Negotiation, Opportuniy Qualification, Large Deals, Bid Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Optimization, IT Service Management, Software Implementation, SOX, Software Project Management, SDLC, Project Portfolio Management, Program Management, Resource Management

Experience

CIO Association

Member - Chennai Chapter

CIO Association

LinkedIn
2025-6 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

CIEL HR

Chief Digital Officer

CIEL HR

LinkedIn
2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Alliance University

Member - Board of Studies

Alliance University

LinkedIn
2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos
Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College

Member - Board of Studies (BoS)

Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College

LinkedIn
2024-4 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Tamil Nadu, India

The BoS plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and relevance of academic programs offered by universities. Here are the typical roles and responsibilities of a Board of Studies as per UGC guidelines: 1. Curriculum Development: Design, update, and revise academic program curricula. 2. Course Structure and Content: Determine course structure, syllabus, and content. 3. Review and Revision: Periodically review and update curricula to meet evolving needs. 4. Faculty Development: Identify faculty development needs and recommend training programs. 5. Quality Assurance: Ensure programs meet quality standards and monitor implementation. 6. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Promote collaboration across disciplines in curriculum design. 7. Industry Interface: Establish links with industry for input and internships. 8. Research and Innovation: Encourage research integration into the curriculum. 9. Assessment and Evaluation: Design fair assessment methods aligned with curriculum objectives.

Product School

Featured Speaker at Product School

Product School

LinkedIn
2019-8 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

Founded in 2014, Product School is the world’s first technology business school. As a featured speaker, I help inspire the next generation of Product Managers to create innovative products and apply best practices in their work.

Bahwan CyberTek

Leadership Team

Bahwan CyberTek

LinkedIn
2024-3 - 2025-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Part of BCT’s leadership team

TiE Chennai

Charter Member

TiE Chennai

LinkedIn
2020-4 - 2025-3 · 5 yrs

Chennai

Toastmasters International

President - South Chennai Toastmasters Club

Toastmasters International

LinkedIn
2024-1 - 2024-6 · 6 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

This is a servant leadership role to serve the Toastmasters club as an Executive Committee member.

Toastmasters International

Treasurer - South Chennai Toastmasters Club

Toastmasters International

LinkedIn
2023-7 - 2023-12 · 6 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

This is a servant leadership role to serve the Toastmasters club as an Executive Committee member.

Tech Mahindra

Vice President & Global Delivery Head - Emerging Technologies

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2023-9 - 2024-2 · 6 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Tech Mahindra

Member - Location Leadership Council - Chennai

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2019-11 - 2023-12 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Heading the industry & academia relations, campus connect sub council. Was part of DI sub council

Tech Mahindra

Vice President & Group Head - Pursuits/Solutions

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2022-4 - 2023-8 · 1 yr 5 mos

India

Elevated to be part of central leadership team that takes care of presales & solutions propositions for our customers across the globe. Additional responsibilities include supporting & enabling growth office initiatives and Middle Office transformation initiatives.

Tech Mahindra

Trustee - AWT (Associate Welfare Trust)

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2021-5 - 2023-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

India

Volunteering as the trustee for Associate Welfare Trust. AWT is an impactful social initiative, run by associate volunteers and funded by 80,000+ subscriber associates. The Trust has disbursed ~ INR 20 crores to 1150 families so far for hospitalization expenses beyond medical insurance coverage. During pandemic, it was a big support to impacted associates and their family members.

Tech Mahindra

Head - Pre-sales/Solutions - APJI

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2021-4 - 2022-3 · 1 yr

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Part of ASEAN, ANZ, Japan, China & India leadership team & heading the Presales function for these regions. Additional responsibilities include leading strategic initiatives (Renewals & Runoffs, BU Innovation Index, Intelligent Automation, Covid-19 grow solutions, partner solutions identification/evaluation to name a few) for these regions.

Tech Mahindra

Head - Pre-sales/Solutions - APJ

Tech Mahindra

LinkedIn
2019-11 - 2021-3 · 1 yr 5 mos

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Part of ASEAN, ANZ, Japan & China leadership team & head the Presales function for these regions Played to role Category-2 accounts coach & met the revenue goals for the respective accounts. Rewards & Recognition : - 1st Runner-up (based on revenue generated) for grow solutions portfolio for 2 quarters continuously. Team award - 1st Runner-up for innovation index across the organisation.

Toastmasters International

Area Director - G4

Toastmasters International

LinkedIn
2020-7 - 2021-6 · 1 yr

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

A servant leadership role to serve as an Area Director for Division G of District 120 of Toast Masters International.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

LinkedIn

Chief Operations Officer Programme (COO)

2023-1 - 2023-12 · 1 yr

11 months program. Subjects covered : Operations Strategy, Strategic Management, Financial Management, Organisation Behaviour, Design Thinking, Supply Chain Management, Guest lectures by industry leaders, Capstone Project with 5 days Campus Immersion module

Yale University

Yale University

LinkedIn

Wellbeing

2022-1 - 2022-5 · 5 mos

This is an online course authorized by Yale & offered through Coursera

School of Inspired Leadership

School of Inspired Leadership

LinkedIn

Organizational Leadership

2020 - 2020
Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

LinkedIn

Business Administration

2007 - 2007

Sponsored by Satyam Computer Services LTD.,

Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

LinkedIn

Computer Science

Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

LinkedIn

Computer Science

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