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.
India
Chennai
Computer Software
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

Member - Board of Studies (BoS)
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.

Featured Speaker at Product School
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.

Vice President & Group Head - Pursuits/Solutions
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.

Trustee - AWT (Associate Welfare Trust)
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.

Head - Pre-sales/Solutions - APJI
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.

Head - Pre-sales/Solutions - APJ
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.
Education

Chief Operations Officer Programme (COO)
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
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