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Blogger Profiles


Amitabh Mudaliar

Client Partner, Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences, Infosys Limited

Amitabh has over 16 years of industry experience. At Infosys, he has led Supply Chain and merchandise transformation programs for large retailers. Currently as Client Partner, he specializes in Supply Chain and Merchandising.

Amitabh will blog on Supply Chain, Assortment, Space, Clustering, and Consumer Segmentation.


Aditya Mittal

Senior Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Aditya has worked with leading CPG, Retail and Logistics clients across the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific (including Japan and Australia). Aditya blogs on Business Transformation, emerging trends, new challenges and the role of technology in solving business problems in these industries.


Adithya Kanumalla

Technology Analyst – Systems Integration, Infosys Limited

Adithya specializes in defining and delivering search solutions in Enterprise Information Management, search engine optimization and search engine marketing. He has implemented search solutions for many companies.


Akshay Gupta

Manager, Retail & CPG, Infosys Limited

Akshay has over six years of industry experience. He has provided consultation on digital marketing, brand strategies, digital business enabler tools such as analytics, Digital Asset Management (DAM), Web Content Management (WCM), portals and social media applications.

He has also played a key role in delivering Digital Marketing Platform for a major sports and apparel retailer, E-CRM and consolidation of consumer data, CMS Migration and execution of platform websites for the world’s second largest sports and apparel company.

Akshay will blog on Digital Marketing, Social Media and Analytics.


Amby

Senior Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Amby has 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He has led global digital marketing engagements for leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. As Senior Engagement Manager, he leads digital marketing initiatives for global CPG majors.

He will blog on digital marketing, social commerce, mobile commerce, and the digital consumer.


Amit Handa

Senior Associate, Infosys Consulting, Infosys Limited

Amit has eight years of experience in the IT industry. He has spent a major part of his career with marketing and communication agencies, planning and executing multi-channel consumer engagement campaigns for clients across verticals. Amit is currently a Senior Consultant - Digital Marketing and Consumer Engagement, and a Senior Associate with the Next Generation Commerce Practice.

He will blog on digital marketing, multi-channel integration, channel and trade marketing, integrated marketing, and communication strategy.


Anand Ramakrishnan

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Anand manages Infosys’ relationships with retail, CPG and logistics companies in Belgium. He has 10 years of industry experience spanning across retailing and the banking and financial sector. He has worked in the areas of Master Data Management, competitive pricing and Web portals. His areas of interest include mobility, social media and consumer marketing.


Anindya Trivedi

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Anindya is responsible for managing Infosys’ relationship with a large CPG company. He has more than 13 years of industry experience in SAP-led transformation initiatives, account and business development. His interest areas include mobility, Web 2.0, social media and interactive digital marketing.


Anil Kumar Gandharve

Manager, Retail, CPG and Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Anil has more than 9 years of experience in strategizing, building, managing and executing several IT solutions for the retail and CPG industry. Over the last few years, he has worked closely with digital marketing agencies, marketing business groups and client IT teams, leveraging technology innovations to deliver digital marketing programs. He has extensive program management experience across global programs supporting B2C initiatives.

His areas of interest are digital marketing, product customization, merchandising and digital commerce. He is based in Germany.


Anurag Jain

Consultant, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods and Logistics, Infosys Limited

With over five years of experience, Anurag is a Consultant within the Industry Solution Group currently working on Strategy and Innovation assignments.

He will blog on Strategy, Innovation, Market Trends, Consumer Insights, and Business Analysis.


Arun Raghavapudi

Client Partner, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Arun has more than 14 years of experience working with CPG companies enabling them to define strategy, oversee operations, and establish governance and engagement models. Arun is also responsible for the growth of the CPG segment at Infosys.


Arun Singh

Associate Consultant Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

With a work experience of over three years (1.5 years in Retail industry and rest in IT industry) Arun brings a blend of domain knowledge plus technology to the table. Currently, he is associated with the Retail unit as an associate consultant with the industry solutions group.

Arun will blog on retail operations, digital marketing and future retailing trends.


Ashish Jandial

Partner, Infosys Consulting

Ashish leads the Next Generation Commerce Practice that focuses on the continuum from Enterprise to Customer. It covers critical areas such as new commerce strategies, multi-channel commerce, cross-channel customer order management, CRM, sales and marketing operations, customer data management and analytics. He has more than 14 years of industry and consulting experience. Ashish has helped clients with their online and multi-channel retailing strategies, and has been consulted by leading Fortune 500 companies to design their multi-channel organization strategy, business processes and technology ecosystems.


Balakrishnan C.S.

Industry Principal and Program Manager - Digital Commerce, Retail, CPG and Logistics, Infosys Limited

Balakrishnan has over 13 years of industry experience. He specializes in Retail Supply Chain and Digital Commerce. Presently he is managing a complex e-com transformation implementation program for a top UK based retailer.

Balakrishnan has helped to conceptualize and implement various retail supply chain programs and projects across US and UK. He has also played a key role in Offshore Delivery Management and complex Program Management at client site. Has won Infosys-wide Excellence awards for Project Execution, Client Delight and Innovation.

Balakrishnan will blog on Program Management and Delivery Efficiency and methodologies based on digital commerce trends.


Bharath Raghunathan

Consultant, Retail, CPG & Logistics - Digital Commerce Practice, Infosys Limited

Bharath has over six years of IT experience. He currently works as an ATG Consultant in the Digital Commerce practice. He has also worked on WCS.

Bharath will blog on various aspects of retail, supply chain, in-store commerce, and e-commerce.


Bhavprita Harshawardhan

Associate, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Consulting

Bhavprita has more than six years of consulting experience. She has worked with leading retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies across multiple business transformation engagements. She specializes in buying and merchandising, planning and allocation, order management, and retail analytics. She also follows key trends in apparel retail.


Billy Byatt

Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Billy has more than 20 years of experience in strategy, solution design and deployment of IT solutions. He has deployed award-winning customer care/contact centre solutions in Europe and Asia, alongside solution design and delivery in North America and the Middle East. Billy uses his experience to link the critical operational issues and business imperatives to the ‘soft issues’ of customer and user acceptance.


David Ironside

Systems Engineer, Retail, Infosys Limited

David has worked with several high profile companies. Currently, he is working on the .com change program for a leading U.K. retailer, specializing in Web interfaces and user experience design. He actively reads and engages in usability discussions with some of the world’s top experts.

David will blog on crafting smart user experiences.


David Sauls

Senior Principal, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

David leads the Multi-Channel Commerce Practice at Infosys Consulting. He has 15 years of consulting experience spanning the retail, grocery and apparel domains from private label manufacturing through cross-channel customer experience. David has spearheaded programs of Fortune 50 retailers to develop and execute strategies. The programs have improved the customer experience through a combination of e-commerce, business process, organizational change management and technology ecosystems.


Dinesh Bajaj

Associate Vice President, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Dinesh has more than 12 years of IT experience. He heads the retail practice and is responsible for the Go-To-Market strategy, client relationships and engagements. He has worked with the company leadership to devise strategies on how to create differentiation in the market place using technology.


Don Vangeloff

Senior Manager and Head, Alliance Partner Sales, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Don has 13 years of management consulting experience. It includes six years of strategic alliance sales and solutions management for retail and CPG industries. Currently he is responsible for the Alliance Partner Sales program that focuses on utilizing alliance partner relationships to provide joint solutions. The program also fosters innovation.


Erleen Anderson

Industry Solution Group Consultant, Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences, Infosys Limited

Erleen has 20 years of experience in systems, strategy and account management for major customers. Currently as Industry Solution Group Consultant, she specializes in digital commerce across retail, consumer, logistics and life science sectors.

Erleen will blog on Digital Commerce trends, needs and opportunities across sectors and borders.


Ezhil Mani

Client Relationship Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Ezhil has more than 12 years of IT experience. He has extensive working experience with several North American retailers in managing customer relationships. He has provided business solutions for large retail customers leveraging various technologies.


Fazal Alahi Chowdhury

Consultant, Retail, CPG and Logistics, Infosys Limited

Fazal has three years of experience in the Retail domain. He has specialized in multi-channel commerce, e-commerce, merchandizing, order management, online marketplace, and supply chain.

He has worked with leading European retailers implementing their e-commerce strategies.

Fazal will blog on trends in multi-channel commerce, social commerce and e-commerce.


Gagandeep Singh Nanra

Technology Lead, Retail (Non-US), Infosys Limited

Gagandeep has over seven years of industry experience. He is currently responsible for program management and consulting for large scale IT projects in marketing which involves customization and sports marketing.

He has successfully delivered new solutions in customization and sports marketing/athlete services. Gagandeep was awarded the title Most valuable Player in the Retail unit in Q1’08 (Apr-Jun). He has been one among the top performers and has won many on-the-spot awards.

He will blog on Digital Marketing, Multi-Channel Commerce, Customization and Brand Marketing.


Guillaume Vingtier

Senior Associate, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Guillaume specializes in e-commerce strategy definition and multi-channel integration. He has worked with leading European (U.K. and France) and U.S. retailers spanning grocery, apparel and specialty retail segments. He blogs on innovations and how they can improve the customer experience.


Hari Natarajan

Principal, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Consulting

Hari has more than nine years of management consulting experience. He has helped companies in complex transformational programs through his expertise in program management, business process modeling and enterprise application. His areas of interest include integrated sales and marketing and supply chain for retail, consumer goods and QSR companies.

Hari has led transformational trade promotion programs at large food and beverage and paper products manufacturers. He has presented at Trade Promotion Management Associate (TPMA) conferences.


Harshad Deshpande

Senior Associate Consultant, ISG – Retail, Infosys Limited

Harshad has over three years of industry experience. He currently works as a Business Analyst with Carphone Warehouse. He also has experience in business case preparation, requirement gatherings, solution design, functional testing co-ordination, functional support in solution lifecycle across development and testing phases in Point of Sales (POS).

He specializes in retail analytics in promotion, store management, POS and supply chain.

Harshad was involved in trade promotion product deployment for a CPG giant. He has published a whitepaper in analytics and also been involved in business change function of a mobile phone retailer. Harshad has successfully implemented projects for subsidiaries in countries like France, Netherlands, and Ireland.

Harshad will blog on retail analytics, promotions, and store operations.


Hemanth Devarabhotla

Technology Analyst, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Hemanth has four years of experience in the IT industry. He is currently an Onsite Lead, supporting Microsoft projects.

He will blog on Microsoft Project server 2007 and Microsoft Project 2010.


Hirak Patel

Senior Associate - Multi-channel Commerce, Infosys Consulting

Hirak is a part of the next-generation commerce practice that creates and transforms digital businesses. It covers critical areas such as new commerce strategies, multi-channel commerce, marketing resource management, cross-channel customer order management, and sales and marketing operations.

Hirak works with companies to create sizeable and demanding businesses from initial ideas. He effects a proposition change within complex and multi-stakeholder enterprises. In addition, he mentors internal leaders.


Hiren Doshi

Business Development Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Hiren has more than 11 years of experience in consulting and IT services industry across the U.S., Europe and Asia. He manages strategic companies and business development across Europe in retail, CPG and logistics sectors.


Jagmeet Singh

Senior Associate, Product Innovation, Infosys Limited

Jagmeet has more than 10 years of consulting experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, fleet management and retail. He has served Fortune 500 clients in business process consulting, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy consulting and implementation, product design and development. He has implemented technologies and methodologies such as Business Process Management (BPM), PLM, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM).

Jagmeet has published six white papers at various international conferences and seminars.


Jagannath Prasad Lenka

Project Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Jagannath specializes in Warehouse Management Systems and Logistics. He has over 10 years of experience in the Retail industry. He has been working with a leading furniture retailer on outbound logistic visibility, multi-channel commerce, customer delivery experience, perpetual inventory visibility, and merchandize system.

Jagannath will blog on warehouse management system, logistics and merchandize system.


Jagat J. Saikia

Senior Associate Consultant, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Jagat has four years of industry experience. He currently works as a Solution Manager and Functional Consultant for a leading European retailer.

Jagat specializes in the Buying, Shelf Assortment and Space Planning Modules of Merchandizing Suite.

He has played a key role in delivering a comprehensive competitive intelligence tool for a major US retailer. Jagat has also worked as a Solution Manager and Consultant for a top Nordic retailer and has helped in the execution of a Sourcing Management Module.

He will blog on Retail Buying, Merchandizing Management, Store Performance Management, Unstructured Data Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Shelf Assortment and Space Planning.


Jai Chenchlani

Project Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Jai is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with 11 years of experience in the IT industry and working in the Project Management Office (PMO) of a leading retailer. He has executed several development as well as testing projects for leading companies in the U.S. Jai has also involved in teaching soft skills - time management and communication skills. He has handled complex projects both offshore as well as onsite.

Jai will blog on IT project management as a skill, and on soft skills including time management and communication skills.


Jayanth Rao

Senior Associate, Next-Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Jayanth has extensive experience in e-commerce with specialization in online grocery.


Joydeep K. Haldar

Principal Client Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Joydeep has 15 years of experience in the IT industry. He specializes in Retail Apparel Accounts, Digital Commerce, Oil and Gas (upstream and downstream). Joydeep is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Multi-Channel Commerce.

He currently manages Infosys’ relationship with one of the largest apparel retailers, and is involved in developing strategies and solutions for Digital Commerce and Multi-Channel engagements.

Joydeep will blog on Retail & Apparel.


Kamalakannan Anantharaman

Associate Engagement Manager, Retail & CPG, Infosys Limited

Kamal has over 11 years of IT experience. He is currently responsible for handling clients in the apparel and footwear space in Continental Europe.

Kamal has led large Enterprise Applications Integration programs involving multiple middleware technologies, setting up and heading an offshore service center in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) space.

He will blog on Collaboration, Process Automations and Enterprise benefits in workflow automations using BPM products.


Kaysa Kumar

AEM, Retail & CPG, Infosys Limited

Kaysa has over eight years of industry experience. His current responsibilities include working with consumer goods companies in digital marketing, social media and e-commerce.

Kaysa specializes in digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, and mobile marketing. He also plays a key role in managing Infosys’ relationship with a large global CPG company based in UK.

Kaysa will blog on Digital Marketing, Social Media, E-commerce, and Mobile Marketing.


Kapil Khanduja

Senior Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Kapil has worked with leading CPG, retail and insurance companies across the U.S. and Asia Pacific. He has spoken at various conferences on topics such as leveraging the power of external data, MDM and governance. Kapil will blog on information delivery, Business Intelligence and Master Data Management.


Kevin Nicholas

Principal, Digital Marketing, Infosys Consulting

Kevin has developed digital marketing strategies for clients in Europe, U.S. and the Middle East.

He will blog on emerging technologies and marketing, with focus on efficiency and brand building.


Kirthi S Subramanian

Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Kirthi has more than eight years of industry experience in Retail and has worked with major retailers across North America. He has strategized, designed and deployed a number of IT solutions for many retail companies in the areas of pricing, merchandising and credit card portfolios.

His areas of interest are social commerce, pricing and merchandising.


Krishna Raghavulu

Associate Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Krishna has 11 years of IT experience. As an associate engagement manager, he is responsible for managing clients in grocery and auto parts industry segment.

Krishna will blog on master data management, warehouse management, supply chain operations, demand planning and forecasting, and perpetual inventory management.


Kishor Gummaraju

Partner, Infosys Consulting

Kishor leads the retail, CPG and logistics consulting practice. He has more than 17 years of experience in working with leading retail and CPG companies across multiple business transformation engagements. He was also responsible for leading several innovative solutions. He is an active member with leading industry associations.


Kunal Puri

Senior Associate, Next-Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Kunal has extensive experience in defining and executing complex projects for Fortune 50 retailers, pharmacy chains and CPG companies in online commerce.


Kush Lakhanpal

Consultant, Retail, Infosys Limited

Kush has worked with leading retail and apparel companies. He has extensive experience in, digital commerce, multi-channel commerce, cross- channel customer data management, and order management.

Kush will blog on multi-channel commerce.


Larry Danna

Associate Vice President, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Larry has over 18 years of experience in Consumer Goods and Retail industry. He has been responsible for overall client and consulting practice management, new solution conceptualization and development, go-to-market strategies, and industry thought leadership. Larry was accountable for Secure Vault Payments (SVP), business development and retail execution solutions for many clients in USA.

He has led an Expanded Market View (EMV) program, focused on providing insights into the impact of Value Added Promotion (VAP) and display in-store merchandizing conditions, for a large cereal and convenience foods company.

Larry will blog on overall client and consulting practice management, new solution conceptualization and development, go-to-market strategies, and industry thought leadership.


Lester W. Lam

Senior Principal, Retail, CPG, and Logistics Practice, Infosys Consulting

Lester has more than 16 years of experience in the retail industry focused on strategizing, managing and executing complex business transformations for Fortune 100 companies. He specializes in helping retail enterprises leverage their technology investments by integrating business strategies with technological enablers. Lester’s multi-channel commerce experience (B2B and B2C) includes e-commerce strategy, content management and e- commerce platform implementations.


Madhu Janardan

Associate Vice President and Head, Grocery Practice, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Madhu has over 20 years of experience in defining strategic solutions and business and IT consulting for a several companies in Japan, Europe and North America. He leads mission-critical consulting engagements to define, modify and transform key business practices through process and technology improvements. He specializes in merchandising, e-commerce and other consumer-centric solutions.


Madhuusree N

Sr. Associate Consultant, Retail & CPG, Infosys Limited

Madhuusree has two years of industry experience. She currently works as a Sr.Associate Consultant.

Madhuusree will blog on fast moving consumer goods, logistics (special interest in distribution) and consumer buying behavior.


Mahabaleshwar Bhat

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Mahabaleshwar has more than nine years of experience in the retail industry, specializing in the area of grocery retailing. He has experience in the designing and implementing IT systems to support organizational strategies, Master Data Management, merchandising and pricing business processes.


Mahesh Bukkapatna

Principal Consultant – Business Consulting, Infosys Consulting

Mahesh has over 13 years of industry experience. He has participated in various transformational engagements and is a key member of many Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail solution teams.

Mahesh will blog on Digital Marketing, Brand Management, Order to cash, IT Strategy Trade Promotions, Category Management, Supply Chain Management, Change Management and Retail Execution.


Mehul Desai

Senior Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Mehul has over 14 years of business and professional services experience. He is responsible for managing relationships with global retailers and CPG clients within the Retail, CPG and Logistics unit.

Mehul will blog on merchandising, customer analytics, pricing, supply chain operations, demand planning and forecasting, and multi-channel strategies.


Manish Goyal

Associate Consultant, Infosys Consulting

Manish has worked with leading retail and apparel companies. He has helped them improve businesses by addressing customer and employee needs. In addition, Manish has assisted companies in developing Business to Business (B2B), Business to Customer (B2C) and Business to Employee (B2E) websites. He has worked closely with more than 100 digital marketing agencies and marketing groups.

Manish’s areas of interest include social commerce, Web analytics, search engine optimization, personalization and user experience.


Manohar K Venkatagiri

Principal, Supply Chain Management Practice, Infosys Limited

Manohar manages the enterprise supply chain practice for Europe. He focuses on multi-channel fulfilment, supply chain planning and execution, asset and procurement management excellence. Manohar has over 14 years of experience in supply chain operations, consulting and client engagements with multiple industries.

He blogs on supply chain management issues that drive operational excellence and enterprise performance.


Mayank Jain

Senior Associate, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Consulting

Mayank has more than nine years of consulting experience in the retail, CPG and logistics unit at Infosys Consulting. He has rich experience as a category manager for casual apparel.

Mayank has advised several Fortune 500 global retailers and CPG companies on their key strategic initiatives including business strategy development, business transformation and process re-engineering. His area of expertise is merchandise planning, supply chain management and multi-channel commerce.


Mayank Shridhar

Technology Architect, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Mayank is a founder member of the Infosys RFID & Pervasive Solutions practice. He was actively involved in the development of the Infosys ShoppingTrip360™ solution. He has more than six years of software architecture and technology consulting experience in RFID and pervasive computing across retail, CPG, logistics, aerospace and pharmaceuticals.

He has defined the architecture strategy and road map for companies, led RFID consulting assignments and defined enterprise-level functions. He has also undertaken product evaluations of leading RFID vendors and designed/ developed high-performance RFID and wireless applications. He has conducted workshops at conferences such as TED India 2009, and showcased Infosys’ innovation at EAN India 2004, EPC Global 2006 and Confluence 2006.


Mohan Kumar Krishnan

Principal Architect, Multi-Channel Commerce Practice, Infosys Limited

Mohan has more than 12 years of experience in developing and designing applications on the Internet. He leads a team of innovators in the multi-channel commerce group at Infosys.

Mohan has varied experience ranging from formulating non-functional system requirements to performance troubleshooting after a website goes live. He has been the lead architect in many e-commerce and social commerce programs. He is an expert in multiple e-commerce products, including IBM WebSphere Commerce.

Mohan will blog on multi-channel retailing.


Naveen Malhotra

Group Manager, Corporate Marketing, Infosys Limited

Naveen leads the go-to-market for Think Flat and is a core member of the Infosys 'Flat World' initiative team.

Prior to joining Infosys, he was part of the startup team of one of the top IT services companies in India and headed the company’s Malaysian operations. Naveen started his career with one of the leading automobile groups in India, where he was Head - Product Management. He has rich experience in Sales, Brand Management and New Product Introduction. He was part of the company’s corporate strategy team and pioneered the concept of communities around products in the automobile sector in India.


Navin Dhananjaya

Product Head, PIE, Infosys Limited

Navin Dhananjaya is Product Head at Product Incubation and Engineering of Infosys and leads the product for Retail/CPG/Logistics unit for Infosys. He is also responsible for competency development in this space and has nurtured this product line from scratch. Navin has over 14 years of experience with specialization in Retail/CPG Enterprise functions with good knowledge of application and product Development - concept to realization, Data warehousing and Business Intelligence

Prior to joining Infosys, Navin was the co-founder and Director of a start-up that focused on building performance management products for the Retail and CPG industry. Navin has previously worked with firms like SAP and Hewlett Packard and handled consulting responsibilities at various levels. He has contributed to multiple Retail and CPG engagements in various roles from solutions consulting to team and program leadership.


Neeraj Goel

Technical Lead, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Neeraj has over six years of IT experience. His current role involves setting up and leading a team for a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) client in Mexico. He also handles support and development of an in-house tool.

Neeraj has domain expertise in demand forecasting, inventory management and vendor management. He has worked on several data migration projects.

He will blog on innovations in the retail industry, their possible applications, and ways in which they can be leveraged by the IT industry.


Nicole Spitalieri

Associate, Next Generation Practice, Infosys Limited

Nicole has over three years of IT experience. She has worked to streamline production of digital asset collateral, for a leading pharmaceutical company. Nicole specializes in strategic and creative campaign productions in advertising, and in direct and digital marketing.

She will blog on Digital Marketing, Social Media, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), User Experience Design, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Analytics.


Nikolay Trandev

Senior Associate, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Nikolay has more than seven years of industry and consulting experience in retail strategy, operations and IT. He has in-depth knowledge of category management, market research, competitive analysis, customer segmentation, space and assortment optimization and large-scale system design and implementation. Nikolay is interested in analytics and innovation in utilizing data to enhance customer experience and increase sales conversion across retail channels and formats.


Nitasha Dhir

Senior Associate Consultant, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods and Logistics, Infosys Limited

Nitasha has three years of experience and is a Senior Associate Consultant with Industry Solutions Group (ISG) servicing RETL clients. She has worked on one of the largest transformation programs in e-commerce and store integration for a leading grocery retailer.

Nitasha will blog on digital commerce and upcoming trends in the areas of mobile, social media and e-commerce.


Omer Farooque

Senior Technical Architect – Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Logistics and Distribution Business unit, Infosys Limited

Omer leads Master Data Management solutions and co-leads the grocery and pharmacy-related technology initiatives at Infosys. He has more than 10 years of technical consulting, architecture, design and development experience in building large enterprise applications for Fortune 500 companies in retail, logistics, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, and telecommunications.

Omer’s areas of interest include executing complex, innovative turnkey engagements involving various parties and stakeholders, conversion/cutover strategy/design in large multi-year transformation initiatives, data architecture/management. He uses Web 2.0 technologies to address key challenges faced by companies in retail, consumer packaged goods, logistics and distribution.


Phil Freegard

Senior Principal, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Phil has 15 years of consulting experience, including 10 years in e-commerce spanning retail, banking and Consumer Packaged Goods. He has led consulting engagements in e-commerce strategies at Fortune 500 clients to improve the customer experience, implement business change and build flexible technology ecosystems.


Prabhat S. Khare

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Prabhat has 13 years of experience in the IT industry. As part of the account management team, he has led many proposals and projects in new trends in Consumer Product Goods (CPGs) - syndicated data, digital assets, social media analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), and supply chain.

He will blog on syndicated data, digital assets, social media, analytics, BI, and supply chain.


Priyanka Soni

Associate Consultant, Industry Solutions Group - Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Priyanka has over three years of industry experience. Currently, she works as a Business Analyst and handles a Business Intelligence project for a leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) firm.

Priyanka will blog on Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), CPG, and Retail.

Prasanna Ramaswamy

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Prasanna manages Infosys’ relationship with one of the largest distribution companies in North America. He has more than 12 years of experience in the consulting industry.

Punit Maheshwari

Project Manager and Management Consultant, Retail, Infosys Limited

Punit has more than 10 years of IT experience in process consulting, project management, program management and business development. He has rich experience across business process management, process consultancy, project management, portfolio optimization, and IT governance. Punit is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).


Rahul Bindlish

Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Rahul has more than 13 years of experience in IT consulting with specialization the retail industry. He is responsible for managing relationships with key retail companies in North America.


Rajesh Gogineni

Client Relationship Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Rajesh leverages latest technology and industry trends to provide solutions to retail and CPG companies. He believes in innovation for sustained performance of enterprises and advocates a holistic approach towards transformation. He has more than 12 years of IT and business consulting experience. His focus areas include merchandising, marketing strategy, consumer behavior analysis, and mobile and e-commerce.


Rakesh Gopakumar

Project Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Rakesh has seven years of IT experience. In his current role, he leads pricing and promotions portfolios, as part of a major supply chain merger program for a leading grocery retailer.

Rakesh will blog on price management, promotion management, price optimization, master data management, and supply chain management.


Ramanath Shanbhag

Senior Technical Architect, Systems Integration (SI) Practice, Infosys Limited

Ramanath has worked with leading telecom, retail, banking and government organizations across the U.S., Europe and Australia. He has more than 11 years of experience in designing and implementing complex IT applications. His current areas of interest include enterprise portals and SOA-based solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and a diploma in business finance.


Ramesh Lakshmanan

Senior Program Manager, Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences, Infosys Limited

Ramesh has over eight years of industry experience. As a Project Manager, he was the recipient of many awards. Besides, Ramesh has also won the Best Partnership award with the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Team.

Presently as a Senior Program Manager at Infosys, he manages a large program for an American retail giant, taking care of their operational alignment changes and respective applications.

Ramesh will blog on Program/ Project Management, Supply Chain Management and Latest Trends in E-Commerce.


Rituparn Prem Dixit

Principal, Next Generation Commerce, Infosys Consulting

Rituparn has 12 years of experience in the IT industry. He has experience in product management, and was earlier head of the product initiative in the Social Media service space. In addition, Rituparn has worked on strategic consulting assignments focusing on customer service/ experience. As Principal, his skills lie in fast evolving Digital Consumer and Social Commerce space.

Rituparn will blog on Social Media, Social Commerce, Web 2.0, customer experience and customer care trends.


Rrituraj Sharma

Associate, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Rrituraj has worked in business transformation engagements with top retailers in the UK while devising their customer focused e-commerce strategies and enhancing functional areas around transactional commerce. He has more than 10 years of industry and consulting experience in the retail, CPG and e-commerce fields.

Rrituraj blogs on emerging and innovative trends, new challenges and the role of technology in retail and CPG.


Sachin Bagla

Engagement Manager, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Infosys Limited

Sachin has over 13 years of experience in the IT industry. He has expertise in Multi Channel Commerce (MCC) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), having focus on customer loyalty.

Sachin was the Program Manager and facilitated the platform for a large coalition loyalty program. He also helped structure strategy, development and delivery of a multi-channel eCommerce platform for a leading grocer, and a multi-channel order management upgrade program for a GM retailer in U.K.

He is currently responsible for managing key client relationships in U.K. retail sectors.

Sachin will blog on Multi Channel Commerce, Mobility, Supply Chain, and General Merchandize Retailing.


Sandeep Dadlani

VP and Head of Client Services, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Sandeep Dadlani is responsible for managing the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Logistics practice and select strategic retail industry relationships at Infosys. He is also responsible for go-to-market, new business development, and innovation in the Retail, CPG and Logistics.


Sanjeev Kulkarni

Senior Associate Consultant, Retail, CPG and Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Sanjeev has worked extensively on multi-channel order management. He has played a key role in defining the strategy and business processes for one of the largest e-commerce programs for a leading retailer in the U.K. He has expertise in online marketplace, e-commerce, and CPG order-to-cash functions.

Sanjeev’s areas of interest include marketplace order management, e-commerce, multi-channel commerce, social networks and social commerce.


Sapan Shah

Technical Architect, Infosys limited

As a lead architect of Infosys’ ShoppingTrip360™ platform, Sapan is responsible for its product and technology road map and strategy. He has more than 8 years of IT experience. Sapan has worked in technology solutions spanning across Manufacturing, Retail and CPG domains. He has written a book on .NET and published several articles in wireless space. Sapan has a patent in the area of RFID Integration.


SathishKumar Ramadoss

Technology Architect, Retail Architecture, Infosys Limited

Sathish has over 10 years of industry experience. He specializes in Architecture Assessment and Definition, Framework Design and Development, Technology Consulting, Technical Audit and Assessment, Application Performance Engineering and Technical Tools/Accelerator Evaluation.

Sathish has been awarded several accolades such as Infosys Certified Software Architect (ICSA) in 2008, Infosys Certified Technology Architect in 2011, Infosys Certified .NET Architect in 2010, Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2009 and Bravo Award in 2009.

He will blog on Collaboration, SharePoint and Mobility.


Sathyanarayanan Varadan

Lead Consultant, Retail, Consumer Product Goods and Logistics, Infosys Limited

Sathya has over seven years of experience in the IT industry. His expertise spans IT services delivery, business analysis and functional consulting. He has helped leading Retail and CPG companies in the U.S., Asia Pacific and European regions to define and implement strategic solutions in e- commerce, purchase order management, Master Data Management (MDM), and logistics.

Sathya will blog on ecommerce, mobility, supply chain, and logistics.


Sangamesh S Bagali

Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Sangamesh manages select client relationships in the grocery industry segment within retail, CPG and logistics. He has more than 12 years of experience working with companies in the retail industry. He specializes in grocery domain. His areas of interest include demand planning and forecasting, perpetual inventory management and shelf merchandising.


Seth Lively

Solutions Consultant, Multi-Channel Commerce Practice, Infosys Limited

Seth has eight years of consulting experience in e-commerce. He has worked with retailers to develop their e-commerce strategies and managed large multi-channel transformation projects.


Simon Harper

Senior Associate, Next-Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Simon has worked with Fortune 500 companies across Europe, Asia and North America, leading digital marketing, Web 2.0 initiatives and supporting software implementation programs. Recently, he led an e-commerce user experience and competitive analysis assessment at a major agribusiness firm.


Sneha Tarang Randev

Senior Associate Consultant, ISG – Retail, Infosys Limited

Sneha has over four years of industry experience. She currently works as a Functional Analyst with the Starbucks account. She has worked extensively in requirement gatherings, solution design, design documentation, functional support in solution lifecycle across development and testing phases in areas such as analytics, supply chain and warehouse management.

She specializes in warehouse management, inventory management and supply chains. She also has experience in food and restaurant operations.

Sneha has been a part of the core implementation team deploying Scanning Technology and Lot tracking methodology at the warehouses of a coffee giant and has been given the ‘BRAVO’ award by the clients. She has been a track anchor for WMS/ QSR CoE initiative.

Sneha will blog on Warehouse management, Inventory management and QSR.


Shveta Arora

Group Engagement Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Shveta manages key strategic relationships for retail and CPG practices. She has more than 13 years of consulting experience specializing across the value chain of food and beverage industry. She manages client relationships and building new business / IT solutions.


Sivakumar.V

Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Sivakumar has more than 12 years of IT experience. He has worked with major retailers across North America. He has also worked extensively in the areas of order management, merchandising, sustainability and product development strategies with leading retail and CPG companies.


Somnath Sinha

Senior Project Manager, Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences (RCL), Infosys Limited

Somnath has 14 years of experience and has worked with retail clients in the U.S. and Europe. He specializes in order management, merchandising and Supply Chain operations. Besides, Somnath also has skills in program/ project management and consulting in the retail domain.

Somnath will blog on E-commerce, Supply Chain and Infrastructure.


Sridhar Veeramalla

Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Sridhar has more than 10 years of IT experience working with various retail and CPG clients in the U.S. and Europe. He is an expert in application and technology portfolio analysis and cost optimization. He has also led development, maintenance and migration projects in legacy and enterprise integration environments.


Stephen Potts

Principal Architect , Multi-Channel Commerce Practice, Infosys Limited

Stephen has more than 20 years of technical architecture, design and development experience in deploying mission-critical systems for Fortune 500 companies. He has authored more than 20 books on various aspects of computer science including J2EE, SOA, and Enterprise Web Services. Stephen has served as a lead architect on e-commerce and multi-channel integration projects for many U.S. retailers.


Sudhir Holla

Client Partner, Retail & CPG Solution Consulting Group, Infosys Limited

Sudhir has more than 15 years of retail experience. He has led relationships and engagements with several apparel, wholesale and retail companies. He provides business and technology solutions to address sourcing and supply chain-related issues.


Sudhir Joshi

Program Manager, Retail, CPG and Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Sudhir has over 12 years of experience in the retail industry, specializing in the area of multi-channel commerce. He has had extensive experience in helping Fortune 500 retailers create and implement organizational strategies and roadmaps to move up the multi-channel maturity ladder. He also has expertise in the design, implementation and management of multi-channel commerce solutions. He is based in the UK and has worked across retail segments like non-food catalog, grocery and beverages.


Suganth Muthaiyan

Senior Associate, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Consulting

Suganth has more than seven years of retail and CPG industry experience. He has carried out multiple large-scale transformation engagements with leading retailers globally. His area of expertise in supply chain management with an emphasis on grocery includes Fresh Item Management (FIM), promotions planning and optimization, and information services.


Tanu Deo Sharma

Technology Lead, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Tanu has over six years of IT experience. He currently leads a team that is responsible for implementing price management functionality for a prominent U.S. based fashion retailer.

Tanu has worked for many leading retailers and CPG companies across multiple domain areas such as trade promotion optimization, supply chain and warehouse management, merchandize management, mutli-channel commerce and enterprise performance measurement. He has also been a part of several data warehousing and business intelligence projects.

Tanu will blog on emerging trends and innovation in retail.


Tanveer Singh Khanuja

Senior Project Manager, Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Science, Infosys Limited

Tanveer has over eight years of project management experience. He has successfully managed implementation, rollout and production support teams for large Fortune 500 multi-site global companies. This is in various capacities within consulting, retail, publishing, logistics, and travel industries.

Currently as Senior Project Manager, he specializes in the Program Management of an e-Commerce platform, of a large online retailer.

Tanveer will blog on Emerging Trends, New Challenges and the Role of Technology in Solving Business Problems in the Retail and Travel Industry.


Ted Gaubert

Principal, Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Limited

Ted has more than 10 years of experience in consulting, developing and managing complex web-based applications. He has functional expertise in web channel strategy, e-commerce and operations. He has helped clients leverage web-based technologies to achieve their strategic business objectives.


Venkatesan Ramesh

Senior Consultant, Enterprise Solutions, Infosys Limited

Venkatesan is program managing a supply chain implementation for a large retailer. He has successfully implemented demand planning, demand sensing, fulfillment and inventory optimization solutions for global CPG companies.

Venkatesan has supported and led several multi-million dollar deals for Infosys including Master Data Management (MDM) outsourcing deal at an info media company, large supply chain program at a leading food and beverage company and a large supply chain program at a global retail giant.

He will blog on Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the CPG industry.


Vaidyanatha Siva

Associate Vice President & Global Head, Business Technology Consulting, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Siva has 14 years of experience in the IT industry. He heads the Business Technology Consulting team in the RETL Industry Business Unit (IBU). Siva oversees architecture, industry solution development activities, and formulates long-term technology/ strategy vision for the unit.

He is responsible for transformation of capital into technology in furtherance of the IBU’s objectives, and is a technology leader, a trusted advisor to key stakeholders and a prolific innovator.

Siva will blog on retail, consumer goods, logistics, state of the market, technology, and innovative frontiers.


Vince Cavasin

Senior Principal Next Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Vince has 10 years of eChannel consulting experience, focusing on eChannel strategies for Fortune 500 clients in the retail, high-tech and automotive industries. He has assisted clients in the development of B2B, B2C, and B2E portals, as well as B2B and B2C transactional websites. Vince blogs on how emerging technologies can help companies engage and interact with their customers, while focusing on the business case for adopting these technologies.


Vishnu Veerubhotla

Business Manager, Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys Limited

Vishnu has more than 13 years of experience in IT consulting. He has worked with major CPG, logistics and retail companies. He has extensive experience with legacy modernization and implementation of large global rollouts. His areas of interest include legacy modernization, e-commerce, social media and Product Lifecycle Management.


Whitney Hunter Thomson

Analyst, Retail, CPG and Logistics Practice, Infosys Limited

Whitney has worked on many business transformation projects for clients in the U.S. - ranging from Enterprise Collaboration to Human Capital Management.

She will blog on macro-economic trends that affect Retail industries.


Zoe Schagrin

Senior Associate, Next-Generation Commerce Practice, Infosys Consulting

Zoe has worked with leading retail and products companies to help improve their businesses by understanding and addressing customer and employee needs. She has developed strategies for improving internal communications and collaboration through Web 2.0 technologies. Currently, she is working on defining an enterprise-wide mobility initiative for a major healthcare company.


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