Aakash is the project lead for SAP BA practice. He has more than eight years of IT experience. He has successfully implemented upgradation and implementation projects, and business blueprinting exercises and designs.
Akash will blog on SAP Business Warehouse and SAP Business Objects.
Abhishek is a Lead Consultant for the functional team in SAP support for one of the major packaged foods and beverage companies in the U.S. He specializes in SAP MM, SAP Basis and SAP Security. He has worked on IS-auto implementation and rollouts in Europe for an automotive company. He has more than nine years of IT experience.
He will blog on food safety and traceability in packaged food industry and other areas in the CPG industry.
Amit has over 10 years of experience in the IT industry. He specializes in Sales and Distribution (SD) and Materials Management (MM). He is an expert in business requirements analysis and modeling, configuration, and mapping SAP solutions. This enables him to handle multiple complex SAP functionality implementations for leading computer manufacturers. Prior to his current role, Amit led a business transformation project for a U.S. oilfield services company.
Amit will blog on IT challenges and organizational change management, regarding oilfield services as well as key trends in the industry and SAP responsiveness.
Amit has over four years of industry experience. He is currently working as a Senior Associate Consultant with Infosys. He has expertise in SAP warehouse management implementation, roll-out and support. He has extensively worked on SAP Console for warehouse management related projects and was also instrumental in reengineering business processes for warehouse management implementation projects.
He will blog on Supply Chain issues in Manufacturing, SAP warehouse management and SAP Console.
Anand has over seven years of experience in the IT industry including five years in financial reporting and IT convergence. His experience spans financial reporting, consulting, IS audits, financial audits, and assisting companies comply with various regulations. He has extensive exposure in the financial reporting domains - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). He heads the IFRS Center of Excellence (COE).
Anand will blog on IFRS, financial reporting and related areas, the impact of financial reporting on information systems, and consolidation of financial information.
Archit has three years of experience in the IT industry. Currently, he works as an Associate Consultant for SAP Business Intelligence (BI). Archit has received a certificate of appreciation for his contribution to a project, and was also part of a finance consulting initiative. In addition, he has presented a paper on the Cloud computing strategy event in Infosys.
Archit will blog on SAP Business Intelligence, Business Value, SAP Roadmap and Architecture.
Ashish heads the value engineering and business solutions development on Enterprise SOA, business process management and Composite Application Framework (CAF) at Infosys. Ashish leads and manages the Go-To-Market (GTM) activities to help clients realize higher business value from IT practices in the latest release of the mySAP business suite.
Recently, he developed the strategy and roadmap for a composite application on the mySAP business suite for a global quote-to-cash process for an energy company.
Atul is a consultant at Infosys’ Sourcing and Procurement practice. He has more than 11 years of experience.
Atul’s blogs will focus on Sourcing and Procurement and SAP Supplier Relationship Management.
Brandon has over 14 years of experience in delivering large-scale, SAP-enabled business transformation programs across industries in Europe, Asia and North America. He is currently the Program Executive in Europe for a large business transformation engagement at one of the world’s leading CPG companies.
His key professional achievements at Infosys include program leadership on several large-scale, complex business transformation initiatives in the consumer products and energy industries.
Brandon will blog on aligning IT to business strategy, business transformation, value-based ERP solutions, design and delivery, techniques on realizing value for (internal and external) customers, and realizing (shareholder) value for the company.
As a SAP PI/XI delivery anchor, Chandan serves as a consultant to global companies for SAP integration platform definition and building a long-term roadmap. He also handles competency development and delivery of global customer programs. With over 14 years of experience, he helped establish the SAP PI/XI Competency and Delivery Center at Infosys which is now the fastest growing integration practice in the company. Chandan was instrumental in the conceptualization and development of Infosys’ XY2XI migration solution, which provides a unique edge to Infosys in the SAP arena.
Chandan will blog on business integration, B2B, SOA, BPM and middleware.
Chandra Shekar Kakal, in his decade-long journey with Infosys, has served in various capacities and spearheaded several key initiatives that have contributed to the company’s success. As part of the founding members of the Enterprise Solutions group at Infosys, Kakal helped kick-start the company’s Oracle ERP practice. He restructured the group to offer end-to-end solutions in Supply Chain, Human Capital Management and Enterprise Application Integration. Under his leadership, the group has grown to be the largest and best-managed unit at Infosys and has won industry-wide recognition. Kakal helped establish partnerships with package vendors such as SAP, Oracle, Sterling Commerce and TIBCO, and participates in the steering committee meetings of clients’ ERP implementation programs. He has also helped develop Infosys’ CRM practice and Microsoft Dynamics practices.
Christopher has 28 years of experience in the Retail space, with 8 years in the IT industry. His areas of expertise include Retail, IT Projects, Program Management, and implementing SAP Retail IS to enterprises worldwide.
Christopher will blog on supply chains in the Retail industry.
Deepak has more than 16 years of IT experience. He has managed various SAP projects, upgrades and roll-outs. He has led and managed multiple SAP engagements. He specializes in logistics area.
Deepak will blog on SAP-related topics, enterprise business processes and Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) industries.
Ed has over 22 years of industry experience. As a GRC solution architect, Ed was instrumental in developing a three year road map to deliver a global centralized GRC solution.
He will blog on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), SAP Security, Centralized User Provisioning and Identity Management (IDM).
Glenn has more than 29 years of industry and consulting experience. He has helped clients achieve process improvement, IT cost reduction and value-driven business transformation through implementation of complex enterprise application solutions. His experience includes selling, managing and delivering global SAP business transformation programs throughout all stages of project lifecycles and managing diverse worldwide project teams.
He has managed and delivered two highly successful SAP Business Transformation programs. He is currently managing a program with over 700 team members - a full-time billable project for five consecutive years.
He will blog on various SAP-related topics.
Gopal assists in pre-sales activities including solution approach, Centre of Excellence (COE) initiatives and reusables within Enterprise Asset Management (EAM).
Gopal has delivered solution and development of Reports, Interface, Conversions, Extensions, Forms and Workflow (RICEFW) objects for EAM for a utility company, optimized scheduling of workforce and built solutions with external applications, undertaken BPS review/ testing, issue tracking/resolution, handled delivery of RICEFW objects within SLA periods and managed de-commissioning of legacy applications.
Gopal will blog on EAM, specifically in utilities.
Hari has over 11 years of management consulting experience. He has helped clients by leading several complex transformational programs in trade strategy and optimization, out of stock reduction using demand signal and forecasting, replenishment and inventory optimization, and sales analytics.
Hari’s core domain skills are integrated sales and marketing and supply chain for retail, consumer goods and Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) companies.
He will blog on the sales and marketing and supply chain areas.
Keerthana established and manages the Enterprise Risk Management Service (ERMS)/Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) practice at Infosys. With over 11 years of experience, she is a chartered accountant and certified Information Systems auditor specializing in Enterprise Risk Management and SAP process and controls. She is a consultant for major transformation projects and ensures regulatory compliance.
Keerthana will blog on Governance Risk Compliance, Information System audit, Enterprise Risk Management, efficient compliance, SOX and other compliance related issues.
Madhan is a SAP Consultant for SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM), and SAP Spend Performance Management (SAP SPM). He has eight years of experience in the procurement domain. Madhan enabled an end-to-end implementation and rollout of SAP SRM for an automotive client, and has also managed the electrical vendor base of a leading automotive manufacturer in India. He currently manages an offshore team that supports SAP SRM and SAP SPM for a global automotive client.
Madhan will blog on procurement, SAP SRM and SAP SPM.
Madhup has over eight years of experience in multiple rollout, upgrade and production support. Currently he is a Senior Consultant in materials management, and is involved in Business Process mapping for a major automotive unit.
Madhup has been part of multiple rollout, upgrade and production support projects, including the first SAP rollout at Mexico, and in a recent engagement was the Module Lead for MM/ EBP for a German automotive major.
Madhup will blog on SAP Implementation, Supply Chain, Key Performance Indicator and Business Process Mapping.
Manish has over 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He has successfully managed large SAP upgrade programs. Manish has effectively completed a couple of Managed Services Transitions for SAP support and three additional transitions.
He has published a white paper on SAP upgrade cutover.
Manish will blog on SAP upgrades, SAP managed services, New Engagement Models (NEM), and pharmaceutical domain.
Milind has nine years of experience in multiple rollouts, production support and Supply Chain projects. He was a Procure to Pay (P2P) consultant for global SAP implementation programs, for a major manufacturing unit and leading oil conglomerate.
Currently as Project Manager and Logistics Consultant, he is responsible for the midsize projects of a major agribusiness unit.
Milind will blog on SAP related topics, Supply Chain issues in manufacturing and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) retail.
Nageshwar has 11 years of IT experience. He specializes in SAP logistics in Manufacturing and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) verticals. He has been an Integration Lead for a global rollout for a CPG major and an Onsite Lead for a leading high-tech client.
Nageshwar will blog on logistics related challenges in CPG, Manufacturing and Retail.
Nikhil has three years of experience in the IT industry. He primarily works with SAP financial and controlling modules.
Nikhil will blog on latest trends in technology, and SAP Insurance and Financials.
Newin has over 17 years of industry experience. Currently, he leads the Shared Services Delivery and Presales for ERP Application Support & Maintenance.
Newin was instrumental in setting up the Shared Services Delivery and NEM (New Engagement Model) based pricing.
Newin will blog on Application Support & Maintenance.
Parmarth has seven years of experience in various SAP Utilities projects across North America, Europe and India. He has process knowledge in both energy and water utilities, across regulated and deregulated environments. Parmarth has contributed significantly towards competency development, and has led several new initiatives.
Currently as Lead Consultant, he leads the Center of Excellence (COE) at Infosys. Parmarth specializes in SAP Utilities projects in the billing, metering and customer service functions. He is also a Solution Architect for SAP IS-Utilities engagements, and supports various pursuits from a pre-sales perspective.
Parmarth will blog on SAP Utilities – Billing, Smart Metering and Customer Service.
Parag has 14 years of experience in the IT industry. He specializes in Business Intelligence (BI) solution architecture and strategy. Parag has led and delivered several data warehouse/ BI projects for clients in Automotive, Telecom, Technology, and Utility industries. His areas of interest are BusinessObjects, BO Mobile, BW Architecture/ Performance, and Cloud computing.
Parag will blog on SAP BW architecture and performance best practices, BO/ BW integration, BO mobile, and BI in the cloud.
Peter has over 10 years of experience in the SITS industry. He joined Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) in 2001. He serves as the managing director of PAC’s U.S. operations and its partners in Latin America. Peter is also the founder of PAC’s global SAP & Oracle Services research teams programs.
On the consulting side, he is involved in U.S. and global projects for software suppliers pertaining to ecosystem assessment, competitive benchmarking, go-to-market strategy in emerging industries, and analysis, planning, and execution of localized partnership strategies.
Peter is often quoted in both IT news and major publications for his views on the application software market. He is also a frequent speaker at IT conferences and PAC Webinars.
He will blog on SAP Market and give his opinions around SAPPHIRE NOW live from the event.
Prakash has over seven years of experience in the IT industry. Currently as a SAP Lead Consultant, his skills are in different kinds of projects, including production support, roll-out and implementation.
Prakash has played key roles as Global Module Lead for SAP MM/ WM/ EBP support and purchasing track lead for business transformation projects. In addition, he was a Warehouse Management Track Lead for an automotive major.
Prakash will blog on ERP Implementation, Business Process Modeling Supply Chain and Logistics.
Pravin has over 16 years of industry experience. He has managed Supply Chain and Retail projects for a leading high-tech client. He has worked on several business transformations and has extensive SAP experience in Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
Pravin will blog on supply chain challenges in Manufacturing and Retail.
With over 15 years of IT experience, Raghu is a SAP-certified NetWeaver security professional. He specializes in compliance, infrastructure security, secure collaboration, software lifecycle security standards; security identity, and access management.
He will blog on SAP Security, SAP Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), SAP BusinessObjects, Business Planning Consolidation, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Portal.
Rahul has 15 years of experience in the IT industry. He has implemented a global solution for a business transformation program in the flavors and fragrance industry in logistics. Rahul has also integrated disparate legacy systems across geographies to create a unified view, leading to data harmonization, process efficiency, and value creation for the business.
Rahul has expertise in enterprise scoping, fit-gap analysis and workshops, impact assessment, business process design, interfacing with external/ legacy/ third party business applications, training, integration and cutover planning, activities for logistics, and MM/WM.
Currently as Principal Consultant, he is responsible for SAP implementation for business transformation.
Rahul will blog on Business Transformation Program, Integration Methodology and Logistics.
Rajashri has over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. She holds SD and MM certificates and anchors the SAP-CPG Center of Excellence (CoE). In addition to several SAP projects, Rajashri handled the first successful SAP rollout in Japan. She was part of a team that helped establish a university for a CPG company.
Rajashri will blog on verticalization within the SAP practice and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).
Rajesh is responsible for growing Infosys’ SAP practice’s entry into the market and global delivery of SAP-related services. In his previous role, he headed global sales and marketing for Enterprise Solutions.
As a member of Enterprise Solutions executive council, Rajesh defines the strategy, growth and investment plans for enterprise solutions in response to clients’ requirements and technology evolutions. He is also responsible for actively managing enterprise solutions - the ecosystem comprising ERP vendors, consulting firms, alliance partners and analyst firms.
Rajesh has a rich mix of European and North American experience over his 20-year career. He is a part of Tier1 leadership at Infosys and is also a member of the board of Infosys Sweden.
Rajesh will blog on the changing dynamics of ERP in general and SAP in particular, and also on the impact of trends in the market.
Rakhi has more than 11 years of IT experience. She is the portfolio anchor for the SAP-Business Intelligence (BI) suite projects across the Americas, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia and Pacific (APAC) and emerging markets for Manufacturing and Insurance Healthcare and Life Sciences (IHL). Rakhi provides guidance in Business Intelligence (BI) strategy, architectural framework, governance, blueprint, implementation, program management and delivery excellence across her portfolio of projects.
Rakhi shares industry best practices across BI implementations at different customer locations. She has worked as a Program Manager from inception to mature Information Systems (IS) solutions for a SAP-BI Enterprise Data Ware House (EDWH) implementation at an agribusiness company.
Rakhi will blog on architecture, strategy, governance and implementation of SAP NetWeaver Business Ware House and SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence projects.
Ranjeet specializes in SAP NetWeaver technologies - Composition Environment, Business Process Mangement (BPM) and Enterprise Portal. He has has eight years of experience in the IT industry.
He was instrumental in the successful development of the first composite application using Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Infosys. Ranjeet has conducted training workshops on NWDI setup, CAF-GP, SLD configuration, SSO, and federated portals. He has also initiated implementation of new features using SOA on the SAP NetWeaver composite application platform.
Ranjeet will blog on SAP NetWeaver Technologies.
Rajeev has ten years of experience in the IT industry. He has led large multi-country programs across U.S., Europe and India. Rajeev was responsible for the successful integration of acquired companies, and new Business Unit (BU) development. Currently as Delivery Anchor, he is enterprise solutions lead.
Rajeev will blog on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP, Oracle, Brazil, and competency development.
Rajneesh has over 17 years of consulting experience. He has worked extensively on the intersection of IT Strategy and Business Strategy. Business Transformation is his forte.
He will blog on SAP.
Ravi has more than 14 years of experience in SAP-based consulting in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (OTC). He heads the New Technologies and Services practice in SAP at Infosys. He has built Master Data Management (MDM) and Composite Applications capabilities in the practice.
Ravi is the logistics lead in a global template creation and rollout and creates the roadmap for MDM adoption. He is also the transition manager and project lead for large engagements involving OTC, P2P and Produce-to-Inventory processes globally.
Ravi addresses business issues using various technologies such as core SAP modules or SAP Netweaver components.
Ravi will blog on standardization vs. flexibility and MDM.
Shashanka has more than 10 years of IT experience. He specializes in SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Objects Planning and Consolidation (BPC) and SAP Business Objects (BOBJ) Financial Consolidation. He has managed key projects such as implementation of a central analytical tool for pricing function using SAP Business Intelligence (BI) technology for a major semiconductor manufacturer in the USA, SAP BI Enterprise Data Warehouse for a global HTDM company and SAP BI solution for a major oil and gas company in the U.S.
Shashanka will blog on SAP Enterprise Performance Management, SAP BPC, SAP BOBJ Financial Consolidation and SAP BI.
Sameer has over 14 years of experience in the IT industry. He has played a crucial role in many SAP-led transformation projects worldwide. Currently, Sameer leads innovation for the SAP practice in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry at Infosys. His area of expertise includes order management processes enabled by SAP sales and distribution, template development and governance for Fortune 100 companies and best practice process adoption.
Sameer will blog on Order Management, CPG and Professional Care industries.
Sanjeev has over 14 years of experience in the IT industry. Currently as Lead Consultant, he is engaged in new pursuits, project management and competency development for SAP SRM under SAP SCM practice. Sanjeev has also been involved in transformation projects for large clients in the area of supplier relationship management, and successfully delivered solution implementations.
Sanjeev will blog on supply chain execution areas like Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration and Spend Management.
Sathyanarayana is responsible for delivery and pre-sales of all utility customer accounts at Infosys’ SAP practice. He has more than 18 years of experience. He has built teams to meet the challenges of the utility industry and supported pre-sales for all utility accounts.
Sathyanarayana’s blogs will focus on the utility industry covering gas, electricity and water.
Satinder is a SAP technical consultant. He holds a CSQA certification and SAP XI Development Consultant Certification. He has worked on SAP implementation, upgrade and maintenance projects for a U.S. retailer, as a Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms (RICEF) lead for SAP FI/CO regional rollouts for a leading express and logistics company. He has worked as an Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) manager for a leading anti-virus company based in North America. He currently is the project manager for a re-implementation project for a power and automation major.
Satinder will blog on ABAP as programming language and SAP Netweaver.
Senthil has over 14 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a certified SAP NetWeaver technical consultant working with clients in the U.S., Middle East and Europe on overall road map, platform adoption and application lifecycle strategies. Senthil has led many initiatives covering BPM, SOA and composite apps, covering end-to-end solutions in logistics, supply chain and enterprise application integration. In addition, he has worked with Global Fortune companies in program management, delivery and application consulting on SAP NetWeaver technologies.
Senthil will blog on SAP NetWeaver Technologies – Infrastructure, Enterprise Portal and eSOA.
Shashi has more than 18 years of IT experience. He has managed some of the major SAP upgrades and implementation programs. He will blog on SAP implementations, program management and SAP-finance best practices.
Shwetha is a FICO consultant for a US based Insurance client. She is part of the Insurance Center of Excellence (CoE) team.
She will blog on the various aspects of using SAP in the Insurance vertical.
Siddharth has over nine years of IT experience. He is currently an Offshore Lead responsible for Blueprint support, and Realization and Deployment of Source to Pay function of a Business Transformation (BT) program for a CPG major. Siddharth is an SAP Certified Solution Consultant for Solution Manager Implementation Tools. He has designed and implemented Business Solutions for a telecom major which resulted in significant cost savings.
He will blog on Implementation Methodology for BT programs, Solution Manager for Implementation Projects, and SAP Best Practices.
Shovan has over 16 years of industry experience. He is a SAP Certified Human Capital Management (HCM) Functional Consultant.
Shovan has nine years of extensive experience in multiple upgrades, implementations, rollouts, quality assurance projects, support and maintenance, transformation and testing. He has played a key role in SAP (HCM) acquisition and transformation for a large scale support project.
Shovan has also led the team for functional analysis and quality assurance. This was for a large scale Employee Self Service (ESS)/ Manager Self Service (MSS) Implementation project and a HCM Re-implementation project rolling out in 70 countries.
He will blog on US Payroll, HCM Core and E- Modules, Employee and Manager self services.
Somnath is an offshore anchor of the SAP-BI/BO Center of Excellence (COE) with a strong background in Business Intelligence space such as Oracle, Business Objects, etc. He has led and managed large Data Warehouse (DW) and BI projects and programs in various technology and functional areas. He has expertise in data dimensional modeling and DW design principles. He has more than 11 years of experience.
Somnath will blog on challenges around the migration from traditional SAP reporting tools to Business Objects suite of products.
Suresh has 11 years of industry experience. Currently, he leads the SAP Mobility Center Of Excellence for all mobility projects related to SAP.
Suresh has successfully executed Blueprinting, Consulting and Implementation projects on SAP Enterprise Portal for customers in North America and Europe.
He will blog on Enterprise Mobility.
Vijay has more than 13 years of IT experience. He is responsible for delivering Infosys’ SAP consulting services for retail, CPG and logistics customers. He is also manages competency development, capability building, growth of services and solutions. He has led Infosys’ entry into the consumer goods segment for SAP service and has established it as a key growth engine.
He has held several roles ranging from SAP solutions consultant to managing projects in global SAP engagements. He is the design lead of SAP solutions in sales and distribution and customer service.
Vijay will blog on CPG, processes and retail industry processes and best practices; CPG retailer collaboration and Green IT.
Vivek has ten years of experience in the IT industry. He specializes in SAP BW, SAP EPM (SAP PCM, SPM, and BPC) and SAP BusinessObjects. Vivek has led the SAP PCM and SAP SPM track of EPM Center of Excellence (CoE) at Infosys.
Currently as Lead Consultant, he is responsible for the development of financial dashboard for management reporting.
Vivek will blog on SAP EPM (SAP PCM, SPM, and BPC), SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BW.
Yudhishthir has seven years of experience in the IT industry. He is a SAP EWM certified consultant, and has done internal certification for MM and WM. Yudhishthir is also a member of EWM core team for capability development.
He has worked in the Auto and Telecom domains, and currently is functioning as a Senior Consultant in the SAP Manufacturing domain.
Yudhishthir will blog on New Dimensional SAP Product and Business Benefits.
