Ramesh Somasundaram
Founder & CEO
Head, Digital Cloud Solutions & Transformation Services
Ramesh is an experienced outsourcing professional with over 25 years of extensive global IT experience cut across Banking, Insurance & Financial Services, Energy and Entertainment industries. He has international consulting experience in strategic sourcing and managed large teams and a strong professional relationship with various clients and brings expertise in IT outsourcing (ITO).
Ramesh is the Founder Director of Energica ASPL. Ramesh heads Digital Cloud Solutions & Transformation Services @ Energica. Ramesh previously worked with AIG, CSC and TCS (12+ Years). His experience spans across the entire Sourcing and Vendor Management (SVM) life cycle covering due-diligence, service delivery models, captives (GIC | GCC) , strategic vendor assessment, providing outsourcing transaction leadership, strategy development, vendor management, contract management, strategic relationship management, performance management, & optimization strategies, capabilities-driven business transformation, Compliance & Risk Solution, Service and Social Innovation.
Prior to Energica, Ramesh was a Relationship Director looking after IT Vendor management for AIG MEMSA (Middle East, Mediterranean and South Asia) Region. His role at AIG MEMSA was to oversee delivery & vendor management of IT services for AIG MEMSA region involving demand forecasting, Sourcing & Vendor Management, Governance, Strategy & Execution, enterprise reporting and strategic direction setting for the organization. He was a key anchor and part of Vendor management office with involvement in defining sourcing roadmap, vendor consolidation strategy, periodic assessment of vendor portfolio, contract management, relationship management.
Has managed large scale strategic, transformation initiatives and consulting engagements in North America, Canada, Latin America and South Asia Region including India (covering both onsite and offshore).
Ramesh worked for some of the major blue-chip clients like Paramount Pictures, PG&E, GE, AIG, Zurich Financial Services, The Hartford, Nationwide, ING, AXA, Norwich Union and Allianz (FFIC).
Ramesh is a Professional Member of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).
Ramesh holds an MCA* from A.C.College of Engineering & Technology (Alagappa Chettiar College of Engg. & Tech (ACCET). Karaikudi), Madurai Kamaraj University, India. * University Rank Holder
Capabilities
Patents (Granted | Filed | Published) :
> A System and Method for Multi Sourcing, Multi geography, Multivendor Environments – Governance Solution Suite @ USPTO, Patent Granted, 2018.
> eCommerce Management Solution for Retail Marketplace @ IPI, India, 2015 (Under Examination).
> Automated Alert Investigation Management System, 2019.
Capabilities
> Mix of Buyer and Service Provider experience
> Consulting & Advisory Services experience (Sourcing | Sourcing Management | Governance Advisory Services) covering Energy, Entertainment, Insurance & Financial Services industry
> Experienced as a Customer (Buyer) in Evaluating/Managing/ Governing Key Service Providers, Supplier Relationship Management, Performance Management, Governance Dashboard and Vendor Consolidation, IT Sourcing Strategy, Presales & Support, Due Diligence Studies, RFx Management, Contract Management and Negotiation, Transition, Vendor Evaluation, Supplier Relaionship Management, Pakage Based ADM Services, Escrow Management, Captives & Shared Services, Vendor Consolidation, Transformation & Cost Saving Initiatives.
> Sourcing Management & Governance (Large Sourcing Deals, Contract Collation & Management, RFx Mgt., Solution Evaluation,Vendor Management, Vendor Consolidation , Sourcing & Supplier Governance.
> Independent sourcing, sourcing management & sourcing governance specialists from strategy to implementation.
Product Owner:
ACTIVAS G+ Multi Sourcing Multivendor Sourcing & Supplier governance Solution suite. A platform based Procurement and Supplier Governance Solution suite.
SUSTAINR : Environmental Sustainability Reporting for LEED and GRI
edX21C: TRANSIFY & INNOVA – Capability Transformation Solution Accelerators for Engineering and Technology Universities & Corporate Houses
Business Solution Accelerators: RFx Procure, AP Factura (T&E Invoice Management), The Negotiator..
AAIMS : Co-Product Owner of Automated Alert Investigation Management Solution (AML Compliance & Risk Solution)
Thought Leadership
Business Solution Accelerators
> Technology Enablement & Solution Development on Procurement , Sourcing, Sourcing Management & Supplier Governance arena.
> Automated Alert Investigation Management Solution.
Publications:
> Vendor Contract Compliance Audits (2011) as well as several articles in What-We-Think @ Energica.
> TRACK & TRACE: Contracual Obligations Management: Obligation Tracking & Reporting (2012) in What-We-Think @ Energica.
> Convergence – Redefining India Utility Leadership: A Move Towards a Sustainable Energy Architecture (2011) , a Strategy & Study
> Co-Author of an article published at Computing for Insurance, UK – Using Communication Technologies: How Pervasive Technologies helps Insurance Companies in underwriting Claims Services (Computing for Insurance, UK, 2006) as well as several articles @TCS.
> “Understanding Speech – A Perspective of Problems and Issues” – Paper presented at International Workshop on ‘Speech Technology’ for MAN-MACHINE Interaction, organized by TATA Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay & Dept. Of Electronics (DoE), India, 1990.
Thought Leadership | Course Material:
> Ramesh’ Thought Paper is being used as a Course Material for IT Contract Management Class @ Management Department, Walker School of Business and Tchnology, Webster University,St. Louis. MO, USA (2014). ( “Managing Your Contract Performance Adding Value & Reducing Costs Through Effective Vendor Contract Compliance Audit” ) which appeared in what-we-think @ Energica)
Saravanaperumal Sankaranarayanan
Director, Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability Services
Saravanaperumal (SP) is a co-founder of Energica ASPL, an advisory services company with its headquarters in Chennai, India. He provides Consultative and Advisory Services in the area of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Strategy, Human Capital Management and Marketing aspects.
Prior to co-founding Energica, SP has worked in the past on diverse fields pertaining to regional sustainable development and global environmental change, ranging from water and forest resources management, climate change strategy and mitigation, environmental planning, land-use change/control, wasteland conversion, rural education and poverty alleviation.
SP has 24+ years of extensive experience cut across various industry verticals like Corporate Social Responsibility, Poultry, Textile and Agro Forestry. He has a strong professional relationship with various domestic clients and brings strong industry expertise from the Environment Marketplace. He served with Corporate, Co-operative and Development sectors for more than a decade.
He spent around 8 years in forestation and wasteland management programs and for 6 years, he led Corporate Social Responsibility for Shriram Group Companies, Chennai through various Community Development projects. Throughout his career, he participated in the system development and quality policy aspects. He has worked for the National Tree Growers’ Cooperative Federation Ltd. as a Project Executive.
A PGDM from AIMA-New Delhi, his areas of interest includes Strategic Management, Organizational Development and Ecology & Environmental Management. He has a Bachelor degree in Forestry from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from AIMA specialized in Marketing.
Specialties
Research: Interdisciplinary work experience in socio-environmental research and strategy, sustainability roadmap planning and program execution consultancy.
Management: Proven competence in preparing, managing, and monitoring large-scale collaborative programs those are multi-disciplinary in nature, often involving local stakeholders.
Consulting: Consulting experience in both private and non-profit sector focusing on Human Capital Management, marketing, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability.
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Rajalakshmi R
Director, HRD & Sustainability Reporting Services
Raji looks after Sustainability Reporting Services in addition to HRD.
Rajalakshmi is an enterprising leader with over 20 years of experience in leading small and medium scale organizations, besides providing expertise and rich skills in handling Human Resource and Sustainability Reporting Services.
Rajalakshmi is a multi-faceted professional with documented success of consistent achievement in a senior management capacity primarily accountable for business operations.
Career span across Retail and Financial Services industry. Adept in managing business operations with focus on top & bottom-line performance and expertise in determining company’s mission and strategic direction.