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GAURAV SRIVASTAVA

GAURAV SRIVASTAVA

Bilingual Manager

Summary

I have over 18 years of total work experience in the IT industry, including more than 16 years of experience in onsite-offshore model delivery operations and project management. Additionally, I have over 6 years of solution sales experience in Japan and experience managing critical documentation such as contracts and statements of work in both Japanese and English. I also have entrepreneurship experience of over 2 years, having successfully exited from a company I founded. I have native-level command of both Japanese and English languages. Currently, I am working on a book about simplifying technical contracts in the IT industry to make them more accessible. My depth of experience across IT project delivery, sales, and management along with my language skills and entrepreneurial experience allow me to provide valuable perspective on the IT industry.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Contract Manager

Accenture Co Ltd
02.2023 - Current

Contract Management involving following activities:

- Creating contracts for deals with customers in Japan and cross-border transactions

- Managing contracts

- Handling invoices

- Managing work completion reports

- Managing delivery risks

- Negotiating with customers

- Creating Statements of Work (SOW) and managing requirements

- Mobilizing projects

- Managing subcontractors

Business & Integration Architect Manager

Accenture Co Ltd
06.2021 - 02.2023

Offshore Delivery and Project Management involving following activities:

- Account management for a major MFP/Medical Device maker in Japan, with focus on a specific scope

- Consulted on the project roadmap until the 2025 deployment plan

- Managed requirement management

- Oversaw offshore delivery management

- Implemented change management protocols

- Provided status reports to the customer and Accenture Steering Committee

- Managed resource allocation

- Provided support for 3rd party QA audits


Project Overview:

Led the migration of an ERP system from Oracle to D365. Managed a team of over 25 individuals across two subsidiaries of Accenture located in Japan and India. Conducted requirement management with the customer in Japan, while design, development, and system testing were carried out in India. Integration testing and deployment were managed from Japan. My team owned the customization and migration of three operational modules, including finance, customer service, and call center.

Senior Manager

NEC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
06.2018 - 05.2021

Overall Ownership of two solutions. Overview:

As a team, we were responsible for managing two solutions: a marketing automation tool and a sales pipeline management tool.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Driving sales of these tools across the Latin America and APAC regions

- Identifying and understanding customer challenges

- Coordinating customizations to the tools to meet customer needs

- Overseeing the deployment of these tools at customer sites

- Providing business and process consultancy to clients, with a focus on continuous improvement (Kaizen).

Founder

Own Company
11.2016 - 05.2018

We provided assistance to multiple Japanese SMEs and Blue-Chip companies in setting up and running their operations in India. Our key offerings included

business consultancy,

- Company setup

- Distributorship assistance

- Legal, finance, and HR consultancy

- IT offshore development. We successfully executed approximately 30+ development projects for web and mobile applications.

Deputy Manager

HCL Technologies India Ltd
09.2007 - 10.2016
  • Sales (EN, EE)
  • Account Management
  • Offshore Delivery Management

Grape City India Ltd
06.2006 - 08.2007
  • Testing
  • Help File Creation

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HCL Technologies India Ltd
09.2005 - 05.2006
  • Project Coordination
  • Presales for Japanese Clients

Education

MicroMasters Program - Strategy Management

IIM Bangalore
01.2022 - 2023.04

MicroMasters Program - Operations Management

IIM Bangalore
05.2022 - 2022.07

MicroMasters Program - Marketing Management

IIM Bangalore
10.2021 - 2021.12

Advanced Diploma - Japanese Language

JASSO
Osaka
04.2002 - 2003.03

Bachelor's degree - Commerce

University of Delhi
07.1997 - 2000.06

Skills

    Offshore Delivery Management

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved L1/N1 certification in Japanese Language Proficiency Test with All India Rank 1 in 2012, All India Rank 2 in 2006, and also in 2005 and 2002.
  • Selected as a meritorious government scholarship student to study in Japan, where only 6 students are chosen from all over India annually.


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Timeline

Contract Manager

Accenture Co Ltd
02.2023 - Current

MicroMasters Program - Operations Management

IIM Bangalore
05.2022 - 2022.07

MicroMasters Program - Strategy Management

IIM Bangalore
01.2022 - 2023.04

MicroMasters Program - Marketing Management

IIM Bangalore
10.2021 - 2021.12

Business & Integration Architect Manager

Accenture Co Ltd
06.2021 - 02.2023

Senior Manager

NEC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
06.2018 - 05.2021

Founder

Own Company
11.2016 - 05.2018

Deputy Manager

HCL Technologies India Ltd
09.2007 - 10.2016

Grape City India Ltd
06.2006 - 08.2007

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HCL Technologies India Ltd
09.2005 - 05.2006

Advanced Diploma - Japanese Language

JASSO
04.2002 - 2003.03

Bachelor's degree - Commerce

University of Delhi
07.1997 - 2000.06
GAURAV SRIVASTAVABilingual Manager