Gopal Neelakantan

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About Gopal Neelakantan

Executive Summary Astute business leader with over 30 years of work experience & proven ability to generate/building businesses, general management & managing projects end to end with offerings that drive measurable outcomes. Skilled in building cross-functional leadership, demonstrating exceptional communication skills, & making critical decisions during challenges. Adaptable & transformational leader with an ability to work independently & developing opportunities that further meet organizational goals. Responsible for, with direct ownership of PnL, revenue generation & growth. Effective at envisaging customer value proposition during product/process development & incorporating best practices, continuous improvements & business process optimization post-implementation to gauge & meet ROI. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams that result in focused results & on-time delivery. Delivered in-tenure revenues to the tune of $10 to $50mil across organizations. Delivered a system of standardization methodology to create a common process that resulted in, effective solutions to customer issues & improvement of customer experience. Developed data analytic methodologies on/from process dashboards & team performance reports that calls out weakness & areas of improvement, driving focused & effective training. Managed multiple portfolios & revenue for businesses & seek opportunities to reduce cost & improve efficiencies which in turn grows revenue. Key focus on account mining & proactively identify opportunities for additional business opportunities that will build forthcoming revenue streams across businesses for groups/verticals. Assist development of project scope, cost estimates, resource requirements, work plans, time schedules, communication plans to drive planning - of people, process, technology & performance. Results-focused change agent, geared to mitigate & manage risk & build innovation. An adherent of the belief that creative thinking can solve any problem. Avid enthusiast with pride in creating, architecting, & integrating innovative solutions. Dynamic, good listener, keen observer, humble, willing collaborator, trustworthy partner, shameless learner, passionate presenter, get-it-done leader, amenable to critique, builder of “A” teams & motivational inspired. Leads from the front, doing whatever it takes to land the plane & deliver outcomes.