Gopalakrishnan Palani

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About Gopalakrishnan Palani

Dynamic and results oriented IT Leader with 17 years of experience delivering end-to-end enterprise solutions across CRM and ERP migrations. Skilled in building executive relationships, and agile delivery, with a strong track record of driving successful digital transformation implementations for global clients across USA, EMEA and APAC regions.* 15 years in CRM, ERP and eCommerce Migrations * 11 years in Product Management & Services * 8 years in Public Sector CORE COMPETENCIES: Digital Transformation: Spearhead digital innovation workshops with Customers to identify digital enablement roadmap and transformation approach to reimagine their Business and IT landscape. Product Management: Provide product expertise to drive structured go-to-market strategies. Serving as the trusted advocate to the Customer by driving Customer-centric product and services strategy to achieve high ROI and minimize TCO. Business Growth: Repeated success to spot growth opportunities, RFP responses and secure deals. Proficient in MSA, WO & SOW. Experience in innovative pricing models, budgeting, and invoicing. Stakeholder management: Demonstrate executive presence to the Customer’s senior leadership and PMO teams to secure confidence early by bring in value proposition. Team building: Consistently demonstrate strong leadership skills by building high performance teams globally. Collaborate, coach, mentor, and be accountable for the work delivered by direct reports. Quality & Process: Extensive experience in PMI project management principles, USDP, ITIL V3, RUP, Agile, SCRUM, UML, Extreme Programming, SEI CMMi and Six Sigma quality standards. Technical skills: Microsoft SureStep365 | LCS (Lifecycle Services)| Power Platform | AI & Cognitive Services | Cloud Platforms End-to-End Solution Design & Architecture | Data Migration Framework (DMF)| System Integration (API, SOA, ESB, Microservices) Microsoft Project | Azure | Power BI | DevOps | Application Lifecycle Management | MSSQL | Jira | C++| Java | Java Scripts | Unix