Dr.Sandhya PatilMobile: 9920171559Email: sandhya_patil84@yahoo.com, envision.success@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking strategic management or training head opportunities

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experience of over 20 years (inclusive of 5 years as an independent entrepreneur) across pharma, hotel, manufacturing, retail, human resource, financial institutions, IT, and education in various roles requiring direct interaction with various stakeholders in business helps me bring to the table a rich blend of consulting, research, leadership, business and analytical skills, with excellent communication, interpersonal, motivational and entrepreneurial skills.

CONSULTATIVE PROJECTS

Education: o Training MMS, Executive MBA and PGP students on

Operations: Supply Chain Risk and Performance Management

Marketing: Integrated Marketing Communication

HR: Training and Development, Organization Development, Organization Behavior, Human Resource Management, Management Theory and Practice, Compensation Management, Business Law

o Training CA students on International Business, Strategic Decision making, Project Planning and Reporting, Time Management, Stress Management, Negotiation Skills, Project Planning and Reporting, General Management and Communication Skills

o ISA (Information Systems Audit) Visiting Faculty @ ICAI

o Moderator for Mumbai University for MMS (OTSD), Entrepreneurship Management, Project Management

o Consultant @ Padmavati Venkatesh High School and Junior College

In-charge of the overall development of students as well as the entire staff across all sections (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Junior College)

Conflict resolution across the Institute

Development and implementation of a formal appraisal system for the staff at the Institute

Optimize the usage of Tata ClassEdge at the Institute

Motivate teachers to adopt Learner Centered teaching methodologies for improving the overall teaching and learning experience

Training of the Parents as well to make them more empathetic to the emotional needs as well as developing more tolerance to their child’s career choice

o Conducted preliminary analysis and training of teaching and non-teaching staff of Saraswati College of Engineering @ Kharghar, management institution (Terna Institute at Nerul) to improve and optimize the overall performance of the staff and thus improve the brand image of the Institute.

o Trained students at various professional (Saraswati College of Engineering, Prin.K.M.Kundnani College of Pharmacy and Vivekanand College of Pharmacy) colleges in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai on various image building subjects, to help them become successful professionals

Leadership Development and Training:

o Have worked on Leadership Development program at GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

o Designed and conducted core functional and technical training for finance and ERP functions (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

o Worked with HR team to train managers and senior managers (upto the level of VP) on the appropriate and fair appraisal techniques to ensure timely appraisal completion across the organization

o Train employees across various levels in the organization in soft skills like communication, time management, personality development as well as various technical and functional subjects related to their IT functions

o Trained medical representatives on various products as well as selling, interpersonal and other soft skills

Business Development:

o Provided the Strategic Leadership to provide corporate training and leadership development to corporate staff at various levels within the organization (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

o Designed and conducted leadership training, core functional and technical training for finance and ERP functions (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys).

Project Management:

o Managed various offshore-onsite projects at offshore as well as onsite locations (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys).

o Managed multicultural, multi-location, multifunctional teams of direct as well as indirect clients to ensure all worked together towards a successful completion of the individual projects (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

o PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education Consultant (Owner), Envision Success, Feb 2010 – Till Date

o Training MMS, Executive MBA and PGP students on Operations: Supply Chain Risk and Performance Management

Marketing: Integrated Marketing Communication

HR: Training and Development, Organization Development, Organization Behavior, Human Resource Management, Management Theory and Practice, Compensation Management, Business Law

Training CA students on International Business, Strategic Decision making, Project Planning and Reporting, Time Management, Stress Management, Negotiation Skills, Project Planning and Reporting, General Management and Communication Skills

ISA (Information Systems Audit) Visiting Faculty @ ICAI

Moderator for Mumbai University for MMS (OTSD), Entrepreneurship Management, Project Management

Consultant @ Padmavati Venkatesh High School and Junior College

In-charge of the overall development of students as well as the entire staff across all sections (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Junior College)

Conflict resolution across the Institute

Development and implementation of a formal appraisal system for the staff at the Institute

Optimize the usage of Tata ClassEdge at the Institute

Motivate teachers to adopt Learner Centered teaching methodologies for improving the overall teaching and learning experience

Training of the Parents as well to make them more empathetic to the emotional needs as well as developing more tolerance to their child’s career choice

Improving the overall brand equity of the Institution (mainly focusing on Institutions providing professional courses) by working on all the categories of individuals associated with the Organization and thus improve the Institution’s overall ranking in the industry

Worked with the management to design and implement highly interactive and result-oriented soft skills training programs for Institutes, to prepare the students for the corporate and the business world

Overall development of the teaching as well as the non-teaching staff of the colleges by conducting detailed a core competency mapping exercises, to enable each individual to understand one's own SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) and various goals and guide them towards achieving their same

Senior Consultant for the following for various PeopleSoft and Financial clients across various industries:

(Company Ness Technologies India: Duration Sep’07 - Nov’08 Client: Kaiser Duration Aug’08 - Apr’09 Client: InvescoCompany GDI Infotech: Duration Apr’04 - Nov’06 Client(s): Hilton, Marriott,

Rogers CorporationCompany Satyam Computer Services: Duration Nov’02 - Apr’04 Client(s): Children Hospital Los AngelesCompany Hexaware Technologies: Duration Apr’02 - Oct’02 Client(s): Sun Earth CeramicsCompany Birlasoft India: Duration Nov’01 - Apr’02 Client(s): GECompany Covansys India: Duration June’00 -Oct’01 Client(s): Hewitt AssociatesCompany Automate Solutions: Duration May’98 - Nov’99) Client(s): Digitech Limited

Have worked on Leadership Development program at GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

Designed and conducted core functional and technical training for finance and ERP functions (Ness Technologies, GDI Infotech, Satyam Computers, Covansys)

Worked with HR team to train managers and senior managers (upto the level of VP) on the appropriate and fair appraisal techniques to ensure timely appraisal completion across the organization

Train employees across various levels in the organization in soft skills like communication, time management, personality development as well as various technical and functional subjects related to their IT functions

Managing the project stakeholders at onsite and offshore Managing the project teams ranging from 5 to 50 people at various offshore and onsite

locations of clients, subcontractors and employer (from multiple vendors as well) Managing the project risk, project schedule, project budget and project conflicts Proposal writing, client presentations, interviewing candidates for various assignments across

various organizations and various locations in India, US and Europe Project planning and implementation of onsite as well as offshore projects Provided strategic value in implementation of various PeopleSoft modules for the clients Represent the company at various PeopleSoft conferences Identify various business opportunities (contracting as well as subcontracting opportunities) for

the company in the PeopleSoft as well as other ERP domain at existing as well as prospective clients across various locations.

Worked with external recruitment agencies to identify appropriate candidates for various project opportunities

Worked with the top management for various direct and indirect clients in translating various opportunities into business

Selecting the teams for different projects across India, US and Europe for various domains Ensuring the quality of the deliverables to meet the SOW requirements Help the project team achieve the complete process ownership of the project in the stipulated

time Identify the individual and business process issues that needed improvement to achieve the

target as stated in the previous point, as the same had financial implications for the organization

Building the overall financial domain expertise, particularly focusing on the capital market, within the organization for the various financial (Investment Banking) clients as well

Managed teams

EDUCATION

Post-Graduation: Doctorate in International Business Administration from Kennedy Western University with a

GPA or 4.0/4.0 (PhD Research paper was on Indian economy comparing the performance of Indian economy vis-a-via the neighboring economies, with main focus on Chinese economy and an analysis of the hurdles that India faces to achieve the India Vision 2020 and become the fourth strongest economy globally by 2020)

Masters in Business Administration from University of Phoenix with a GPA of 3.82/4.0.

Graduation: Bachelors of Pharmaceutical Science from University of Bombay.

Other: PeopleSoft Certified Supply Chain Consultant PeopleSoft Certified Technology Consultant Diploma in Systems Management from University of Bombay. Diploma in Marketing Management from University of Bombay. AMFI Certification (NSE)