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Ashok Kannan
SAP Head, SAP Practice-Project-Program-Delivery Management, CIO-CTO-CISO-IT Infrastructure,
Information Security & Infrastructure & Business Analytics Management, I-SMAC Management, MES,
PLM, HRIS, Portal, Predictive Analytics Management, Enterprise IT-IS Strategic Management, Information
Security Management: B.E., M.B.A., PGCEBM – UK, PRINCE2 F & P, ITIL-F, SPMP, PROMPT, Winner
of 5 Top CISO/CSO National Awards & 3 Top CIO/CTO National Awards,Successfully completed required
deliverables in close co-ordination with customers in Manufacturing,Retail, Banking, Finance, Automotive,
Construction, Pharmaceutical, Government, Electronics, Automation, Power & several other industry
verticals – Successfully managed greenfield implementation projects and programs
Experience Summary
Jun 2015 till date: Currently SAP HEAD-IT HEAD-Group CIO for Salcomp, managing global
Infrastructure & Applications team across India, China, Brazil, Taiwan and Finland. Implementing MS
Sharepoint and Service Now Express for Service Management – Managing SAP ECC 6.0 and BW 7.4 –
Managing MES, PLM, Vendor Portal and HRIS systems – Innovatively designed User Experience Projects
for organizational improvement
Jun 2010 to Jun 2015: SAP HEAD-IT HEAD-CIO-CTO-CISO-SAP Head-Infrastructure Head role -
Headed IT, IS & ISMS for Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Co P Ltd – Headed SAP
Implementation program for Leyland Deere including SAP BI for analytics, ISO, SOx & COBIT audit
management, Systems Management – Spearheaded the greenfield program of infrastructure & application
set-up for Leyland Deere – Successfultransitioning from IT enabled to IT driven organization with required
automation and technology efficiency and effectiveness
Jan 2008 to Jun 2010: SAP Project manager/Program Manager/Practice/Competency/Pre-sales/SCM
Solutioning Head in Upgrade Competency of Tech Mahindra Practice Maturity Group – Headed Centre of
Expertise for Upgrades,Bid Management for MEAI Group and Project/Program Management Competencies
– Headed SAP Projects and Programs such as Sony China Upgrade Finalization Program & GSK Assessment
Project– Won new clients and projects
Feb 2006 to Jan 2008: SAP & Transformation Practice Head for Steria India Ltd. – Successfully enhanced
SAP Practice from 40+ to 200+ resources and brought several new projects/programs from UK to India –
Developed new SAP Project Managers to head new SAP Projects
Oct 2004 to Feb 2006:SAP Project Lead for T-Systems – Successfully completed global implementation &
roll-out in Singapore, Germany and India – Set-up new SAP support model in Pune. India and effectively
handled SAP Supply Chain Management for global client on ITIL model, using SAP Solution Manager
Aug 1992 to Oct 2004: SBU Head & SAP Project Manager for ALSTOM–Successfully headed two SAP
implementation projects for two SBUs - Headed support teams subsequently – Headed two SBUs as profit-
centre head
Overall 23 years of management experience, mostly in manufacturing industry in IT domain
SAP & Management Experience Snapshot
 19 years SAP experience
 12 + SAP End-to-End & Support Project implementations in India
 1 Global Upgrade (BW 7.4) and Support (ECC 6.0) Project (Finland, India, China, Brazil & Taiwan)
 1 Global SAP implementation (Singapore, Germany, India)
 1 overseas Upgrade Project Implementation (China)
 1 overseas Upgrade Assessment Project (UK)
 12+ years functional experience as SBU Head

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 Project Management: Headed several SAP Projects & Programs
 Process & Quality Excellence Management: Headed Projects in 6-SIGMA, CFG, TQM, TPM &
ISO
 Knowledge Management: Designed knowledge repositories/banks globally for SAP/Technology
sharing/imparting to global teams for better team performance
 Effective talent management
 Onsite-offshore communication management
 SAP Consulting – 18 years in Supply Chain Management (SCM) Consulting
 Effective in account mining, needs analysis, customer pain-points identification and solution
generation/recommendations for existing/new business/customer development with latest
SAP/Technology offerings and industry current best practices
Personal details:
Residence phone: +91 44 23721737
Mobile phone: +91 87544 85032, +91 90947 83569
E-mail: kanashok@gmail.com
Skype ID: kanashok1
Linked-In profile : https://in.linkedin.com/in/ashok-kannan-bb998210
Passport number: G6482208 (valid till 06.12.2017)
Education: (B.E.-EEE, M.B.A.-HR, PGCEBM-UK, PGHRM, PGDIM, HSM)
1. 04/2001 - MBA - HR FROM INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU),
NEW DELHI
2. 04/2001 - PGDHRM, FROM IGNOU, NEW DELHI
3. 04/2001 - PGDIM FROM IGNOU, NEW DELHI
4. 04/200 - PG CERTIFICATE, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK - ENGINEERING BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
5. 11/1993 - HONOURS DIPLOMA IN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, NIIT LTD, CHENNAI
6. 4/1992 - B.E. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS - SECURED SECOND RANK IN University
of Chennai
7. 2/1988 - VOCATIONAL - HINDI PRAVEEN - DB HINDI PRACHAR SABHA, CHENNAI
Awards:
1. Top 100 CISO Award Winner – Awarded by Infosec in 2013
2. IT NEXT CIO Top 100 Award Winner – Awarded by IT NEXT in 2013
3. Top 100 CISO Award Winner – Awarded by CISO Platform in 2014
4. Top 100 CISO Award Winner - Awarded by Infosec in 2014
5. Information Week IT Award Winner – Awarded by Information Week in 2014
6. Top 25 CSO Security Implementation Award Winner – Award by CSO Forum in 2014
7. Top 4 CSO Security Strategist Award Winner – Award by CSO Forum 2014
8. Top Influential & Powerful India CIOs Award Winner – Award by CORE Media Group in 2015
Accreditations:
1. 08/2006 ITIL Foundation for Service Managers
2. 10/2006 PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner for Project Managers
3. 10/2008 PROMPT Certification for Program Managers
4. 11/2008 SPMP Certification for Project Managers
Soft skills & competencies:
1. Effective strategic & situational leadership
2. Successful managerial & team leading capability
3. Successful change agent with balanced people-work orientation

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4. Effective team player with successful role & responsibility management
5. Possessing strong functional process knowledge
Achievements/Growth/Development/Role enhancement path along my entire career
Salcomp:
Currently managing SAP & Applications along with Infrastructure - - SAP Projects currently going on:
CAPEX-OPEX automation, New developments in DP & PPDS – Managing SAP ECC 6.0, BW 7.4, Vendor
Portal, MS Sharepoint and Service Management (using Service Now Express tool), MES (Mentor Graphics
& Simplo), HRIS (SuffixTree), User Experience Ptojects and PLM (Agile & Teamcentre), Currently
managing Traceability & Multiple Code removal projects across systems
Leyland Deere:
Joined as IT Head in 2010, Managing multiple roles: Infrastructure Head, SAP Head, CIO, CTO, CISO,
Chief Risk Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Managed SAP Implementation across 40 dealer locations & dealer
warehouses,110 supplier locations,2 Company warehouses,1 Factory & 1 Corporate Office – Implemented
SAP ECC 6.0, CRM 7.0, DBM 7.0, SRM 7.0, BI 7.0, HCM 7.0- SAP Upgrade EHP4 to EHP6 - Managed a
completely outsourced IT organization – Managing peak-team size of 200+ resources and least-team size of
50+ resources across India - Reporting to CEO
Tech Mahindra:
Joined as SAP Program/Project Manager in 2008, Managed multiple roles as SAP Practice Lead-Upgrade
Competency, Program Manager-Sony China (onsite in China), Program Manager-Sony U.S. (offshore in
India). Pre-sales/Solutioning/Project Manager-GSk U.K.(onsite in U.K.), SAP Practice Lead-Project
Management Competency, SAP Pre-sales/Solutioning Manager in MEAI Group, Managed several
proposal/solutioning teams virtually globally as well as Project/Program teams onsite/offshore – Peak team
size of200+ and least team size of 25+ reporting to me at various points – Matrix reporting to Global Practice
Director and Global Program Directors
Steria:
Joined as SAP & Transformation Practice Head in 2006, grew SAP Practice from 40+ to 200+ across Chennai
& Noida, Managed multiple SAP Program/Project/Delivery Manager roles for Boots,Renault F1, Threshers
& Xeal Projects/Programs – 200+ resources were reporting to me, I was reporting to Global EAS Director as
well as Global Program/Project Directors – Matrix Reporting
T-Systems:
Joined as SAP Project Lead in T-Systems India in 2004, managed SAP R/3-APO-CIF implementation and
global-template roll-out in Singapore & Germany for client EPCOS – Set-up greenfield SAP support center
in Pune, India in 2005 – 50+ resources were reporting to me, I was reporting to SAP Managing Director
Alstom:
Joined Alstom in 1992 and started managing a unit of 50 resources as Manufacturing Head – in 1993, took
over Materials Management & Quality functions also - in 1994, took over as SBU Head of HA Relay
Business including management of discrete IT systems – In 1997, took additional responsibility as SAP
Project Manager, along with SAP PP, MM & QM Consultancy – In 2001, moved as SBU Head for Feeder
Unit of Components Business, including SAP Project Manager responsibility – 200+ resources were
reporting to me – I was reporting to the Company Director