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Unnikrishnan Rajendran

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Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCIO

Fractional Chief Information Officer

FCDO

Fractional Chief Data Officer

  • Irving, Texas, United States
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

    • Switzerland
      Western Europe

    • Ireland
      Northern Europe

    • India
      Southern Asia

Achievements
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  • Expertise
    IT STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE CYBERSECURITY AND RISK AGENTIC AI, ML AND DATA MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS (ERP, CRM) CLOUD & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PRODUCT & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT CAPITAL AND BUDGET PLANNING
  • Employees overseen

    300 employees

  • Budget overseen

    $ 470,000,000

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Unnikrishnan Rajendran

Add to favorites

Roles available for:

  • Fractional
  • Consulting
  • Contract
  • Interim

FCIO

Fractional Chief Information Officer

FCDO

Fractional Chief Data Officer

  • Irving, Texas, United States
  • Country experience:
    • United States of America
      Northern America

    • Switzerland
      Western Europe

    • Ireland
      Northern Europe

    • India
      Southern Asia

Achievements
Charter
Why hire me in a fractional role
I bring 25+ years of leadership in IT strategy, digital transformation, data/analytics and AI, and operational excellence, spanning different industries and IT functions. My career is built on three strengths: driving business transformation through technology and pragmatic innovation, delivering operational efficiency, reducing bureaucracy and optimizing spend, and building high performance teams to create sustained value and growth.
Experience
  • SVP, Head of Analytics

Strengths in this role: Building high-performance teams, digital transformation, making a positive business impact through technology transformation, innovation, operation efficiency, reducing bureaucracy and cost optimization

Industry Group: Health

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Years of experience: 8 years

Company name: Novartis

Company size: 210,000 employees

Role in this company: Global head of digital and commercial analytics for all Novartis divisions leading a team of 300+ located across 6 global locations. Created innovative solutions for patient support, e-commerce analytics, social media and sentiment analysis, patient adherence, commercial execution, next-best rep. actions, etc. Consolidated 40+ vendors and partners yielding cost savings of over $16M/yr.

Company name: Alcon Labs

Company size: 45,000 employees

Role in this company: • Led the definition and execution of Alcon’s digital transformation strategy (CRM, digital workforce apps, digital marketing and analytics) yielding an NPV of over $70M/yr. • Implemented analytics on the iPad providing the sales-force timely visibility to their performance yielding a cost reduction of over $4M/yr. • Developed a highly innovative iPad app that provided the salesforce the ability to target and segment customers better yielding a productivity gain of over $7M/yr.

  • Degrees & accreditations

    Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering

    Master's in Information Systems and Management

    Enterprise Architect

    Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

    Certified Scrum Master

    Certified Scrum Product Manager

  • Success story

    Entrepreneurial Success: Built and scaled consulting firm to $15M+ revenue, 40% CAGR Digital Strategy & Execution: Delivered $72M+ in NPV through digital strategy at Alcon Digital Transformation: Product Lead behind GameStop’s store-of-the-future initiative Digital Transformation: Built an innovative sales targeting and segmenting app with $7M NPV Analytics Products: Created data offerings with $20M+ ARR at Excentus AI: Delivered over $400M in value through AI, ML and data in my career

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