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Ashok Kannan
CIO-CTO-CISO-IT Head, Infrastructure Management, SAP Practice-Project-Program-Delivery
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 & 2 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
Experience Summary
Jun 2010 till date: Currently performing CIO-CTO-CISO-SAP Head-Infrastructure Head role - Heading IT,
IS & ISMS for Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Co P Ltd – Heading SAP
Implementation program for Leyland Deere, ISO, SOx & COBIT audit management, Systems Management
– Spearheaded the greenfield program of infrastructure & application set-up for Leyland Deere –
Successful transitioning from IT enabled to IT driven organization with required automation and
technology efficiency and effectiveness
Jan 2008 to Jun 2010: SAP Practice/Competency/Pre-sales/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 22 years of management experience, mostly in manufacturing industry in IT domain
SAP & Management Experience Snapshot:
18 years SAP experience
10 + SAP End-to-End & Support Project implementations in India
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
Project Mgmt: Headed several SAP Projects & other Projects in 6-SIGMA,CFG,TQM,TPM& ISO
SAP Consulting – 18 years in Supply Chain Management Consulting
Personal details:
Residence phone: +91 44 23721737
Mobile phone: +91 87544 85032, +91 90947 83569
E-mail: kanashok@gmail.com
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

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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
Accreditations:
1. 8/2006 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:
Effective strategic & situational leadership
Successful managerial & team leading capability
Successful change agent with balanced people-work orientation
Effective team player with successful role & responsibility management
Possessing strong functional process knowledge
Achievements in Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Co. P. Ltd.:
Heading IT for the joint venture between Ashok Leyland and John Deere: Designed, planned, successfully
executed IT requirements from scratch
Designed IS/IT vision for ALJD in line with overall business vision, mission and strategy - Designed IS/IT
Strategy for ALJD in line with overall business strategy and objectives – Discussed with top management
and Board of Directors and effectively determined IT needs across the organization, in line with IS/IT
strategy of IT being a business enabler
Designing the required IT organization, performance objectives & IT budget for ALJD – finalizing in-
house as well as outsourced resources - Involved in recruitment and resourcing for IT department -
Effectively planned and executed the OPEX model for IT Infrastructure, by innovatively utilizing Ashok
Leyland private cloud, and obtaining Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-
Service from the private cloud.
Designed, planned and successfully executed all IT Infrastructure (both hardware and software)
requirements – Servers (HP Mail and SAP servers, anti-virus and proxy servers), routing/switching solution
(CISCO routers, core and access switches), storage solution EMC storage server), telecommunication
solution (WAN and LAN with BCP/DRP as applicable), access control solution and continuous user
support for all IT assets, power systems solution etc. Designed & implemented processes, procedures and
other required documentation for IT infrastructure. Successfully evaluated and selected suppliers with
appropriate commercials, and enabling innovation through effective change management – Effectively
managed IT outsourced services
Successfully designed and implemented IT support requirements for Greenfield site for ALJD in
Gummidipoondi, Off Chennai, for corporate office site in Chennai, and for warehouses across India
Spearheading SAP implementation for ALJD - Implemented SAP Modules in ECC 6.0 (MM, SD, PP, FI,
CO, PM, QM) & SAP CRM-SAP IS AUTO-DBM, SAP SRM, SAP HCM-OM & PA for Greenfield

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organization as Sponsor/Program Management Head for the joint venture - Planning implementation of
new products in Enterprise/SAP Mobility, BI-BO Analytics, Balanced Scorecards & Dashboards for
effective decision-making, BI-BO on mobile (XCelsius, Lumira, Tableau), planning implementation of
SAP HCM (Time, Payroll, e-enabling employee, Performance Management), SAP PS, SAP WM/EWM,
SAP EHS, SAP GRC, SAP APO-SPP as Sponsor/ProgramManagement Head
Effectively designed SAP Roadmap for next 3-5 years for Leyland Deere – Planned implementation of the
following SAP modules: SAP APO – Sequenced Manufacturing & Demand-Supply Planning, SRM
Extended Purchasing, IS AUTO_DBM After-Sales support & Vehicle Management, Treasury & Risk
Management, IS AUTO-Lean Manufacturing, SAP Financial Closing Cockpit, SAP Enterprise Learning
Environment, SAP Financials Supply Chain Management, SAP Bank Communication Management, IS
AUTO-SAP Marketing Resource Management, IS AUTO-Target Marketing, SAP GRC-Access & Process
Control, SAP BO Spend Performance Management, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP CRM Sales Mobile App,
SAP Master Data Governance – Product & Supplier, SAP Transportation Management, SAP External
Warehousing, Global ATP, Innovative transformation to SAP4HANA
Effectively managing SAP expert teams to provide L1, L2, L3 and L4 support to internal customer groups
with SLAs on ITSM model on SAP SolMan, towards achieving internal customer delight
Effectively managing ISO 27000, SOx & COBIT audit requirements for Leyland Deere – Designed and
implemented information security policy for Leyland Deere, and critical information security processes and
procedures in line with standards and requirements
Achievement in Tech Manindra
Successfully managed several roles &responsibilities such as:
SAP Practice Lead
Head of Centre of Expertise for Upgrade Practice
Solution Architect for proposal build and review
Project/Program Manager taking care of delivery for Upgrade clients, as and when required
(Performed Project Manager role for Sony China, GSK,& Sony US SAP Upgrade Programs & several
Upgrade evaluation programs - app. 30 M USD revenue generation)
SAP Project Manager for internal projects
Co-ordination for Recruitment and Resource Management for Upgrade Centre of Expertise
Client interaction and presentations, assessments and proposal defense – Travelled all over India, as well as
travelled to Shangai, China and Brentford, UK for client visits – Sony and GSK respectively
Headed SAP Solution Architecting team for Middle East and India in Tech Mahindra (previously Mahindra
Satyam): Oct 2009 till Jun 2010:
 Spearheaded new and existing SAP opportunities across Middle East and India
 Successfully designed, managed and reviewed several RFI/RFP responses for clients across
Middle East and India – DoC (Government), ESKOM (Power), CEGCO (Electricity), UBI
(Banking) & TNPL (Manufacturing), to name a few
 Designed a specific SAP Centre of Expertise for Middle East & India for Mahindra Satyam
 Successfully won new accounts/projects through effective pre-sales and solutioning, to the tune of
10 M USD.
Headed SAP Upgrade Centre of Expertise for Practice Maturity Group& Project/Program Management
Competency in Tech Mahindra (previously Mahindra Satyam): Jan 2008 till Oct 2009
 Successfully created an expert team of senior Solution Architects in functional, technical and
infrastructure areas in the Upgrade Centre of Expertise group within the Upgrade Practice
 Successfully responded to RFIs/RFPs to several prospective and existing clients for SAP Version
Upgrade to ECC 6.0 – so far provided assessments and proposals, as well as proposal reviews, to
more than 50 opportunities, either individually or teaming up with other Solution Architects

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 Successfully won new projects from existing and new clients in SAP Upgrade space, by effective
teamwork and solution architecting, such as Nestle, Sony China, Sony US and Department of
Corrections New Zealand, to name a few – to the tune of 20 M USD
 Successfully designing and implementing several internal initiatives using expert teams from
Centre of Excellence, such as new tool design and development, improving performance of
existing tools, design of reusable collaterals, propagation of best practices etc.
 Successfully developed specific project/program based reusable as well as tailored assets for
Project/Program Managers
Project/Program/Practice Management details:
SAP Upgrade CoE: Currently managing Centre of Expertise for MEAI Practice and successfully managed
the same for Upgrade Practice, nurturing and coaching SAP Upgrade experts in Technical, Functional,
Infrastructural and Project Management streams – Responsible and accountable for successful delivery of
all SAP Upgrade Projects and Programs
Sony China SAP Upgrade Program: Successfully managed Sony China SAP Upgrade Program – End-to-
End – starting from winning the Upgrade Project, Finalization of Project Plan, Deliverables, Cost, Project
Strategies and Change Control & Management onsite, followed by successful Program using
onsite/offshore/CoE model. Modules implemented: SAP SD, MM, PP, LE, MM, WM, PS, PM, QM, CRM,
SRM, BI, SAP NetWeaver, Several SAP & non-SAP interfaces.
GSK SAP Upgrade Project:Successfully managed GSK SAP Upgrade Assessment Project – onsite –
starting from identifying the need for Upgrade, presentation of business case, competing with global
vendors and winning the Assessment Project, followed by successful assessment using Upgrade Centre of
Expertise team. Modules implemented: SAP SD, MM, PP, LE, MM, WM, RFID, CRM, SRM, PI, BI,
SEM, SAP NetWeaver, Several SAP & non-SAP interfaces.
Achievement in Steria (previously Xansa):
Successfully managed several roles & responsibilities such as:
SAP Practice Head
Transformation Practice Head
SAP Project Manager for Renault Formula-1Project
SAP Project Manager for Boots SFSC2 Program & 2 Boots BW Projects
SAP Practice Manager for coordination with Delivery and Service Managers, for Royal Mail Program
SAP Project Manager for Threshers Project
SAP Project Manager for Internal Projects
Project Manager for Xansa SAP Collateral Creation & Management
Manager: Centre of Excellence: Creation &Management
SAP Recruitment Management
SAP Implementation, Upgrade & Support Management
SAP Projects: Delivery Governance, Management & Assurance
SAP Practice: Growth, Development & Sustenance
Headed SAP Practice, Transformation Practice and Managing Global Projects/Programmes offshore in
Steria (previously XANSA INDIA LTD.), A UK MNC:
Feb 2006 – Jan 2008:
 Successfully created CoE for SAP Practice offshore
 Successfully doubled SAP Practice in India
 Successfully followed onshore-offshore model & brought several new projects from onshore to
offshore, to the tune of 10 M GBP
 Effectively managed creation of SAP capability and learning collaterals to be followed worldwide
 Effectively deisgned several internal projects in order to motivate & retain SAP talent
 Successfully coached Project Managers & Service Managers to head SAP projects

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 Successfully created a solutioning, presales & underwriting team at offshore to integrate with
onshore
 Project/Program/Delivery Management: Successfully Managed SAP Programs & Projects (1
Global Retail Implementation Program & 3 Implementation & Support Projects). Successfully
obtained clientappreciation for all Projects. Effectively utilized techniques such as ITIL, PRINCE2
& METHOD ABC for Program/Project/Service Management
 Projects&Programs managed: Delivery of BOOTS SFSC2 Program, BOOTS SMI 5 Project,
BOOTS OB Project, RENAULT F1 Program. Delivery Assurance of THRESHERS Project,
ROYAL MAIL Program, XEAL Project – app. 50 M GBP revenue generation
BOOTS SFSC2: This Project was a major revenue generator in BOOTS Retail Program, which is the
largest retail implementation in the world.
BOOTS SMI 5: This Project was a stores transformation Project of the BOOTS Retail Program.
BOOTS OB: This Project was a major enhancement of the SAP BI system of the BOOTS Retail
Program.
RENAULT F1: This was a major Program involving several complex development Projects designed
to develop innovative solutions to engine design parameters of Renault Formula1 race cars. Almost all
Projects involved complex redesigning of standard SAP system.
Threshers: This was a big retail implementation, which had been won recently based on our excellent
delivery of BOOTS Retail Program.
Royal Mail: This was a major Program involving several complex development and support systems
for the largest logistics vertical in UK.
Project/Program/Practice Management details:
SAP Practice Management & Centre of Excellence development:
Successfully developed Centre of Excellence for SAP Practice, by recruiting Consultants and Managers at
all required levels, and grooming them in their respective competencies – Promoted the idea of
Championing – creating and developing SAP Expert Leaders across the globe – Promoted technical and
managerial training to expert resources based on international client requirements and future expectations –
Promoted new technologies and inducted and groomed Consultants in SAP NW & XI/PI space,to cater to
future technological requirements
SAP Project Management for Renault F1 Project:
Successfully managed Renault Formula-1 SAP Implementation & Development Project using multi-
country-onsite/offshore/CoEmodel – delivery managed effectively across France, UK and India (Chennai
& Noida) – all critical development Work Packages performed offshore with expertise from SAP Centre of
Excellence – several complex Work Packages successfully completed in parallel. Modules implemented:
SAP MM, WM, SD, SAP NW.
SAP Project/Program Management for BOOTS client – 1 implementation Program and 2 implementation
Projects:
Successfully managed SAP Implementation Program for BOOTS client – Store Friendly Supply Chain-2
Program – consisting of replacement of entire store operations management from legacy systemto SAP,
keeping more than 200 interfaces integrated with SAP – successfully managed the Project using
onsite/offshore/CoE model with offshore-centric planning and execution for blueprint and testing activities.
Successfully managed 2 SAP BI Projects for Boots client – BOOTS SMI5 Project and BOOTS OB Project,
with minimum onsite presence and offshore-centric model using SAP Centre of Excellence. Modules
implemented: SAP SD, MM, WM, PP, SRM, More than 200 SAP & non-SAP Interfaces, SAP BI.
Achievement in T-Systems: EPCOS Global “MOVE” Project: Singapore, Germany, India
Talented and experienced in managing global client – supported on-site for four months in Singapore and
Germany, and supported offshore from Pune, India. Experienced in s olving trouble tickets, service requests
and global template requests fromglobal client.

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EPCOS was one of the largest global organizations involved in the manufacture of electronic components
and parts. We implemented a single SAP system (SAP R/3-APO) for EPCOS across the globe, for more
than 10 manufacturing units and more than 60 sales offices/warehouses – app. 10 M GBP. After
implementation and rollout in Singapore and Germany, I was involved in supporting more than 200 global
users from our ODC in Pune.
Effectively introduced, designed and implemented ITSM delivery model for our global ODC, and
successfully formed individual teams to take care of L1, L2, L3 and L4 calls with SLAs. Successfully met
all SLAs and obtained appreciation from client managers on several occasions.
Description of the job: Management of Global Clients – Both On-Site & Offshore - Solving Trouble
Tickets, Service Requests & Global Template Requests
 Successfully implemented SAP in EPCOS SAW, Singapore & EPCOS Munich, Germany& then
designed offshore supportmodel at Pune, India
 Successfully trained and experienced in client-specific processes
 Successfully solved trouble tickets, service requests and global template requests for global client
 Successfully trained new employees in client –specific processes and standard SAP functionalities
 Expertise in SAP APO – PPDS & CIF, & SAP R/3 – PP, MM, WM & QM
ACHIEVEMENT IN ALSTOM:
Talented &experienced in Sales Management, Production Management & Production Engineering,
Materials Management, Quality Control & Management, Systems Management, QF 6-Sigma
Deployment& TQM/TPM Deployment
SAP Experience in ALSTOM: Project Management & Consultancy: 2 E2E Projects: Relay Division – Jan
1997-Nov 1999 followed by support up to Oct 2004, & Components Business – Jun 2001 to Oct 2004
Experienced in SAP since 1997 – Implemented SAP 3.1H in Relay Division – Held the roles of Solution
Expert-cum-Project Manager-cum Internal & External SAP Consultant for SAP implementation in Relay
Division – Project GO-LIVE in 1999 -- Supported SAP support thereafter till Oct 2004 – Modules
implemented: SAP SD, MM, PP, PS, PM, QM
Revamped several sections of HA Relay and Auxiliary Unit sections in actual practice, and avoided need
for customization in SAP system – Resulted in cost savings of10 lakhs INR for the organization
Expertise in SAP PP, MM & QM modules
Designed & Implemented SAP Kanban in Relay Division in 1999
Redesigned SAP system in Components Business Feeder Division to accommodate Business Process
Reengineering and Flow Line manufacture in specific sections in 2001
Successfully trained employees in SAP functionalities
Other Projects Headed & Successfully managed in ALSTOM:
 6-Sigma Green Belt Quality Focus Projects: Savings realized uptoseveral MINR.
 Cash for Growth Projects: Savings realizedupto Several MINR.
 New product development & building new customer bases: Successful in acquiring and stabilizing
new customers - Sanmar Group & SIEMENS
 Production Engineering Projects in KAIZEN, KANBAN, TQM & TPM
 Design, implementation & internal audit for Systems: ISO 9000 & ISO 14000