Head of Strategic GTM Pursuits

Head of Platform Value & Monetization Strategy - Partner Ecosystem Success

Head of Global Sales Strategy - Technology Adoption

Enterprise Transformation Lead - Industry Value Advisory

Industry Value Advisor

Covering large enterprises in Central Canada.  Leading Value Discovery, Value Realization and Value Management engagements at SAP key Canadian accounts.

Also Global Value Engineering Lead for Managed Mobility and Original Device Manufacturers.

Principal, Value Engineering & Mobility

Peniel Holdings Ltd

Owner

Virtuate

At Virtuate we are singularly focused on your success.  Everything we do has the ultimate goal of improving your organization’s performance in the marketplace.  We do this through our three core services:

STRATEGY: Where is your organization headed?  What is your purpose? Is your internal operation organized to deliver on your strategy? Are your resources equipped to get the job done?  How does your organization interact and respond to threats and opportunities in the marketplace?  Who are your competitors and how do you fit in the marketplace?

DESIGN: From a new process to a new product; from a new site to a new application... we will work with you to design and source the right solution for you.

EXECUTION: Individually or with our implementation partners we will implement the solutions necessary for you to be successful.

We have a network of partners, analysts, operations gurus and writers who are ready to jump in on your next project.

Publisher of the now retired Mobile Strategy Blogs. 

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Engagements:
- Business Model Analysis and Market Risk Assessment (Private Equity)
- Mobile Remote Deposit Capture Vendor Scorecard & Analysis (Financial Services)
- Project Finance Control (IT Banking)
- Mobile Business Analysis (IT Banking) 
- Process Integration Expertise (Gov't Health Agency)
- Business Process Redesign (Provincial Gov't)
- Market Research: Mobile Enterprise and Consumer Trends
- Market Strategy, Business Case Development, Research and Analysis on Mobile Financial Services
- Mobile Application Analytics White Paper and Presentation 
- Enterprise Mobility Market Strategy
- New Services Design, Prototype and Rollout 
- Non-Profit Management and Program Design
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New web presence coming at virtuate.ca

Strategist, Analyst and Publisher

Mobile Strategy Partners

We provide an objective source of advice on mobile commerce, mobile banking, mobile payments, and mobile marketing.

Our mission is to help our clients capitalize on the revolutionary advances in mobile technology to increase revenue, lower costs, and win more customers.

Senior Partner

eHealth Ontario

Living the dream of electronic health and is working on:
- The design and implementation of a provincial deployment methodology for eHealth Solutions. 
- eHealth Ontario’s approach and related documentation to roll out eHealth Solutions to the province’s +25,000 healthcare providers.
- Creating toolkits (for providers and end-users)
- The change management and process redesign of integrating eHealth Solutions into established healthcare settings (from small physician practices to large multi-site hospitals).

Practice Management and Process Integration

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Process Redesign and Integration with the eHealth Program... designing the processes that will deliver, implement and maintain eHealth Solutions to healthcare practitioners/providers across Ontario.

Process Integration Specialist

Research In Motion

In addition to managing the Mobility Business Solutions Team I was responsible for executive client relationships at the executive level as the Engagement Manager for the Professional Services Group. 
	Developed and maintained project plans, communicated status and issues, set and managed client’s expectations, project scope, project changes and resources.
	Engaging partners and enterprise customers at the executive level to analyze business needs and develop business cases based on sound ROI and TCO analysis.  
	Identified market trends and developed new ideas into services with corresponding project plans, collateral and marketing approach. 
	Gathered customer requirements and developed customized services to meet their business requirements. 
	Crafting strategies and mobility road maps to improve mobile worker productivity and asset utilization by focusing on processes, systems, and behaviours.

Engagement Manager, Professional Services

Areas of expertise - Government and Healthcare

Mobility Business Solutions Analyst

Jeruell Management Group

Duties included a broad range of operational and corporate responsibilities.  

Responsible for product development, marketing and delivery of performance improvement solutions.
  
Lead the ‘Analysis Team’ in opportunity discovery engagements, presenting the findings to client senior executives and designing the larger engagement that would best meet their needs.  

	Management of the organization including strategic and operational planning, fiscal oversight and organizational policies and procedures
	Managed analysis and delivery team members
	Developed and managed project/program schedules, project scope and budgets (including project P&Ls), resource allocation and utilization, identified and mitigated project/program risks
	Provided thought leadership and direction for clients

Director of Operations

Carpedia International Limited

Lead teams of consultants on the delivery of performance improvement solutions.  As an Operations Manager I was responsible and accountable for delivering to the client what was sold.  

Every project I managed delivered on its promise of a measurable bottom line return to the client.  

Responsibilities included:
	Delivering projects in adherence to both the client and Carpedia’s requirements for cost, schedule and quality
	Preparation and delivery of training sessions in addition to executive mentoring and management coaching
	Management Operating System design and installation (including budgets, resource plans, KPI’s, schedules and operating reports) 
	Change management and communication strategy development and execution
	Results measurement, project evaluation and follow up

Key Achievements from sample projects:
	Managed a team responsible for assisting in the integration of a large Canadian insurance company's internal support service operations after its merger with a competitor.  Cost savings were 20% better than originally projected.
	Managed a sales improvement project at a leading paper distributor in Southern Ontario.  Reorganized sales territories and designed and implemented a call centre to manage house accounts.  
	Managed a radioactive material yield improvement, cost reduction, fleet reduction and product pricing project at a nuclear medicine provider with 19 Nuclear Pharmacies spread through 8 different north and southeastern states.  Realized savings - $3 million dollars. 
	Managed a streamlining and cost reduction project in the Mortgage Administration Department of a large Financial Services organization.  Reduced labour costs by 25%.

Manager

Parisella, Vincelli Associates Consulting Group, (PVA Consulting Group)

Responsible for delivering productivity improvement services to clients as part of a team of consultants. Results achieved through on-the-floor coaching, work method improvement, procedure development and the design and installation of management tools.

Management Consultant

Experienced strategist, sales and marketing coach, analyst and operations consultant. Highly accomplished, detail-oriented, problem-solving professional with over ten years experience in process improvement, operations, sales training, P&L management, change management, organizational redesign and consulting.

Subject matter expert in two key areas:

* Operational Strategy:  Development of customized programs in a wide range of industries from healthcare, to financial services and from heavy manufacturing to government services.  Aligning operational performance to strategic imperatives in difficult situations is what Jose does very well.  Experienced in all areas of operational performance, sales performance, market strategies, product & service development, research & analysis of key industry trends.
* Process Optimization:  Lean transformations, process optimization, change management and operational improvements.

Although Jose has worked for a wide variety of clients in a broad spectrum of industries and has saved these clients millions of dollars, if you ever catch him in an elevator he will tell you his biggest strengths are his ability to:

   1. Step back and look at what is affecting your organization from a strategic perspective … but without losing site of the day to day realities of running your business (i.e. cash flow, organizational behaviour, workflow constraints, day to day operations).

   2. Translate complex concepts and multiple data streams into digestible, easy to understand and presentable ideas.

   3. Act as a bridge and facilitator between business and IT.

   4. Build consensus and bring teams together to implement, adopt and own new technologies and processes.

Jose has experience in the following industries/sectors:

    * Financial
    * Healthcare
    * Insurance
    * Retail
    * Technology
    * Professional Services
    * Government
    * Public Safety
    * Emergency Responders
    * Resource Extraction

Specialties: * Sales & Marketing Program Analysis
* Sales Coaching & Mentoring
* Business Strategy Development and Execution
* Mobile Strategy and Mobile Roadmap Development
* Market Strategy and Implementation
* Integration and Adoption of ‘new’ technologies into ‘old’ processes
* Market Research & Business Case Development (including ROI & TCO Studies)
* White Papers & Customized Content
* Competitive Analysis & Positioning
* Financial Analysis & Cost Reduction Strategies 
* Service and Product Development

Jose Colucci

Ruchir Verma

Head of Regional Finance Centres

Zurich Insurance

It's all about sustainable transformation embracing new technology, skills, tools, and innovative partnerships available to build a robust organisation.

•	Establishing and extending partnerships with vendors and industry participants to create innovative services and solutions 
•	Digital Transformation, with the design and implementation of an agile organisation and focus on growing services offerings along with reduced time to market
•	Analysis and experimentation with areas such as Process Mining, Data Hub, and alternative new tech data interfaces
•	Design and setup of an operational hub as part of the location strategy

Head of Business Development (Partnerships and Transformation)

Shaping of the future organization via RPA, Data Strategy, Innovation, and Partnerships. Accountable for Global process ownership of Accounting, Operations, Data, Risk, Global CRM and business strategy. Teams in 3 continents providing top-class solutions & services
- Data as a Service 
- Unique, win-win partnerhsips with external vendor 
- Institutionalised RPA and added ML/AI/ API strategy
- Innovation challenge with practical outcomes integrated within function
- Digital transformation

Head of Global Services, Investment Management

High quality Financial Accounting, Planning & Forecasting services globally via centralised shared services function with teams in Zurich and Krakow. High growth in competitive environment based on success proof points

Shared Services Centre creation program across Zurich Group – one of the top 4 initiatives of the Chief Operations and Technology Officer aimed at radically changing the Group’s operating model. Currently focussed on implementing new TOM for Group Finance fully integrating Shared Services, automation and efficiency initiatives

Program Director - Shared Services Center Finance

Leading shared services and global Finance Ops transformation program aimed at efficiency and effectiveness across all regions. Streamlining strategy at mature markets and developing approach towards APAC and LATAM. Focus on delivery with a wonderful matrix team

Shared Services & Finance Ops Transformation Program Manager

Program Management for Global Business Services (part of Group Operations) at Zurich Insurance. Transformation program management for Global Business Services including Finance Operations, Real Estate, Group Security and other back office operations. Program management consultancy in setting up, governance, running and stakeholder management in large scale complex programmes for GBS. IT program management for DataWareHouse and BI platform implementation. 

Expert intervention in a number of high profile, complex and sensitive programs bringing them back on track to delivery by aligning disparate views and interests

Program Manager, Transformation & Business Development

fn MathLogic

Advisory member to fn MathLogic 
Data Sciences, AI, ML, Deep Learning - Consulting, training and solutions.
Run by top data scientists in India

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

The Boy from Allahabad

www.ruchirverma.com 

Flagship Book 'The Boy from Allahabad' available from all leading stores globally as ebook and paperback. 

My journalistic articles on the prominent UK channels:
THE LONDON ECONOMIC
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/discussion/home-truths-what-the-uk-can-learn-from-india-about-social-integration/02/10/
FEMALE FIRST 
https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/philosophy-for-life-importance-realising-potential-ruchir-verma-1166104.html

Review of my book in the prominent channels as below:
EASTERN EYE
https://www.easterneye.biz/book-review-the-boy-from-allahabad-by-ruchir-verma/
ASIAN TIMES
https://www.asiantimesonline.co.uk/book-review-the-boy-from-allahabad-by-ruchir-verma/ 
INDIA WEEKLY
https://www.indiaweekly.co.uk/book-review-the-boy-from-allahabad-by-ruchir-verma/

Always looking for bloggers/book reviewers to work with - please get in touch anytime!

My short story 'Love is Blind in Bombay' is available from Amazon/Kindle worldwide and is FREE with Kindle Unlimited. Please do read

Book Author

RBS Global Banking and Markets

Operations transition programme (middle, back office of investment banking) involving location strategy, target organisation, transitions involving London, Manchester, Stamford, Salt Lake City, India, Singapore, Hong Kong. Product Areas include Equities, Banking Operations, Foreign Exchange / Money Markets, Fixed Income, Structured & Exotics products. Set-up, governance, Finance (budgets, benefits), transitions and processes.

Restructuring of front office support services for global banking division of RBS investment banking, which involved integrating a number of fragmented services (Business Information Services, Global Analytics, and Presentation Services) and delivering optimal service delivery structure (onshore, vendors, and 100+ offshore, India)

Central Transitions Programme

Clifford Chance

Managing standardisation / harmonisation and optimisation of global firm-wide process to consolidate and centralise via global shared services centre in India. 

Accountable for development and successful execution of offshoring / outsourcing strategy for Business Services (IT and certain back office processes portfolio) while ensuring minimal impact to business.

Transformation / Centralisation / Global Shared Services Centre / Offshoring

Reuters

Looking after offshoring and outsourcing programmes @ Reuters primarily to China and India

Technical Director / Transformation Programme Manager

Avanade Europe

Looking after the global delivery network for this company (Accenture & Microsoft Joint Venture) which includes India, Phillipines and Spain.

Offshore / Global Delivery Network Manager

Iridium Interactive (Europe) Ltd.

Iridium Interactive is a software development house with delivery centres in India. It develops software in eBusiness, eLearning and Bespoke development in .NET and Java technologies.

Managing Director

HCL Technologies

Principal consultant managing SAP operations & projects of HCL in Asia and Europe. Various full lifecycle implementations for prestigious clients like General Motors, Samsung, Ebara Pumps etc.

Principal Consultant, SAP

Project Manager

HCL Infosystems

SAP Project Manager

TRANSFORMATION, SHARED SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, DATA & DELIVERY 
Deal maker, Speaker and Entrepreneur

Forward thinking operations executive with a passion for making the organizations, functions and people the best they can be. Over 20 years of experience overseeing staff, budgets, large scale transformations and operations at various businesses. Detail oriented knowledge of the levers to optimize business performance and practical negotiating skills to implement measures to achieve results. Committed to innovation in the field of business operations and endlessly curious to find new and better ways to improve a business’s day-to-day functions and to meet its yearly goals. 

Demonstrated track record of success in delivery of complex strategic transformations and Shared Services operations, cost reduction and turnaround of underperforming situations. Effective global leader, having run own business as well as led sustained transformation in large corporate environment. Champion in reconciling differences, aligning disparate positions and people towards greater good.

Experience in wide range of Functions (IT, Finance, BPO, KPO, Real Estate), Sectors (Banking / Finance, Insurance, Legal, Media, IT and Consulting), Geographies (Europe, USA, Latin America, Asia) and Roles (vendor, industry, consultancy, entrepreneur) leading to a balanced viewpoint.

	Effective speaker and writer, regular participation in industry seminars as speaker and panelist.
	Skilled problem solver, experienced at trouble-shooting all aspects of business management. 
	Innovative thinker, always searching for new and improved ways to improve business operations.


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