Infosys-Oracle Blog

Ashish has more than nine years of experience in implementing packaged Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions. He is a solution architect managing solution delivery for a transformational initiative of a leading U.K. utility provider to replace their legacy system with Oracle to manage procurement, inventory and logistics, and payables.

Ashish’s areas of specialization include the Package Implementation Methodology, ERP project management and core Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay business process design. He has worked in the CPG, hi-tech and utility sectors.

Ashish has designed and implemented a contractor Cost Tracking solution for a leading utility in the U.S. The solution framework was then adopted for the Procure-to-Pay solution for Service Management - an Oracle eBusiness Suite-based solution.

His blogs will focus on Program Governance.

Chandra Shekar Kakal, in his decade-long journey with Infosys, has served in various capacities and spearheaded several key initiatives that have contributed to the company’s success. As part of the founding members of the Enterprise Solutions group at Infosys, Kakal helped kick-start the company’s Oracle ERP practice. He restructured the group to offer end-to-end solutions in Supply Chain, Human Capital Management and Enterprise Application Integration. Under his leadership, the group has grown to be the largest and best-managed unit at Infosys and has won industry-wide recognition. Kakal helped establish partnerships with package vendors such as SAP, Oracle, Sterling Commerce and TIBCO, and participates in the steering committee meetings of clients’ ERP implementation programs. He has also helped develop Infosys’ CRM practice and Microsoft Dynamics practices.

Gaurav has more than 10 years of experience. He has been involved in several implementation and upgrade projects. Gaurav has successfully managed multiple Oracle E-business suite implementation projects at Infosys. He specializes in Demand-to-Build and Order-to-Cash processes for manufacturing firms.

Gaurav is part of presales and key account level activities for streamlining account management and operations. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Oracle-certified distribution consultant.

Gaurav’s blogs will focus on order management and discrete manufacturing processes.

Gaurav has more than 12 years of experience in managing projects that use object-oriented technologies such as J2EE, MS Dot Net, EAI, and SOA. His role includes managing multiple project teams ranging from mid-size to large-size teams for Fortune 500 companies, both offshore and onsite. He also handles product scope management, stakeholder management, risk management, and quality assurance.

Gaurav’s areas of expertise include project management using quality process frameworks such as CMMI-5; ISO and Six Sigma. He is a Sun Java certified developer; Oracle certified professional, Peregrine consultant, and holds a QAI PM certification.

Gaurav will blog on new Oracle technologies such as Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM), Oracle AIA (Application Integration Architecture), PIPs and Foundation Pack.

Gaurav has more than six years of IT experience. He has been involved with end-to-end business transformation projects using Oracle ERP. He has helped several companies in discrete manufacturing in the U.S. Gaurav will blog on manufacturing execution systems.

With over 22 years of industry experience, over the past year, Harilal has been involved with the development of Infosys’ High-Technology industry competencies and developing High-Technology solutions.

Harilal will blog on High-Technology industry areas like Environmental Compliance, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Master Data Management (MDM).

Ismail has more than 14 years of experience, including nine years in managing transformational programs for the manufacturing, distribution, utilities and CPG industries. His expertise spans end-to-end transformational program lifecycle management, including package evaluation, implementation and sustenance.

At Infosys, Ismail has managed transformational programs for retail, manufacturing and distribution, and utilities customers in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. He has been managing a large transformational program for a company in the U.K.

Ismail will blog on industry trends and challenges, program management, governance, risk management and Oracle eBusiness Suite trends.

Jatin started his career with Infosys. He has more than four years of experience in procurement. He has helped design Infosys’ Service Procurement solution. Jatin will blog on eSourcing - ERP extending its reach to strategic procurement, Services Procurement in the utility industry, Oracle Advance Procurement in the utility Industry and EAM: ERP vs. Best of Breed packages.

Krishna is Oracle’s pre-sales anchor in India. He is CPIM-certified by APICS and has more than 13 years of IT experience. He is an expert in Oracle Applications consulting.

At Infosys, Krishna has led multiple end-to-end implementations of Oracle applications for organizations in Europe, Asia and the U.S.

Krishna will blog on planning in high-technology, discrete manufacturing and the automotive industry.

Krithivasan has more than eight years of IT experience. He is the functional lead for Oracle Personal Information management (PIM) in Oracle Master Data Management (MDM) at Infosys’ Center of Excellence (CoE).

Krithivasan will blog on MDM, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and digital manufacturing.

Madhusudan has more than 10 years of IT experience. He provides consultancy in project management, PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Financials. He has successfully managed large business transformation projects using PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and PeopleSoft Upgrade and rollout projects in retail, communications, media and entertainment.

Madhusudan is an expert in finance and accounting. He is a qualified Certified Public Accountant (U.S.), Chartered Accountant (India) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (U.S.).

Madhusudan will blog on PeopleSoft technologies, implementation and upgrade challenges.

Malay has more than 13 years of experience and specializes in Oracle Fusion Middleware. Malay provides solutions and services to global companies based on Oracle technologies such as Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM), Oracle AIA (Application Integration Architecture) and Portal Solutions.

He will blog on new Oracle technologies such as Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM ), Oracle AIA, PIPs and Foundation Pack.

Nilanjan has more than 13 years of IT experience. He manages large implementations in Oracle applications in industrial manufacturing. Nilanjan plays a key role in pre-sales consulting in discrete manufacturing- SME. He is a part of the solution design team for reverse logistics.

Nilanjan heads manufacturing in the Oracle practice. He is responsible for managing delivery and go-to-market initiatives. He also manages the Oracle Transportation Management Center of Excellence at Infosys.

He will blog on SCM, manufacturing and transportation management.

Rajkumar has more than eight years of industry experience. For the past one year he has managed and worked on Infosys’ co-development initiative for Price Protection. He has been working on the development of different solutions relevant to the High-Technology industry.

Rajkumar’s blog posts will focus on environmental compliance and emerging technologies in the high-technology industry and technologies in Oracle like Fusion Middleware, SOA etc.

Ramakrishnan has more than 13 years of IT experience, He provides consultancy in project management, PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Financials.

Ramakrishnan provides solutions and services to global clients in PeopleSoft Financials modules such as accounts payables, asset management, purchasing, project costing and general ledger.

Ramakrishnan’s blogs will focus on new Oracle technologies and product enhancements and new features in PeopleSoft Application and PeopleTools.

Ram Prasad has more than eight years of IT experience. He is the quality anchor for Oracle consulting in process - definition, implementation, training and improvement.

Ram Prasad has anchored the initiative of size-definition for package implementation projects for which a patent has been filed, and process-definition for Oracle global rollout, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) upgrade and small team projects in Enterprise Solutions.

Ram Prasad will blog on software estimation methodologies, quality assurance, quality models and frameworks.

Rizwan has more than 15 years of IT experience. He leads developing strategic initiatives and handles technology-critical projects for customers in the Oracle domain. He has played an active role in collaboration with Oracle as a ‘fusion champion’ and ‘ace director’ to understand and give feedback on the road map for Fusion Middleware and applications.

His blogs will focus on Application Architecture, Oracle Database Technologies, Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM, etc), Oracle AIA and Enterprise Architecture.

Rupam has more than six years of IT experience. At Infosys, he is a consultant in the Discrete Manufacturing space and has been involved in multiple manufacturing ERP implementations. Rupam has been involved in redesigning several floor processes in a machining plant and has also contributed to Oracle Applications User Group.

His blogs will focus on the various shop floor processes and their improvement such as rework and scrap.

Samir has more than 11 years of experience, including six years as a functional consultant in the Supply Chain practice. He executed four end-to-end implementations and contributes to external forums such as OUAG. He is a functional lead for Price Protection - a new module developed jointly with Oracle Corp using R12.

Samir has extensive experience in the retail, automobile, hi-tech, banking and financial services industries. He will blog on discrete and flow manufacturing, ERP implementations and trends, retail industry and trends.

Samiksha has more than eight years of work experience. She has been helping companies in the manufacturing sector as a consultant for distribution and supply chain issues. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive experience in managing end-to-end Oracle E-Business Suite implementation and upgrade engagements for U.S.-based clients in discrete manufacturing. Samiksha’s blogs will focus on supply chain strategies for manufacturers.

Sandeep has more than eight years of IT experience. At Infosys, for the past four years, he has been providing solutions and services to global clients based on Oracle manufacturing modules such as Oracle bill-of-material, work-in-process, engineering, and inventory. His blogs will focus on Oracle e-Business Suite, manufacturing modules such as Oracle WIP, BOM, ENGG and INV, collaboration and trends in high-technology sector and best practices in shop floor management.

Somnath is a Senior Consultant with the Discrete Manufacturing vertical in Oracle Practice in Infosys which is a part of Enterprise Solutions offering consulting solutions in packaged applications.

He has vast experience in at least three end to end implementations in the Discrete Manufacturing space and also managed multiple Oracle E-Business Suite Implementation projects during his tenure with Infosys. Prior to joining Infosys he was part of the Product Development team at Oracle India in Product Life Cycle Management team. He is also an active contributor in external forums like Oracle Applications User Group in the area of Discrete Manufacturing.

Sreekumar has more than 10 years of industry experience. He has been providing solutions and services to clients based on Oracle technologies such as Oracle Service Oriented Architechture (SOA) (such as BPEL/ESB/BAM etc), Webcenter 10g, Java 2 platform Entreprise Edition (J2EE ) technologies for over a year now.

Sreekumar will blog on New Oracle Technologies like Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM etc, Oracle AIA (Application Integration Architecture), PIPs and Foundation Pack, Oracle Webcenter 10g, J2EE.

Srikanth has more than 11 years of experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). At Infosys, he has spent over eight years in Oracle eBS (e Business Suite) implementation. He has worked on several end-to-end implementations for high technology and manufacturing companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Srikanth will blog on ERP implementations, manufacturing solutions, Oracle eBS trends and program / project management.

Venu has more than 8 years of experience in implementing packaged ERP solutions.His areas of specialization include the package implementation methodology, ERP program management and core financial, order to cash and procure to pay business process design. He has exposure to various industries such as Retail, Hi Tech and Financial services sectors. He has authored and presented several presentations at the Oracle Application User Group conferences in US and Australia. He has also co-authored Rapid Retail Store Opening - An Oracle eBusiness Suite based Solution.

He is a Certified PMP, (PMI, USA)

He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore, India and spent a term as MBA exchange student at the Kenan Flagler Business School at UNC, Chapel Hill. He also holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from NIT(REC), Trichy.

Venky has more than six years of IT experience, His responsibilities include consultancy in project management, PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Financials.

Venky provides solutions and services to global clients in PeopleSoft Financials modules such as accounts payables, asset management, purchasing and general ledger.

Venky will blog on new Oracle technologies, product enhancements and new features in PeopleSoft Application and PeopleTools.

Vikas has more than eight years of IT experience. He has been providing solutions and services to global clients on Oracle EBS and SOA technologies. He actively participates in white paper presentations at Oracle conferences.

His blogs will focus on new Oracle technologies such as Oracle SOA (BPEL/ESB/BAM etc), Oracle AIA (Application Integration Architecture), New Oracle EBS features, and MDM (Master Data Management).