Amod Vijayavargiya

NITIE PGDIM 2nd batch (1995-97)


Amod Vijayvargiya is heading the Global Knowledge and Business Support Services practice, and is part of the KPO Service Line in Capgemini India. Amod has 12 years of industry experience spanning across practice management, marketing & alliances and process reengineering, combining strong organizational change management skills with a technology focus, experience including a four year stint in the Silicon Valley.

Amod’s previous experience lies within enterprise software and services space, having handled full life cycle ERP implementation, solutioning, and marketing, and building strategic partnerships and alliances. In many of his previous roles, Amod was involved in the Change Management processes within the organization which included culture audits, mapping existing business processes into best practice frameworks and piloting across business units working mostly with senior management. Amod is a clear and dynamic communicator, able to conceptualize and present ideas to diverse audiences, negotiate agreements with various groups, and lead teams to achieve organizational goals. He is skilled in planning, implementation and measurement, able to prioritize effectively to achieve objectives within time and budget Amod has excellent academic background in business (UC Berkeley, NITIE Mumbai).

Amod Vijayvargiya’s Specialties:
Process reengineering, Change Management, Marketing, Knowledge Management


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Amod Vijayvargiya’s Experience

Associate Director & Practice Lead, Global Knowledge and Business Services
Capgemini
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

October 2003 — Present (4 years 8 months)

I am heading the Global Knowledge and Business Support Services practice for Capgemini units worldwide. I have 11 years of industry experience spanning across practice management, marketing & alliances and process reengineering, combining strong organizational change management skills with a technology focus, experience including a four year stint in the Silicon Valley.

I3 project
Capgemini Consulting
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

2007 — January 2008 (1 year)

Marketing Manager
Sierra Atlantic, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1999 — September 2003 (4 years 2 months)

Responsible for defining and implementing corporate positioning, lead generation, public relations and partner development activities in North America. The responsibility also entailed maintaining a continuous flow of enterprise level opportunities for sales to pursue and creating strategic relationships with category-leading software companies, including Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, and others.

Asst. Manager, Process Reengineering
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

June 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 3 months)

Responsible for study and redesign of overall business encompassing critical elements of organization’s value chain i.e. customers, dealers, internal resources, vendors, architects etc

Operations Engineer
Grasim Industries Ltd
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

June 1994 — March 1995 (10 months)

Responsible for monitoring process operations, resource allocation and energy management at the thermal power plant


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Amod Vijayvargiya’s Education
University of California, Berkeley
PG DIploma, Marketing, 2001 — 2003

A grade in all courses

Activities and Societies: Professional Sequence in Integrated Marketing Communications
National Institute of Industrial Engineering
PGDIM, Industrial Management, 1995 — 1997

NITIE, Mumbai
Industrial Management, Marketing and Operations, 1995 — 1997

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
BE, Mechanical Engineering, 1990 — 1994

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