Sunil Varkey
Electronics Engineering graduate from Mumbai University with MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge University. Currently working with Technology arm of a leading Financial Organization as Project Leader.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Management |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Cambridge |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Technology arm of a leading Financial Organization |
| Position: | Project Leader |
| Time period: | February 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Highlights
• Business Excellence initiatives towards Transformational Customer Experience • Leading a team of 10 associates towards development of a revolutionary project which would transform the way in which the Indian securities industry would deal with their customers and brokers • Tools Used: MS Project, MS Visio, MiniTab, iGrafx |
| Employer: | Cambridge Research Scientist |
| Position: | Consulting |
| Description: | Project Title: Commercialisation of Lab-based innovation for tracking moving objects
Client: Cambridge Research Scientist Team Size: 4 member team. Highlights: • Member of Innovation Team for Certificate in Innovation Management • Identified potential areas for research commercialisation • Brainstorming techniques used for short-listing research applications. • Market research through Interviews with industry and academic experts • Market-sizing for all potential commercialisation areas • Presented final recommendations to scientist and all stakeholders • New company has now taken the product to UK market |
| Employer: | ObjectSecurity Ltd (www.objectsecurity.com), an UK-based IT security company |
| Position: | Consulting |
| Description: | Project Title: Marketing Strategy for UK market penetration
Client: ObjectSecurity Ltd (www.objectsecurity.com), an UK-based IT security company Team Size: 4 member team. Highlights: • Formulated a “Go-to-market” strategy for IT security product of ObjectSecurity Ltd • Analysed the: - Air Traffic Control IT Security market - Open Source technologies used for IT Security Management - Company website and suggested changes for increasing market penetration • Designed a strategic map of Aerospace IT Security industry based on Technology Used and Communication Effectiveness • Identified potential customers • Structured and designed a product brochure for the company |
| Employer: | Business Transformation Consultancy in UK |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | March 2006 - June 2006 |
| Description: | • Developed and implemented a Customer Service Delivery Strategy for British Telecom (BT) - The global telecommunications company, by understanding the End-to-End Customer experience and transforming the business model from break-fix to managed services using Lean and Systems Thinking principles and methodologies.
• Analyzed the service delivery strategy implemented at Gem, a global contact centre based in UK • Co-ordinated with the Managing Director in recognizing and solving implementation issues • Successfully implemented the first phase of Service Climate Management Model at BT • Presented current-state findings to BT Wholesale Senior Executives, whilst recognizing key issues and information inadequacies |
| Employer: | CMM Level 5 Software Organization |
| Position: | System Analyst |
| Time period: | January 2003 - September 2005 |
| Description: | Developed and handled key projects such as:
• Lead two projects - Fixed Income Market System and Investigation System at client side - National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSEIL), comprising a team of 4 IT analysts, using Oracle, PL/SQL, Pro*C, VB, UNIX, TOAD, Microsoft Visio, Use Case Modelling, UML, ASP, COM. • Revamped and optimized process strategy of NSEIL Fixed Income Market System thereby increasing efficiency and productivity, in a span of 1 year viz a viz 10 years. |
| Employer: | Financial Analytics Software Organisation |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | November 2002 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Involved in documenting and testing a Credit Risk Management System |
| Employer: | Top business conglomerate |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | September 2000 - July 2001 |
| Description: | • Functioned as a Technical Member, engaged in providing in-house IT services, with a team of 4 using Oracle, SITE (a customized ERP system).
• Formulated IT strategy and actively involved in vendor interaction and imparted training on ERP product within the company, to the employees. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Technology Policy, MPhil |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Corporate Magazine
• Wrote and published articles on Contribution of Technology to Corporate Strategy |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club, A Student-Run Organization
• Organising speaker series, dinners and workshops for bringing innovative ideas from researchers and entrepreneurs to venture capitalists: team member - Cambridge University Student Alliances Society, a Student-Run Organization • Aimed at empowering students in the process of alleviating poverty and promoting sustainable development by forming global alliances with Universities, Non-Government Organisations (NGO) and the private and public sectors: Low-cost Affordable Technologies Development Initiative member |
| Awards: | • Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar at University of Cambridge
• Consistently topped in a class of 100 students at Post-Graduate Diploma level at NCST • Bio-Informatics Research Project was approved and implemented at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, among the top Research Universities in Asia |
