Wipro BPOVice President Hyderabad Operations
Apr. 1996 - May. 2001Hyderabad Area, IndiaVice President Hyderabad Operations April 1996 to May 2001 Was appointed to this assignment in April 1996 with the charter to grow Wipro’s first Development center outside Bangalore. The center when I took over was a mere 65 person strong, which I grew over five years to a 1,500-person center. Mission was to build an alternative center to Bangalore and tap local talent. The success of this center led to opening of other centers in Chennai, Pune etc. The responsibilities included; Quality of deliverables, Customer satisfaction, Client relationships for the customers working out of the center, employee satisfaction and motivation, relationships with local government bodies like Secretary IT, STPI, Industries Dept and Chief Minister’s office etc. The center had its independent operations in Finance, HR, Quality, Administration, Recruitment and Facility management. Training and Technology, Image building and PR. All these staff functions work under the overall framework of policies of the corporation and the software business. In terms of people and revenues the center was the second largest operation after Satyam computers in Hyderabad. This position reported initially to the President of Wipro Systems (which was one of the three software businesses of Wipro) and subsequently to the Chief Operating officer of the entire software business of Wipro Technologies .