Sam is a versatile business management Leader, with almost 3 decades of experience in setting up & managing businesses across Products&Services across different segments/Internet Services, IT, Telecom, Software & technology in highly competitive regional, national and international for both enterprise markets for both enterprise&consumer segments.
He has handled varied roles like Sales & Marketing , Business Planning, New product development & deployments, Business Development, Channel Management and Strategic Planning & Alliances, Operations Management , Customer Experience Management, P&L Management.
He has developed a strong techno-commercial, consulting & innovation skill sets.
He has worked in start-up and roll-out environments & has acquired the following attributes on-the-ground leadership capabilities by building teams, products & solutions, systems & process to establish the brand and customer base in order to create sustainable top-line and bottom-line.
He has hands on experience in starting new business operations right from inception, developing them and converting them as profit centres.
He has good experience in building the right teams, training, retaining and motivating the team to perform at their best.
He has turned around a Product company, a Telecom service provider and Internet service provider as Profit Centres.
Has impacted & facilitated the Business Growth of more than 100 Plus Small & Medium Business & Start-ups.
He is a resource person at MSME & has developed good connects across all the Industry Associations like KASSIA, FKCCI, eMERG, Assocham, BCIC, PIA etc.. Member of couple of Leading Business Networks . Speaks regularly at SME/Industry Association Forums as an Industry Expert
He has authored best selling Book - " The Complete SME Growth Guide ". The book is about the Business, Strategy & Management Tips to facilitate the transformation of SMEs.
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Dr A Balamurugan is a Mechanical Engineer from Bangalore. He has completed his MBA in International Business and PhD in Management Excellence and People effectiveness.
He has worked for several MNCs in India in many senior level positions. He was instrumental in bringing world class products and processes from Europe and Japan into India.
Has expertise in implementing Global best practices in Manufacturing and other functions. Trained teams in India and abroad. Has travelled widely to exchange thoughts, ideas and systems with other organizations in various countries.
He has completed major projects in Poland, Philippines and in UK implementing Lean Six Sigma and training global work forces of a 30 Billion Pound organization on Six Sigma Yellow and green belt.
He has also undertaken several consulting and training assignments for many organizations in India. He focuses in creating Strategies and action plans to enable Top Leadership and organization, adopting innovative work culture. He enables organization to add to bottom line, by suitably implementing tools and technologies which enhances productivity and efficiency across value chain.
He conducts a variety of workshops and training programs to human assets of an organization to enable the vision and mission of organization reaches to every employee. The needs of both technical skills and soft skills are addressed.
He is in the panel of Juries for CII for its inter industry competitions and also a QCI certified ZED consultant. Works closely with MSME - DI, and through which conducts training and awareness sessions to Industries on Business Excellence, Lean tools, ZED and GeM. He delivers frequent lectures in Management schools and Engineering colleges.
He is an avid traveller and adventure sports lover. He is author of best seller, "A RIDE ON THE ROAD TO EXCELLENCE", an adventure based, management book which takes readers through a motorbike ride and adopts a novel approach of coaching Personal and Business Excellence through the riding experience across mountains, rivers and deserts.
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