EXPERIENCE

25+ years building
global customer operations.

A career across enterprise SaaS, customer experience, P&L leadership and global delivery. Roles spanning executive leadership, multi-country operations, offshore scale and business transformation.

5,000+People led across my career
30%Cost-to-serve reduction at Cvent
$100MLargest P&L scope at EXL
7,000Outsourced FTE footprint
OCT 2015–PRESENT

GLOBAL B2B SAAS · DUBAI

Cvent

Senior Vice President & Co-Head, Global Client Services

Executive Committee member, leading a 1,200+ global organisation across Customer Success, Support, Professional Services, Managed Services and CS Operations.

  • Own delivery, retention economics, cost-to-serve efficiency and multi-product scale worldwide.
  • Supported the business through its public listing, Vista private-equity ownership and Blackstone transition, while integrating multiple acquisitions into a unified operating model.
  • Reduced cost-to-serve by 30% and reduced churn through AI-driven efficiencies, standardised playbooks and margin-accretive delivery.
  • Improved NRR and GRR through KPI-led systems, onboarding redesign, data-driven account management and consistent global delivery.
  • Built board-level KPI trees, forecasting models, retention dashboards and cost-efficiency governance.
  • Scaled offshore capability and standardised global processes to support multi-country growth with predictable execution.
FEB 2013–SEP 2015

CLIENT OPERATIONS · NOIDA

EXL

Senior Vice President (VP–L2), Client Operations, Customer Service

Senior operating leadership across a large offshore delivery engine with responsibility for P&L, client operations and service economics.

  • Managed a $100M P&L and a 5,000-FTE offshore engine.
  • Doubled revenue and improved gross margin by 50% over 18 months.
  • Improved SLA performance by 30% and reduced cost-to-serve by 20% through delivery governance and KPI dashboards.
  • Built multi-geography India and Philippines redundancy to strengthen resilience and EBITDA contribution.
  • Expanded margin-accretive revenue through structured commercial programmes and high-margin professional services.
SEP 2010–JAN 2013

GLOBAL ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT · GURUGRAM

Sitel

Site Head & Senior Director, Account Management

Full-stack operating leadership across a $15M P&L and a 700-FTE multi-country footprint spanning India, the Philippines and Rabat, serving customers across five continents.

  • Promoted to Global Account Head in the first year after delivering a site-level turnaround.
  • Owned sales, delivery, compliance, HR and finance across the account P&L.
  • Built a scalable offshore delivery backbone that later became a template for a larger India and Philippines operation.
  • Strengthened unit economics through standardised processes, workforce planning and commercial discipline across regions.
OCT 2007–AUG 2010

CLIENT OPERATIONS · NOIDA

EXL

Vice President, Client Operations, Customer Service

Site Head for a 1,500-FTE UK insurance account with a $25M P&L.

  • Transitioned work from client captive and shared-services operations into India, reducing the cost base and adding operational resilience.
  • Grew revenue to 1.5 times and doubled profit over 18 months through productivity, SLA stability and standardised operations.
MAY 2006–OCT 2007

CUSTOMER SERVICE · GURUGRAM

Hewitt Associates

Delivery Manager (AVP), Customer Service

  • Migrated HRO DB/DC voice work from US captive and shared-services operations to India, establishing an early low-cost delivery node.
  • Scaled multi-process customer-service teams and developed the foundation for later UK insurance captive migrations.
FEB 2005–MAR 2006

TECHNICAL SUPPORT · MUMBAI

Sitel

Assistant Vice President, Operations, Technical Support

  • Turned around a $7M ISP support P&L covering 500 FTE across three sites.
  • Co-authored an offshore strategy with the client C-suite and opened a Hyderabad hub.
MAR 2000–FEB 2005

EARLY CAREER

Multiple MNCs

Managerial positions

Progressive roles in customer service and operations, building the foundation in frontline leadership, delivery management and multi-site execution.

INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

Contributing beyond operating roles.

Practitioner participation in industry dialogue and academic development.

OCT 2019–NOV 2020

NASSCOM Regional Council

Member

Led multi-stakeholder roundtables on AI-driven operations and global delivery, sharing practitioner experience from large offshore delivery environments.

FEB 2017–MAR 2019

MIT School of Technology Management

Board Member

Shared practitioner insight on SaaS operations, AI adoption and global delivery as part of the academic advisory board, and engaged students on real-world operating challenges.

EDUCATION

MBA, International Business

Suffolk University · Sawyer Business School

2003–2004

PGDBM, Marketing

Apeejay School of Management

1998–2000

SELECTED RECOGNITION

Industry awards

  • Alsbridge Innovation Award
  • Silver Stevie Award, Customer Service Department of the Year
  • Grand Stevie Award
  • Gold, ACEF Customer Engagement Awards

OPERATING EXPERIENCE

Customer outcomes, commercial discipline and global delivery have to move together.

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