About

I've been on both sides of the table.
That changes everything.

Sekhar — Fractional COO
Dell TechnologiesDirector, 17 years
USPTO PatentML / AI Innovation
WhartonCorporate Finance
Harvard BusinessTech Entrepreneurship
StanfordOrganizational Analysis
IIM BangaloreOrganization Design
PMP CertifiedPMI
Salesforce CertifiedAdministrator
TSIA STAR AwardAI Excellence
Dell President's Award1 of 2 selected / 35,000

Most advisors have lived inside large corporations. Some have built companies. I've done both — and that combination is rare.

The corporate side

I spent 17 years at Dell Technologies — rising to Director level and owning transformation programs that most companies will never see at that scale. At peak, I was responsible for $40M in technology portfolios, governing Salesforce CRM across 15,000+ B2B agents in 80 countries, and leading a 4DX cultural transformation program for 6,000 employees — one of Dell's top-five chairman-level priorities.

I hold a USPTO patent for a machine learning model I deployed on Salesforce's service lifecycle — it reduced issue-to-resolution time by 10% and delivered 130 basis points of CSAT improvement. I received the TSIA STAR Award for AI innovation and the Dell President's Award — one of only 2 recipients selected from 35,000 employees globally.

I know what world-class operations look like from the inside of a Fortune 50. More importantly, I know what breaks when a business scales — and how to fix it.

The entrepreneur side

In parallel with my corporate career, I co-founded 8 businesses across manufacturing, real estate, construction, education, and food. Four have exited. The most instructive was Kanish Plasters — a gypsum plastering services company I built from a single founder to a 300-person operation, delivering over 3 crore square feet of completed work and growing it into South India's largest gypsum plastering company with consistent 2× annual revenue growth. No external funding. No safety net.

I also built Kanish Rubber Industries into one of India's leading rubber band manufacturers — producing 8 billion units, serving 24 territories, and building a women-led workforce that's genuinely proud of what they've built. And I built Kanish Realty into Tamil Nadu's largest real estate agency — 1,000+ properties under management in under 3 years, serving clients across Coimbatore and Chennai.

When I sit across from a founder or CEO, I'm not theorizing. I've felt the weight of payroll, the pressure of a missed delivery, and the satisfaction of watching a business run without you.

Today

I'm based in Dallas, TX, and currently serve as Fractional COO and transformation advisor to mid-market companies navigating PE ownership, ERP modernization, and AI transformation. I hold a PMP, Salesforce Administrator certification, and am completing my International Coach Federation (ICF) certification in 2026.

I work with a small number of clients at a time — always hands-on, always accountable. If you want a firm with 200 partners and a polished deck, I'm not the right fit. If you want someone who will sit in your leadership team, own the outcomes, and tell you the truth — let's talk.

Career timeline

Two decades of building, transforming, and scaling

2024–Now
Principal Consultant / Delivery Head — Programmers.ai

Leading IT transformation at Seaboard Foods ($9B) and Resource Label Group (PE-backed, 28 locations). Co-developing 3-year IT roadmaps, governing ERP modernization, deploying GenAI tools that cut analyst workload 60%.

2022–2024
Director — B2B Capability Owner, Salesforce & AI · Dell Technologies

$4M portfolio. 15,000+ agents. 80 countries. Deployed patented ML model. 500% ROI Hyperautomation program. TSIA STAR Award and Dell President's Award — 1 of 2 recipients from 35,000 employees.

2022–Now
Kanish Realty — Founder · Tamil Nadu, India

Built from scratch into Tamil Nadu's largest real estate agency — 1,000+ properties under management in under 3 years. Designed the operating model, agent network, and governance systems that enable scale without founder dependency.

2019–2022
Director — Cloud & SaaS Platform Enablement · Dell Technologies

Owned Dell's SaaS capability strategy. Drove adoption of Dell Premier B2B portal. Deployed Celonis to 3,700+ users. Built vendor governance framework.

2016–2019
Director — B2B Portal & Software Delivery · Dell Technologies

$12M portfolio. 20+ squads. 0% to 40% digital self-service. 30% order-to-cash lead time reduction generating $36M revenue uplift.

2015–Now
Kanish Plasters — Co-founder & Executive Director · India

Built from 1 person to 300+ across 5 years, delivering 3 crore+ sq ft of plastering work. Transformed into South India's largest gypsum plastering services company with 2× annual revenue growth and a systems-led operating model that runs without founder involvement.

2013–2016
Director — Business Transformation & Order Management · Dell

Chairman's top-5 priority. Led 4DX cultural transformation for 6,000 employees. $36M revenue uplift. Same-day shipping in Japan and Australia. 50% fulfillment time reduction.

2008–2013
Sr. Manager — Supply Chain, Order Experience & Analytics · Dell

Built analytics capability from the ground up. Reduced missed deliveries 30% in two quarters. Led offshoring of US production to Mexico and China — $500M/year tax savings.

Ready to work with someone who's actually been there?

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