Ramam is a strategic and innovative thinker with deep insight and vast experience in building and managing businesses, forging long term client relationships, and leading multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams. Dynamic and result oriented leader with a track record of building and maturing product development centers for multinational companies. He worked in Global management teams and partnered with key business leaders in a global environment.
His career spans more than 35 years, serving manufacturing, IT and not for profit organizations, characterized by successive roles in global management teams, setting strategy and delivering transformation initiatives. Having worked in multi-national companies for 30 years, half of which was in leadership roles, Ramam moved to a not for profit organization to serve under-served communities.
He is currently the Executive Vice Chair at L V Prasad Eye Institute a 32-year-old not for profit organization, that served 1.5+ million people last year, with more than 50% at no cost.
As Vice President and head of Global delivery centers for Cognizant, Invensys, Baan, he led multi-disciplinary program teams across continents, established PMO’s, successfully managed four mergers and acquisitions and delivered many multi-million-dollar transformational programs for business growth in a global context.
Ramam founded PMI Hyderabad Pearl City Chapter, India in2001 and has been serving PMI for 18 years in various capacities including founder and President of PMI Pearl City Chapter, Region Mentor (South Asia) serving chapters in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and member of Chapter Member Advisory group. He currently serves on the Technology Member Advisory Group, and the board of PMI India.
Ramam is a recipient of PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence award, outstanding service to IT Industry award, outreach visionary award and many other global awards.
Education
Osmania University - Master's degree, Applied Statistics
Project Management Institute - Project Management Professional (PMP)
Quality Assurance Institute USA - Certified Quality Analyst (CQA)
Operational Research Society of India - Post Graduate Diploma in Operational Research