Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Certification
Awards
Training
OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS
Delivery Management Experience
Contract Management Experience
Partner Management Experience
Timeline
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Durga Thyagarajan

Durga Thyagarajan

IT Delivery Partner
Chennai

Summary

Dynamic Global Executive specializing in Customer Success, recognized for a proven track record in managing and delivering large-scale projects across diverse geographies while maintaining a steadfast commitment to customer focus, quality, budget, and schedule.


Expertise in customer engagement drives impactful results, fosters collaboration among teams, and adapts seamlessly to evolving business needs. Proficient in relationship management and strategic planning, ensuring exceptional client satisfaction and sustainable business growth. Reliable, results-driven professional adept at navigating complex challenges and achieving outstanding outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications

Work History

Customer Engagement Manager

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
01.2025 - 07.2025
  • Company Overview: American multinational telecommunications holding company
  • Design tailored solutions involving LAN, WAN and Cloud technologies
  • Engage with telecom and networking customers to understand infrastructure needs
  • Deliver compelling demos of networking platforms monitoring tools
  • Technology & Innovations Center of Excellence

Operations Head, Innovation Evangelist, Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
11.2015 - 12.2024
  • Partner Head – Vendor Partner Contractual management and joint offering development
  • Operation Head – SWON Management, Budget Review/Tracking, Asset Management, status tracking, Offerings tracking as per TCS framework
  • Innovation Evangelist – Facilitate collaborative innovation, development of best-in-class transformation solutions for business unit and cross collaboration.
  • Analyst – Analysis of disruptive technologies from Hype cycles and gap analysis on TCS technologies
  • Collaborating with Analysts such as Everest, Forrester, Gartner on TCS and Partner joint solutions, offering build and joint growth strategy
  • Middle East and Africa – Banking customers

Delivery Manager, Resourcing Head

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
07.2012 - 10.2015
  • Analyze customer requirements, set delivery priorities and make schedule adjustments to meet timely delivery goals.
  • Oversee daily activities of delivery team and provide directions and guidance as needed.
  • Ensure that team maintains high level of competence and operational excellence.
  • Collaborating with customers to fulfill their resourcing needs
  • American Wealth Management and financial service Corporation - Chennai

Mainframe Developer & Risk Compliance officer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
06.2009 - 06.2012
  • Analysis to assess risk-adjusted performance, compliance advisory management
  • Multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards – Authorization systems - Phoenix

Mainframe Developer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
09.2004 - 04.2009
  • Enablement of Service Establishments and Authorized Processors to obtain financial transaction authorizations

Education

Master of Computer Application -

Chennai
04-2001

Bachelor of Science - undefined

01.1998

Skills

  • Technology-driven business development
  • Application development maintenance expertise
  • Coordinating extensive project development from conception to delivery
  • Client engagement leadership
  • Strategic negotiation skills

Certification

GenAI Generalist by Outskill

Awards

Service & Commitment Award (The year 2008,2013, 2018, 2023), Beyond Performance, Service Excellence (The year 2007), Inspiring Role Model (The year 2016), On the Spot Award (The year 2018), Special Initiative (The year 2020, 2019)

Training

  • Leadership Business Skills and Cultural: Corp Functions Curriculum
  • G&T mindset: Intermediate
  • Gen AI for Business
  • TCS Elevate Runway Mid-Level Transformation Program

OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS

  • Industries Worked with: Banking and Financials, Wealth Management, Communications & Media Industry
  • TCS Offerings/ Solutions: IT Infra, Data Centre, Innovation Offering lead

Delivery Management Experience

  • Innovation Champion: Helping foster a culture of innovations to instill self-confidence among team; Being a source of new ideas and initiatives for other Tata companies
  • Ensure efficient and effective IT operations daily
  • Risk Management & RCA
  • Crisis Management
  • Responsible for Client executive relationship and accountable for all sub-unit global delivery and partner engagement. Managed P&L and responsible for strategic growth.

Contract Management Experience

  • End to end Prime Contract management and amendment.
  • End to End Contract negotiation.
  • RFP/Q review and approval.
  • Subcontract enablement and management

Partner Management Experience

  • Managing relationships with Partners, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance with Organization standards to achieve cost-effectiveness and timely delivery.
  • Negotiation Skills: Strong negotiation skills to secure the best prices and terms from Partners
  • Cross-collaborate with Senior leaders, Delivery heads, sales leaders, client partners and other enabling units to amplify product solutions to the larger audience with relevant content marketing strategies/channels/PR Agencies for organic lead generation
  • Elevate visibility of TCS Infrastructure Centre of ExcellenceOfferings as a brand internally through planned internal communication, programs, newsletters, analyst publishing, and other relevant communications, leadership briefings, etc.

Timeline

Customer Engagement Manager

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
01.2025 - 07.2025

Operations Head, Innovation Evangelist, Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
11.2015 - 12.2024

Delivery Manager, Resourcing Head

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
07.2012 - 10.2015

Mainframe Developer & Risk Compliance officer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
06.2009 - 06.2012

Mainframe Developer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
09.2004 - 04.2009

Bachelor of Science - undefined

Master of Computer Application -

Durga ThyagarajanIT Delivery Partner