Enterprise Transformation Partner

Simplifying Complexity Before Introducing Technology.

I help enterprise leadership teams align strategy, operating models, technology, AI and governance around measurable business outcomes.

30+ Years
€200M+ Portfolios
1,200+ Applications
5 Continents

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Devendra Kumar, Enterprise Transformation Partner

01 · The problem

Transformation becomes difficult when the parts stop working together.

Strategy. Operating model. Governance. Data. Technology. People. When these fall out of alignment, even the best technology programmes stall.

“I’ve been brought in to rescue million-euro programmes that failed for exactly this reason.”

02 · The person

When complexity becomes consequential, leadership needs clarity.

Over three decades, I’ve been brought into transformation situations where technology was only part of the problem.

Mergers. Global infrastructure estates. Cloud transitions. Business disruption. Operating-model change. Complex programmes under pressure.

My role has often been to connect the business problem with the technology, operating model and execution required to solve it.

30+ YEARS: Global transformation experience
€200M+: Programmes & portfolios
5 CONTINENTS: Global transformation delivery

Enterprise ArchitectTransformation LeadEnterprise Transformation Partner

03 · Proprietary method

Two Systems. One Transformation Agenda.

ETF defines what must change. EOS governs how leaders operate the change.

ETF™

Enterprise Transformation Framework™

What must change.

EOS™

Executive Operating System™

How leaders operate the change.

04 · Business proof

The problems leaders brought me in to solve.

Transformation is rarely brought to me as a technology problem. It arrives as a business problem with technology, operating-model, governance and execution consequences.

Flagship transformation · LUXOTTICA

Modernising a global technology estate without disrupting the business.

1,200 business-critical applications. Global operations. 24x7 availability requirements. Complex international compliance obligations.

I was brought in toLead the technology transformation within a €150M contract.

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Technology Transformation Lead

30-member team
15-month transformation
3,700+ resources
Hybrid Cloud / Microsoft Azure

€4M: savings
80%: CAPEX reduction
45%: reduction in data-centre footprint
€1M: improvement in profit margins
12%: reduction in labour costs over three years
6: months ahead of schedule

JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION

Building a digital foundation while customer behaviour was changing.

COVID disrupted traditional dining patterns. Delivery and takeaway demand increased. JFC needed to modernise infrastructure rapidly to maintain business continuity, reduce costs and respond to changing customer demand.

I was brought in toLead enterprise architecture for a US$50M digital transformation.

— More agile operations
— Automated sales reporting
— Improved inventory management
— Faster data-driven decision making
— Improved business continuity

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LOTTE

Creating a digital workplace for a newly merged enterprise.

Following the merger of three group companies, LOTTE needed greater IT agility and increased support for teleworking during COVID.

I was brought in toLead the integration architecture for the digital workplace transformation.

— 30% productivity improvement
— 20% reduction in IT support calls

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SYNGENTA

Scaling a business-critical SAP environment around growth and seasonal demand.

Syngenta required a scalable and highly available SAP environment to support growing operations and seasonal demand.

I was brought in toLead the complex SAP migration to AWS.

— 20% improvement in SAP performance
— 28% operational cost reduction
— Improved reliability

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05 · Independent validation

What leaders I’ve worked with say.

Steve Oppenheim

CIO · CTO · Board Member

Worked with Devendra on the Luxottica global IT modernisation.

Related transformation

“Devendra provided keen technical leadership to finalise the architectural solution as well as work key cross-functional gaps to ensure that a working operations model existed during migrations and into handover to production.”

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Koushik Srinivasan

Cloud Advisory · Program Management · Transformation · Strategy · Leadership

Managed Devendra directly.

“He has the ability to balance the big picture business requirements with the detail oriented architecture. As a part of my team, Dev managed complex projects for international clients, as both an enterprise architect and as a digital transformation lead.”

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Vamseedhar Thanikonda

AI · IT Infrastructure & Cloud Transformation Leader

Worked with Devendra on the Japanese confectionery transformation.

Related transformation

“Dev's indepth knowledge in technology and his ability to observe and his integration capabilities with finer details helped us to integrate the streams of technologies…”

LinkedIn recommendation →

06 · Transformation philosophy

What I believe about transformation.

Simplify first.
Automate second.

“Technology amplifies readiness.
It does not create it.”

Transformation succeeds when strategy, operating model, governance, technology, data and people move as one system.

07 · The thinking

Ideas for leaders navigating transformation.

Transformation Leadership

Sequence is the strategy

Transformation rarely fails on ambition. It fails when foundations are skipped and technology is asked to compensate for structural complexity.

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Enterprise Architecture

The operating model is the constraint

A strategy the operating model cannot execute is not a strategy. It is an aspiration with a budget attached.

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AI & Technology Leadership

AI amplifies whatever it inherits

Without trusted data, clear decision rights and workforce readiness, AI scales existing complexity faster than value.

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08 · Executive diagnostic

Where is your transformation actually breaking?

A practical executive diagnostic for identifying misalignment across strategy, operating model, governance, data, technology, people and outcomes.

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09 · The conversation

Complex transformation needs clarity before technology.

If your transformation is struggling with alignment, governance, operating model, technology or execution, let’s discuss the problem before discussing the solution.

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