Profile Capt.

Muthukrishnan Iyyappan
Email : muthu@ekaacademy.in Mobile : 0091-9987518313 URL : www.ekaacademy.in

Capt. Muthu krishnan Iyyappan (Muthu) is the Executive Vice President for Eka Academy. Eka Academy specializes in leadership research and end-to-end competency based skill development interventions delivered across entire organizational hierarchy and functional areas. He created Eka whose mission is to be a recognized leader and a driving force aiding an Immediate and sustained performance improvement by providing a continuum of dynamic and innovative programs for people and businesses enabling them to realise their potential and achieve leadership especially in middle management. Muthu has over 18 years of experience in Learning, Organisational and Talent development, Entrepreneurship, Operations and Service Delivery, Transition and Business Process Consultation, Sales, Supply Chain Management, After Sales Service, Start-up Organizational Modelling and Execution, Process re-engineering, Business transformations, Change Management, Transitions, Business Process Outsourcing and the Military. Muthu was earlier the group general manager for Centum Learning, an associate company for the Bharti Enterprises. There he headed the Strategic Business Division for West and South and latter he was given the responsibility for business development in the ASEAN region. He was instrumental in some very large client acquisition for Centum Learning, including Godrej Consumer Products, Hindustan Lever Limited, Mahindra and Mahindra, Allahabad Bank, Central Bank of India, Tata Capital, Tata Chemicals etc., Outside India, Muthu had also initiated the acquisition of strategic clients like Singtel (Singapore), Globe Telecom (Philippines) etc., Muthu started his career in 1995 with Nestle (1995-96), then went on to ITC Ltd (1996-1999), Indian Army (1999 2004), BPL Mobile / Hutch (now acquired by Vodafone, 2004 2006), Reliance Communication / Kinpo Group (Based in Indian and then China, 2006 2008), Conjoin Solutions (Based in India and USA, 2008-2009) and finally at Centum (2009 2011) before he became an entrepreneur to start Eka Academy. Some of the professional assignment of Muthu includes: Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Operations Research & Quantitative Techniques for Indian Army at the Defence Services Staff College. Service delivery re-engineering for BPL Mobile in India and Mobitel in Sri Lanka. Process modelling, mapping and execution for Kinpo group, a leading electronics & Software corporate in Taiwan.

 Developed original concepts in customer loyalty program for Shoppers Stop, Indias first departmental store chain called First Citizen. Developed original concepts for merchandising / retail space management for ITC, the largest cigarette manufacturer in India. Process re-engineering for After Sales service operations for Reliance Communications. Business process transformation at Avotus Corp. Muthu has experience and expertise in complete end-to-end learning delivery from business development to conducting need diagnostics study, solution architecture, content design & development, execution planning and large scale delivery across geographies. At Centum Learning, Muthu was the architect behind several successful project, the notable amongst them are the Operation Bushfire executed for Hindustan Lever Limited and Godrej Sales Academy. Muthu is a passionate entrepreneur having started his entrepreneurship ventures right from his college days. He is currently mentoring one startup in Telecom Space under the mentorship program of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). He is also guiding the Apollo Tyres Group in their skill development venture. Muthu is a regular speaker in various forums, both nationally and internationally. He has also been invited to give guest lectures in IIM(Bangalore), Symbiosis (Pune), Stamford University (Thailand), Purde University (US) just to name a few. He is also very active in Social and Professional Networking sites apart from being an avid Blogger. Muthu takes keen interest in mountaineering and is an avid traveller. An alumnus of the High Altitude Warfare School, Muthu has commanded the highest active military post in the world, at Siachen Glacier, a very remote corner at an altitude of 22,500 feet. A graduate in Physics, Muthu had completed is masters in business administration from Bharathidasan University. Muthu stays in Mumbai with his wife, Suganya Lakshmi and two sons, Avishkar & Abhinav.