Manish Umarwadia

Manish Umarwadia is the VP and Chief Architect at TekLink. Manish has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in business intelligence, data warehousing, and enterprise performance management.

Manish began their career as a Consultant at Kellogg Company in January 2004. Manish was responsible for stabilizing and optimizing the North American implementation of Kellogg's business intelligence system. Manish also led the company's BI 7.0 Upgrade Project, as well as the CRM reporting solution for sales volume planning and promotions management. In 2007, Manish implemented a business planning solution for Kellogg's that helped them plan and allocate $200 million of their distribution expense.

In December 2007, Manish left Kellogg Company to join TekLink International Inc as a Senior Consultant. At TekLink, Manish was responsible for leading the BW 3.1C implementation for Europe, which provided reporting and analytics in the areas of sales, inventory, production, and quality management. During their time at TekLink, Manish made several notable achievements, including successfully completing the BI 7.0 Upgrade, CRM, and BPS projects on time and under budget. Manish also rationalized and optimized the BW architecture and data models, minimizing downtime for R/3 setup and load times by automating and sequencing daily delta loads with Process Chains triggered by remote events raised by a custom ABAP program.

In their current role as VP and Chief Architect at TekLink, Manish is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's technical operations, from application development to systems administration. Manish is also responsible for developing TekLink's long-term technical strategy and roadmap. Under Manish's leadership, TekLink has become a leading provider of business intelligence solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.

Manish Umarwadia has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Manish has a certification from Google in Google Cloud Digital Leader.

Some direct reports include Suresh Yalavarthi - Chief Architect, S4/Finance, Hemant Varshney - Chief Architect, Cloud Analytics Practice. They work with Hariharan Margabandhu - VP, Business Analytics, Amol Palekar - Vice President, Business Analytics, and Madhu Bommala - Director, Technical Services. Their manager is Pankaj Gupta, CEO.