Dinesh Rawlley
Fractional Technology Executive
About Dinesh
Dinesh Rawlley is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience helping Fortune 500 organizations maximize the business value of technology investments. A business savvy thinker with a passion for all things tech, Dinesh is an experienced leader in M&A due diligence, merger integration, carve-out planning, post-merger integration management, and digital transformation. Dinesh has overseen complex organizational transformations and focuses on improving business strategy, operational processes, and technological capabilities to help businesses achieve greater productivity. He has successfully partnered with many companies and is known for matching technical proficiency with economic reality.
Dinesh’s philosophy is that technology should be an enabler, not a dictator. Meaning that technology should be integral in driving business goals, and it should not be implemented without a true purpose. Dinesh’s approach is to connect with the people inside the organization and find out the background and needs, and then make technology recommendations from that deeper understanding. His end goal is an exceptional execution that benefits the company, employees, and customers, all with minimal disruption to day-to-day operations.
How Dinesh Has Helped Optimize Business Performance
- Technology leadership – Served as CIO for multiple mid-sized organizations, mostly in manufacturing and distribution industries. Led all aspects of IT, including service delivery, operations, application development, networking, and security and compliance. Restructured IT organization, upgraded team skills, broadened services, and reduced IT and operational expenses by 25% on average. Managed a team of technical professionals in pharmaceutical industry responsible for operating complex IT initiatives selection, design, delivery, and support to meet business goals. Total portfolio of IT projects was $30+ million per year for all business functions. Reduced overall expenditure on new projects by an average of 15%.
- Mergers and acquisitions management – Spearheaded pre-acquisition due diligence reviews on over 100+ potential acquisition target companies, optimizing future IT investment while maximizing business growth. Provided advisory services to remediate in-process ERP implementation engagement. Advised and worked with CEO of a manufacturing and retail company to extract $500,000 of concessions from the previous implementation partner and successfully reimplemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 within six months.
- Business process transformation – Led business process transformation efforts, including ERP readiness assessment, for an eCommerce and retail company. Reviewed existing processes, identified weak/missing strategies, guided new process creation development for more efficient and effective operations. Reduced cumulative expenses by $2M for a consumer goods company by leveraging an effective global resource strategy combined with program management disciplines and tools. Turned around an Oracle ERP implementation and successfully converted four global manufacturing plants in less than nine months.
Technology Leadership Experience
- Senior Director; PI Partners, Boca Raton, FL
- Senior Director, Delivery; AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
- Director; Tredegar Films Products, Inc., Richmond, VA
- Director, Business Systems Development; Playtex Products, Inc., Dover, DE
- Manager Business Systems; M&M/Mars Inc., Hackettstown, NJ
Clients and Companies Served
- PI Partners
- AstraZeneca
- Tredegar Films Products, Inc.
- Playtex Products, Inc.
- M&M/Mars, Inc.
Education & Certifications
B.S. – Delhi University, India
Computer Sciences Diploma – Control Data Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PMP and ITIL Certifications – Project Management Institute
Executive Management Program Certification – University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
AI (Artificial Intelligence) Strategy and Governance – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Publications
- Implementation Versus Adoption
- Decision Culture and the Pyramid of Chaos
- The Psychology of IT Decision-Making at the Executive Level
- Requirements Before Solutions
- A Well-Placed Assessment
- Back to Basics: Focus on Fundamentals
- Design Your IT Operations Around Your Value Proposition
- IT Black Hole or IT Investment Portfolio
- Stop Using Bricks When A Tent Will Do
Expertise
Industry Experience
- Manufacturing & Distribution
- Life Sciences/Pharma
- Consumer Goods
- Field Services
- Healthcare
- Medical Devices
- Logistics
Specialties
- IT Strategy
- Due Diligence
- ERP Software Selection
- IT Roadmaps
- Interim/Fractional CIO
- Project/Program Management
- IT Governance
- Carve-out and Integration
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business Process Transformation
- Strategic Planning
- Key Initiative Readiness
- Risk Management
- Technology Team Assessment
- Gap Analysis
