Venguswamy Ramaswamy alias “Swamy”, globally heads TCS iON, platform solutions addressing the needs of Assessments, Learning and Business Process Operations. Swamy was instrumental in setting up the unit, and driving the domain solutions relevant to several industries including Education, Manufacturing and Recruitment boards.
Swamy also heads Tata Business Hub as Director, a digital B2B platform set up by Tata Group to develop new roadmap of products and services which address the needs of emerging businesses and help generate high growth, solve key challenges and optimize their processes.
Swamy serves as an Additional Director on the Board of MP Online Limited, a joint venture company between the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Tata Consultancy Services.
Earlier, as director of TCS’ Global Consulting Practice (GCP), he was pivotal in building the consulting organization. Consulting Magazine noted this to name him amongst the top 25 consultants of the year 2007.
Swamy has held important positions including managing the largest customer relationship “GE” for TCS. With an abiding interest in modern software quality methods, he also headed the Process Consulting group.
He was closely involved in TCS’ globalization initiatives for the last several years. He helped in making delivery footprints for TCS in strategic locations like Hungary and China. His role as head of Corporate Resource Management saw centralized processes for mobilizing delivery skills across TCS global operations.
A Six Sigma Master Black belt, Swamy has an exponent of new ways to quality. His speeches in business forums are marked by ideas about new business models, often making innovation stand in subtle contrast to quality.
Swamy holds a Master degree in Computer Applications from Madras University
A fitness enthusiast and regular marathon runner, he lives in Mumbai with his wife Lakshmi and two children.