Abhi Mishra
Vice President, International D&IT | Managing Director, Polaris India
Polaris Inc.•Greater Bengaluru Area, India
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I am currently the Vice President of International Digital & IT, accountable for all D&IT work for our International subsidiaries at Polaris across LATAM, EMEA and APAC. In addition, I am also the Managing Director for Polaris India, heading their 400+ people GCC out of Bangalore. Prior to Polaris, while at Motorola Solutions, I have shouldered multiple key responsibilities including: 1. APAC IT Lead for Motorola Solutions (MSI) 2. Global Supplier Governance Lead for MSI IT 3. Global MSI Applications Operations Lead In addition, I have managed the following roles for Motorola: Asia Pacific Sites Operations, Global Applications & Database Technologies Operations, EIM & eBusiness Operations. Prior to the above, I have program managed large global initiatives for Motorola in the EIM/Business Intelligence and Product Life cycle Management space, and also been the solutions guy for such programs. Throughout the above, I have dealt with numerous outsourcing partners to grow and mature our service delivery strategy with them in core Build and Run arenas for IT. In addition, I also have some critical experience in consulting when I started my professional career. In terms of education, I have an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), with a specialization in Management & Strategy, and Marketing. In addition, I also have a Master's degree in Engineering and an Associate Master's degree in Project Management. Specialties: IT Strategy IT Operations Offshore Delivery Technology Consulting Business Intelligence Product Life cycle Management
Career Timeline
- Polaris Inc.CurrentJul 2015–Present· 11 yrs 4 mos
- Vice President, International Digital & Information Technology, Managing Director, Polaris IndiaCurrent2026–Present
- Managing Director, Polaris India and International D&ITOct 2023–2026
- Senior Director, Digital and IT APAC, Polaris Bangalore GCCFeb 2018–Sep 2023
- Director, Digital & IT, APAC regionJul 2015–Feb 2018
- Nov 2014–Jun 2015· 7 mos
- APAC IT OperationsNov 2014–Jun 2015
- Oct 2010–Oct 2014· 4 yrs
- Global Operations Supplier Governance & APAC IT Operations LeadMar 2013–Oct 2014
- Asia Pacific Regional IT LeadMay 2012–Feb 2013
- Senior IT Manager - Asia Pacific Site OperationsFeb 2011–Dec 2012
- Senior IT Manager: Back-office Applications and Database OperationsOct 2010–2011
- Feb 2001–Sep 2010· 9 yrs 7 mos
- Senior IT Manager - eBusiness and EIM Operations2008–Sep 2010
- Senior IT Manager - Enterprise Information Management / Business IntelligenceNov 2006–2008
- Program Manager, Enterprise Information Management (EIM)2006–Nov 2006
- Application Lead, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)2004–Dec 2005
- Project Manager, Mobile Devices Business (MDB), ITFeb 2001–Dec 2003
- Jun 1999–Feb 2001· 1 yr 8 mos
- Consultant, ImplementationJun 1999–Feb 2001
Education
MBA
Management & Strategy, and Marketing
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMS
Mechanical Engineering
University of CincinnatiBachelor of Engineering
Mechanical
Pune University