Abhi Mishra

Abhi Mishra

Vice President, International D&IT | Managing Director, Polaris India

Polaris Inc.•Greater Bengaluru Area, India

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Experience27+ Years
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Executive Overview

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

Professional employment history
  • Jul 2015–Present· 11 yrs 4 mos
    • Vice President, International Digital & Information Technology, Managing Director, Polaris IndiaCurrent
      2026–Present
    • Managing Director, Polaris India and International D&IT
      Oct 2023–2026
    • Senior Director, Digital and IT APAC, Polaris Bangalore GCC
      Feb 2018–Sep 2023
    • Director, Digital & IT, APAC region
      Jul 2015–Feb 2018
  • Nov 2014–Jun 2015· 7 mos
    • APAC IT Operations
      Nov 2014–Jun 2015
  • Oct 2010–Oct 2014· 4 yrs
    • Global Operations Supplier Governance & APAC IT Operations Lead
      Mar 2013–Oct 2014
    • Asia Pacific Regional IT Lead
      May 2012–Feb 2013
    • Senior IT Manager - Asia Pacific Site Operations
      Feb 2011–Dec 2012
    • Senior IT Manager: Back-office Applications and Database Operations
      Oct 2010–2011
  • Feb 2001–Sep 2010· 9 yrs 7 mos
    • Senior IT Manager - eBusiness and EIM Operations
      2008–Sep 2010
    • Senior IT Manager - Enterprise Information Management / Business Intelligence
      Nov 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), IT
      Feb 2001–Dec 2003
  • Jun 1999–Feb 2001· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Consultant, Implementation
      Jun 1999–Feb 2001

Education

MBA

Management & Strategy, and Marketing

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

MS

Mechanical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

Bachelor of Engineering

Mechanical

Pune University

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Business IntelligenceProject ManagementBusiness ProcessIT Service ManagementVendor ManagementSDLCPMPBusiness AnalysisProduct Lifecycle ManagementSoftware Project ManagementProgram ManagementConsultingStrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipIT OperationsEnterprise SoftwareProcess ImprovementIntegrationITILIT Strategy