Diverse Industries

Excellence Across Continents

With over four decades of global leadership positions in renowned companies, Gowri S Ramani brings a wealth of experience spanning technology, quality management, coaching, and board roles, complemented by extensive industry recognition and coaching credentials.

Leading across Cultures

International Corporate Experience

Having held global leadership roles across American and European MNCs, she excelled in building and leading multicultural teams worldwide. She adeptly crafted diverse, distributed, and specialized teams across multiple companies.

HP, Nokia, Infosys

HP, Nokia, Infosys

  • 35 years of leadership experience in American and European MNCs
  • Worked in notable companies including Hewlett-Packard, Borland Software, Philips (NXP) Semiconductors, Nokia Networks, Metricstream, and Infosys Technologies
Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Boundaries

  • Lived and worked in 4 different countries – India, USA, UK, and Singapore
  • Collaborated with teams in about 20 other countries globally
  • Worked with multicultural teams across the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Asia
Multiple Hats

Global Leadership Roles

  • Chief Quality Officer & Global VP at MetricStream
  • Associate Vice President at Infosys
  • Senior Director & Head of Global Services Quality at Nokia Networks
  • Director Business Excellence at NXP (previously Philips) Semiconductors
  • Leader in Large Complex Technology Development and Implementation projects at CMC (now part of TCS)
Multi-Skilled

Recognized for Strengths

  • Strategic Visioning & Planning
  • Governance & Compliance
  • Organizational Development
  • Change Management
  • Strategic Quality Management
  • Leadership Development
  • Board Leadership - Strategy
  • Broad multi-cultural exposure
  • Mergers & Restructuring
End-to-End Excellence

Systemic Problem Solver,
Change Maker and Facilitator

Mastered Complexity

Led teams in delivering end-to-end complex software solutions, ensuring seamless management from inception to final implementation.

Spearheaded Critical Projects

Led projects like the London Underground Ltd’s Scheduling System and Command & Control Systems for Indian Defence organizations.

Facilitated Strategic Shifts

Led strategic change programs at enterprise level, serving as a change maker and facilitator to drive organizational transformation.

Focus on Business Excellence

Achieved business excellence with operational efficiency, quality focus, and customer success, tailored for businesses ranging from $500 mn to $10 bn.

Innovative and Agile

Diverse Industry Exposure

  • Transitioned from a banker straight out of college to a seasoned technologist
  • Provided full lifecycle service for complex systems in various domains, including London Underground, defense services, and election management
  • Managed P&L for consulting business globally in a technology company
  • Spearheaded strategic enterprise change programs like inserting new value creating functions within existing organizational structures

Volunteering

  • Member Board of Directors at ICF Global
  • Mentor for women in STEM fields at gotara.com
  • Volunteer Coach at United World Coaches
  • Director at ICF Bangalore Chapter

Scholastic Accomplishments

  • Holds 3 Masters Degrees – M. Sc., M. Tech, and an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad
  • Certificates of Advanced Management Programs from Kelloggs School of Management, Wharton School of Business and Fundacao Dum Cabaral (Brazil)
Jan 2021 - 2023

Board Experience at International Coaching Federation

  • Invited to be on the Credentials & Standards Board at ICF, USA.
  • ICF is the largest professional body with over 50000 members and 45000 credential holders across 120+ countries
  • Credentials & Standards Board provides strategic leadership to the standards, competency frameworks, and credentialing process among other areas
  • Vice-Chair of ICF Credentials & Standards Board 
  • Key member of Strategic Planning Task Force and Member of ICF Global Enterprise Board
  • Key contributor to developing strategic plans to make coaching an integral part of the society and help ICF maintain being the Gold Standard in coaching around the world
Learner Forever

Coaching Credentials

  • ICF-MCC or Master Certified Coach
  • EMCC-MCP or Master Coaching Practitioner
  • Advanced Certificate in Team Coaching
  • Certified Executive Coach using Intelligent Leadership
  • Certified ICF Assessor for PCC & MCC credentials
  • Certified Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centred Executive Coach
  • Certified EQ Assessor & Coach (EQi2.0 framework)
  • Advanced Practitioner, Narrative Coaching
  • Certified Coach Supervisor for individual and team coaches
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Recognition

Awards

  • Recognized as one of the top executive coaches in 2021 by CoachingFoundation.org
  • Awarded with an outstanding woman entrepreneur
  • Acknowledged with heartfelt appreciation by the ICF for invaluable contributions while serving on the ICF Board
  • Invited and featured by Forbes on multiple topics around Executive Leadership
  • Felicitated with Community Leadership Award from Carnegie Mellon University Distinguished as the sole representative from beyond the borders of the US and Europe, contributing significantly to the CMMI Expert Group's global initiatives
  • One of the 4 authors of CMMI for Services – A Preliminary Report
Contribution & Collaborations

Professional Associations

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Expertise Amplified

Academics and Certifications

  • Certified Board Member, Institute of Directors
  • Master Certified Coach (MCC-ICF), Master Coaching Practitioner (MP-EMCC), and Advanced Certified in Team Coaching (ACTC-ICF) – among the fastest world-wide to achieve within 5 years of becoming a professional coach.
  • Certified Executive Coach (Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centred Coaching)
  • Kelloggs School of Management, Wharton School of Business.
  • Fundacao Dum Cabaral (Brazil)
  • Several certifications on Quality, Compliance and Business Continuity related standards like ISO 9001, ISO 30000, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, among others.
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