Srikanth Rachakonda

Director, Strategy Planning

Florham Park, NJ

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Accomplished Corporate Development/M&A/Strategy Professional with 10+ years of experience in driving market expansion, creating innovative programs to increase market penetration, maximize international sales, and aggressively close new business targets. Proven ability to deliver on strategic initiatives in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance of subsidiaries and business units. Global Experience with focus on Industrials, Telecom, Engineering and IT services.

Experience

2017 Mar - Present

Director Planning, Fluid & Motion Control

Emerson Automation Solutions / Florham Park, NJ

Global Strategy Planning

Lead and drive strategic growth opportunities with teams through internal development and future product initiatives
Stay apprised of broader industry developments and key business metrics
Identify white space opportunities from technical and market perspectives
Manage complex, cross-functional projects in a highly dynamic market
Executive Communication of strategic and tactical plans

Acquisition Strategy (Acquisition funnel with 100+ candidates,1 deal closed)

Develop acquisition funnel for Fluid & Motion Control group with close coordination with other segment leadership
Monitor trends and conduct internal and external research of companies in served markets and adjacent markets to identify potential synergies between companies, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, or product line

Post-Merger Integration (2 projects)

Define operating model,Drive development of Integration Strategy
Put together Integration Management Office and Kickoff Program
Identify/validate synergy opportunities
Drive development of Day1 /End state vision and Integration blueprints
Establish metrics and measure to monitor integration
Drive development of Integration work plans & budgets
Prepare teams for Day 1 Readiness
Maintain accountability of integration team against targets, budgets and time lines, Stop synergy leakage
Ensure adequate support of tools, process support, etc for smooth transition

2016 Aug - 2017 Mar

Product Marketing Manager

Fluid & Motion Control / Florham Park, NJ

Emerson Automation Solution, Americas

Marketing Strategy

Create product line architecture plan (road map) for products
Manage product and brand promotions, Develop pricing strategies

2014 Oct - 2016 Mar

Product Marketing and Business Development Manager

Emerson Network Power

Product Marketing

Drove Product launch (Containerized data center solution) for targeted customers bringing in revenue of ~$7M

2008 Aug - 2014 Oct

Strategy Planning Manager (Asia Pacific)

Emerson Automation SolutionsFluid & Motion ControlEmerson Network Power / Hong Kong

Identified, evaluated and pursued key acquisition/disinvestment target candidates in alignment with strategic direction (Including recommending Synergy Valuation, Acquisition planning, deal structuring to Company Board)
Drove Post Merger Integration activities across different functions including IT systems and ~800 Head count resources across 9 countries and turnover of ~$50M business
Develop key strategic communication material for Asia Pacific President - particularly those to be presented to Board Members, Key Management and other Key Stakeholders

Education

2006 - 2008