Kamesh Kompella

Results-driven and talent-focused senior professional with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing talent development strategies for developing professional skills, boosting staff capabilities, and strategizing roadmaps for outcomes.

Demonstrated excellence in identifying and developing high-potential talent for establishing culture of continuous learning, professional development, and organizational success by designing innovative training programs. Global leader with commendable success as Global Lead/General Manager, Senior Consultant, Deputy General Manager, and Principal Consultant. Equipped with solid expertise in leadership development, executive coaching/mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and employee engagement. Skilled in assessing organizational needs and measuring impact of talent development efforts. Collaborative team player with ability to partner with wide-range of business leaders for rendering growth opportunities and talent initiatives.

Amazon, Hyderabad, India
APAC Lead – Technology and Leadership Training

Execute learning plans in alignment with business requirements, driving technology adoption and defining employee development strategy. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement talent development initiatives, resulting in increased employee engagement and skill development. Grew ongoing program portfolio into new technologies, leadership development tools, operational excellence, AWS, writing abilities, and induction efforts. Oversee all aspects involved in driving learning interventions for technology and leadership in APAC region.

Decreased learning curve of more than 4K employees by overcoming potential skill gaps caused by faster business growth.

Determined and implemented multi-mode learning method for induction programs to match business growth, reducing

50% of new hires to live learning cycle.

Led successful migration of 25 critical instructor-led trainings to virtual sessions, resulting in seamless availability of more than 10K employees to business units.

Onboarded and mentored over 200 Subject Matter Expert facilitators for overcoming shortage of SMEs due to attrition, developing up to 8K professional employees.

PayPal, Chennai, India 2013 to 2019 APAC Lead – Talent Development

Developed and implemented talent development strategy for APAC region. Devised and deployed learning initiatives for employees and new hires through close collaboration with location heads to develop competency-based training modules. Maintained effective coordination across all divisions to assess requirements and talent development needs. Established MTS Summit program for individual contributors to prepare them for leadership roles, providing effective training to technology professionals for developing strong understanding of business, networking, and communication for strategizing organizational success.

Ensured seamless transition of 600 Technologists into Technology Leadership roles.

Planned and created five-week technology bootcamp consisting 500 fresh graduates with 75 NPS; ensuring prompt

availability into business units.

Enabled over 100+ women technologists to get back into mainstream roles within industry by developing and introducing RECHARGE program.

Sopra Steria, New Delhi, India 2010 to 2012 Global Lead/General Manager, Leadership Academy

Led Training & Leadership initiatives for all the global locations of Sopra Steria; designed, established, & assessed training programs; managed global talent development projects, created learning models; ensured continuous increase in the graduation rate for the academy.

Initiated learning interventions on program management for 240 Delivery Heads across France, UK, Germany, & Scandinavia to ensure consistent experience in all locations, post-acquisition/mergers of multiple technological organizations with Sophia Steria

Designed Sales and Key Account Management program for Global Client Directors and Business Development Heads to facilitate the implementation of common Strategic Account Planning methodology across Europe and Asia Pacific Region

Developed comprehensive in-house Leadership Development program for global leaders; the program received NPS of 70

Additional Experience

Senior Consultant | Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad, India
Deputy General Manager | Mahindra Satyam, Hyderabad, India
Manager Learning and Development |NTT DATA (Intelligroup Asia), Hyderabad, India Founder & Principal Consultant | Professional Consultants, India

Pursuing PG Diploma in HRM for Emerging CHRO’s (will complete by December 2024) XLRI, Jamshedpur

Two-year PG Program in Business Administration (PGDBA)

Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Hyderabad

Two-year PG Program in Personnel Management (PGDPM)

Badruka P.G Centre (Osmania University), Hyderabad

Bachelor of Science (B.SC)

Osmania University, Hyderabad