Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy
Praveen Pantula is a seasoned Human Resources professional with extensive experience across HR business partnering, strategy, talent management, performance management, Learning & Development, employee engagement, and organisational transformation. Currently serving as Director at EPAM Systems, he brings a strong track record of partnering with business leaders to align people strategies with business objectives and drive organisational effectiveness.
His career spans leading technology and financial services organisations, including Brane Group, MediaMint, Franklin Templeton, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CSC. He has held senior HR leadership responsibilities covering business partnership, leadership development, talent and performance management, campus hiring, rewards and recognition, HR operations, change management, mergers and acquisitions, and employee relations.
Praveen also brings a distinctive blend of academic and corporate experience. During his time at Great Lakes Institute of Management, he was exposed to leading global thinkers and academics, including Dr. Philip Kotler, C.K. Prahalad, Finn Kydland, Hayagreeva Rao, Paul Prabhaker and Bala V. Balachandran. His interview with Philip Kotler on “Marketing – For, By & To the Employee: An HR Perspective” was published in the Gravity – Great Lakes Quarterly Magazine.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Human Resources & HR Business Partnership
- Talent Management & Performance Management
- Leadership Development & Learning Strategy
- Organisational Development & Change Management
- Employee Engagement & Experience
- Rewards, Recognition & Compensation
- HR Operations & Process Transformation
- Mergers, Acquisitions & People Integration
- Campus Hiring & Talent Acquisition
- Employee Relations & Workforce Management
- HR Consulting & Business Advisory
- Organisational Communication & Culture
Career & Professional Highlights
- Serves as Director at EPAM Systems, bringing extensive experience in strategic HR leadership and business partnership within the technology sector.
- Previously served as Vice President – Human Resources at Brane Group, leading HR initiatives across talent, performance, organisational development and business partnering.
- Held the position of Vice President – Human Resources at MediaMint, supporting organisational and people strategy.
- Served as Global Talent Development Consultant at Franklin Templeton, contributing to talent and capability development initiatives.
- Previously worked as Assistant Vice President – Human Resources at Bank of America, partnering with business leaders to provide proactive HR consultancy and align people solutions with business priorities.
- At Wells Fargo India Solutions, held both HR Business Partner and Learning & Development leadership roles, covering performance management, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, leadership development, learning needs analysis and manager coaching.
- At Wells Fargo, designed and implemented sustained leadership development interventions for first- and mid-level managers, while using performance metrics to evaluate learning effectiveness.
- At CSC India, served as Hyderabad Location Lead for a 1,500+ workforce, managing HR business partnership, performance management, compensation & benefits, rewards and recognition, employee relations, HR communications and attrition analysis.
- Played a key role in the Covansys & FCG integration, including integration of people practices, transition workshops and establishment of HR help desks.
- Began his corporate career in technology recruitment with Adobe Systems India, handling engineering hiring across roles ranging from technical positions to engineering leadership.
- Holds a PGPM in Human Resources from Great Lakes Institute of Management.
- Holds a B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Mathematics & Physics from Andhra University.
- Combines corporate HR expertise with strong academic exposure to strategy, marketing, leadership and organisational behaviour, creating a multidisciplinary perspective on people and business.