Kalypso Expands BI&IA Capabilities with New Senior Manager, Prashant Jagarlapudi

April 16, 2013

Beachwood, OH - Kalypso, the world's premier innovation consulting firm, announced today that Prashant Jagarlapudi has joined the firm as a senior manager to help lead the growth of its Business Intelligence and Innovation Analytics practice.

The people of Kalypso are leading business professionals who combine a depth of experience in select industries with unparalleled expertise in product and process innovation. Prashant brings over 15 years of professional experience in product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, innovation analytics and information discovery across product development and quality systems to Kalypso's clients. His areas of expertise include solution development and systems implementations.

“Prashant brings unique capabilities and experience in the areas of Oracle Agile PLM for Process, analytics and innovation management reporting,” said George Young, founding partner of Kalypso. “His expertise and proven track record of delivering business results in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and food and beverage industries will help Kalypso’s clients achieve higher performance from their product development and innovation investments.”

Prior to joining Kalypso, Prashant was the North American capability lead for product lifecycle services at Capgemini. In that role, Prashant developed solutions and provided implementation services to the CPG, high tech and life sciences industries focused around Oracle Agile PLM, Oracle Agile PLM for Process and Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics. Prior to Capgemini, Prashant held management and architecture roles at Oracle. Prashant joined Oracle through an acquisition of Agile Software and Prodika Inc. where he was part of the initial team that built the early versions of Oracle Agile PLM for Process.

Prashant holds an MBA from Babson College – F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor degree in Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology. Prashant lives outside of Dallas, Texas and enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters.

About Kalypso

Kalypso is the world's premier innovation consulting firm, helping clients improve performance, drive profitability and create sustainable results by delivering on the promise of innovation. The people of Kalypso are leading business professionals who combine unparalleled expertise in innovation, product development, and product lifecycle management (PLM) with a depth of experience in the consumer goods, high technology, manufacturing, life sciences and retail industries.