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Venkatesh Tamraparni

Enthusiast · DISC type i
Senior Director at Infoblox
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Venkatesh is a global procurement leader with over 25 years of experience at companies like Infoblox and BMC Software. He specializes in strategic sourcing, establishing worldwide procurement policies, and driving cost savings. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and completed an executive program at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

As a leader, he champions supplier diversity as a business strategy to foster innovation, resilience, and competitiveness, believing that inclusive sourcing contributes to local economic growth and reflects the communities Infoblox serves.

He has unique experience managing complete infrastructure setups for both private and government sector R&D establishments.

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Experience
36 Years
Current Role
Senior Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Venkatesh shows up

Consensus Focused
Optimistic
Story Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They are generally friendly, so be careful when relying on their word. They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.

Priorities

Topics Venkatesh cares about

Supplier Diversity
He is a public advocate for supplier diversity as a core business strategy to build an inclusive supplier base and support innovation and market competitiveness.
Strategic Sourcing
As the head of global procurement, his focus is on implementing best practices, the right policies, and category management techniques to optimize sourcing.
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Career

Work history

10-2019
Senior Director
Infoblox
9-2016
Director Strategic Sourcing
Infoblox
2-2015 - 7-2016
Sr.Manager - Global Procurement
BMC Software
6-2007 - 1-2015
Manager - Global Procurement
BMC Software
9-2000 - 6-2007
Senior Manager - Procurement, Administration and Facilities
ProactiveNet Software Pvt Ltd
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Education
1983 - 1987
Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
Karnatak University
Executive Education Programme
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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