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Salice Thomas is a passionate and results-driven business professional with an accomplished career in Marketing, Sales, Strategy, P&L management, Engineering, Technologies, Alliances, Joint GTM, incubating new initiatives and in servicing products from chip-to-cloud at a global level delivering impactful results in fast-paced environments. I have over 25 years of extensive business and engineering experience in various industry verticals like Automotive, Media & Telecom, Health care & Medical devices, Printing & Imaging, Semiconductor, Compute, Storage and Retail.... I have established successful business engagements and delivery centers in various continents combining technology, process, operation and innovative commercial models to deliver business impact for my customers.
I have extensive experience in leading cross-functional teams across multiple geographies like North Americas, Europe, LATAM, Japan, APAC, India, etc. Currently, I am the general manager and sector head for automotive engineering business for Wipro Limited and managing Fortune 100 strategic clients globally in the Automotive vertical.
I am an engineering graduate by profession,additionally holds 4 Postgraduate degrees, 3 Postgraduate diplomas, and over 15 certifications in business management, engineering, and operations disciplines. Outside of work, I spend my time in Learning, Traveling, Movies, and social & community activities. I am a permanent resident of Japan and Canada. Things I cares about the most are Diversity, Equality, Poverty & Child Labor.
Residence and language
Salice is a Japanese and Canadian permanent resident. He can handle five languages say English, Japanese, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.
Industry experience in detail
Health Care & Medical devices: 8 Years
Printing & Imaging, Compute, Storage, Peripheral (HiTech): 8 Years
Life science: 4 Years
Automotive: 4 Years
Media & Entertainment: 4 Years
Manufacturing & Industrial Automation: 3 Year
Telecom: 2 Years
Domain / Technology Experience
Mechanical design, Hardware design, Semiconductor/VLSI, Embedded software, Device drivers, IOT, I4.0, Additive manufacturing, PLMs, MES, SCADA, ADAS, SDV, Cloud, AI/ML, GenAI, Application software, system software, distributed computing, Mobile Apps, Quality assurance, CMMI, ISO Standards, Automotive standards, regulatory certification & compliance, Connectivity.
Functional/operational Experience
Consulting, P&L owner, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, presales, innovation, Bid manager, Practice management, Large deal pursuits, Global Delivery Management, Operations, HR, Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG).