Prashant Harish Hari

Mission StatementTo build a fast paced career in the diverse field of Digital Business with strengths in Innovation Consultancy, NPD, operations, client servicing, business development and management in a dynamic brand and co. utilizing all my skills and abilities to the company’s expectations. I work as a global trend-hunter, new media consultant, futurist and key note speaker.

I truly believe that what you do for work you truly have to enjoy through and through otherwise you won’t last long. I have a genuine passion for the Online Field and can put my hand over my heart and say I LOVE the field I work in. I’m constantly increasing my knowledge in the sphere by reading and self teaching myself. I’m a member of and and have worked on over 30+ scalable websites, blogs and communities in my spare time over the last 16 years and have held a number of Mid and Senior positions in the Research, Data and Technology space over the last 13 years.

I'm currently writing my first E-book YOURALITY- How the digital landscape is changing your reality.

Skills & expertise

Innovation SpecialistGlobal Trend Hunter

Keynote SpeakerFuture Studies

New media and technologyWriting

Research 2.0, Data and Online ResearchDigital and Social Media Marketing

Digital and Content StrategyEntertainment Marketing

Work experience

January 2010-May 2012: Technical Services Innovation Specialist at Colmar Brunton (Australia)Working closely with the Director of Technical Services, Community Manager, the DA Manager, Marketing and Communications, third party clients and key internal stakeholders to ensure the seamless execution of a variety of online projects. Passionate about our Online business , Prashant has identified many opportunities for new revenue and by pushing the envelope for how we currently do research in the Online space. An innovation specialist, Prashant plays an active role in the development, implementation and execution of new products and is recognized as a thought-leader in the Social Media space. Prashant is a member, speaker and contributor to the Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS) and Australian Marketing Institute (AMI)

Helped develop one of Austalia's first MROC's (Market Research Online Communities) product Refine the Your Community product, cementing CBR as the regional thought leaders Selling concept to internal stakeholders at CBR and clients Developed and created branding and help further improve designSpoke at all National AMI (Australian Marketing Institute) events

Work experience

January 2008-January 2012: National Online Research Manager at Your Source (Australia)

To work within the Online Department, managing projects, supervising junior project managers, working alongside the Panel Manager for panel growth and retention, working closely with internal and external clients to introduce the most effective solutions in the Online research space

Staff Supervision: Manage online project managers, setting and assisting staff achieve their KAs. Two full time direct reports, 1 half time direct report.Quoting: Distributing and quoting online projects to meet revenue and profit targets. Advising clients on alternative and appropriate approaches to suit methodologies. Also approving all quotes done by staff.Profit Maintenance: Online field projects managed within budget (30% profit) and time frames.

Work experience

January 2004-December 2007: Senior Operations Executive (Online) at Nielsen CompanyPlan, schedule and establish workflow in accordance with established standards and schedulesAchieve our delivery schedules with ongoing emphasis to improve efficiency, accuracy, timeliness and cost-effectivenessMonitor work progress to ensure projects are completed at high standard within specified scheduleEnsure proper project costing, quote all Online costings.Costing large scale and complex multi-country studies by gaining the most competitive quote from external sample providers for translations and sampling.

Strengthening relationships with external translators and sample providers

Work experience

January 2004-December 2007: Senior Operations Executive (Online) at Nielsen CompanySet-up of Online Projects using ConfirmIT software (routing survey specs, quotas, reports)Testing of Online projects ensuring they follow they specified specificationsAchieve our delivery schedules with ongoing emphasis to improve efficiency, accuracy, timeliness and cost-effectiveness, as well as reducing cycle times.Scripting and producing tables and data output using Quantum softwareChecking the data to ensure that produced output is correct.Set-up and testing of “Flash” surveys to ensure data is captured in accordance with internal proprietary offerings.Provide support to Clients and internal Client Service on software queries and data setup.

Personal experience

A highly active technology, internet, media and entertainment geek who has been an ardent blogger and writer for the last 16 years closely watching the digital disruption in relation to its impact across new media, consumer electronics, data & research, marketing, distribution of cinema and TV content and I bring with me extensive, hands-on knowledge and experience of the digital space.

contact

email: prazhari@socialwizz.com

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socialwizz/250904898294028

Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/prashanthari

Twitter: @prazhari

Site: Socialwizz.com