Dr.Raghu Korrapati

A passionate educator, mentor to many, and scholar practitioner

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“A passionate educator, mentor to many, and scholar practitioner, Dr. Raghu Korrapati has 30+ years of varied global business expertise.”
He has served in key management roles in India and the USA. He is distinguished by his enthusiasm for teaching, vast learning, and bringing unbridled enthusiasm to all of his engagements. In addition to being an active participant in the Information Technology industry, Dr. Korrapati also served as the Commissioner for Higher Education in South Carolina, USA, an appointment by the State's Legislature representing the Second Congressional District.In his various roles as a senior executive with some of the world's best companies, he has combined his vast academic knowledge with industry experience to lead the design, development and implementation of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions to meet challenging business needs.

He is held in very high regard in industry circles for successfully implementing new software solutions and software product enhancements in the Financial Services/Insurance Sector and for constantly exceeding customer's expectations. Widely considered as a pioneer in sophisticated client-server and web-based technology, he has proven himself as a process-oriented leader whose ability to consistently create infrastructure and streamline operations has resulted in significant cost savings, increased quality, and increased profitability.

Dr Korrapati believes in the power of communication to bridge all kinds of barriers, and that is what has made him successful in all kinds of cultural as well as functional contexts. His outstanding oratorical skills make him hugely popular among executive management, peers, users and staff. CEOs have always turned to him to solve complex problems requiring deep understanding of not just the industry and client, but also of human behavior.

It is not surprising, then, that he also an award-winning graduate faculty and scholar-practitioner. Students across the US and India consider him their lifelong teacher/mentor and he never fails to reach out to those who seek his guidance.

Expertise

Dr. Korrapati firmly believes that education is a catalyst for human transformation.

EXPERTISE

Strategic Planning & Re-engineering
Budgetary Planning & Control
Software Project Planning, Design & Mgmt
Software Development Life Cycle & Implementation
Guidance and Teaching to Ph.D Research Students
Baldrige Assessment Quality Criteria (MBNQA)
Process & Procedures Re-engineering
Standards & Regulatory Adherence
Six Sigma & Capability Maturity Models
Research on Leadership Styles and Software Project Success
Program Management and Leadership

DESIGNATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS

Chartered Engineer (CE)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
Graduate of the renowned Leadership South Carolina Programme
Alumnus of South Carolina Executive Institute
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiner (2005, 2006, and 2008)
State of South Carolina Quality Award Examiner (2005 and 2006)
Elected Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE) and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (FIETE)
Fellow of Institution of Valuers (FIV)

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

D.Sc (Doctor of Science) in Computer Science and Engineering
D.Litt (Doctor of Literature) in Business Administration
D.Litt (Doctor of Literature) in Telugu
Ph.D in Computer Information Systems
Ph.D in Commerce and Management
Masters in Computer Sciences, Management, and Business Administration
M.B.A. in Business Administration
M.Phil in Management
M.S in Computer Science
M.Tech in Computer Science and Technology
M.A in Journalism and Mass Communications
M.A in Philosophy
M.A in Religion
M.A in Sanskrit
M.A in Telugu
M.A in History
M.A in Astro Science
LLB in Law
LLM in American Laws
LLM in Corporate Law
B.L in General Law
B.E. in Engineering

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