Venkataprasad Vedam Email Address

Vice President

Reliance Industries Limited is committed to innovation-led, exponential growth in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and telecommunications.

Reliance Industries Limited - Business Head - MEG P&L responsibility for MEG and glycols. Strategic growth initiatives, cost optimisations, revenue and margin maximisation, trading opportunities, team building and mentoring. Reliance Industries Limited - Product Lead - PTA & MEG Manage and grow Reliance's global portfolio for PTA and MEG. Manage key accounts, product positioning, revenue maximisation, make vs buy decisions and inorganic and organic growth. Reliance Industries Limited - Product Lead - Ethylene Glycols Manage and grow Reliance's global portfolio for mono ethylene glycol and India portfolio for other glycols. Manage key accounts, product positioning, inventories while maximising revenue streams on a continuous basis. 'Ideate' and prepare blueprints for potential future growth areas. Track and drive cost optimisation potential with manufacturing and technology. Reliance Industries Limited - Business Analyst (BT Consultant) Transformation of Manufacturing Business processes for the Refining and Petrochemical operations of Reliance by driving the production planning processes across all manufacturing sites of Reliance Wipro EcoEnergy - Product Management Outperformed quarterly revenue target for the product while successfully launching 2 products with complete competitive, marketing and financial collaterals for Sales. Invensys - Application Engineer Led a team of 5 to develop a ~350,000 USD Operator Training Simulator model for a US-based global Oil & Gas giant. Reliance - Manager As part of management’s strategic diversification and growth initiative, conducted feasibility studies and developed techno-commercial business cases for 4 products while reporting to Sr.VP (Projects-CTS, RGMS). Part of core team of 10 members in commissioning/stabilizing Hydroxyl Terminated Poly Butadiene (HTPB), Iso Propyl Alcohol (IPA - 26 KTA) and Methyl Iso Butyl Ketone (MIBK - 6 KTA) plants. Led a team of 40 members as the Plant Safety Coordinator and achieved 5-star British Safety Council rating. Specialties: Sales and Marketing, Plant Operations, Feasibility (Market) Studies Project execution including scoping, troubleshooting, modeling & simulation and testing dynamic simulation models used as training consoles in refinery and petrochemical units. Product conceptualization, make vs. buy decisions, product costing and sourcing, product pricing, sales and marketing strategy, product development for new applications and adjacencies