Harish Rao
Harish RaoBusiness Process Transformation & AI Advisory
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EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Business Process Transformation, AI Strategy & Conversational AI Advisor

A practitioner-led profile built across operations, outsourcing, consulting and technology-enabled transformation.

A specialist thread within that broader transformation experience is AI-enabled customer operations: Conversational AI, Google CCAI / CCaaS, Agent Assist, Virtual Assistants, Conversation Insights, AI readiness, operating-model implications, implementation governance, business cases and benefits realization. The emphasis is on making AI work in the operating model — not treating the technology as the transformation.

Transformation experience grounded in delivery.

Harish Rao is a Business Process Transformation and AI advisory leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning operations, outsourcing, consulting and technology-led transformation.

His work has included process and customer-journey assessment, operating-model redesign, AI and automation strategy, transformation roadmaps, business cases, program governance, vendor evaluation and benefits realization across banking, insurance, healthcare, technology, eCommerce, travel and customer operations.

The strongest transformation decisions connect process reality, technology choices, operating-model implications and business economics.
Selected career environments Deloitte · EXL · Infosys · Quantiphi · Concentrix · Accenture · Wipro
WHAT I ADVISE ON

Transformation expertise across strategy, operating model, AI and execution.

Advisory support spans the decisions that determine whether transformation moves from ambition to sustainable business outcomes.

Business Process Transformation

End-to-end assessment, journey mapping, process maturity, benchmarking, redesign, prioritization and transformation roadmaps.

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AI Transformation, Strategy & Digital Transformation

AI strategy, opportunity assessment, Conversational AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, Agent Assist, CCaaS, process redesign, governance, implementation risk and benefits realization.

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Operating Models, Outsourcing & Transition

Operating-model redesign, sourcing strategy, transition, knowledge transfer, stabilization and global delivery.

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Customer Service & Contact Center Transformation

Customer journeys, contact-center modernization, Conversational AI, Voice AI, Agent Assist, digital self-service, human + AI operating models, analytics, governance and value realization.

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Transformation Governance, Business Cases, ROI & Benefits

Business cases, value hypotheses, cost-benefit, ROI, risk, benefits realization, program governance and transformation recovery.

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Product, Solution & Vendor Evaluation

Business-fit assessment, RFPs, AI and CCaaS fitment, implementation complexity and vendor challenge.

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PRACTITIONER FRAMEWORKS

Expertise supported by practical transformation tools.

The advisory approach is supported by reusable frameworks for process and problem decomposition, automation feasibility, technology readiness, organisational readiness and transformation sequencing. Each tool is designed to improve a specific transformation decision rather than simply produce a score.

Explore the five-tool methodology from discovery through feasibility and readiness to an executable, dependency-aware transformation roadmap.

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SPECIALIST FOCUS

Conversational AI & Contact Center AI Transformation

A specialist capability within the broader transformation practice: shaping Conversational AI and Contact Center AI around customer journeys, operating models, human handoff, knowledge readiness, governance, vendor fit, AI business cases and measurable benefits — across Virtual Assistants, Voice AI, Agent Assist, Conversation Insights and Google CCAI / CCaaS environments.

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Expertise should connect to evidence.

Each capability area connects to relevant Case Studies, practitioner Insights and Decision Guides so the site shows the work, thinking and methods behind the capability — not just marketing claims.