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Sekhar Palanisamy

Business & Executive Coach for Growth-Focused Leaders

Helping Founders and Executives Break Inertia and Build Momentum.

Dallas, Texas

Brief

Sekhar Palanisamy has done what almost no business coach can claim — he’s been a Fortune 50 Director managing 250 people and $40M, AND built and exited multiple companies across 5 industries. He holds 1 AI patents, serves on 4 boards, and has coached 350+ businesses. He knows what it takes because he’s lived it — including the failures.

Who I Help

Founders stuck between $1M–$50M revenue
CEOs scaling from operator to leader
Executives preparing for C-Suite roles
Entrepreneurs facing growth plateau

My Coaching Philosophy

Clarity Before Growth
Systems Before Scale
Leadership Before Strategy
Accountability Before Motivation
ICF Certified Business & Leadership Coach

The operator-turned-coach who’s been where you are.

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Know Sekhar

Director Level Experience managing teams of 250 and $40M budget (16 yrs)
Worked across US, India, Singapore and China Offices
Board Member in 4 mid size organizations
CEO in 2 Startups, invested in 6 Startups
Trustee in 2 non profit Organizations
Invested and exited in 4 Startups (real estate, restaurant, exports)
Owns multi-million real estate portfolio in Texas and India
Failed in X (lost count) businesses
Coach In a book series

Author of The Inertia Trap

What inertia is?
Why businesses plateau?
Your 3 types of inertia (Strategic, Operational, Cultural)
Actionable Steps to Overcome it
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Service Innovators – Using AI for Predictive Case Intelligence

More Info

US-20210406832-A1 ·  Using AI to Resolve Customer Issues 

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ACC Certified Coach -Business and Executive Coach

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Directors Identification Number – DIN 08980258

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19
Years Proven
Corporate and Entrepreneur Experience
10
Business
Invested IN
350
Businesses
Helped

Proven Achievements

Global Expansion
Org Restructuring
Operational Optimization
Crisis and Team Management
Technology Investment Planning
Digital Transformation
IT Turnaround
Change Management
Reorganization
Matrixed Organizations

Demonstrated Experiences Across

Supply Chain Management
Software Delivery
Construction
Real Estate
Franchise and Franchisor
Call Center Operations
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Devlelopment
e-commerce
RE Broker Services
Manufacturing
Services and Delivery
GTM and Marketing
Food and Beverages
K-12 Education

Corporate Achievements

15 Years of Corporate Experience at Dell Technologies, Austin, TX

Started at entry level and served 8 years of Director positions across multiple organizations, managed teams of 250 and budgets of $40M.

Outsourced Manufacturing to Mexico
Worked with China Vendors for establishing factories in Mexico and outsourced computer manufacturing
Culture Transformation - 6000 People
Drove culture transformation of 6k members globally in supply chain and logistics function to break 20 year long DNA to prepare for future.
Led and established 4DX culture and adoption across the organziation.
Order Management Transformation
Led process transformation of order management and led several technology efforts to improve order experience incuding website developments, Artificial Intelligence, Automation and investments.
Agile Transformation
Drove agile transformation across teams in India and Malaysia for faster time to delivery of software projects.
Process Transformation - Call Centers
Drove process transformation function for call centers to enable agent of future, workflow improvements and agent of future.
Artificial Intelligence and Hyper Automation Adoption
Enablement of several AI and automation use cases in area of call center management and field services. This also got TSIA award for Dell Technologies and a patent.
Service Process Management
Drove multiple transformation efforts to improve sales force case management outcomes using process mining and workflows.
On Time Delivery Optimization
Drove improvements to on time delivery of Dell products across North and South America. Identified, vetted and drove improvement projects across 25 touchpoints to achive comitted on time at each delivery.

Ongoing Business Ventures

12 years of experience as invesor, founder, scaling business, exit planning and venture capital.

CEO, Rubber Band Manufacturing
Rubands
Manufacturer of Rubber Bands in India - One of the largest.
Strong distributor network catering to 75% of Indian States.
Owner, Real Estate Portfolio
Trident Investments
Real estate cash flow investor owning multi million dollars of properties
Board Member and Trustee, K-12 Education
Aksharam International School, Aksharam World School
K-12 School with 1400 students and 150 teachers and support staff.
Part of 16 member board.
Founder and CEO, Real Estate Broker Office
Kanish Realty
Coimbatore Citys largest real estate broker.
Established modern MLS and listing platforms in unregulated market.
Grew to 25 brokers in 3 years with 18% market share in the city.
Co-founder - Construction Services Startup
Kanish Plasters
South India's largest wall plastering company.
Provided low cost and low carbon options to green buildings.
Grew the organization to 300 members in 5 years and exited.
Board Member, Prime Vista LLC
Rental Car Company Dallas
Scaled the business from ground up from 2023.

Exited Business Ventures

Co-Founder - Land Development and Builder
Kanish Construction Company
Land developer and builder in one of India's fast growing city.
Completed 12 projects and over 250 homes.
Board Member, Ana Foods LLC
Texas based multi restaurant operator group.
Generate over $5M in revenue with multiple restaurant locations.

Failed Business Ventures

Co-Founder - Online Tutoring K-12
Powerkid Tutoring Academy
Failed to scale and achieve sustainable revenue and profitability.
Corporate Leadership
Entrepreneur Achivement
Startup Scale and Exits
Non Profit Ventures
Certifications & Education

ACC Certified Coach - - 2025
PMP – 2024
Corporate Finance - Certificate Program – 2022
Sales Force Management – Certificate Program – 2023
Global Diplomacy - Certificate Program - 2019
Managing Company of the Future - Certificate Program - 2020
Technology Entrepreneurship – Certificate Program – 2019
Organizational Design – Certificate Program - 2019
Organizational Analysis and Structuring - Certificate Program – 2019
Certified Supply Chain Professional - CSCP - 2015
Masters - Industrial Engineering and Supply Chain Management
Mechanical Engineering
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