Hari Thalapalli or Hari T, as he is popularly known, serves as Head – Global Marketing & Communications with the India headquartered Satyam Computer Services Ltd , a 2 billion dollar company and India’s fourth largest IT corporation.
Hari has played an important role in Satyam’s growth for over a decade now. Prior to taking a leadership role for Marketing, he spearheaded the Human Resources function.

His notable contribution in HR was not only limited to enhancing the people strength by 14 times in a 9 year span, but helping to segment the ‘associate universe’ and conceptualizing key initiatives and innovative programs, which helped nurture leadership talent within the company at a faster rate than others. His strong belief in a flat, non-hierarchical model saw the company seamlessly scale its 14 level grade structure to a four-layered, role based model.

The institutionalization of Distributed and Real Time Leadership brought attrition down by 33% and increased Associate Delight by 20%. This probably explains Satyam’s distinction of being rated amongst the top two Best Employers in India and amongst the Top 12 in Asia (across Industries), in 2007.  Hari has been adjudged as HR Professional of the Year by an eminent jury, at the Asia Pacific Congress in 2007 and listed as being amongst the Top 40 HR Professionals in Asia by Human Capital Asia
Since end 2007, in his current role in Marketing, Hari brings to fore his understanding of people behavior to drive innovation and visibility enhancing programs for the organization. Pragmatic, with an eye for detail, Hari is an ‘out of the box’ thinker and strategist. He currently operates out of the United Kingdom.
Beyond his day-to-day responsibilities, Hari actively participates in Learning initiatives and is a frequent host to team gatherings, exhibiting his motivational nature in both personal and professional lives.