Hariprasad Pichai
Partner
Hari supports clients in preparing for the future, driving growth and commercial success in the marketplace
Areas of Focus
Education
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
PgDip, Management
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani
B.Eng (Honors), Computer Science
Past Experience
United Online
Software development
Veritas Software
New product development
Hari is a Partner based in Boston and is a member of the global Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media, and Electronics (TIME) and Private Equity Practices.
Hari serves clients in technology-intensive and converging industries, with a focus on building future growth platforms. He is active in helping communications players, web-scale players and new entrants address digital infrastructure, edge/cloud & compute ecosystem opportunities.
As a member of strategy and growth functional areas at ADL, Hari has made significant contributions to the firm’s thinking on corporate strategy, diversification, growth acceleration, building new businesses, and open innovation with startups.
Before joining Arthur D. Little, Hari worked in new product / service development for technology firms. Hari is passionate about the transformative powers of technology for social good.
Growth in the new normal
As challenging as the current economic headwinds may be, many of these forces are likely short-term idiosyncrasies of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. We believe that several longer-term and even accelerating economic mega-trends will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the global economy in the next five years and must be addressed with immediate and serious executive attention. In this Viewpoint, we cover four global growth mega-trends:
BYE-BYE COMFORT ZONE, WELCOME VUCA
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT GROWTH ON AGENDA
As the global vaccination campaign continues, companies are preparing for the post-COVID-19 economic rebound to rebuild their financial strength and recover ground that they have lost during the COVID recession. Simultaneously, they must also respond to drivers and trends that the pandemic has either induced or significantly accelerated. They must balance the demand surge and digitalization tailwind against supply shortages.
Seizing the IoT opportunity in the 5G era
In light of accelerated industrial digitalization, there is a consensus that the IoT market has significant, yet untapped, potential. This potential seems more reachable with the arrival of 5G capabilities such as vastly improved speeds and reduced latency, all of which are poised to accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions across industry sectors. Over the next few months, Arthur D. Little will publish a series of viewpoints with insights on how to capture and scale this opportunity.
The race to the home butler
Realizing the potential of the Internet of Things with 5G
Despite the hype, the Internet of Things (IoT) has yet to deliver its promised benefits to industrial companies. The advent of 5G removes many of the technical barriers to its successful adoption, accelerating digitalization. However, as this article explains, realizing the potential of the IoT requires businesses to focus first on their needs and then on the available options to implement the best solutions for future success.
Embracing the future
Digitalization of government services
Governments and constituent entities are embracing digitalization to provide user-friendly government services to citizens and simultaneously reduce their cost to offer such services. There are numerous success stories, interestingly some of them are from very small nations but failures abound as well.
A successful digitalization approach should be viewed from the citizens’ experience perspective rather than purely as a large process automation / IT modernization program. A successful digitalization initiative entails:
Telecoms operators and startups: Rethink and reinvent
Telecoms operators around the world are already engaging with startups in an attempt to benefit from their agility, execution speed and disruptive power. However, realizing tangible benefits and value from these initiatives has been a persistent challenge. Fundamental changes to current approaches are required to truly harness the innovative power of startups, young companies and digital upstarts: operators must rethink their business and operating models, reinvent their engagement models, and refresh their processes, governance mechanisms and cultures.
With the Internet of Things (IoT) every- where, can regulation be far behind?
The IoT ecosystem is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, with mainstream deployment already prevalent across many vertical industries. Increased IoT penetration across use cases poses unique challenges for ICT policy-makers and regulators beyond traditional telecom-focused regulatory topics such as spectrum, numbering, and roaming. The complexity and scale of the IoT brings increased focus on elements such as the safety of various stakeholders, new business models, data security and privacy.
Digital Platforms and Services: Operating in the OTT Environment
Over-the-top (OTT) services are considered to be online mobile applications that are typically provided by third parties through app stores and often consume significant mobile network bandwidth. With billions of users, OTT services already have huge scale and still have further growth potential. In this article, we discuss four kinds of OTT services – consumer messaging & voice, mobile gaming, video and music streaming, focusing on the impact to telecom operators and the options to address and benefit from collaborating with OTT players.
The age of collaboration
Technological adoption has never been as fast as today, and many corporates have already suffered from not being able to keep up with the pace of change. Over the past 10 years, an average of 45 companies joined the Fortune 500 every year compared to only 29 during 1986-1995. 65% of today’s Fortune 500 companies only joined within the last 20 years. Startups have played a key role in accelerating this change. Today’s well experienced, well-educated and well-funded startups are certainly here to stay. We will likely see some correction at the high-end range of valuations, but we do not expect any bubble to burst, as fundamentals are intact.
Telecom operators: Open Innovation with start-ups
The latest start-up activity cycle represents not only an accelerated disruption to existing business models but also serves as a renewed opportunity for telecom operators to tap into growth and innovation. At the same time, operators are currently far from being the partners of choice for start-ups, but are rather seen as slow-moving, inefficient, non-decision making and ultimately non-value creating partners.
Hari is a Partner based in Boston and is a member of the global Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media, and Electronics (TIME) and Private Equity Practices.
Hari serves clients in technology-intensive and converging industries, with a focus on building future growth platforms. He is active in helping communications players, web-scale players and new entrants address digital infrastructure, edge/cloud & compute ecosystem opportunities.
As a member of strategy and growth functional areas at ADL, Hari has made significant contributions to the firm’s thinking on corporate strategy, diversification, growth acceleration, building new businesses, and open innovation with startups.
Before joining Arthur D. Little, Hari worked in new product / service development for technology firms. Hari is passionate about the transformative powers of technology for social good.
Growth in the new normal
As challenging as the current economic headwinds may be, many of these forces are likely short-term idiosyncrasies of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. We believe that several longer-term and even accelerating economic mega-trends will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the global economy in the next five years and must be addressed with immediate and serious executive attention. In this Viewpoint, we cover four global growth mega-trends:
BYE-BYE COMFORT ZONE, WELCOME VUCA
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT GROWTH ON AGENDA
As the global vaccination campaign continues, companies are preparing for the post-COVID-19 economic rebound to rebuild their financial strength and recover ground that they have lost during the COVID recession. Simultaneously, they must also respond to drivers and trends that the pandemic has either induced or significantly accelerated. They must balance the demand surge and digitalization tailwind against supply shortages.
Seizing the IoT opportunity in the 5G era
In light of accelerated industrial digitalization, there is a consensus that the IoT market has significant, yet untapped, potential. This potential seems more reachable with the arrival of 5G capabilities such as vastly improved speeds and reduced latency, all of which are poised to accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions across industry sectors. Over the next few months, Arthur D. Little will publish a series of viewpoints with insights on how to capture and scale this opportunity.
The race to the home butler
Realizing the potential of the Internet of Things with 5G
Despite the hype, the Internet of Things (IoT) has yet to deliver its promised benefits to industrial companies. The advent of 5G removes many of the technical barriers to its successful adoption, accelerating digitalization. However, as this article explains, realizing the potential of the IoT requires businesses to focus first on their needs and then on the available options to implement the best solutions for future success.
Embracing the future
Digitalization of government services
Governments and constituent entities are embracing digitalization to provide user-friendly government services to citizens and simultaneously reduce their cost to offer such services. There are numerous success stories, interestingly some of them are from very small nations but failures abound as well.
A successful digitalization approach should be viewed from the citizens’ experience perspective rather than purely as a large process automation / IT modernization program. A successful digitalization initiative entails:
Telecoms operators and startups: Rethink and reinvent
Telecoms operators around the world are already engaging with startups in an attempt to benefit from their agility, execution speed and disruptive power. However, realizing tangible benefits and value from these initiatives has been a persistent challenge. Fundamental changes to current approaches are required to truly harness the innovative power of startups, young companies and digital upstarts: operators must rethink their business and operating models, reinvent their engagement models, and refresh their processes, governance mechanisms and cultures.
With the Internet of Things (IoT) every- where, can regulation be far behind?
The IoT ecosystem is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, with mainstream deployment already prevalent across many vertical industries. Increased IoT penetration across use cases poses unique challenges for ICT policy-makers and regulators beyond traditional telecom-focused regulatory topics such as spectrum, numbering, and roaming. The complexity and scale of the IoT brings increased focus on elements such as the safety of various stakeholders, new business models, data security and privacy.
Digital Platforms and Services: Operating in the OTT Environment
Over-the-top (OTT) services are considered to be online mobile applications that are typically provided by third parties through app stores and often consume significant mobile network bandwidth. With billions of users, OTT services already have huge scale and still have further growth potential. In this article, we discuss four kinds of OTT services – consumer messaging & voice, mobile gaming, video and music streaming, focusing on the impact to telecom operators and the options to address and benefit from collaborating with OTT players.
The age of collaboration
Technological adoption has never been as fast as today, and many corporates have already suffered from not being able to keep up with the pace of change. Over the past 10 years, an average of 45 companies joined the Fortune 500 every year compared to only 29 during 1986-1995. 65% of today’s Fortune 500 companies only joined within the last 20 years. Startups have played a key role in accelerating this change. Today’s well experienced, well-educated and well-funded startups are certainly here to stay. We will likely see some correction at the high-end range of valuations, but we do not expect any bubble to burst, as fundamentals are intact.
Telecom operators: Open Innovation with start-ups
The latest start-up activity cycle represents not only an accelerated disruption to existing business models but also serves as a renewed opportunity for telecom operators to tap into growth and innovation. At the same time, operators are currently far from being the partners of choice for start-ups, but are rather seen as slow-moving, inefficient, non-decision making and ultimately non-value creating partners.
More About Hariprasad
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, IndiaPgDip, Management
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science PilaniB.Eng (Honors), Computer Science
- United OnlineSoftware development
- Veritas SoftwareNew product development