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Ashutosh Giri

Case studies

Systems that had to work at scale

Six projects across retail, hospitality, travel and education. Each one starts with the same condition — systems that grew separately and no longer agreed with each other.

Retail & FranchiseNational salon & academy franchise2021 — 2024

Putting 300 franchise salons on one POS in twelve months

A national salon network ran on hundreds of independent billing setups and no consolidated view. I centralised point-of-sale across 300 stores in a year, turning an estate of separate businesses into one measurable operation.

Stores live on centralised POS
300Stores live on centralised POS
From start to full rollout
12 monthsFrom start to full rollout

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Hospitality & F&BMulti-brand hospitality group2025 — Present

One enterprise ecosystem across a house of hospitality brands

Setting enterprise application strategy for a multi-brand hospitality group — integrating ERP, POS, CRM, CDP, RPA and cloud platforms so that separate restaurant brands run on one coherent data and governance layer.

System classes under one architecture
8System classes under one architecture
Business functions partnered with
4Business functions partnered with

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Retail & FranchiseNational salon & academy franchise2021 — 2024

A payments partnership that made 400+ storefronts visible

Digital payments across a franchise network were invisible to head office. I established a partnership with a national payments provider and drove 400+ deployments in six months, putting nationwide transaction monitoring in place.

Deployments completed
400+Deployments completed
To nationwide coverage
6 monthsTo nationwide coverage

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Infrastructure & TransportMumbai Metro — MMRDA programme2018 — 2021

Building the data centre behind two Mumbai Metro lines

Working contractor-side on Mumbai Metro Lines 2B and 7A, I designed and built the data centre from the ground up — the systems backbone for a construction programme spanning 26.8 km of corridor and running across the better part of a decade.

Data centre designed and built
Ground upData centre designed and built
Metro corridors supported (Lines 2B and 7A)
2Metro corridors supported (Lines 2B and 7A)

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EducationNational salon & academy franchise2021 — 2024

Running ERP and LMS for 60+ academies and 5,000 students

The brand's education arm spanned dozens of academies and thousands of enrolled students across India. I oversaw the ERP running the academies and the learning platform serving the students.

Academies on centralised ERP
60+Academies on centralised ERP
Students served by the LMS
5,000+Students served by the LMS

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Retail & FranchiseNational salon & academy franchise2021 — 2024

Giving 300+ stores their own digital front door

A national brand with hundreds of locations had no coherent local presence. I built a strategy to centralise Google Business Profiles and give every store its own website — turning brand search traffic into store-level demand.

Stores with individual websites
300+Stores with individual websites
Google Business Profile management
CentralisedGoogle Business Profile management

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TravelB2B travel distribution platform2024 — 2025

Hardening IT operations for a B2B travel platform

At one of India's B2B travel distribution platforms, I led IT across multiple offices — infrastructure, security, business continuity and a team — where downtime directly interrupts bookings and revenue.

Platform environments run (Linux, VMware, Windows)
3Platform environments run (Linux, VMware, Windows)
Estate under one operating model
Multi-officeEstate under one operating model

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