[LIS-Forum] ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5) and (6)

[Athif Mohammed]

ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (5)

"SPI: Strategic & Operational Model"

By

Mr. Sid Mookerji, Global CEO  & Founder

    Software Paradigm Inc.

 

Date and Time:  July 6, 2012     10:30 AM

You are cordially invited

Dr.Shalini R Urs

Executive Director and Professor

 

Abstract: 

 

Mr. Mookerji, a native of Mysore, is a prominent success story in software
industry entrepreneurship.  Using his in depth experience from founding
Software Paradigm Inc., and leading it to global success, he will discuss
strategic issues and operational models that entrepreneurs face while
running their start-ups.  He will also talk about the Outsourcing Industry
overall and India's role in it as well as the specifics of how SPI operates.
He will try to provide a holistic view and the local eco-system for
want-to-be software entrepreneurs in the coming years.

 

 

Speaker Bio:

 

Mr Mookerji has several years of corporate leadership experience in IT and
Business Process Outsourcing particularly for global Retailers. He has
received the Indian government's Excellence in IT Exports award twice. In
2008, he helped secure SPI's placement in the Atlanta Business Magazine's
list of Top Ten Fastest-Growing Companies. He has been honored for SPI's
rapid growth by USPAACC as well as by Inc. Magazine several times.

 

Mysore born entrepreneur Mr. Sid Mookerji made Indians proud as his company
- Software Paradigms International (SPI) has been honoured in the US. The
company has been named in the list of 50 fastest growing companies in
Atlanta, US.
Mr. Mookerji holds a BE (Hons) Electrical and Electronics from BITS, Pilani,
India and an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta School of Business.

 

 

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ISiM Industry Talk Series on Entrepreneurship (6)

"Challenges, Successes, Survival, & Incarnations for an Entrepreneur"

By

Mr. A. Sadhasivam

    CEO 

    Ignis Aerospace & Design Pvt. Ltd.

 

Date and Time:  July 6, 2012     1:30 PM

You are cordially invited

Dr.Shalini R Urs

Executive Director and Professor

Abstract: 

 

Mr. Sadhasivam will bring his rich experience of 20 plus years, as the
General Manager of Wipro Tech Pvt.  Mysore, Co-founder and COO of Majoris
Soft Tech Pvt.  Bangalore, Director of Preva Test Solutions Pvt. Bangalore,
and currently as CEO of Ignis Aerospace Ltd., to talk about the daunting
uncertainties of becoming an entrepreneur, its life-cycle, and what
attributes contribute to becoming a successful entrepreneur.  

 

 

Speaker Bio:

Mr. A. Sadhasivam, with 40 years of IT industry experience, has significant
experience of building organizations from scratch. He has spent 10 years of
his career at ECILin Design; Development and Testing. He was instrumental in
developing Automated Testing Systems (ATS) for in-house needs and also for
Indian Navy. He was the head of micro-computer design and manufacturing
activity for a premier IT organization at a time when computer was just a
buzz word for most of us. 

Subsequently, he had joined Wipro and contributed unmatched value to the
company for over 20 years.  He was responsible for bringing out the first
computer from WIPRO and subsequently managed the Engineering and
Manufacturing operations for next 10 years. He was a key member involved in
technology transfers from USA, Taiwan and Japan for various IT products. 

Mr. Sadhasivam was CEO of Wipro's System Engineering Division catering to
country's Defense, Space and Atomic Energy units and built it to be one of
the most successful and profitable business unit. He has worked on several
strategic programs of Defense, BARC and NAL. He is regarded as the pioneer
in popularizing barcodes in the country. 

He was the key brain behind establishing the Testing Division of Wipro and
nurtured it for 3 years. This division, as strategic business unit of Wipro,
has bloomed in to US $ 500 Million revenue and 7000 employees. 

His stint as the Founder, Director and COO of Majoris Systems was quite
remarkable. He has developed first smartcard based payment systems,
resulting in a business of Rs.30 Million in a year. 

He has a BE from Coimbatore Inst. of Technology and holds MBA degree from
University of Mysore. He is a recipient of Visveshwariah Award by
Institution of Engineers for contribution to Computer Engineering. He is
widely respected in the industry as an able administrator and nurturing
green field organization and building them to international size. 

 

 

 

Athif Mohammed

Assistant Manager 

International School of Information Management (ISiM)

University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, 

Mysore - 570006.

Email- office at isim.ac.in

M: +91 9886772356

Website: www.isim.ac.in

 


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