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. _____ 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@isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.