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Off-Shore Out-Sourcing Webinar
Facts, Myths, Practical
Professional Advice & Guidance
A Webinar For Project Managers, Engineers, Programmers and
Executives
Was Held on Thursday,
November 4, 2004, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
A
digital archive of the webinar is still available for purchase
for a limited time for
$49*
A webinar website and
password will be emailed to you within 48 hours of purchase.
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* $30 of your fee can be applied to our live
Conference on November 8 in Minnesota
Off-Shore Out-Sourcing Conference |
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or Download Credit Card/Check
payment
form and fax
back to 1.612.677.3934 or mail check to NetSuds.com, 980 Lake Susan Hills
Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 |
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Webinar
Agenda |
11:00 am
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Facts and Myths in
Out-Sourcing.
Looks at the technology, the job market
opportunities, costs and quality of life issues.
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Vish Subramanian, General Manager of
Consulting,
Netbriefings. |
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Best
Practices In Off-Shore Development
A walk through
of the process of how to actually get the best
results from outsourcing.
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Dr. Rajiv Tandon, CEO, President and
Chairman, Adayana. |
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Case
Studies in Off-Shore Development in India I |
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Uttiya Dasgupta, Director,
Software Development,
IDeaS. |
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12:30 pm
Panel Q&A |
Webinar attendees will be
allowed to engage in interactive, web-based Q&A for the
panelists during the final session of the webinar. |
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Adjourn |
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Instructors & Moderator |
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Matt
Noah, CEO,
NetSuds.
Matt started NetSuds
after leaving ADC in Minnetonka, Minnesota where he worked
in Business Development and the Office of Technology until
March 2000. Prior to ADC, Matt held engineering positions at
Telogy Networks, ACT Networks, AT&T Bell Labs, ITT and
Rockwell. He holds a MS degree in EE from Stanford
University where he graduated in 1981. He has
developed products for international use and has worked with
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Vish Subramanian,
General Manager of Consulting,
Netbriefings. He has
over 26 years of work experience, out of which over 16 years
have been in the IT Industry. He was one of the initial
members of the management team with IMR India, one of the
most successful US-based offshore software development
companies in India. As Vice President of Business Planning,
Vish contributed significantly to IMR India's growth to a
330 people company in less than two years. In addition, as
one of the Financial Managers at Ashok Leyland Finance, one
of the largest non-banking finance companies in India, he
was instrumental in handling and coordinating the company's
IPO in 1986. Previously, he was the Director/VP Finance of
Sunflower India and was the President/Chief Operating
Officer of Sunflower USA. |
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Uttiya Dasgupta, Director,
Software Development,
Integrated Decisions and Systems.
Uttiya has been instrumental in running an effective
software development operation across Bloomington and India
for IDeaS. In his 7 years with the company, he has setup a
software development group for his company in Pune India,
and architected/planned software products and projects for
execution across multiple sites. IDeaS India is now a
strategic partner to IDeaS US, a large part of which is due
to Uttiya’s management and technical expertise. Prior to
IDeaS, Uttiya worked for Texas Instruments (TI) Bangalore,
India from 1985-1992 as one of their first software
engineers; TI was the pioneer in setting up a software
subsidiary operation in India. The success of TI India in
the late eighties led to the “software off-shoring
revolution” in Bangalore and India that is making waves
today. Following TI, Uttiya worked for IBM Global Services,
India from 1992-1996, as one of their first software
managers; in this role he managed the first ever overseas
dedicated software center (ODC) for a foreign client. Uttiya
also worked with Samsung Electronics Corporation, India
from 1996-1997 as their General Manager responsible for
coordinating software development projects outsourced from
Samsung Korea to Indian software companies. Uttiya has
significant experience in both sides of outsourcing, having
worked in both India (in outsourced projects) and in the US
(as an outsourcer of projects). He brings strong
capabilities in strategic planning of offshore operations,
launching and consolidating software development in offshore
locations, architecting software products that are conducive
to design/development/testing across geographical locations
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Howard Latham,
Executive Vice President, Operations,
API Outsourcing.
Howard Latham is responsible for application development,
product management, customer care, and all of API's
production facilities. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt,
Latham leads the company's quality initiatives. He is the
former CEO of VISTAinfo, a publicly traded outsourcing and
technology provider for the real estate and financial
services industries. Prior to VISTAinfo, Latham led the
effort to transform a division of Moore Corporation from a
print provider to an Internet-based solutions provider.
Additionally, Latham spent 18 years with IBM in a variety of
enterprise sales and technical leadership roles. During his
last position with IBM, Latham led product management
activities for the Enterprise and Network Computing Group.
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Dr. Rajiv Tandon, CEO,
President and Chairman,
Adayana. Rajiv brings
over 30 years of experience in business, consulting and
higher education. Prior to forming Adayana, Rajiv held the
same positions at LearningByte International. His leadership
placed the company among the 50 fastest growing companies in
Minnesota for three years in a row. LearningByte was
acquired by DigitalThink in October, 2001. In
academia, Rajiv was Director of Corporate Venturing Programs
at the University of St. Thomas and taught MBA courses in
new venture management. In 1992, he was awarded the Edwin M.
Appel Prize by the Price-Babson College Fellows Program "for
bringing entrepreneurial vitality to academia". The same
year he was honored with the "Excellence in Teaching Through
Innovation" Award by the graduate and undergraduate business
programs at St. Thomas. Currently, he is an adjunct
professor and conducts creative problem solving workshops at
the University of St. Thomas and Nova Southeastern
University. Earlier, Rajiv served as Corporate Vice
President and General Manager of Worldwide Operations for
National Car Rental, Inc. with responsibility for all
operations, sales, marketing and licensees. He also served
as President of the American Car Rental Association.
Dr. Tandon holds a Mechanical Engineering degree, with
honors, from the Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
At the University of Minnesota, he earned an M.S. in
Operations Research, and both an M.B.A. and Ph. D. in
Entrepreneurship. Under a Bush Leadership Fellowship, his
doctoral dissertation in entrepreneurship examined critical
success factors in emerging companies and built a model for
evaluating the success potential of new opportunities.
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Praba Manivasager, CEO (Renodis),
Renodis/Analysts
International. Praba has over 14 years of
experience in the information technology and outsourcing
industry. As an entrepreneur, he has built and sold 3
companies within the past 7 years. Most recently,
Praba was the CEO and founder of Renodis, the first advisory
firm focused solely on offshore. Renodis was acquired by
Analysts International in December of 2003. Prior to that,
Praba was a Senior Vice President and co-founder at
IT-Radar, a B2B marketplace for IT services companies.
IT-Radar was acquired by Gartner Group in 2000, and Praba
served as a Vice President for Gartner's subsidiary -TechRepublic.
As a General Manager and Senior Account Executive at
Renaissance Worldwide, Praba worked with various companies
where he assisted Executives with IT strategies for supply
management, outsourcing and e-Commerce. His thought
leadership in technology and Electronic Commerce enabled
a Fortune 30 manufacturing client to establish their first
commercial B2B internet application in 1996. Praba
earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with a
concentration in Network Communication from the University
of Kansas. |
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