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2010-11 Keynote Speakers

 


Jagdish Sheth
Jagdish Sheth
Dr. Jagdish Sheth Biography

Dr. Jagdish Sheth is a renowned scholar and world authority in the field of marketing. His insights on global competition, strategic thinking and customer relationship management are considered revolutionary.

Dr. Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Prior to this, he was a distinguished faculty member at the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois, Columbia University and the Massachussetts Institute of Technology.

Professor Sheth has published more than 200 books and research papers in different areas of marketing and business strategy. Many of these are considered classic references.

His timely advice promises to aid business leaders looking to develop immediate and long-term strategies for improving their competitive position.

 


Steven J. Bandrowczak
Steven J. Bandrowczak
Steven J. Bandrowczak is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Nortel.

Bandrowczak is responsible for Nortel′s information technology strategy and operations, leading the Information Services group, and overseeing Nortel′s internal network infrastructure, business applications and data security.

Bandrowczak will lead Nortel′s IT department, leveraging the breadth of the Company′s own technology and networking capabilities to transform business networks, remove barriers to efficiency, productivity and growth and create opportunities for new revenues and services.

Prior to joining Nortel, Bandrowczak served as CIO for Lenovo Group, a global producer of PC products and value-added professional services. At Lenovo, he helped lead the company through the initial stages of its $11 billon IBM spin-off in 2005, enacting a 24-month plan to build the company′s IT infrastructure. His experience also includes serving as executive vice president and worldwide CIO for DHL Worldwide, a global market leader in the international express and logistics industry. Previously, he spent 14 years with Avnet in a variety of IT roles, culminating as CIO for the electronics distributor.

In 2004, Bandrowczak was named one of the Top 100 CIO′s by Computerworld. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Long Island University, C.W. Post and is based at Nortel′s New York office.


 



Gad J. Selig, PMP, COP
Dr. Gad J. Selig is the Director, MS in Technology Management and Dual Graduate Business/Engineering/Technology Degree Programs at the University of Bridgeport.

He teaches graduate courses in Business Strategy, Marketing (including Internet Marketing), Information Technology, Global Program and Project Management, Entrepreneurship, New Product Development and Commercialization, Strategic Sourcing and Outsourcing, Leadership and Managing Change and Organizational Development/Managing Change. He has authored three books and over 50 articles. Dr. Selig is also the Managing Partner and founder of GPS Group, Inc., a consulting, research and education firm that focuses on strategic marketing and growth, business and technology transformation, new product development/product management, IT strategy and governance, program/project management and strategic sourcing issues and opportunities. Some of his clients include: ATMI, Air Products & Chemicals, Bank General of Luxembourg, Bridgeport Hospital, BlueShield of California, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cendant, Cigna, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, CA (Computer Associates), Daston Corp., Fletcher Thompson, First Energy (GPU Telecomm.), Fuji Film, USA, GE Aircraft Engines, IAOP, Intel, GSA’s Federal Technology Services, JPMorganChase, Keyspan Energy (National Grid), Peoples United Bank Sprint - Nextel, Purdue Pharma, People’s Bank, Robbins-Gioia, Syracuse University, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, TDK and Verizon. Dr. Selig is a Senior Consultant with the CIO Group. He is also affiliated with TAC (The Advisory Council) as a subject matter expert consultant. Dr. Selig has thirty+ years of diversified domestic/international executive, management and consulting experience with both Fortune 500 and smaller companies in the financial services, utility, telecommunications, software and high technology, manufacturing and retail industries. Dr. Selig has been a Board member of Telco Research, BIS Group, LTD. and AGS. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Academy of Business Administration, and Society for Information Management (SIM), Project Management Institute (PMI), IAOP, ISACA and the Connecticut Technology Council. He holds a Top Secret Clearance with the Federal Government.

 

 



Subbu Murthy
Dr. Subbu Murthy is an innovative and hands-on C-Level Executive, with over 25 years of diverse work experience.

He has established IT initiatives aligned with business objectives and implemented technology and business processes that provide true competitive advantage. As a CIO, he was involved in general and technical management, marketing, strategic/tactical planning, business/product development, operations management and Fortune 500 contract/joint venture negotiations. Dr. Murthy has helped private equity firms acquire small to medium sized businesses by providing an in-depth assessment of business processes and technology. Dr. Murthy has consistently innovated, engineered, developed and marketed technology that provides true value to business. Backed by strong academic credentials, 15 years C-level executive and 10 years application development experience, he has produced successful high quality software applications and products that span the supply side, ERP and customer facing applications built on data warehouses, EAI and analytics.

 


Suman Taneja
Suman Taneja
Mr. Suman Taneja has over 38 years of executive and consulting experience with public and private sector enterprises.

Suman has successfully managed complex multi-million dollar projects in education, healthcare, utility, distribution, state and local government and financial services industries. He has worked with large enterprises (such as Beneficial Corporation, City of New York, Lucent Technologies, Viacom) as well as with mid-market and startup companies in the areas of IT strategy, global resourcing and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), software development, ERP implementation, and business process re-engineering.

Suman worked with IBM Corporation for over 30 years, starting as a programmer and rapidly rising through the ranks of systems engineering manager, marketing manager, project executive to the position of Partner in IBM Business Consulting Services leading a regional consulting practice. During his career at IBM, Suman led various quality circles focused on process and customer service improvements. He won various distinguished awards at IBM for excellence in customer service, productivity improvements and team building. These awards which are given to a select group of IBMers include the Customer Campion Award, National Director of the IBM Achiever’s Forum, Project Management Excellence Award and Professional Leadership Award.

Suman has frequently presented to large groups on technical as well as business topics. He is currently overseeing a multi-year projects aimed at transforming the administrative processes at a large University.

 


Mike Keating
Mike Keating
Mike Keating is a senior executive at Freeborders, a leading provider of management consulting, technology, and outsourcing.

Keating joined Freeborders in 2000 with unique IT, technical, projects and executive management talent spanning over 20 years. Since then, his leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company and he is currently leading global business development. Keating is a highly experienced executive, top echelon consultant, seasoned technology and business professional who founded the Freeborders’ Value Engineering Institute (VEI) and ProfIT methodology that delivers value innovation for clients. ProfIT targets with C level executives to emphasize the return-on-investment aspect of decision making in terms of life-cycle costs to maintain or improve on desired levels of capability and performance.

Under Keating’s leadership, Freeborders won the Forbes and Everest Group Global Outsourcing Excellence award for innovation in global delivery from China. Additionally, Keating led the team to close the largest software development services contract ever awarded to a Chinese delivery firm from a Fortune 500 company.

 


Anita Dhir
Anita Dhir
Anita Dhir is the President & the CEO of Medhira Enterprises

Anita is a systems thinker who emphasizes the importance of gaining knowledge and building relationships to achieve success. She has over 18 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies across the world managing strategic quality and project management initiatives. Anita has successfully planned and implemented project office, training, and process improvement strategies for organizations to achieve SEI’s CMM, Levels 2 and 3. Anita is an Adjunct Professor at New York University and Long Island City University for the Project Management Certification program. She has served on the Board of Directors of both the NYC and Westchester PMI chapters.

As Medhira’s lead consultant and learning solutions provider, Anita focuses on providing project management and operational best practices solutions for her clients based in USA, Europe, India, and Mauritius. This includes outsourcing consulting and training. Anita has degrees in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) and Physics. Anita can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 

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