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2008 Keynote Speakers |
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Keynote Speakers |
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Kiran Karnik has held the office of President of NASSCOM, the premier trade body and the “chamber of commerce” for the IT software and services industry in India till January 2008. Mr. Karnik has been recognized as the guiding force for the Indian IT industry, especially for his guidance to the industry during the outsourcing backlash. By providing perspective and background information, he has been instrumental in promoting India’s technology strength to the world.
Prior to joining NASSCOM in 2001, Mr. Karnik was the Managing Director at Discovery Networks in India where he spearheaded the launch of Discovery Channel in South Asia in August 1995 and Animal Planet (a Discovery – BBC joint venture) in 1999. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Karnik was Founder-Director of the Consortium for Educational Communication, which was responsible for UGC’s Countrywide Classroom broadcasts and other ICT initiatives.
Earlier, Mr. Karnik worked for over 20 years at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), where he held various positions including that of Founder-Director of ISRO’s Development and Educational Communicational Unit. His work in ISRO involved conceptualizing and managing applications of space technology, and he was a key player in the pioneering India-USA Satellite Instructional TV Experiment (SITE).
Mr. Karnik has served as Special Assistant to the Secretary-General of UNISPACE 82 in the United Nations. He has done consulting assignments for WHO, The World Bank, UN Institute for Disarmament Research, Ford Foundation, and an extended one for UNESCO in Afghanistan.
He has been a member of many key government committees, and is presently a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister. He also has a deep involvement with a number of NGOs in the areas of education and environment, and currently is honorary Chairman of the National Foundation of India, Chairman of Vigyan Prasar and President of India Habitat Centre.
In his career spanning over three decades, Mr. Karnik has been conferred many awards and accolades. He has been awarded the Padma Shri in 2007 and the ‘DATAQUEST IT Person of the Year – 2005’. BusinessWeek named Mr. Karnik as one of the ‘Stars of Asia’ in 2004 and he was selected as Forbes magazine’s ‘Face of the Year 2003’, for being a driving force behind India’s offshoring wave. In 1998, The International Astronautical Federation awarded Mr. Karnik with the Frank Malina medal for Space Education. His deep involvement in the Kheda Communications Project, won wide national and international acclaim, including the first UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication.
Mr. Karnik regularly contributes to various publications and has authored/edited a large number of publications. He occasionally lectures at major national institutes.
A post-graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Mr. Karnik holds an Honours degree in Physics from Bombay University.
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Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM |
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John P. Gilboy is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Upper Deck Companies. With operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Austral-Asia, Upper Deck is the global leader in the sports and entertainment trading card, memorabilia and authenticated products markets.
Prior to Upper Deck, Mr. Gilboy was CIO at Amcor Sunclipse North America. His previous experience includes CIO and Senior Executive roles in large, global entities within diverse financial services and healthcare. He has extensive experience creating and managing successful, integrated offshore supplier relationships. Mr. Gilboy holds a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Redlands, and sits on the board of several CIO and technology provider boards and committees. |
Mr. John P. Gilboy |
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Dr. Selig is 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.
He 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. 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 several graduate courses in the University of Bridgeport. He has authored two books and over 50 articles and conference proceedings. |
Mr.Gad J. Selig Managing Director and Founder of GPS Group, Inc.
Cell: 203 - 521- 9664
E-mail: gadselig@bridgeport.edu |
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Tom Keesling brings more than twenty years' experience in healthcare, technology and professional services consulting to IndUShealth.
He served as President and CEO for hospitals in Kentucky and Michigan, specializing in turnaround services for financially distressed hospitals. His efforts resulted in the creation of high-performance, sustainable healthcare systems that are flourishing to this day.
Subsequently, seeking to further leverage his entrepreneurial skills and avocation in aerospace, Mr. Keesling entered into consultative engagements with companies such as Thomson Consumer Electronics, Gulfstream Aerospace, Caterpillar and Northwest Airlines in the areas of knowledge management and mobile technologies.
His involvement with the US airline industry opened his eyes to the tremendous growth of the southeast Asian economies, and his previous interactions with Indian physicians and entrepreneurs fueled his belief that India held the promise of providing an important extension to the US healthcare system. Eventually, it led to the foundation that he put in place for the creation of IndUShealth.
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plenary session speaker
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Katia Passerini is an Assistant Professor and the Hurlburt Chair of Management Information Systems at the School of Management of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) where she teaches courses in MIS, Knowledge Management and IT Strategy. She has published in refereed journals and proceedings ( Communications of the ACM, CAIS, Society and Business Review, Journal of Knowledge Management, Computers & Education, Journal of Educational Hypermedia and Multimedia, IEEE Internet Computing ) and professional journals ( Project Management Network, Cutter IT Journal, Cutter Benchmark Review), particularly in the areas of computer-mediated learning, IT productivity and knowledge management.
Her professional experience includes multi-industry projects at Booz Allen Hamilton and the World Bank where she worked on information technology projects in Europe, North America and the South Pacific. Dr. Passerini earned both a MBA and a Ph.D. degree in Information & Decision Systems from the George Washington University, USA. |
Katia Passerini
Assistant Professor and the Hurlburt Chair of Management Information Systems
E-mail: pkatia@njit.edu |
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Dr. Christopher Jones, DPhil, MSc, FRSM
Research Associate
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management
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