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 The ICON IT Giants evening presents a unique bite-sized session where you will be audience to Chris Middleton, managing editor of Professional Outsourcing magazine interviewing AS Lakshminarayanan, president - telecom, media & hitech business units for Tata Consultancy Services.
Run by Intellect in association with ICON, the series provides business insights that will help you to improve your own company performance. An entertaining format, the questions asked are designed to help you accelerate your own business growth and to also give a glimpse into the strategy and business decisions that have made Tata Consultancy Services a leader in their field.
What is being talked about?
The evening starts with an in-depth interview by our guest journalist, Chris Middleton, managing editor, Professional Outsourcing Magazine, who will question Lakshmi on the key factors that brought TCS success:
• how their growth strategy and business model has evolved and where its headed
• the critical role that leadership plays in creating a successful business
• the challenges of building a fast growth global business
• the biggest pitfalls to avoid
• lessons learnt
Come and join us for this entertaining and thought provoking insight into the strategy that made Tata so successful. The evening will end with a Q&A session followed by networking where you will have the opportunity to meet with Lakshmi.
Who is answering the questions?
 A.S.Lakshminarayanan (Lakshmi) was appointed as President of Telecom, Media & HiTech business units in July 2011.
Prior to this he was Head of TCS – Europe. Lakshmi has led strong expansion of TCS' business in these markets, through a relentless focus on understanding and answering the mission-critical needs and concerns of customers. In particular, he has made sustained, strategic investments into enhancing TCS' services, notably in pursuing and winning large deals across industries in the UK – Europe today represents TCS' second largest market.
Lakshmi is a sought-after speaker on regional and global IT and business developments, appearing in global business publications such as Forbes magazine as well as numerous national news and trade media. Through Lakshmi's leadership, TCS participates in the activities of leading UK institutions such as the Confederation of British Industry, Intellect and Business in the Community, as well as several academic partnerships.
Who is asking the questions?
 Chris Middleton is managing editor of Professional Outsourcing magazine. He is a respected freelance business and technology journalist; an experienced magazine and website editor; the author of several successful books; the commissioning editor of more than 50 books, and a founding partner of Darksome Media.
Chris was the former deputy editor of Computing, where he launched a nationalIT skills forum, and former features editor of Business & Technology magazine which won editorial team of the year during his tenure.
Who should attend?
- Partners and chairmen
- CEOs, managing directors and senior directors
- Marketing and business development managers
- Investment directors
- Industry consultants
- Heads of M&A
Why should I attend?
Members will gain insights into how successful businesses are run and will improve business performance.
Former IT Giants:
Sir Robin Saxby, Chairman, ARM Holdings
Brian McBride, CEO, EMEA, Amazon
Dr Mike Lynch, OBE, Autonomy
John Woodget, CEO, EMEA, Intel
Alistiar Baker, CEO UK, Microsoft
Chris Baker, VP EMEA, Oracle
Sir John Chisholm, CEO, QinetiQ
Andrew Gilbert, CEO Europe, Qualcomm
Dr. Steve Garnett, Chairman EMEA, Salesforce.com
John Brigden, Senior VP EMEA, Symantec
When and where is it?
Wednesday 09 November 2011
Registration: 16:00
Start: 16:30
Cheese and wine reception: 18:00
Finish: 19:00
Venue:
Intellect Conference Suite, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EE
How much will it cost me?
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