Outsourcing for Professionals : Guest Speakers

Bob Assenzo
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering & Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, 1963–1966.
An association member since 1967, Executive Director of DIA (Drug Information Association), he shares both accounts in an easygoing style, combining industry expertise gained from his former jobs in the regulatory departments of Novo Nordisk and Upjohn with the idealism of a director of a nonprofit organization.

Carlos A. Primo Braga
Senior Adviser, International Trade Department, The World Bank
Mr. Braga specializes in international trade, intellectual property rights, trade in services, multilateral trade negotiations and the WTO. Dr. Braga received a degree in Mechanical Engineering (1976) from the Institution Tecnologico de Aeronautica (Brazil), and an MSc (1980) in Economics from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He holds a PhD (1984) in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Jim Kolbe
The tenth term in the United States House of Representatives
Mr. Kolbe was first sworn into Congress in 1985, becoming the first Republican to represent southern Arizona since statehood. He represents the people of Arizona's Eighth Congressional District, which includes most of Tucson, eastern Pima County, all of Cochise County and parts of Pinal and Santa Cruz Counties.

Dorothy Leonard
William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Dr. Leonard's major research interests and consulting expertise are in organizational innovation and technology strategy and commercialization. She is currently studying the generation, identification, and management of knowledge assets in companies. She has consulted with and taught about innovation for governments (of such countries as Sweden, Jamaica, and Indonesia) and major corporations (such as IBM and Nielsen Media Research), and she serves on the corporate board of directors for American Management Systems and for Guy Gannett Communications.

Dr. Toshiharu Mogi
Global Head of the Strategy Solutions Group, Wipro Technologies, Inc.
Toshiharu Mogi, PhD '96, moved to NYC after completing his PhD at Cornell in materials science and engineering. He used to work for McKinsey and Co. in Stamford, CT, as a management consultant.

Neeraj Nityanand
Sr. VP and Head of Worldwide Marketing & Strategic Alliances for Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Mr. Nityanand educational background includes a Bachelors in Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur, M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Doug Norman
Chief Technologist and MITRE Corporation Section Leader for Air Force Battle Management & Command and Control (BM/C2).
Mr. Norman has an MS in Computer Science from AFIT with specialties in Computational Theory and Artificial Intelligence. He has also completed all but dissertation for the Ph.D. in Neurobiology from SUNY@ Stony Brook.

Basab Pradhan
Senior VP, Infosys (leading Outsourcing company)
Mr. Pradhan received a Bachelor’s Degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, and a Master’s Degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. Infosys Technologies

Diju Raha
CEO of Eximsoft and former Senior VP of Nortel
Mr. Raha is a publicly acclaimed leader in global work, creating Nortel Networks’ major knowledge work outsourcing in 1989, and expanding this capability over the past decade. At Nortel, Mr. Raha served as Vice President for International Research and Development, breaking new ground in India, as well as in China, Russia and Brazil. Mr. Raha pioneered the concept of OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.

Gio Wiederhold
Professor at Stanford University (Department of Computer Science with courtesy appointment in College of Medicine) and advisor to IRS on international intellectual property issues.