Speaker Bio:  

Shyamala Jayaraman
Vice President - R&D, Ramco Systems
Shyamala heads the Technology department of Ramco Systems. Shyamala has complete responsibility for all technology initiatives in Ramco Systems and for Ramco VirtualWorks , which is Ramco’s innovative Software development platform. Shyamala Jayaraman joined Ramco in 1991, and has worked for the last 19 years in the R&D division of Ramco Systems. She has been a key member of various development teams in Ramco Systems. Shyamala has worked extensively on both Microsoft and J2EE technologies. Her R&D efforts have been in areas such as Web Application Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Component based development, Model driven Architecture and Software Engineering. As a culmination of the R&D efforts, Shyamala and other members in Ramco’s R&D group, have filed Several Patents in US and Europe. In January 2002, Shyamala was nominated as one of the Young Achievers for the year 2001 by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) during the CII summit in Bangalore. Shyamala Jayaraman is an engineering graduate from University of Madras in Chennai, India. Prior to Ramco, Shyamala was with PSI Data Systems, Bangalore, during her early years as a Software Professional. Shyamala has received training in South Indian Classical Music. She is married and has two sons.
Sudha Gopalakrishnan
Senior Vice President, Polaris Software
With an experience of over 20 years in the industry, Sudha Gopalakrishnan is currently Senior Vice-President and Head – Business Process Excellence Group (BPEG) at Polaris Software Lab Ltd. As a member of the Corporate Executive Council (CEC), she provides strategic insights to the executive leadership towards achieving organizational process excellence. Her expertise in software process management and process improvements, project / program management and governance models, quality assurance and implementation of CMMI high maturity practices has enabled to define the process improvement roadmap for the organization aligned to organizational business objectives and strategic needs. As BPEG head, her focus is on process excellence extending to all areas of business beyond software engineering. She spearheads the process improvement initiatives of the organization spanning conceptualization, strategy for implementation, training and deployment and institutionalization. In her role, Sudha manages diverse functions within the Business Process Excellence Group such as Process and Certifications, Tools and Automation, Metrics and Models, Customer Satisfaction and Early Warning Management as well as Support Quality Assurance. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS) as well as a certified examiner for IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award (RBNQA). Recipient of the Chairman’s Excellence Award at Polaris , Sudha is a member of SPIN and eWIT (Chennai).
Valsala Vijaykumar
Assistant General Manager, Canara Bank
Joined Canara Bank as Direct Probationary Officer in the year 1979. Worked in Various Administrative and Operational units of Canara Bank in various parts of the country such as CALCUTTA, KERALA, MUMBAI, BANGALORE and now in CHENNAI. Over thirty years of experience in different spheres of banking Activities such as Branch Banking, Development and Marketing, Advances and Loans, Customer Interface etc Also have experience in Administrative functioning , Corporate Strategies, Profit Planning, Management Information System, Balance Sheet and Internal Control, Credit Monitoring, Risk Rating , Bancassurance etc Had the privilege of working in the Chairman & managing Director& Secretariat, which has provided an exposure to the highest decision making processes in the Bank. Also had the opportunity of being a Faculty in the Staff Training College of the Bank which conducts regular in-house training programs in functional as well as HRD and Behavioral Sciences for the employees of various cadres of the Bank from all over the country.
Gayathri Viswanathan
VP Delivery, Maarga Systems
Gayathri “Gaay” Viswanathan has more than 15 years of experience in software development, definition and improvement of software processes, project management and solutions delivery to a global clientele. She graduated with a B.Tech from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS – Pilani), by far the preeminent engineering school in the private sector in India. Gaay started her career in IBM Global Services in India and worked on some of their most prestigious clients including Honda Corporation. Gaay is a founder member of Maarga Systems P Ltd, an organization focussed on providing Enterprise Collaboration and Communication Services around the Lotus Platform. For the last 7 years, Gaay has played various roles in Maarga& Growth and currently heads the technology and marketing team in Maarga. She constantly reinvents herself learning various new skills like Jewellery making, baking, gardening and music. A voracious reader, she loves reading fiction and books on self growth.
Pramila Hari
Center Head - AM, Logica India.
High-Tech executive with a track record of leading global cross-functional teams to improve Client experiences across the life cycle of interactions - Excellent customer handling and relationship building skills About 20 years of Total Experience in IT, 12+ years in Program/Project Management. PMP Certified. Considerable experience in large bid handling across technologies, including scope negotiations, pricing, contract negotiations, re-badging, transition planning and execution. Demonstrated leadership in large Integrated Service Delivery - Hands on experience in Applications service delivery, very good exposure to infrastructure service delivery and Data center migration. Understand integration aspects of the two service lines very well. Key strengths include building high-performing teams and aligning global resources to optimize operations and support execution
Devi Jayaraman
VP, Mphasis
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Dhanya Rajagopalan
Senior Business Analyst, ThoughtWorks
Dhanya Rajagopalan is a Senior Business Analyst in ThoughtWorks. She has 7 years of experience. Prior to Thoughtworks, she worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions across various functions of software development. She has worked both in India and the USA and has spent a majority of the time working at the Client& place. Her strengths are client co-ordination and interaction, managing delivery. Having started her career as a fresher with engineering background and worked in multiple geographies and played multiple roles in the corporate ladder, Dhanya would be able to share her experience and the challenges faced in the journey and how she juggled and what she could have done better in retrospection.
Pratyusha Ghosh
Lifecel, .
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Sridevi Sundararajan
Group Quality Manager, HCL Technologies
Sridevi Sundararajan, Group manager, Quality – heads the Six sigma business unit, part of quality horizontals, which support the entire organization on six sigma initiatives, trainings, support in CMMi initiatives on process performance models. Have 13 years of experience . Have participated in many external seminars and events like SPICON, XIME, QQUEST, eWIT et al. Has published an article in CSI on “Creating and sustaining process excellence in an organization”
Sumitra Seshan
COO, 5G Group of companies
Sumitra is the COO of Fifth Generation Technologies India, a product and application development company head quartered in Chennai. A result driven executive, she has 18 years of experience in leading business, marketing strategy, operations, market and business analysis function. She follows a collaborative style of leadership with emphasis on teamwork and performance. In her current role, Sumitra is responsible for strategic and tactical planning and operations of the company. She has deep professional experience in analysing Business Processes and Identifying IT strategies/solutions to provide a competitive edge and improve the operating efficiency, thereby enabling the clients to increase their value and reduce their costs. She also has immense experience working in corporate communication, marketing plans and certain aspects of product management such as product strategy, packaging and training delivery channels. Sumitra has a B.E. in Instrumentation & Control Engineering from GCT, Coimbatore and an MBA from University of Toronto, Canada.
Sadhana Somasekhar
Jt. Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer, Future Focus Infotech
Sadhana Somasekhar, Joint Managing Director, Future Focus Infotech Pvt Ltd, is the Global Head for the organization’s business strategy, delivery & continuity services. She is also hold the office of President, Focus America, Inc., the wholly owned US subsidiary of Focus. She has over 20 years in Business Development and Strategy, in the IT& ITES industry. She is also the Founder Director and Chairperson of Platinum Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. & Platinum Infosystems Inc, USA, now affiliated concerns of Focus. She is a post-graduate in Medical Technology from Mumbai, with a PG (Hon.) in Systems Analysis from the National Institute of Information Technology, Chennai. Prior to her foray into Focus, she has had held portfolios in capacity of Vice President- International Operations, Nexus Computers (P) Limited and Chief Marketing Officer of US-based Kanoon Inc., respectively. She is part of the steering committee for NASSCOM’s Inclusivity & Diversity initiative and was recently awarded the “NASSCOM Special Recognition 2010 Award for extreme patronage rendered to the IT Industry and in particular, for phenomenal contribution to NASSCOM’s various initiatives and forums”. The recognition was for Sadhana’s contributions in the area of Innovation and Inclusivity initiatives. She is the recipient of the “High Intensity Entrepreneur Certificate” by the AllWorld Network @ Harvard University, Boston, USA and has recently been appointed as the Founder Member of the AllWorld India 100 Executive Council. The AllWorld Network was established by Prof. Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School & represents the SMEs globally. In Dec 2010, she was declared as the “Leading Woman Entrepreneur in SME” during the Second Annual Women Leaders in India Awards 2010 @ New Delhi. She was also among the Top 5 in the “Leading Chief Marketing Officer” category for India 2010. In 2007, she was recognized as an “India Athena Award Nominee”, by Athena International, an international awards body for Women in Excellence.