Part 1: Preparing for IIFA Global Business Forum of April 24-25, Tampa Bay: Researching The Speakers - Mukesh Aghi, Chief Executive, L&T Infotech Limited
We've been researching the speaker line-up of the upcoming IIFA Global Business Forum of April 24-25, 2014 to be held at Tampa Convention Center, and thought our readers will benefit from our findings and need not duplicate the effort. Here are a few links and extracts with attribution where possible, for your reading or viewing pleasure and knowledge.
Here's an extract from the official bio of Dr. Mukesh Aghi from L&T Infotech
"L&T Infotech: Member of the Board & Chief Executive, Services Cluster
As Chief Executive of L&T Infotech’s Services Cluster, Dr. Mukesh Aghi is responsible for the following business areas: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Travel & Logistics, Media & Entertainment, Testing, Mobility, Infrastructure Management System and Analytics & Information Management."
Corporate website of L&T Infotech
The following is from http://survey.nasscom.in/mukesh-aghi-member-board-ceo-larsen-toubro-infotech-ltd
Picture of Dr. Mukesh Aghi (source: lntinfotech official bio)
Mukesh Aghi leads Larsen & Toubro Infotech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the USD 13.5 billion Larsen & Toubro Group which has a presence in the construction, engineering, manufacturing and financial services markets.
Dr. Mukesh Aghi has over 25 years of experience across diverse industries and geographies. Dr. Aghi has a proven track record of leading various international business organizations. Earlier he was Chairman and CEO of Steria Asia Pacific and Global Executive Sales Director. In his previous role he was founding CEO of Universitas 21 Global a venture of Thomson Corporation. He spent many years with IBM, operating in multiple geographies including India as its President. He was heading Ariba Inc. international operations from California and was instrumental in growing and building JD Edwards & Co. globally. Dr. Aghi received his BA from Middle East College, Beirut, Lebanon. MBA from St. Andrews University and Ph.D. in International Relations from Claremont University in California. Dr. Aghi has competed in over 20 global marathons.
Dr. Mukesh Aghi on LinkedIn
This is from when he was with Steria:
This is Dr. Mukesh Aghi with Joint CEO Vivek Chopra
We gathered from the LiveMint interview above, that L&T Infotech are about $1Billion in revenue, aiming to grow to $3Bn in the next 3 to 5 years, but we are not sure how recent this information is.
Stay tuned for our web findings about more speakers. There's more about the speaker line-up at the event's website http://www.usf.edu/business/iifa/. TiE Tampa Bay, which is supporting USF Business in this event is offering limited edition tickets to its members.