LEGENDS AND LEADERS TALK & PANEL DISCUSSION
 

Topic : "Leading Innovation in Challenging Times"
by Mr Arjun Malhotra
Chairman of Headstrong Corporation
Board of Trustees, TiE Global
Charter Member TiE Silicon Valley
 

AN ALMOST SOLD OUT EVENT!

The hungry entrepreneurs are always full of ideas and a determination to conquer the world but they often find it hard to convert their dreams into reality. In today’s fast changing market scenario, the innovative ideas fade away by the time they are converted into workable solutions. The need is to make entrepreneurs aware of opportunities that lie ahead for them and how to convert them into workable solutions. At the same time, they must know the challenges that may come across their path in their endeavour to become successful.

The session is targeted to aspiring entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs; however, the presence of seasoned professionals will indeed make it a true interactive session, worthy to attend.

We would like to cordially invite you to join us with your guests and welcome our visiting Board of Trustees Member, TiE Global, Arjun Malhotra and Chairman of Headstrong Corporation to Singapore for a Luncheon Event.

Headstrong is a global consulting, IT services and business process outsourcing company focusing on the securities industry. Headstrong works in the areas of Equities (Cash, Listed and OTC Derivatives), Fixed Income (OTC Derivatives, FX and Commodities), Enterprise Data Management, Prime Services, Wealth Management and Institutional Asset Management.

Headstrong delivers solutions for Sales & Trading (Client Portals, Market Making, Electronic Execution, Market Data and Pre-and Post-trade Compliance), Post-Trade servicing (Trade Processing, Clearing & Settlement, Portfolio Accounting, Risk and Margin, Collateral Management and Asset Servicing), and support functions like Regulatory Reporting and Compliance.

Their software products are used by brokerage firms – for trading, internal crossing - and by futures clearing members (FCMs) for connecting to clearing houses, real-time trade matching and middle-office functions.

Headstrong clients include 19 of the top 20 investment banks (Source: Dealogic rankings for 2009), large brokerage firms and asset managers. Their capabilities have been showcased in research reports from leading analyst firms like Gartner, Celent, Tabb Group, Forrester and Everest.

The Black Book of Outsourcing rated them the No. 1 overall vendor in Financial Markets Information Technology Outsourcing in 2010 and the American Banker association rated them one of the top 100 global technology providers to the financial services industry.

Headstrong has nearly 4000 employees across 8 countries, covering the largest financial centers of the world, with onshore delivery centers in the US (New Hampshire) and offshore delivery centers in India (Delhi, Bangalore) and Philippines (Manila). Headstrong is a privately held firm whose investors include Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe and the Oxford University.

gantthead.com (a wholly owned subsidiary of Headstrong) is the premier online community and resource for Information Technology (IT) Project Managers. Developed by project managers for project managers, gantthead.com makes its members more successful by offering resources, subject matter experts, deliverables, access to the gantthead.com process library and connections to peers. With more than 300,000 members and growing, gantthead.com is the world's largest community of project managers. gantthead.com is headquartered in Washington, DC.

In April 2011, Genpact acquired Headstrong Corporation, a global provider of comprehensive consulting and IT services with a specialized focus in the capital markets.

Genpact Limited (NYSE: G) is built on a legacy of serving GE for more than 12 years. Genpact enables companies worldwide to make smarter decisions, helping them drive revenue growth, compete more successfully, mitigate risk effectively, and improve operating margins and working capital. Driven by a passion for process and operational excellence based on its Lean and Six Sigma DNA, the company’s 51,000+ professionals around the globe deliver world-class business process management services everyday to its more than 600 clients – from a network of 51 delivery centers across 17 countries supporting more than 25 languages.

Arjun Malhotra
 

A pioneer of the Indian IT industry, Mr. Malhotra founded TechSpan in 1998 with funding from Goldman Sachs and Walden International. The merger of TechSpan with Headstrong has built an end-to-end services organization. Mr. Malhotra led the seamless integration across businesses and cultures, resulting in Headstrong's recognition as one of the fastest-growing IT-based Financial Services companies. Mr. Malhotra has a long string of entrepreneurial successes. He co-founded the HCL group in 1975, taking it from six-person “garage operation” to one of India’s largest Information Technology corporations.

The first leading Indian entrepreneur to relocate to USA, Mr. Malhotra took over HCL's US operation in 1989 and grew it to nearly $100 million annual revenues. In 1992 he ran the HCL-HP joint venture in India, and in 1996 he set up and ran the joint venture with Deluxe Corporation. He consolidated and grew HCL operations in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

Puneet Pushkarna
 

Mr. Pushkarna serves as President of Headstrong responsible for the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to Headstrong, he was co-founder and Managing Partner of TechSpan, a leading Silicon Valley Based eSolutions company, backed by Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Pushkarna has over 25 years of experience in the services and consulting business. At TechSpan, in addition to running US Operations, he was responsible for setting up the collaborative partner program and establishing key strategic partnerships. Prior to TechSpan, Mr. Pushkarna was Head of Business Development at InfoGain, a business solutions consulting organization focused on e-business value chain management. Before that, he spent 11 years with HCL in a variety of senior Management positions.

Mr. Pushkarna is a Charter Member of TiE Silicon Valley chapter. He has been living in the Bay Area for the last 20 years and has recently moved to Singapore.

Mr. Pushkarna is a frequent speaker at industry forums dealing with entrepreneurship and distributed consulting. He has a B.Tech in Engineering from India and an MBA from New York. Besides technology, Mr Pushkarna also holds interest in promoting solutions in the Healthcare and Education sector through mentorship and capital infusion in start-ups in these sectors.

Bhaskar Prabhakara
 

Bhaskar is the Senior Principal for Headstrong in APAC. In this role, he is responsible for developing & growing the Capital Markets business footprint across all of APAC.

A seasoned professional with over 13 years of experience in Capital Markets, Business Consulting & Sales, Bhaskar started his career in ICICI Bank structuring commodity lending products. His move into consulting took him across the Middle East, US & UK geographies. Bhaskar was responsible for setting up iGATE’s capital market business In the UK.

Subsequently he was part of the leadership in growing the Headstrong Europe mandate. He has been responsible for a number of transformational deals globally across many of Headstrong, and CXO Technology + Ops consulting engagements.

Bhaskar holds a bachelor’s degree from IIT Madras, and a Masters (PGDM/MBA) from IIM Ahmedabad . He is based out of Singapore.

Ravi Mantha
 

Ravi Mantha is portfolio manager of global equities in Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest mutual fund company and a leading provider of financial services. Within Fidelity, Ravi is part of Pyramis Global Advisors, the Institutional arm of Fidelity Investments. He is a member of the Select Global team, responsible for managing over $17 billion in assets on behalf of institutional clients worldwide. Ravi is also portfolio manager of the Select Emerging Markets strategy. Ravi joined Fidelity in 2001 in his current position. He has fifteen years of investment experience, having been a portfolio manager and analyst at investment firms in Seattle and London. He is a keen student of history and the lessons it offers for the present and future. Ravi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from the University of Puget Sound in 1993. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Boston Securities Analysts Society. Ravi has interests in several fields. He is active as a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in Boston, and chaired TiECON East 2008. He is also active in the American India Foundation (AIF). Ravi also has literary aspirations. He has just written his debut novel, and is represented by Jacaranda Press, a literary agency. When he is not playing club cricket in London or flying around the world, he spends time in Boston with his wife and young son.