Keynote
Radical Progress
Speaker: S. D. Shibulal, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Limited
Date: October 2, 2012
Time: 14: 45 - 16: 30 PDT
S. D. Shibulal, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys, plans to take the audience at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 for a journey through the history of, what he calls, "radical progress."
The great advances of the last century often came about because people were able to look at a field of research or an industry from a new perspective. Today, says Shibulal, the most successful businesses use that same spirit of innovation to drive sustained growth. Infosys is helping companies open the doors for new business models, products, and processes. Those innovations have vast potential to improve both corporations and society.
About Shibulal
S. D. Shibulal (Shibu) is the Co-Founder, Member of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys.
Prior to becoming the CEO and Managing Director, Shibu served as the Chief Operating Officer between June 22, 2007 and August 20, 2011. Earlier, Shibu held a number of senior leadership roles including: Head of Worldwide Sales and Customer Delivery, Worldwide Head of Customer Delivery, and Head of Infosys Manufacturing and Distribution and Internet Consulting practice.
As a co-founder of the company, he was instrumental in the development of Infosys' Global Delivery Model, which established a new standard for the delivery of outsourced IT services and helped set the stage for the company's evolution into a leading multinational business consulting and IT services provider.
As the Chief Executive Officer, Shibu is focused on strengthening strategic partnerships with clients, increasing client relevance and evolving the company's business model towards achieving Infosys' aspirations of becoming the next generation global consulting and IT services corporation.
Shibu is the Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals and the Co-chair of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Committee on IT, ITES and e-Commerce. He is a member of the Board of Trustees, the International Advisory Board and the Metropolitan College Dean's Advisory Board of Boston University. He is also a member of the International Board of Foundation, Globethics.net, the Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC), The Leaders Council of the International Business Leaders Forum and the Global Corporate Governance Forum's Private Sector Advisory Group.
Shibu holds an MS degree in Computer Science from Boston University and a master's degree in Physics from the University of Kerala.