About me

Background:

My current day job is to teach advanced IT management subjects at the S P Jain School of Global Management in Singapore, Dubai and Sydney. S P Jain is ranked among the top 1% of business schools worldwide. I have previously taught courses at the graduate school level at five business schools in Asia.

My passion is to help people and organizations  by being a consultant, or coach or educator.

 What are my credentials?

• I have done a lot of things in my life both in the corporate sector and the social sector.
• I worked in the business side of the IT sector for the most part of my life. I did roles in marketing, sales, management, large scale program management/deployment, consulting and strategic planning.
• I have worked in 5 countries with people from 30 different nationalities.
• I have done over 35 major consulting engagements with banks, telcos, IT vendors and Government agencies across Asia.
• I have led 40 consulting engagements with students for corporates and startups.
• I have spoken at 60 industry events across Asia including prestigious events like CIO Asia and Global Entrepolis.
• I have been profiled on CNBC, BBC, and Bloomberg for my views on various IT industry issues on more than 50 occasions.
• I have trained in Coaching and am an Executive coach.
• I have worked as a counselor and helped people in mental distress through face to face, phone and online forums.
• I am a board member and advisor to several startups in the technology sector in India and Singapore.
• I am a charter member of TiE Singapore and undertake mentorship activities in Singapore.

What have I learnt in the process?

• Over the years, I have learnt the value of becoming a “life-long deep learning”.
• Generally, learning tries to integrate thought and action by using standard mental models.
• Traditional learning attempts to be consistent with the prevailing worldview as much as possible.
• But to really learn with depth, one needs to reach beyond superficial events and current circumstances.
• My aim is to see the larger whole that interconnects with “what is” to the wholeness with a deeper sense of awareness.
• The result is a change in responses to authentic and effective actions rather than just reactions.

 How can my learning & expertise help you?

Three things come naturally to me and they have helped me in my progress. It can help you as well.

• First, I can think in abstract terms by integrating & interconnecting diverse disciplines.
• Second, I can focus on issues with a laser-beam systems thinking approach.
• And third, I think I strategically. What does that mean? Strategic thinking in its basic form is about asking the right questions, which in turn leads to other, equally good questions through a recursive process. Such a recursive process involves thinking in ever-narrowing spirals until solutions become self-evident.

If you think I can be of assistance in any way to you or to your organization, contact me.