Silicon Valley, California Chapter

GITPRO Public Talk by

Dr.Subramanian Swamy

Economist, Professor, Former Union Minister and Crusader Against Corruption

Problem of Corruption & Black Money

Sources, Impacts & Solutions

FREE Event

http://www.gitpro.org/events.html

 Friday 29nd Jul 2011

 6:15pm-7:45pm (door opens at 6:00pm)

 

Public Interest Talk

Problem of Corruption & Black Money: Sources, Impacts & Solutions

Dr. Swami has been instrumental in exposing 2G scam and Black Money in India. His economic background and the first hand information based on his political involvement and PILs, he is the best person to talk on this topic.

 

Program Details

Introductions

GITPRO Briefs

Keynote address by Dr. Swamy

Question and Answers

 

Speakers Profiles

Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Economist, President of Janata Party & former-Union Minister

Dr. Swamy is a noted economist, a former Union minister of Law & Commerce in India, five-time parliamentarian and Harvard economics professor. With a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. He is a Professor of economics at the Harvard Summer school and has also served as a Professor of Economics in Delhi IIT. He has an authority in economics especially on India and China economies

Dr. Swamy has published many books including “Indian Economic Planning – An alternative approcach” in 1971 and “Comparative Appraisal of China and India (1870-1986)”. His jointly authored papers with Nobel Laureate Paul.

His political career is equally illustrious. His escapades against the Emergency in 1975-77, especially among the US Indian community, are well-known. He was instrumental in normalization of India-China foreign relations between 1978 and 1985. His efforts in getting the Kailash-mansarovar yatra started, mending relations with China are well-known. He served as the Union Minister of Law & Commerce for a brief while in the Chandrashekhar ministry in 1990-91. He served in the Indian government between 1991 and 1996 as Chairman, Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade, with a Cabinet Minister's rank.

He is a leader of campaign against corruption. He has been instrumental in exposing 2G Scam in India and taking it to Supreme Court resulting into the arrest of Union Ministers like Raja. He has been fighting many such cases in the public interest.

 

 

Location:

HP Oakroom Hall, Cupertino

19111 Pruneridge Ave,Building 48, Cupertino, CA

RSVP Requested Event Registrations http://www.gitpro.org/event-reg.htm  

FREE Event

Contact by email at khanderao at gitpro.org visit http://www.gitpro.org/events.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silicon Valley, California Chapter

GITPRO Leadership Talk on

Managing Change; a CIO's perspective

FREE Event

http://www.gitpro.org/siliconvalley.html

 Friday 22nd Jul 2011, 6:15pm-7:30pm (door opens at 6:00pm)

 

Leadership / Management Talk Topic

Managing Change: Technology, Process and People; a CIO's perspective

IT is in the center of a changing world. No business initiative can be executed without the support of technology. But with this change comes complexity and uncertainty. Come and listen to how an experienced CIO has dealt with constant change and how IT copes with changing business needs while required to do more with less.

Benny Kirsh, CIO of InfloBox. Earlier CIO of The Cooper Companies and Kyphon.

 

Take Aways

- Leading IT

- - How we as individuals in an IT organization:

- Deal with constant changing business requirements

- - Minimize business disruption during a technology change

- - - Achieve excellent results while creating buy-in, engagement and motivation

- - Create a company culture of collaboration and sustain effective work standards

 

Program Details

Professional Networking Session / Introductions

Leadership talk from CIO, Benny Kirsh

Presentation on GITPRO

Question and Answers

 

Speakers Profiles

Mr. Benny Kirsh, CIO of InfoBlox and The Cooper, Kyphon and others.

Mr. Benny Kirsh is Chief Information Officer at Infoblox. Prior to Infoblox he was the Executive CIO for The Cooper Companies. He joined the Cooper Companies to lead an ERP implementation and drive a cultural change necessary for a global roll-out. He also led a highly professional IT team in implementing several systems such as financials, distribution, supply chain and others. He instituted a Change Management strategy to create a working relationship based on transparency and accountability. Prior to The Cooper Companies, Benny was the first CIO at Kyphon.

 

 

 

 

Join Indian IT Professionals Network with Each other

 

Location:

HP Oakroom Hall, Cupertino

19111 Pruneridge Ave,Building 48, Cupertino, CA

RSVP Requested Event Registrations http://www.gitpro.org/membership.htm (Do not pay unless you want to be annual member) 

FREE Event

Contact suggested by email at info@gitpro.org visit http://www.gitpro.org/siliconvalley.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introducing a Leadership Seminar by

 

Elizabeth Agnew

A Leadership Coach and Founder of

Integrative Leadership Strategies, LLC

 

 

 

Collaborative Leadership

 

Transitioning from Individual Contributor to a Management Role

 

How to transition from technical role to management role and thrive!  Learn the path to create a smooth, powerful, and effective transition to managing people.

 

You will learn:

·        To be a leader who plays a win-win game

·        The 5 powerful elements of collaboration that comprise an entire working system

·        To stop being a bottleneck for the productivity of your team

·        To build an environment that supports people in being their best selves, resulting in greater integrity, trust, creativity, and productivity.

 

Who would be most benefitted by attending this seminar:

·        Anyone who wants to be a better leader

·        An individual contributor who wants to be manager or transitioning into a management role

·        A project or product manager

         

Tuesday, October 5th  6:00pm-7:45pm

HP Oakroom, 19111 Pruneridge Ave, Bld 48, Cupertino, CA 95014

                                

Program:

6:00pm-6:30pm Registration & Networking

6:30pm-7:45pm Leadership Seminar

 

FREE EVENT

RSVP Register at: http://www.gitpro.org/membership.htm or email bayarea AT gitpro DOT org  408-737-7930

 

About Elizabeth Agnew

Liz established Integrative Leadership Strategies, LLC in 2006 to leverage her engineering background and passion for helping teams develop their leadership skills and collaborate effectively. She felt a yearning to address the growing trend of organizations in technical fields needing tailored leadership development that actually made a difference. 

 

Liz has logged hundreds of hours coaching and consulting with teams and individuals from Genentech, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Google, HP, SETI, Lockheed Martin, VNUS and Sun Microsystems.  Her background includes extensive experience in adult education, team facilitation, and public speaking. 

 

Before becoming an executive coach, Liz was a Project Engineer at Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc., a highly technical engineering consulting firm, where she worked as a structural engineer as well as with the firm’s recruiting, retention and performance evaluation efforts. 

 

A native of New York State, Liz holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and M.S. in Structural Engineering from Stanford University.  Liz is a graduate of Coach U, the leading global provider of coach training programs. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation.  Liz serves as President of SF Coaches, a local chapter of the International Coach Federation. 

 

   

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