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 Suresh Rajpal
He is known for not mincing words.
Three years ago when HP India had begun to emerge as a leader in customer
satisfaction surveys, Suresh Rajpal, the then 53-year-old CEO was quick to
ensure that complacency didn't set in. At his periodic open sessions with
HP employees, Rajpal drilled in some tough truth: "Just remember you
are the cream of the crap, not cream of the crop." No wonder under
his stewardship HP India reached a turnover of $200 million (Rs 950 crore)
in 1999, from $20 million (Rs 95 crore) in 1989.
Rajpal has been a trend-setter of sorts; he
was one of the first industry veterans who, after guiding his company for
years with excellent performances, ventured out on his own. Till recently
he was the president and CEO of Trigyn Technologies, formed in January
2000 through the merger of eCapital and Leading Edge. He had earlier
founded eCapital in 1999 after resigning as president of HP India.
In his usual evangelistic self, he is
euphoric about his new venture, Tecnova Information Systems Pvt. Ltd, a
firm focused on servicing the IT needs of major European and US firms.
Talking about his new venture, Rajpal says, "European firms are five
to six years behind their US counterparts in leveraging Indian software
talent. There is a huge opportunity for my venture to harness Indian
software prowess and match it with their (European companies') customer
needs."
 Srikant Acharya
In a bid to shore up its Indian
presence, Caldera International has inducted Srikant Acharya as the
general manager responsible for managing the company's business in the
Indian sub-continent. His responsibilities include consolidation and
expansion of Caldera's products and services business and also development
and growth of alliances and other partner relationships. A B.E. in
mechanical engineering from BITS, Pilani and an M.Tech from IIT, Delhi, he
has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked with
major companies in India, including organisations in the HCL and Tata
groups. Prior to joining Caldera in August this year, he was the head of
sales and marketing, products division, Tata Infotech Ltd.
 Pramod Saxena
There has been a change of the guard
at wireless technology giant Motorola India. Coming in place of industry
veteran Amit Sharma, who has taken over other responsibilities in the
Asia-Pacific region for the parent company, is Pramod Saxena, the new
country manager. He will be leading Motorola's initiatives for the
wireless and broadband markets in the country. In addition, he will also
be looking at Motorola's cross-business coordination, identifying new
areas for growth and maintaining strategic relationships with the
government and customers. A chemical engineer from Roorkee University,
Saxena's career spans over 23 years in telecom, steel, petrochemicals and
fertiliser industries, where his responsibilities included acquisitions
and mergers, setting up of green field projects and joint ventures and
running business operations. During this period he has largely been
associated with the DCM and Essar groups. As the CEO of Essar Telecom, he
led the company's foray into the telecommunications field and was also
instrumental in forging a joint venture with Swisscom.
Dinesh Puri
As the vice-president and managing
director, Cambridge Technology Partners, India, Dinesh Puri has a vision
to build the Indian arm into a $50 million (around Rs 238 crore) business
over the next three years. With a 'think local, act global' concept, he
wishes to deploy global solutions in India. He was earlier the managing
director, Citrix Systems India, where he was responsible for Indian
operations, including sales, marketing, support administration and
finance. He was also chairman and managing director, PowerTel BOCA in
1996, which was acquired by Citrix Systems. Prior to founding PowerTel
BOCA, Puri was the president of the South Asia International Networks
division, Motorola, where he was responsible for three business units,
namely, paging and telecommunication services, networking and systems
integration business and a factory producing data communications and
two-way radio equipment. To realise his dream for Cambridge, he plans to
make India a major resource base for the parent company and positioning
VPE (virtual project engineering) as a competitive strategy.
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