Leadership

Rajesh is the Founder and Principal of Blogworks, a consulting firm, which provides strategic social media solutions to brands and corporates. He is also the Principal Coordinator of IndiaSocial, a knowledge focused community around social media.

A marketing and communication professional, with 17 years of relevant experience, he has crafted marketing, public relations and digital media strategies for prominent global brands.

You can learn more about him at http://www.RajeshLalwani.com

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Michael Boneham is the President and Managing Director at Ford India since June 2008. He reports directly to Joe Hinrichs, President of the Asia Pacific and Africa.

Prior to this position, Michael was the executive director – Operations at Ford India, where he has been responsible for Product Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Quality. Michael has more than 24 years experience in the automotive industry, with comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Ford’s global manufacturing and operations.

In his role, Michael is responsible for the successful and ongoing implementation of Ford Motor Company’s aggressive expansion plans in India, including setting up a new engine manufacturing facility to support local and export requirements, doubling the capacity of the vehicle assembly facility and launch of new vehicles for the market.

Prior to his Ford India posting, Michael served as manufacturing director, Asia Pacific and Africa, based in Ford Motor Company’s regional headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was instrumental in driving significant capacity expansion of Ford’s operations across the region. He was also responsible for the implementation of an integrated regional Quality Operating system, as well as the Ford Production System, which incorporated Ford’s fully integrated manufacturing facilities and operations.

Michael has significant experience in launching key new product for the Company and has held a number of senior international manufacturing positions within Ford Motor Company, including plant manager, Powertrain Operations at Ford Australia; General Manager, Vehicle Operations at Land Rover in the UK; and plant manager of Auto Alliance International, a Ford/Mazda joint venture production facility in Michigan, USA.

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Neeraj is the President, Imaging & Printing Group, Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd.

In this role, he is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the IPG division. He aims to further strengthen HP’s leadership position in India by adding newer avenues and opportunities for the IPG division.
He joins HP with 20 years of experience in managing innovation and building sustainable businesses.

He has been on various senior leadership roles across varied technology portfolios. He brings strong expertise in managing complexity, creating different routes to markets, optimizing coverage, and most importantly leading high performing and motivated teams. He augments his background of managing hardware portfolios with three and half years of services experience.

Prior to joining HP, he was on a leadership role at IBM and was pivotal in building the new Lenovo organization when IBM divested from their PC business in 2005. During his years at IBM both in India and at Asia-Pacific level, Neeraj built an excellent reputation for developing, managing and sustaining successful business investments across various divisions. His significant assignment at IBM includes creating complex technology solutions for major clients across the region.

An engineer from College of Engineering at Guindy, Anna University. He is married with one child.

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With his vast experience & strong leadership skills, Managing Director, Indian Sub Continent – Belkin India Private Limited has played an important role in the growth of Belkin, in the Indian Sub Continent.

Mohit currently leads Belkin’s strategy and business for the Indian Sub continent, besides also being a key leader for the organization across Asia Pacific. His focus areas include enhancing visibility for the Belkin brand across market verticals and geographies, introducing customer centric product innovations to the market, increasing consumer touch & experience across product lines, establishing strong retail partner relationships, streamlining distribution & supply chain logistics and overall, increasing the company’s market share in the rapidly growing CE and IT market in India SC.

Mohit Anand joined Belkin in 2008 and ever since has been instrumental in ensuring that all operations of the company are well managed with the highest level of integrity. It is his vision that has moved Belkin from a start-up to the Market leader in Wireless networking space in India.

Mohit’s previous assignment was as Senior Vice President at Channel [V]. He played an important role in building the channel into the country’s most sought music channel for the urban youth. Mohit spearheaded Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division prior to his role at Channel [V]. At Microsoft, Mohit managed retail, media & entertainment partner relationships and also led the launch of Xbox360.

Acknowledged as one of the Top 50 young business leaders by Business India Magazine (2007), Mohit is also regarded as an Icon in the gaming industry, perhaps, since he is a game enthusiast himself! He holds a Bachelors degree in Science and a Post Graduate diploma in Systems Management.

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