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Micheal Smolens, Founder & CEO, dotSUB on Multi-Language Videos

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Michael Smolens had for 30 years set up manufacturing facilities doing business in and with high-risk countries including Haiti, Mexico, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Jordan, Russia and Azerbaijan, creating in excess of 20,000 jobs and directly supporting the livelihood of more than 100,000 people.

During that time, he not only developed a profound practical understanding and appreciation for many of the world’s cultures, but figured out a way to do business in these countries by implementing world class business skills and procedures perfected in one country, and integrating them into a different country, while paying close attention to existing local cultural differences.

The idea of dotSUB was born in early 2004 after viewing the film “Fahrenheit 911.” Michael realized that if one documentary film in English ‘might’ have an impact on a very close US Presidential election, what would happen if all independent and documentary films, television programming and video from all cultures could be made available in all languages – what a powerful impact on the world that would be!

The goal was to create a tool that was as simple to use as the Google search bar, with no downloads, that could engage the power, methodologies and thinking of open source, wikipedia, social networking, creative commons and web2.0 user involvement to substantially remove language and cost as a barrier to cross-cultural communication using video.

It took three years to create the patent pending tool and process, and now dotSUB is integrating its functionality with businesses and organizations in all fields – for anyone using video as an internal or external communication tool. dotSUB is creating the ability and global network to re-purpose this content into all of the world’s languages at a cost approaching an order of magnitude less than using traditional tools and methods.

During its beta launch, dotSUB has entered in partnerships with TED, Pangea Day, PopTech, ICANN, Brightcove, SDI Media. it is playing a leading role in putting the issue of language on the radar screen of corporations and organizations of all types and sizes, and has begun to make a profound difference in reducing language as a barrier to cross cultural communications.

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Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra

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Anand Mahindra is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of one of India’s largest companies, Mahindra & Mahindra.

Mahindra was a co-promoter of Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., which in 2003 was converted into a bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank is one of the foremost private sector banks today. Also Tech Mahindra, a IT part of the M&M group is one of the fastest growing in the industry. Tech Mahindra has recently acquired Satyam Computer Services Ltd. and renamed it Mahindra Satyam.

Under Anand Mahindra, the company launched India’s best loved SUV, the Scorpio, which today has gone global.

He has recently been ranked amongst the most influential men & women in Mumbai by DNA.

Ace Drummer Sivamani Talks about his Life and Passion

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Sivamani is an electrifying performer and one of the leading drummers of India.

I bumped into him at the Chennai airport and pulled him aside for a quick, impromptu interview. There was a Xone shop, the wireless headphones for which he is a brand ambassador. It was inside the airport and we snuck ourselves in for this interview.

His work blends classical drumming styles — he studied with Carnatic master S.P. Balasubramaniam — with jazz and world beats to create a propulsive sound that pulls in many instruments and traditions.

As a child, he says, he drummed on pots and pans in the kitchen, and that exuberance seems never to have left him.

He’s an enthusiastic ambassador for the drum around India and the globe, and a frequent collaborator. A few notable match-ups: Youssou N’Dour, tabla player Zakir Hussain, flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia, percussionist Elvin Jones, and A.R. Rahman, composer of Bombay Dreams.

Kalpana Margabandhu, Director for WebSphere, IBM Software

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Kalpana Margabandhu represents IBM in the CII Women’s Empowerment Committee. With over 25 years of industry experience, she leads the WebSphere mission in IBM India’s Software Lab. She strongly believes for the progress of women in the technical field to be a global priority.

Kalpana is the Chairperson of the award-winning program, Indian Women’s Leadership Council (IWLC). This program’s concern is not restricted for women to just take on higher managerial posts but also technical jobs thereby enhancing their technical, professional and personal development. And Margabandhu believes diversity can only enhance an organisation. With more women and minorities in its management ranks, she says, the company has sharply increased the amount of business it has done with a number of small and mid-sized minority and women-owned companies in the US.

She leads Adapters, WPG (WebSphere Partner Gateway), WDI (WebSphere Data Interchange) and AIM (Application Integration Management) development in India.

Amol Mahamuni, Program Director, IBM Software

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Amol Mahamuni, Program Director, IBM India Software Lab, is responsible for Web Sphere Portfolio product development and University Relations for IBM India. His areas of interest include Telecom, Commerce and Transaction Processing. Prior to this role, he was Technical Resources Manager and had managed various Software Group projects at India Software Lab. In his 20 years of career he worked in IT industry in various capacity, starting off as researcher to developer and now in management. Amol has a Masters Degree (M Tech) in electronics and communications from IT BHU from 1989 batch. He is IBM Certified Project Manager and PMI Professional.