Leadership

Dr.Pawan Agrawal, PhD in Mumbai Dabbawallas – Part 2

February 21, 2011 By Kiruba Shankar 1 Comment

Here’s Part 2 of the conversation with Dr.Pawal Agrawal who plays a role as spokesperson for Mumbai Dabbawallas.

Dr.Pawan Agrawal has completed his Ph.D thesis on the title, ‘A study of Logistics and Supply Chain Management of Dabbawala in Mumbai’. He has traveled worldwide spreading awareness about the Mumbai Dabbawalas. He has delivered lectures in Paris, Netherlands, US, UK and at management institutions all over India.

The Mumbai Dabbawallas are international figures now thanks to Forbes Global. The Forbes story details the efficiency which with they deliver the tiffins of their customers. Around 5000 dabbawallas deliver 175,000 lunches everyday and take the empty tiffin back. They make one mistake in 2 months. This means there is one error on every 16 million transactions. This is thus a six sigma performance (a term used in quality assurance if the percentage of correctness is 99.999999) – the performance which has made companies like Motorola and GE world famous for their quality.

Lets listen to him more about this esteemed organization. Here’s Part 1, click here.

Dr.Pawan Agrawal, PhD in Mumbai Dabbawallas – Part 1

February 20, 2011 By Kiruba Shankar 1 Comment

Lets listen to him more about this esteemed organization. Here’s Part 1. If you want to watch Part 2, click here .

Prabakaran Murugaiah, Founder & CEO, Corp-Corp.com – Part 1

February 16, 2011 By Kiruba Shankar 1 Comment

Prabakaran is Founder & CEO of Corp-Corp.com, an exclusive portal for IT consulting and Temporary staffing industry. He is the inventor of QFETCH, a resume analysis algorithm that matches the relevant jobs with qualified candidates within 30 seconds of posting a resume.

In less than 3 years his company Corp-Corp.com has reached over 6,000 US companies and generates 40,000 job postings every month.

Before founding Corp-Corp.com, Prabakaran worked extensively in leading online portal, financial services, healthcare and telecommunication industries building mission-critical data mining applications.

Praba hails from a small village near Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu, India. Through sheer hardwork, he has climbed to the position of CEO of a leading IT recruitment firm. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Washington DC, USA.

Chanchalapathi Dasa, Vice President, ISKCON Bangalore and Akshaya Patra Foundation

February 8, 2011 By Kiruba Shankar 1 Comment

Chanchalapathi Dasa is a Vice President of ISKCON Bangalore and Akshaya Patra Foundation.

Chanchalapathi Dasa (former name S Chandrashekar), was born in 1963 in Bangalore, India. While an undergraduate student in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, he became interested in the message and mission of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. Later he joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the Masters program in Electrical Communication Engineering. In 1984 he became a full-time dedicated member of ISKCON, Bangalore and soon became the Vice President of ISKCON Bangalore . He has been involved in the implementation of the various programs of ISKCON, Bangalore as well as the Akshaya Patra program.

Jim Farley, Group Vice President, Global Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford Motor Company

February 4, 2011 By Kiruba Shankar Leave a Comment

Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service, effective Aug. 1, 2010. In this role, Farley is the company’s most senior marketing leader, reporting directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. His appointment marks the first time Ford has a single global leader for marketing, sales and service.

Just prior to this position, Farley was group vice president, global marketing and Canada, Mexico and South America. He had added responsibility for Ford’s operations in Canada, Mexico and South America in September 2009.

Farley joined Ford in November 2007. Since joining the company, he has led Ford’s drive to connect even more closely with customers through integrated global marketing, advertising, digital communications, brand development and research. In addition to his global marketing role, he will lead the company’s global sales and service operations – the first time Ford has a single global leader for marketing, sales and service.

Farley’s achievements at Ford include improving overall operation fitness of the company’s marketing and sales operations, his work to globally align the brand, and integration of the global marketing and sales team. In addition, he was instrumental in positioning Ford’s operations in Canada, Mexico and South America for continued future growth.

Prior to joining Ford, Farley was group vice president and general manager of Lexus, responsible for all sales, marketing and customer satisfaction activities for Toyota’s luxury brand. Before leading Lexus, Farley served as group vice president of Toyota Division marketing and was responsible for all Toyota Division market planning, advertising, merchandising, sales promotion, incentives and Internet activities.

Farley joined Toyota in 1990 in the strategic planning department. He served in several product and marketing positions, including Lexus product planner, manager of Toyota truck product planning, manager of the Toyota truck series team marketing and national advertising manager. He also was general manager of product management for Toyota Europe.

One of Farley’s most noted accomplishments is his responsibility for the successful launch and rollout of Toyota’s new Scion brand. As Scion corporate manager, Farley focused on product development, sales planning, customer services, logistics and distribution. He later was promoted to vice president of Scion and was responsible for all Scion activities.

Farley attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and computer science, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he completed his MBA with a focus in finance. Farley and his wife, Lia, have three children.