V S Parthasarathy facilitates Mahindra Group in accomplishing its vision of being amongst the top 50 most admired brands in the world. He is a member of the think-tank of Mahindra Group’s supervisory board called the ‘Group Executive Board’. He is on the board of 15 group companies, and is also a memberof the Global IT Customer Advisory Board at CISCO. Partha started his career with Modi Xerox as a Management Trainee. Before joining Mahindra & Mahindra in 2000, he had risen to become the Associate Director at Xerox. At M&M, Parthasarathy has spearheaded functions like Finance, HR, M&A, IT and International Operations before he was appointed CFO – M&M. Parthasarathy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is Harvard Alumni of the 2011 batch for Advanced Management Program. He has also been part of Mahindra Group’s Senior Management team for Group strategy development, facilitated by Harvard Business School. He has received many accolades and recognitions in the field of Finance, M&A & IT. Some of the notable awards being CFO Hall of Fame from CFO India, ‘CFO of the Year’ 2013 from International Market Assessment (IMA) and the Best CFO of India Award by Corporate Excellence Awards. Less   View all posts

Tom Coleman has worked successfully at many organizational levels in manufacturing, information technology, and process improvement disciplines, most recently at Motorola and Western Digital in positions leading to that of Director of Worldwide Planning and Materials. He has held increasing levels of responsibility in IT at Textron, Abex Aerospace, and at Sloan Valve Company including positions and currently holds the position of Chief Information and Process Officer at the Sloan Valve Company where he is responsible for the Information Technology Group and Sloan’s Business Process Transformation initiative. Tom is also responsible for the facilitation of Sloan’s corporate strategic planning process. Tom has presented at many events related to business process transformation and the role of the CIO. Some of these include those for Gartner Research, Forrester Research, Hammer and Associates, the Center for Research in Information Management (CRIM), the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the Association of Business Process Professionals (ABPMP), and other premium organizations. Tom has also contributed to Gartner, Forrester, and CIO Magazine research and he is a frequent speaker to companies embarking on a business transformation journey. Less   View all posts