Sunday, June 20, 2010

Keynote Speaker @WUTLS2010 - Mr. Vinodh Swaminathan


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Mr. Swaminathan is Director, Business Development for IBM’s Intelligent Transportation Systems initiative. He is a member of IBM’s Global Government industry team within the Sales & Distribution organization. In this role, Mr. Swaminathan works extensively with senior leaders within transportation agencies in central, regional, state and local governments. His focus is in helping these clients leverage innovative solutions and business models to drive transformation within the business of providing sustainable public transportation services to citizens.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Swaminathan was a member of IBM’s Corporate Strategy team for almost 5 years focusing on building sustainable big plays for IBM in new and emerging opportunities in Growth Markets like BRIC, ASEAN, etc. Mr. Swaminathan is responsible for the strategy and business development activities that led to the creation of IBM’s Smarter Planet agenda and more importantly several new business initiatives in the area of Smarter Grid, Smarter Water, Smarter Transportation and Smarter Cities.

Prior to his current role in IBM’s Corporate Strategy team, Mr. Swaminathan was the strategy leader for IBM’s Systems & Technology Group, a $20B+ business unit.

Prior to IBM, he has been involved in various leadership capacities in Marketing & Strategy Consulting, start-up ventures and engineering & manufacturing operations.

Mr. Swaminathan has a Masters degree in Materials Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia and a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India.

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