Bay Area Outsourcing Event

Technology outsourcing is a trend that has defined and shaped the last several decades of software development. It has contributed to the dramatic growth in technology and has helped keep costs down for companies.

But the success of outsourcing has been due to several confluent factors occurring over this time period, including the high education level and low income level in some countries, the increasing salary, tax and insurance costs of US workers, US tax breaks for offshore outsourcing, and a strong dollar. As these factors shift, has outsourcing outlived its value? Is it time to reevaluate domestic sourcing?

Join us for a discussion on the state of outsourcing today and hear from government organizations, academics, service providers and buyers who are reassessing their outsourcing strategies. This session aims to give business leaders the tools and knowledge they need to determine when domestic sourcing should be part of their overall sourcing strategy.

• Is the gap closing between cost of offshoring and cost of domestic sourcing?
• Does supporting growth of technical workforce in America mean giving up competitive advantage?
• What factors need to be considered when choosing a sourcing location?

Click here to register for the event (space is limited)

Thursday, December 8, 2011
3pm-7pm PST

TechAmerica
Suite 400
5201 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Agenda
3:00-3:30pm
3:30-4:00pm
4:00-5:30pm

5:30-7:00pm

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Registration
Keynote Presentation
Panel Presentations
and Discussion
Cocktail and
Networking Session

Speakers

Dr. Joseph W. Rottman
Associate Prof. of Information Systems
University of Missouri – St. Louis

Rafiq Dossani
Senior Research Scholar,
Stanford University

Dr. Joseph Rottman is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Director of the International Business Institute. Professor Rottman’s current research focus is domestic outsourcing to rural areas of the United States. He has co-authored Successful Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work, and “Field of Dreams, Building IT Capabilities in Rural America”, which was featured in several large financial media outlets including BusinessWeek and CNNMoney. Professor Rottman earned his Doctor of Science in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis.

Rafiq Dossani is a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) and erstwhile director of the Stanford Center for South Asia. His research interests include South Asian security, government, higher education, technology, and business. Dossani holds a BA in economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India; and a PhD in finance from Northwestern University.

Santy Sharma
IT Sourcing Leader – Strategic Sourcing
Cargill, Inc.

Debashish Sinha
Chief Marketing Officer
Systems In Motion

Santy Sharma is the IT Sourcing Lead for the Strategic Sourcing group at Cargill. Throughout his career he has successfully established and led sourcing offices and captives and has managed various aspects across outsourcing relationships. Santy has previously worked at Thrivent Financial, Onward, Tata Consultancy Services and consulted for Fortune 500 / 1000 companies such as Best Buy, GE Capital, Novell, etc. He has an MBA and BE in Engineering from premier Indian institutes.

Debashish is an enterprise services marketing and consulting professional, with 18+ years of service marketing advisory and consulting experience focused on direct business outcomes. He is an industry recognized thought leader in global sourcing for IT services. Debashish is currently Chief Marketing Officer for Systems In Motion, a US based service company. He received his degrees from Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science.