Date: Saturday 8/25/2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Title
Silicon Valley Corporate Culture and Management Style
- Abstract
Dr. Chen will be talking about his comprehensive working experience in Silicon Valley, presenting the most dynamic working environment and sharing his management style with all the participants of the seminar.
-Biography
Dr. Chen is the CEO of Silicon Valley International Institute. He is also the President of Silicon Valley Chinese Engineering Association (SCEA). He has more than 20 year’s high tech working experience at Silicon Valley in both engineering and management area. He is a member of NPU DBA advisor committee.
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Introduced by Mr. Rakesh Sondhi
Date: Saturday 8/18/2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Title
the Champion Leader
- Abstract
Based on research and on experience having worked with businesses and sportspeople in Europe, Professor Rakesh Sondhi will be talking about the lessons business leaders can take into their business life. Sport has a unique perspective from which business can learn from - there is always a winner and loser. This fact forces sportspeople to retain a focus which is rarely matched by business leaders. This one-hour talk will look at the key lessons business leaders can take from sport and how they may be applied into the business environment.
-Biography
Rakesh Sondhi, Managing Director of BMC Global Services Ltd (a management consultancy firm specializing in business strategy), Program Director at London Business School, Visiting Executive Faculty at Henley Management College and Professor at Rushmore University in the USA, has 25 years management and strategy experience in senior management positions with blue chip companies, covering financial services, aviation and agricultural machine industries, all over the world. In addition, he has extensive experience of working with the automotive, apparel, IT, Biotech and food sector. He is the author of “Total Strategy”. Rakesh also has a number of non-executive directorships.
Rakesh is a Business Strategy and Change Management specialist whose many years experience in senior management positions in blue chip companies have demonstrated a creative, thought provoking and challenging mind, working in many industry sectors. He is internationally recognized as a leading strategy faculty for Henley Management College. As a former editor of ConCise, an East European aviation journal, he has gained great insight into Eastern Europe and CIS markets. He also currently writes regularly for Management Today SA in leadership and strategy.
Rakesh is responsible for developing strategy and also undertaking client projects related to strategic change management and economic issues for a broad variety of clients. Corporate clients include British Telecom, Ford Automotive, AT&T, Sony, IBM, Boots, Racal, GPT Telecoms, British Airways, British Aerospace, British Aerospace, Intercontinental Hotels, GEC, Unilever, Ericksson, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, C&W, National Power, DASA, Daimler Benz, South African Airways, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, The Compass Group, Thames Water, GulfAir, Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority, DHL, Nestle, Toyota, Nissan, St. Ivel, Volvo, Standard Bank, ULInternational
His current area of focus is the development of learning and leadership within companies as a resource towards implementing a corporate strategy and also the development of profitable growth in organizations.
Rakesh lectures on MBA and Executive programs and has developed a number of workshops for senior executives from all over the world and has provided training programs for international companies and delivered these programs world-wide.
Currently, Rakesh is assisting a variety of SMEs from Scotland, through Scottish Enterprises, on a program of globalization.
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Introduced by Mr. Michael Tang
Date: Saturday 8/11/2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
- Title
Magic Bullets to Supercharge Your Job Hunting
- Abstract
Job hunting could be frustrating: aimless resume shooting, endless paperwork, exhausting online search, nonstop interview questioning. Wouldn’t it be better if you could have some magic bullets to shoot right into the target? Come and join this week’s NPU professional development seminar, and receive a personalized game plan to ensure your success and abolish your anxiety during interview by destroying your limited belief completely!
-Biography
He resigned from Google, the No. 1 best company to work for, rated by Fortune magazine, and got back to Northwestern Polytechnic University this February. He’s been working for it ever since. He is now a passionate key member in student affairs department to help student to become a better person and maximize their potential by bringing out their best selves. He cashed out his own tiny company and came to stretch his vision at NPU in 2004. He graduated from NPU in January 2006 and “Aloha” to a whole year’s adventure and free food in Google until this February. To him, the life is exciting and it keeps unfolding itself with surprise.
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Introduced by Ms. Ping Chen
Date: Saturday 7/21/2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Admission: Free
Location:
Conference Room No. 2, Administration Building
Northwestern Polytechnic University,
47671 Westinghouse Drive, Fremont, CA 94539
Ms.Ping Chen 7/21/2007
- Title
Offshore Outsourcing: Trends and Opportunities
- Abstract
IT and software development outsourcing is currently one of the fastest growing industries. According to the market research firm Gardner, Inc, global corporate spending on the outsourcing of business and technology services will grow to $120 billion in 2009 from $35 billion in 2005 (USA Today, 12/11/06). What are the trends, challenges and opportunities? How can you be better prepared to take advantage of the opportunities? From her personal experience as both the user and service provider of offshore outsourcing, Ms. Chen will share with you the facts and myth from the insider point or view.
-Biography
Ms. Ping Chen is the President & CEO of SinoTech Consulting, Inc., SinoTech Consulting provides world class, cost effective software and IT solutions development services leveraging the best resources in China. She has over 15 years experience in the management of product development and IT service delivery. She served as VP of Engineering for IBsan, VP of eCommerce Solutions at Novation Labs, an on-shore outsourcing company. Her earlier experience includes serving as director or senior manager of RedSwitch (acquired by Agilent), 3COM, Legato and Apple Computer. She has 20 years experience in embedded system, network system, server design and development. She graduated with distinction as a member of Phi Beta Kappa with a Master degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California.
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Topic: How to enter markets where there are strong barriers to entry
Speaker: Mr. Jim Pennella
Date: 7/14/2007, Saturday
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Venue:
Conference #2
NPU Administration Building
47671 Westinghouse Drive, Fremont, CA 94539
- Abstract
How to enter a market in an environment where businesses, such as Coke, have established significant barriers to entry. One strategy to enter markets where existing competitors have established brands that give them power over consumers and suppliers is to establish credibility within a niche market whose needs are not being addressed by the existing competition. This offers the new entrant the opportunity to establish themselves in a market that will not get the attention of existing competitors. After establishing a dominant position within a niche, the new entrant has a basis to back them as they pursue direct competition with the existing competitors.
-Biography
Mr. Pennella is currently a business unit controller at BEA systems. Prior to joining BEA, he held Senior finance positions at Mercury Interactive and NetIQ. Earlier career experience include, PeopleSoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and Mercer. International experience includes developing shared services centers in Ireland, Holland, and Japan. Transaction experience includes acquisitions and divestitures which include Agilent Technologies, Marshal, Web Trends, and Skills Village. He has lead two Significant ERP implementations. He received a bachelor's degree in Economics from Pepperdine University and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Management.
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