Chapter Meeting - February 2018: “Role of Project Managers to Lead and Drive Digital Transformations 2020”

Non-Members $25, Members $10, Volunteers $0.   No refunds will be provided for cancellations. 

Abstract:

Digital Transformation is top of mind for every Enterprise and most if not all have aggressive goals to achieve by end of 2020. Cognitive, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Automation, Blockchain, DevOps and many more will all need to fundamental core requirements for the Enterprise to fuel growth along with staying relevant in their respective verticals. Changes that will have to be driven for Infrastructure (Network, Data Centers), Cloud, Security will be core to executing Digital Transformation. This is an opportunity for PM community to step up to lead these transformations, capture methodologies and proactively play a key role in shaping the fast execution of Digitization across every aspect of the business and of course Globally as well.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand Leadership Opportunity for PM Community
• How to play a proactive role in Driving Digital Transformation at full speed
• Help connect Technical teams with Business results

Speaker:  Sanjay Pal, Vice President of Cloud Services, IBM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Speaker: 

Sanjay Pal serves as Vice President of Cloud Services at IBM which includes Watson, Cognitive, Analytics, Blockchain as well as Infrastructure and Platform as a Service Technical Sales.

Before joining IBM, Sanjay served as the Vice President of Cisco Advanced Services where he led a team of over 1,900 employees. His transformative business strategies have generated remarkable growth across global markets. At Cisco, Sanjay created Global delivery strategy for $3 billion business by driving the success of six Global Delivery Centers in India, China, Mexico, Poland, and the United States. Under his leadership, the organization grew to 3,000 top-talented individuals. He also pioneered the Distinguished Engineering Program, advocates for a diverse workforce through a multitude of women’s and disability-focused initiatives. 

Sanjay has a track record of leveraging emerging technologies and customer insights to pioneer game-changing portfolio of services and profitable business models. His transformative business strategies have generated remarkable growth across global markets.

He is on the Board of Directors for the Council for Entrepreneurial Development and was also recently appointed as the Executive Director of NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) – Research Triangle Chapter, a non-profit focused on enriching the community with education of Board members in North Carolina.

Meeting Agenda

5:30 – 6:30 PM   Networking / Dinner

6:30 – 7:00 PM   NCPMI Business Announcements

7:00 – 8:00 PM  Featured Presentation: “Role of Project Managers to Lead and Drive Digital Transformations 2020”

8:00 - 8:15 PM   Q&A 

New member orientation will be held in the Capital City Boardroom from  5:30 to 6:30 PM