Key Note Address - January 22, 2009
Amitava Roy - President, Symphony Services India
Speaker Profile
Amitava Roy is President of Symphony Services India and has more than 24 years of leadership experience in the information technology industry. Amitava brings to Symphony Services proven abilities in strategic planning and in the building and management of businesses in a global environment.
Before joining Symphony, Amitava was a senior corporate vice president at HCL Technologies, one of India’s top IT and technology firms, where he had oversight of more than 7,000 people, establishing and managing R&D centers for clients. His achievements at HCL include revitalizing hardware R&D services to become a leading embedded and wireless services business, taking on leadership for Netcentric Technologies division growing it from the smallest to the largest delivery division, and the launch of the enterprise consulting business, which became the fastest growing business in the company. He was also responsible for HCL’s sales and marketing operations for Japan and today HCL Japan is among the fastest growing geographies for HCL worldwide. Amitava was also responsible for the creation of new service offerings, business segments, critical partnerships and joint ventures around the world.
Prior to HCL, Amitava was a founding member of Hughes Software Systems (currently known as Flextronics Software Systems). As a pioneer in what is today India’s thriving product development and R&D sector, he played critical roles in the creation of award-winning enterprise networking products for the parent company and in strategic planning for growth and diversification of the company's business. He also has more than a decade of experience with Tata Consultancy Services, where he last held the position of group manager for its Data Communication and Networking business.
Amitava received a master of electronics and telecommunications engineering as well as a bachelor of electronics and telecommunications engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.