Raj Asava

As the Chief Strategy Officer of Dell Perot Systems, Raj Asava is responsible for the development, enhancement and cascading of the organization’s global strategy.

An Information Technology industry veteran, Raj has a proven track record of success as a strategist, entrepreneur, and a global leader. He has over three decades of experience, working in various geographies and providing innovative solutions to clients in several industries. Raj has led organizational units to optimum performance by leveraging information technology, strategic planning and knowledge management strategies.

Raj has co-authored Planning Guides and Book Reports on the topics of Strategic Business Planning and Enterprise Agility. He speaks frequently at industry forums, and his papers have been published in leading business journals.

Among other leadership roles, Raj was the global director of knowledge management, at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was responsible for establishing a common end-to-end engagement process across different global entities. He has also served as director, emerging technologies and trends, at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). A Harvard Business School case study highlighted his work at EDS where he enabled the company to quickly establish an Information Technology solution center in India, and rapidly grow it into an integral part of the company’s global delivery organization.

Raj holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Central Michigan University. He has also completed the Global Business Leadership executive program from U21Global and the "Managerial Issues in the Global Enterprise" program at Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management.

Mr. Asava is available to speak on the following topics:

• Strategic Planning
• Business Process Engineering
• Global Sourcing
• Enterprise Agility & Transformation
• Green IT

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