Global Interviews

A curated archive of my exclusive conversations with global technology leaders, capturing insights, strategy, and industry evolution from 2000-2010

Featured Interview

Warren East, CEO of ARM, on the company's Mobile Future (2008)

ARM’s dominance in mobile processors.

Global Tech Leaders - Exclusive Interviews

Interview with - Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian

Ron Hovsepian, Global CEO, Novell

He outlined Novell's shift to a product-driven approach, emphasizing interoperability and open-source partnerships to address enterprise IT challenges.

Interview with: Mike Fister CEO of Cadence Design Systems

Mike Fister, Global CEO, Cadence Design Systems

EDA is a glue in the disaggregated system, which aggregates manufacturers, foundry providers, and IP providers. That is why we spend so much time with the ecosystem.

Abhi Talwalkar, CEO LSI GLobal

Abhijit shared valuable insights into LSI’s strategy following its merger with Agere Systems. He highlighted LSI’s strategic transformation, marked by its bold decision to go fabless and focus on two core pillars: storage and networking.

Richard Belluzzo, Chairman and CEO of Quantum

The company was undergoing a remarkable transformation at that time, shifting from a hard disk player to focusing on secondary storage solutions and software-driven growth.

Interview with - Padmasree Warrior in Bangalore

Padmasree Warrior, CTO, Cisco Systems

We are excited about visual networking and collaboration.

Interview with - Sohaib Abbasi - CEO of Informatica

Sohaib Abbasi, Global CEO, Informatica

His insights into data integration were timely and prophetic, especially given today's AI-driven landscape.

Interview with - RSP Sinha reflecting on MTNL's Global Ambitions

RSP Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL

We have the manpower, the capability, and the potential to offer services outside India. We are making reasonably good money in Mauritius and we hope to be successful in Nepal.

Interview with - Wim Elfrink Chief Globalization Officer CISCO

Wim Elfrink, Chief Globalization Officer, Cisco Systems

Wim talks about why the company chose India as a location for their globalization hub.

Interview with - Rene Penning de Vries Chairman PhotonDelta

René Penning de Vries, CTO, NXP Semiconductors

As senior vice president & chief technology officer at NXP Semiconductors, Rene Penning de Vries oversaw the product creation processes.

Interview with John Suffolk SVP Global Cyber Security Officer-Huawei

John Suffolk, UK Government’s s Chief Information Officer

IT has lowered the cost of delivering citizen services.

Interview with - Randy Mott CIO of HP Inc

Randy Mott, Global CIO, HP Inc.

Faster processors and devices do not fundamentally change the way IT gets delivered.

Interview with - Alex Pilar CIO DHL Supply Chain

Alex Pilar, CIO, DHL Supply Chain

He shares rare insights on how DHL restructured its IT backbone, built global tech hubs in Prague and Malaysia, and why they chose to outsource all telecom services but not core IT.

Interview with - Jay Kerley-CIO of Applied Materials

Jay Kerley, CIO of Applied Materials

IT should be seen from an IT capability perspective. When IT is left to businesspersons, it needs to be done better. Historically, I think there has been an approach that you can take business leaders and give them an operational role or functional role.

Neville Roy Singham, Founder, ThougthWorks

Prevailing software development practices lead to lot of waste and rework. The traditional software development is based upon the assumption that the people know exactly what they expect in the software.

Interview with - Sanjay Mirchandani CIO-EMC

Sanjay Mirchandani, Global CIO, EMC

In tough times, IT is also about improving workforce productivity As a CIO, is responsible for extending EMCs operational excellence and driving technological innovations to meet the current and future needs of the business.