Keynote Speakers
Bruce Richardson – Chief Research Officer, AMR Research
Thursday, May 1, 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Bruce Richardson brings more than 27 years of experience to his current role as chief research officer at AMR Research. Bruce has spent most of his career analyzing the software industry with a distinct emphasis on ERP and supply chain. Since joining AMR Research in 1988, he has been responsible for spearheading new market coverage and contributing to the company’s analysis of leading market trends in areas such as ERP, supply chain management, service-oriented architectures, software-as-a-service, software appliances, and virtualization and visualization.
Bruce is a sought-after public speaker, having lectured and presented worldwide on the firm’s behalf nearly 500 times in more than 20 countries. He has covered and analyzed SAP since 1991 and made many early market predictions that have been realized, such as the rise of the advanced planning market and the evolution of MRP to ERP. Bruce also coined the term MES early in his role at AMR Research when he was responsible for all the written research that came from the firm.
H.R. Srinivasan – Founder and Vision Holder, TAKE Solutions
Friday, May 2, 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Mr. Harikesavanallur Ramani Srinivasan is the prime founder and a member of the board of TAKE Solutions. In his eighteen years of rich experience in the logistics and SCM industry, Mr. Srinivasan has demonstrated entrepreneurial enterprise in the logistics discipline through sustained performance and innovation. Prior to setting up TAKE Solutions, he was Managing Director, South Asia at SembCorp logistics. Mr. Srinivasan is on the board of a number of companies across industries viz. technology, logistics & SCM and financial services. He was also instrumental in technology investments of Temasek Holdings. Srinivasan has been appointed as the President of the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Chennai Chapter.
As a seasoned entrepreneur, he provides the leadership to support the TiE cause of helping budding entrepreneurs scale up and succeed. He is one of the key members on the CII National Committee on Logistics and also an Advisory Board member of the CII Institute of Logistics. Besides, he has been on the forefront of Indo-Singapore ventures and is also the Secretary of the Indo-Dutch Association. Mr. Srinivasan holds an MBA degree from RA Poddar Institute, India and is an honours graduate in Mathematics from the Rajasthan University, India.