Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 26, 2003
VIVEK PAUL is Vice Chairman of Wipro Ltd. and President of its
Wipro Technologies division, based in Santa Clara, California.
Prior to this role, Mr. Paul was based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and ran GE's Global CT (Computerized Tomography) Scanner business
with nearly $1 billion in revenues, reporting directly to the
current Chairman of GE. Mr. Paul drove productivity through
developing a design and build capability in China for the economy
range, drove design cooperation across development teams in
France, Japan and the US to step up the pace of new product
introductions, and launched breakthrough products through the
pioneering application of Six Sigma techniques. This success was
noted by the business bestseller book, Six Sigma. Prior to this
role, Mr. Paul was President and CEO of GE's medical equipment
joint venture with Wipro. Mr. Paul was part of the venture from
its startup to its becoming a global design and manufacturing
base for ultrasound equipment, as well as a leader in the
distribution and service of medical imaging equipment in the
South Asian markets. His efforts in all three roles (Wipro, Wipro
GE and GE) have been noted in the business media (Forbes,
Fortune, Business Week, New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
etc.) and have been used as case studies at leading business
schools (Harvard, Wharton, Insead, etc.) Prior to working at GE,
Mr. Paul worked at Bain & Co., Boston, a leading strategy
consulting firm and at PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, New York in their
M&A area. Mr. Paul received an MBA from University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. He received a Bachelor of Engineering
degree from B.I.T.S., Pilani, India, in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, where he was also captain of the
swimming and waterpolo teams. Mr. Paul is a member of the Board
of the California Chamber of Commerce, a member of the B.I.T.S.
Senate, a charter member of The Silicon Valley Indus
Entrepreneurs Organization and on the Advisory Board for Stanford
University's Radiology Department. Profile
space and how Wipro has participated in it.
Mr. Paul: India has been a player in IT outsourcing since 1990,
as I recall. As it
