Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> June 24, 2002
PETER BENDOR-SAMUEL is the recipient of the 2001 Outsourcing World
Achievement Award, recognizing his impact on the outsourcing industry as
a professional who demonstrates innovation, breaks new ground and
establishes standards on which others can build. He is frequently asked
to counsel industry giants, governments; provide insight to the press as
to outsourcing and current business trends; and is a frequent keynote
speaker at leading industry events. He is the Founder and CEO of Everest
Group, one of the world's most prominent consulting firms; author of
Turning Lead Into Gold: The Demystification of Outsourcing, a book that
shares his insights into the principles that make outsourcing work
successfully; and Editor-in-Chief of OutsourcingCenter, the largest
online community providing educational resources focused on outsourcing. Profile
TWST: How is outsourcing defined?Mr. Bendor-Samuel: In my book, Turning Lead into Gold, I defined
outsourcing as the transfer of ownership of a process or processes to a
service provider.