Professor Sadagopan is the Founder-Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB). He currently teaches courses mainly in IT and other related areas. Prior to this, he has held various faculty positions in premier educational institutes in India, namely, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK), the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, (IIMB), the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IITM), the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand and Rutgers New Jersey, USA.

He consults extensively for some of the largest private & public sector corporations in India, in Computing, Communications, Software, Automotive, Oil and Power industries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of several private and public sector corporations and a member of the Board of Studies of several universities.

Mr. K G Ramachandran was the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), a premier heavy engineering firm in India. He now holds a position on the Board of IL&FS Energy Development Company Ltd., a company focusing on developing & implementing non-conventional energy projects.

He has been the Director of the Infosys Leadership Institute of Mysore and an associate member of the Indian Institute of Bankers, served on the board of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIML), COD, Hyderabad. He was also part of FICCI’s Defense Business Committee, CII’s National Committee on Quality, Quality Council of India, AIMA.

Tom Rohrs is a 28 year veteran in the high technology industry. Mr. Rohrs presently serves on the board of Magma Design Automation, Inc., Ultraclean Technologies, Electroglas and several private companies. In addition, he is an adviser and consultant to a number of companies both public and private. Mr. Rohrs spent five years with Applied Materials Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, and was also a member of that company’s executive committee. Immediately prior to that, he was Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Silicon Graphics, Inc., and previously was with MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., as Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Customer Service. Mr. Rohrs also served as Group Operations Manager for Hewlett-Packard Company’s Personal Computer Group.

Rohrs earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from Harvard University. He currently serves on the advisory council for the school of engineering at the University of Notre Dame.