CSC's India Executive Profiles
CSC's India Executive Profiles are for people wishing to find out about the leadership team spearheading and driving operations for CSC in India.
VIVEK CHOPRA
Vivek Chopra joined CSC as division president of CSC India in August 2008 with prime responsibility for its sales and business development across its various verticals globally.On April 1st 2009, Vivek took over as group president of CSC in India with responsibility for providing leveraged sourcing capabilities from India to CSC’s global client base and direct responsibility for applications and remote infrastructure services from India.
Effective April 19th 2010, Vivek heads the Global Applications organization of CSC and is responsible for CSC’s entire application strategy and for the delivery of all application services from Managed Services Sector.
In his career spanning 29 years Vivek has worked with Wipro, Aditi Technologies and IBM in various functions and management capacities. He brings on board his global experience and in-depth knowledge of sales, client servicing and business development, coupled with a keen understanding of strategy formulation and execution. He also excels at planning and executing on new initiatives for growth while spearheading quality endeavors for customers globally.
During his two decade long career at Wipro, Vivek held several key management positions that were critical to Wipro, establishing its brand in the global marketplace. His last role in Wipro was as chief executive, Americas. Vivek then served as the president and CEO of the Aditi Technologies, a global software services company. In his last role before joining CSC, Vivek worked for IBM for 5 years and was the executive vice president for IBM Daksh, overseeing its Global Operations in the business process transformation and outsourcing space.Vivek received a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Delhi, India and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Chicago’s Northwestern University.
Brian joined CSC in 1995 from Hughes Aircraft Company to work in management operations of network services. He brings more than 23 years of progressively responsible experience in information technology management, operations, strategic planning and sales from assignments in both companies.
In his previous stints at CSC, Brian has undertaken various roles and responsibilities. Most recently, Brian was the vice president for the Capability Resource Center (CRC) within CSC’s Managed Services Sector. In this role he was responsible for workforce planning, resource provisioning and aligning the CRC’s strategic objectives with its customers. Prior to his CRC role, Brian was responsible for Global Infrastructure Solutions and Technology within CSC's Global Outsourcing Services. He was responsible for all infrastructure market solutions, new business services, architecture and innovation.
Brian also served as director of Global Infrastructure Services in India, where he successfully established strategic operations to grow CSC’s offshore capability in India from 600 to 2,700 employees within three years, while also contributing to CSC’s recognition in the Forrester Research & Leaders’ Quadrant. His additional experiences at CSC include directorships for global resourcing, integrated global network and application services, and site integration.
Brian holds a BA degree in speech communication from California State University Northridge and an MA degree in communications management from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He has earned ITIL® Foundation Certification and has completed the eCornell Program in strategic analysis and planning. Brian was also a member of the Infrastructure Management Forum Steering Committee of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), India
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