Speaker:Stephen Pratt
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Biography
Steven Pratt is the CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Consulting, the leading global player in consulting and IT services. Steve has over 20 years' experience in business consulting. His primary areas of expertise are helping clients improve the value of their relationships with customers, and helping them become more competitive. Steve has an established track record of growing innovative consulting practices that excel in client service. He has over 12 years of experience working at Deloitte Consulting and was elected as a Top 25 Consultant in the World in 2003.
Lecture Summary
Stephen Pratt, CEO of Infosys Consulting, debunks the notion that consulting firms must be either technology or business analysis experts. To keep up with globalization and technology, today's firms must employ experts who understand both the business and technology dimensions of any issue. Pratt compares and contrasts consulting's old model with the new more dynamic and fluid model. He also discusses the importance of the United States ability to lead in innovation and how it is imperative that the U.S. out innovates its overseas competition (rather than trying to out-depth them via a knowledge-base).