Jai Prakash Menon
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Dr. Jai Menon is currently the Group Director - IT for Bharti Enterprise Group
. As Global CIO, Menon provides IT leadership for all businesses of Bharti Enterprises, including retail (with Walmart), financial services (with AXA
), manufacturing and distribution (Bharti Teletech), agriculture (with Delmonte), software (Comviva), tower infrastructure (Infratel, Indus), learning and resourcing (Centum) and the Bharti Foundation. He is involved in establishing group IT architecture and security standards and develop appropriate partner governance mechanism.
He has developed outcome-oriented S1 outsourcing IT models for Bharti Airtel
, an innovation that is now being adopted by several other players in the industry. He has been one of the global pioneers of outcome-oriented IT outsourcing models and has executed these models successfully over the past several years across multiple partners and industries.
’s T.J. Watson Research Labs, USA
and became an IBM executive, he was executive Director in IBM’s Software Group heading worldwide research-to-market business for rich media. He then joined AT&T
(formerly BellSouth) as the Chief Technology Officer (eCTO) for IT across all lines of businesses. He was subsequently appointed as Corporate Officer and Executive Vice President in Marketing where he managed a portfolio of growth businesses and strategic alliances.
Bharti Enterprises
Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India, operating primarily across India and in some other countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Guernsey and Seychelles with expanding operations across Africa in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville,...
. As Global CIO, Menon provides IT leadership for all businesses of Bharti Enterprises, including retail (with Walmart), financial services (with AXA
AXA
AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...
), manufacturing and distribution (Bharti Teletech), agriculture (with Delmonte), software (Comviva), tower infrastructure (Infratel, Indus), learning and resourcing (Centum) and the Bharti Foundation. He is involved in establishing group IT architecture and security standards and develop appropriate partner governance mechanism.
He has developed outcome-oriented S1 outsourcing IT models for Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited , commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G services depending upon the country of operation...
, an innovation that is now being adopted by several other players in the industry. He has been one of the global pioneers of outcome-oriented IT outsourcing models and has executed these models successfully over the past several years across multiple partners and industries.
Early career
Menon started his career at IBMIBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
’s T.J. Watson Research Labs, USA
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
The Thomas J. Watson Research Center is the headquarters for the IBM Research Division.The center is on three sites, with the main laboratory in Yorktown Heights, New York, 38 miles north of New York City, a building in Hawthorne, New York, and offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.- Overview :The...
and became an IBM executive, he was executive Director in IBM’s Software Group heading worldwide research-to-market business for rich media. He then joined AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
(formerly BellSouth) as the Chief Technology Officer (eCTO) for IT across all lines of businesses. He was subsequently appointed as Corporate Officer and Executive Vice President in Marketing where he managed a portfolio of growth businesses and strategic alliances.
Awards
- Information Week Global CIO 50 (USA, 2009)
- Forbes Outsourcing Excellence Award (USA, 2007)
- GSMA Global Mobile Award (Barcelona, 2008)
- Telecom Asia Award (Hong Kong, 2009)
- IDC Asia-Pacific Enterprise Innovation Award (Singapore, 2009)