1.2 Building blocks of the techco

FIRESIDE CHAT: Innovating at scale and speed: making R&D and service development a key priority 

• Shifting financial priorities from Capex to Opex investment to drive value creation 
• Addressing the challenges of creating new value within R&D budget constraints  
• Creating dedicated teams around innovation to develop new IT capabilities and additional product lines 

Interviewer: Patrick Ugeux, Associate Partner, Deloitte
Saeed Otufat-Shamsi, Director of Information Services, Telus
Ron Eisses, Vice President - Client Business Executive, Amdocs

PANEL: Achieving agility at scale to compete in the hyper-connected world  

• What are the capability gaps, across technology, processes and talent, to enhance agility 
• Choosing the right technology and delivery model to achieve true business agility 
• Embracing cross-functionality and adopting agile methodologies and ways of working to facilitate faster decision-making and innovation 
• How can CSP leverage the cloud for agility at scale? 

Moderator: Patrick Ugeux, Associate Partner, Deloitte 
Monika Gullin, CTO, EVP, Nuuday
James Kirby, SVP, Global Telco and Head of EMEA, CSG 
Azhar Sayeed, Senior Director, TME Technology & Strategy, RedHat
Osama Abu-Shihab, VP, Business Technology Services, Bell Canada