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1.2 Building blocks of the techco

19 Sep 2023

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 ServicesTelus
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

Saeed Otufat-Shamsi

Saeed Otufat-Shamsi

Director of Engineering

Telus

Ron Eisses

Ron Eisses

Vice President - Client Business Executive

Amdocs

Azhar Sayeed

Azhar Sayeed

Senior Director, TME Technology & Strategy

Red Hat

James Kirby

James Kirby

SVP, Global Telco and Head of EMEA

CSG

Osama Abu-Shihab

Osama Abu-Shihab

VP, Business Technology Services

Bell Canada