Panel Discussion: Sourcing Services from LatAm - Lessons Learned
Sunday, October 2, 2016 - 00:00
Through delivering creative solutions and other key advantages, Latin America is growing in importance in partnering with U.S companies for its IT/BPO services. In this session you’ll have an opportunity to engage and benchmark with senior level Sourcing and Business Executives as they share their success stories and their learnings. What are the key services they’ve been successful in partnering with Latin America companies for? What are the benefits LatAm brings vs other well-known regions? What is the criticality of not only including, but diversifying and strategically adopting LatAm as an IT/BPO partner?
No matter if you are new to LatAm IT/BPO services or have a wealth of experience, this is an incredible opportunity to learn more from leading industry executives; help answer your most important questions and be better prepared to lead your business to higher levels.
Thomas C. Mellor represents banks and other financial institutions in a variety of debt finance transactions in the United States and globally, including syndicated, club and bilateral lending transactions (investment grade and leveraged) as well as project finance and restructuring transactions. Tom has particular experience in cross-border financings (especially in Latin America, Europe, and Asia) as well as financings with structural or other sorts of complexity. Tom is currently listed as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 Latin America, IFLR 1000, and Latinvex.
Ken joined kasina in 2014 to lead the development of business intelligence and data services for the firm. He is developing a series of innovative and interactive products around market share, productivity and benchmarking for the asset management community. Prior to joining kasina, Ken created and managed the Information Services team at Greenwich Associates and developed a series of digital, interactive benchmarking services for portfolio managers, traders and analysts around the globe and across asset classes. He was also the Founder of an independent consulting practice focused on business intelligence and product development in the retail financial advisory space.
Ken also worked for Standard & Poor’s and Reuters America. He began his career at Merrill Lynch in the trading and operations of mortgage backed securities.
Atul Vashistha is the Founder and Chairman of Supply Wisdom. Founded in 2017 as an early warning service for business disruption risk, today, Supply Wisdom® is the market-leading patented supply chain and supplier risk and resilience solution. Recognized globally as a leading expert on supply chain risk and global business services, Atul has authored three best-selling books: The Offshore Nation, Globalization Wisdom, and Outsourcing Wisdom. Atul serves on the boards ofIAOP, Cozera, and Shared Assessments. Recently appointed to the US Department of Defense (DoD) Reserve Forces Policy Board, he also served on the DoD Defense Business Board for over 12 years.
Through delivering creative solutions and other key advantages, Latin America is growing in importance in partnering with U.S companies for its IT/BPO services. In this session you’ll have an opportunity to engage and benchmark with senior level Sourcing and Business Executives as they share their success stories and their learnings. What are the key services they’ve been successful in partnering with Latin America companies for? What are the benefits LatAm brings vs other well-known regions? What is the criticality of not only including, but diversifying and strategically adopting LatAm as an IT/BPO partner?
No matter if you are new to LatAm IT/BPO services or have a wealth of experience, this is an incredible opportunity to learn more from leading industry executives; help answer your most important questions and be better prepared to lead your business to higher levels.
Thomas C. Mellor
Thomas C. Mellor represents banks and other financial institutions in a variety of debt finance transactions in the United States and globally, including syndicated, club and bilateral lending transactions (investment grade and leveraged) as well as project finance and restructuring transactions. Tom has particular experience in cross-border financings (especially in Latin America, Europe, and Asia) as well as financings with structural or other sorts of complexity. Tom is currently listed as a leading lawyer in banking and finance by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 Latin America, IFLR 1000, and Latinvex.
Ken Ennis
Ken joined kasina in 2014 to lead the development of business intelligence and data services for the firm. He is developing a series of innovative and interactive products around market share, productivity and benchmarking for the asset management community. Prior to joining kasina, Ken created and managed the Information Services team at Greenwich Associates and developed a series of digital, interactive benchmarking services for portfolio managers, traders and analysts around the globe and across asset classes. He was also the Founder of an independent consulting practice focused on business intelligence and product development in the retail financial advisory space.
Ken also worked for Standard & Poor’s and Reuters America. He began his career at Merrill Lynch in the trading and operations of mortgage backed securities.
Atul Vashistha
Atul Vashistha is the Founder and Chairman of Supply Wisdom. Founded in 2017 as an early warning service for business disruption risk, today, Supply Wisdom® is the market-leading patented supply chain and supplier risk and resilience solution. Recognized globally as a leading expert on supply chain risk and global business services, Atul has authored three best-selling books: The Offshore Nation, Globalization Wisdom, and Outsourcing Wisdom. Atul serves on the boards ofIAOP, Cozera, and Shared Assessments. Recently appointed to the US Department of Defense (DoD) Reserve Forces Policy Board, he also served on the DoD Defense Business Board for over 12 years.