Sunil Chandra: Enterprise Users, High Expectations

Sunil Chandra was our second keynote presenter yesterday morning. He took the time to walk the audience through the tremendous changes we have all seen in terms of the increased speed of communication and the sheer volume of information that is readily available. He was very clear that with these changes, people are increasingly bringing the expectations that have developed with retail technology into the workplace. Therefore, corporations must become increasingly sensitive to these expectations as they develop the enterprise technologies they require.

Here is Sunil sitting down with us to tell us more about his keynote presentation yesterday.

Keynote Speaker: Sunil Chandra

Sunil Chandra, Director HR Technology & Operations, GOOGLE

Accelerating Fast: HR Systems and Operations

Sunil is responsible for the technology and operations underpinning Google’s HR function. He is responsible for ensuring both the operational integrity of our people processes as well as partnering with our Engineering group to bring innovation in the way we use technology to attract, retain and grow Googlers worldwide. Prior to joining Google, Sunil was an executive responsible for large parts of Barclays Capital Global Technology Services unit and for operations at McKinsey & Co.

Business has always had to contend with change, but with the new millennium, the pace of change has increased exponentially. The availability of information on the internet and through wireless devices to an "always connected" generation has hastened the speed of innovation and removed geographic boundaries. So how do businesses deal with this rapid pace of change and build systems and scale operations in such a tumultuous environment? Google HR technology faces this paradigm everyday. Traditionally systems models thrive on incremental changes through the phases of development to launch a finished product. Today though, these models give way to a much more iterative development cycle. Rather than control information flows, we aim to liberate them. Traditional reporting gives way to real time analytics. In this session, Sunil Chandra will discuss how Google works in this atmosphere of rapid change and ambiguity and continues to achieve operational excellence in their systems and processes.

Welcome to ProjectWorld and the World Congress of Business Analysts!

Our flagship event has arrived and we're excited to bring together leading practitioners and professionals with experience and knowledge of industries all involved in every facet of project management. We will be posting over the next two days details of the main conference, collecting interviews, photos, perspectives and testimonials about the experience here this year's event.

The team has brought together so an amazing panel of keynote speakers including Sunil Chandra, Director HR Technology and Operations with Google, as well as Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, (Ret.), Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina LTG. Also there is a long list of companies represented including BMO Financial Group, JetBlue Airways, Highmark, Boeing, Wachovia, Microsoft, Robbins-Gioia, SunTrust Bank, and IBM to name a few. All the presentations follow this year's theme of Real People Sharing Real Solutions bring you their individual focus on the challenges and solutions they have experience in their own organizations.

As we begin this year's conference, I leave you with a few words from our Conference Director, Jennifer Finer as she discusses some of the great elements that can be found at the conference this year. Be sure and check back here and the event website as we bring you updates from the live conference.