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Follow on Google News | Iconic Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Raj Vattikuti to Headline Growth Strategy WorkshopEvening to provide rare opportunity for all levels of entrepreneurs
By: TiE Detroit A fireside chat with Vattikuti, a philanthropist, entrepreneur and founding charter member of TiE Detroit, will begin at 6:30 p.m. During the session, which will be hosted by Ford Credit’s Global Project Manager Anu Gopalakrishnan, Vattikuti will discuss how to move a company’s top line forward and redefine and expand the addressable market, as well as the proper structure, resources and people needed to take a company to the next level. Attendees are encouraged to submit their past, current and future business challenges and questions for Raj ahead of time by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/ An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Vattikuti established Covansys Inc. in 1985. The company was listed on NASDAQ in 1997 and sold to Computer Sciences Corporation in 2007 for $1.3 billion. He also founded the Vattikuti Foundation, a nonprofit supporting cancer research and treatments at Henry Ford and Beaumont Hospitals, in 1997; Synova, a technology enterprise offering software services globally, in 1998 and Altimetrik, which focuses on business innovation, user experience, mobile payment and more, in 2013. Vattikuti received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, India; master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Wayne State University and an honorary doctorate in business administration from Bryant College. In addition, he is the recipient of Dykema Gossett’s 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award and 2007 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship. “This event is set to be groundbreaking and we are very lucky to have Raj Vattikuti with us to provide guidance to our community’s entrepreneurs,” A link to register is available at www.detroit.tie.org. Registration is mandatory and free to TiE members and to the first 50 non-members to sign-up. For more information, contact Sarah Myrand at 248-254-4043 or sarahm@kyyba.com. About TiE TiE is a non-profit, global community welcoming entreprenuers from all over the world. We believe in the power of ideas to change the face of entreprenuership and growing business through our five pillars: mentoring, networking, education, incubating and funding. TiE was founded in 1992 by a group of successful entreprenuers and is currently the world’s largest entreprenuerial organization. With programs like TiE Young Entreprenuers (TYE) and Mentor Match, we are reaching out and fostering the next generation of entreprenuers. End
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