CYBAGETIMES ★★★ Bringing life to work ★★★ Issue 13 | March 2015 News Magazine of Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. THE CYBAGE 14 ANNUAL BASH 2014 CRICKET 4 CHAMPIONS WINNING SURESH M 6 PARTNERSHIPS: 10UNPLUGGED RICHARD MCLEER Editor’s note From the CEO’s desk Dear Reader, All roads lead to the most eventful and show-stopping extravaganza—the Cybage Annual Bash. It’s an event for all Cybagians and their families to come together as one BIG family and celebrate the company’s success! And it is done in true corporate ishtyle—from famed Bollywood performers, international dance acts, music arrangements by acclaimed DJs, to class acts by our senior management, enthralling speeches by our CEO and COO, and lots of prizes and surprises. Contents In this issue, we will take you through some of the everlasting moments and highlights of Cybage’s big bashes celebrated across From the CEO’s desk 3 India. And it doesn’t stop there… we will even share with you the warm and cozy News & Accolades 4 get-togethers across the globe. It’s all about working hard and partying even harder! Winning partnerships: A Boy, a Monkey, and the Nuts Adding a dash of zing to this edition is Richard McLeer 6 our client, Richard McLeer of Dealertrack Once a poor kid was given an assignment But wait, there is a prequel. Once a a wrong place. You see, the lesson here Technologies, who talks about winning Talent beyond cubicles 8 by a teacher on what he wanted to monkey found a pile of nuts inside a box. was not of the heart, but of the head. partnerships and the passion that Cybagians be when he grew up. The kid did The box had an opening at the top. While both the monkey and the boy held put into their work. not hesitate for a minute and wrote a The monkey slid in his hand and grabbed on to their nutty dreams, there was a Welcome aboard! 9 seven-page paper about his aim to be the nuts. Now his hand had become a fundamental difference in their pursuits: Sprinkled in this issue are: interesting the owner of a horse ranch. He covered fist. The monkey tried to get his hand the monkey had little to gain and learnings and takeaways from our Suresh M unplugged 10 many details, including an exhaustive out; the opening was big enough for everything to lose, while the poor boy senior employees, manifestations of plan of the house and the stables. The the hand to slide in, but too small for had everything to gain and little to lose! talent to noteworthy initiatives for the teacher returned his paper with a big the fist to come out. The monkey had a underprivileged as part of our CSR mission. In the spotlight 12 “F”, and then explained to him that he choice, either to let go of the nuts and Often, our professional or personal We are also excited to be contributing had gone nuts—a boy with no money be free, or hang onto the nuts and keep triumphs don’t lie in the dreams of the to the shift towards earth-friendly The Annual Bash 2014 14 or resources can’t attain such ambitious trying to get free. He chose the latter. heart, but the logic of the head. On renewable energy. goals. Then the teacher offered an For the monkey, the nuts held the same our ability to distinguish between an Ending the issue with fireworks, we bring to A bagful of learnings 20 opportunity to rewrite the paper with a significance as the ranch dreams held for opportunity and a threat, between you the exploits of our cricket team at the more realistic attitude. The boy replied the boy. Unfortunately, the box had been a permanent and a temporary gain, between reality and fantasy. And above inter-IT cricket tournament. First impressions 22 instantly, “Keep the “F”, and I will keep my intentionally placed there by some smart dream.” Today the boy is grown up and monkey-hunters who came and caught all, in our knack to pinpoint the lessons Happy reading! owns a 4,000-square-foot house in the the monkey. surrounding the daily stories of our lives… CybageAsha 23 middle of a 200-acre horse ranch and still has that school paper—framed over Moral: Curtail the calling of your heart. Cybage Khushboo 24 the fireplace. If we keep going nuts about something, we will never be all that we can be! Sincerely, Moral: Follow the calling of your heart. Arun Nathani | CEO & MD Our sports champs 26 Unless we are nuts about something, how Similar stories, opposing morals. Why? will we be all that we can be? Because we searched for the morals at www.arunnathaniblog.com Managed by Corporate Communications Team 2 CYBAGETIMES | March 2015 March 2015 | CYBAGETIMES 3 News & Accolades Cybage wins AJM Inter-IT Cricket Tournament Cybage goes Solar Sanket Aikal The rooftop cafeteria at Cybage Tower 1 has witnessed a sea change with abundant greenery, relaxing canopy corners, and a large and well-stocked cafeteria. The latest development at the rooftop cafeteria is the successful installation of 204 solar panels with a capacity of generating 61.54 KW. As part of its Go-Green initiative, Cybage inches closer towards greener pastures. This installation will generate sufficient electricity to power all the computers and lights on one floor of the Cybage towers. Besides financial savings and carbon credits, we are excited about contributing to the shift towards earth-friendly, renewable energy. Cybage defeated Tech Mahindra (Tech M) by three wickets to clinch their win at the eleventh Kaushalendra Singh Leader in Building Consumer and Enterprise Ankur Joglekar Memorial (AJM) Inter-IT Cricket Tournament held at the Poona Club Ground. IAOP’s choice for The Cybage team scored 140 runs at a loss of 7 wickets in 19.4 overs to bag the AJM Software Products Champions Trophy and ` 40,000 as cash prize. The challenge of 137 runs set by Tech M seemed the seventh year difficult with wickets falling at regular intervals before unbeaten knocks by Prashant Dwivedi The Global R&D Service Provider Ratings (GSPR) by Zinnov Management Cybage has been featured among the (38 not out–21b, 3x4, 2x6) and Sanket Aikal (29 not out–11b, 2x4, 2x6) helped the team reach Consulting has recognized Cybage as a Leader in Enterprise Software and Global Outsourcing 100 Service providers, the target with just 2 balls to spare. Our star cricketer, Prashant Dwivedi, was adjudged Man of Consumer Software categories of the Outsourced Software Product Development by the International Association of the Match while Kaushalendra Singh was feted as the Bowler of the Tournament. industry. This recognition stands testimony to Cybage’s focus on cutting-edge technologies, its Centers of Excellence, and end-to-end product development Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), for "I witnessed one of the most exciting and well-fought matches with outstanding life cycle. the seventh year in a row. The IAOP list represents matured leaders—with team work, which helped bring the trophy home,” - Deepak Nathani, COO, Cybage Prashant Dwivedi strong portfolios across several business verticals—who have demonstrated business excellence. "To be featured for CloudBees Gold partner in ALM space the seventh year in a row gives us great Deepak Nathani at the sixth convocation ceremony of MITCOM Cybage is now a Gold Partner with CloudBees in the ALM space for continuous pleasure. It validates the scientific, data- integration. As a Gold Partner, Cybage gets access to CloudBees software and driven approach steered by ExcelShore®, The MIT College of Management (MITCOM), Pune, invited support for internal use, demos, and trials. our model of operational excellence. Deepak Nathani as a keynote speaker at their sixth convocation Cybage is growing consistently and ceremony. Deepak talked about the importance of being asserting its technology leadership by realistic, and dreaming with one’s eyes open. being the most efficient global IT services He also shared his own success mantra: Company of the Year in Outsourced company in the product engineering space. It continues to focus on client ‘LOVE INSPIRE VALUE ENjoy IT up!’ Product Development needs and process excellence, testifying SiliconIndia magazine applauds Cybage as a frontrunner in Outsourced Product its recognition within the Global Watch Deepak’s speech on YouTube. Development. As an industry thought leader in the IT industry, Cybage’s scientific Outsourcing 100 Service providers," said URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQXt120yfM approach and seasoned technocrats can re-define the technology landscape for Amit Gajwani, Sr. Vice President – any of its partners. Business Development, Cybage. 4 CYBAGETIMES | March 2015 March 2015 | CYBAGETIMES 5 Winning partnerships Richard McLeer, Chief Information Officer, Dealertrack Hence the concept of work-life balance Richard McLeer has become more and more difficult Technologies, in conversation with CybageTimes, acknowledges Chief Information Officer, Dealertrack “In our offshore to attain. It takes deliberate planning Technologies Cybage as an effective partner, and expresses his gratitude relationships, I would like and effort to strike the right balance. towards the team’s contribution. He shares a few insights This helps significantly towards one's an offshore team to feel performance at work and a quality life into achieving the elusive work-life balance, and speaks of his empowered to raise a with family.” interesting experiences during his visit to India. hand and say, there is a On a lighter note, when Richard is not better way to do this... working, he can be found boating with his family. Dealertrack’s association with Cybage and to provide the inputs goes back to 2009 when the company as though they were a “The degree with For Richard, India will always be an acquired AAX, a suite of inventory part of Dealertrack...” amazing place, the culture in particular.