CYBAGETIMES Issue 22 | March 2018 | News Magazine of Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. Bringing life to work In Conversation: Sachin Deshmukh VP – Business Development (APAC) Annual Bash 2017 Tripometer: Unapologetic Travellers John Tonnison EVP and CIO, Tech Data WINNING PARTNERSHIPS Dear Reader, As Cybage ventures into a new financial year with a zest to 20CSR break boundaries and reach new heights, let's look back at the Ever so enthusiastic memorable moments of the past quarter through CybageTimes. Cybagians contribute towards the society. 08IN CONVERSATION 22IN THE Up close and personal with SPOTLIGHT Sachin Deshmukh, VP – 'Work' needs 'fun' to strike Business Development (APAC) a balance in life. A look-back CON and his views on managing at the fun times at Cybage. client relationships. FROM THE CEO’S DESK 03FROM THE 10TRIPOMETER 24TRAVEL DIARIES CEO’S DESK Experience the adrenaline These Cybagians To begin with, we have CEO rush with Cybagians as they live by the motto Arun Nathani's words full of take on adventure sports. 'To travel is to live'. String Beneath wit and humor. My Wings A young boy was learning to fly a kite. A parrot got entangled of our family or organization nurtures values that fuel our 04WINNING 12CYBAGE 2610 YEARS in the unsteady string of the kite and fell to the ground. The success—like discipline and loyalty. boy watched in distress as the injured bird lay an egg before PARTNERSHIPS BASH 2017 FELICITATION taking her last breath. Heartbroken, he made a little nest on The takeaways are at odds. For the world is full of successful John Tonnison, EVP and CIO, Tech Here's to a rocking night Meet our decade-old the branch of a tree and nurtured the egg. The egg hatched people on both sides. Many succeed by venturing away from Data, speaks about his principles with energetic Cybagians. Cybagians as they take you and out emerged the most beautiful bird he had ever seen! their family or reverting to job-hopping. Then there are those and his rapport with Cybage. on a trip down memory lane. The boy tended to the baby parrot several times a day. As who capitalize on the strong support of their immediate family time passed, he noticed that the parrot’s wings were fully and the early employer to succeed. developed, yet it refused to move out of its nest. The child The reason for the conflicting lessons is our focus on the side was disturbed, and brought it to his father’s attention, “It’s characters of the story, namely, the branch and the string. 06WELCOME ABOARD 27LEISURE simple”, the father replied, as he cut the branch of the tree Instead, our lessons should be drawn from the central actors— From Partners to Cybagians— Tease your brains and where the bird was sitting. The bird flew high up into the sky, the bird and the kite. a warm welcome to John Oberon laugh out hard! It's time disappearing above the colorful kites. and Greg Wiggins. to sit back and relax. The bird flew high up because flying is its innate talent. Sometimes we remain in our comfort zone and fail to soar The kite fell down because flying is unnatural to it. Kids as to our full potential. This happens when our parents or well as professionals should be encouraged to pursue their employers do not expose us to the opportunities outside our natural talents. The role of the surrounding ecosystem, be home or project. it the family or the organization, is to pave the path that Feeling redeemed, the boy resumed his kite flying practice. resonates with both the heart and the talent of the aspirant. Doubly charged, he wanted his kite to soar as high as the This makes the pursuit of our dreams and their eventual parrot. He felt the string was holding the kite back from fulfillment more meaningful and satisfying. reaching its full potential. He remembered his dad’s lesson and decided to cut the string so that the kite would be free TENTS and able to soar even higher. The kite started to go a little higher at first, but then it slowly started to come down, much to the young boy’s dismay. Sincerely, 07NEWS & 18SPORTS Sometimes our constraints are the very reason for us to Arun Nathani, CEO & MD ACCOLADES Cybagians channelize soar high. This happens when the close support system www.arunnathaniblog.com A glance through the for their inner athlete. accomplishments of the past quarter. 2 | CYBAGETIMES | March 2018 CYBAGETIMES | March 2018 | 3 John Tonnison, Executive Vice President ‘The CIO of and CIO at Tech Data, talks to CybageTimes 2018 wears about the evolving role of a Fortune 100 Chief Information Officer in the Digital Era, many hats’ the makings of a strong team, and his love for Indian food John Tonnison leads strategy, direction to allow one dimension of that job description to dominate. Have you The real impact and value to the enterprise is when all of these visited India? If and operations of Tech Data’s worldwide characters are combined and well balanced. yes, how has been your information and business technology, experience in terms of its culture, eBusiness capabilities and cloud platform. What role do partners like Cybage play in contributing to people, food, etc.? Any favourite city or Tech Data’s success? place that you visited? Prior to joining Tech Data in 2001, he held Cybage brings us a disciplined approach and a reliable talent software development, ERP and startup bench of capability and capacity across these domains. The India is one of my favorite destinations. I have enjoyed the most hospitable experiences ranging from some of executive and COO positions in Los Angeles, model allows us to quickly scale and effectively interleaf internal and external teams to collaborate and seize the most incredible hotel properties to the welcoming family Miami, Munich and London. His recognitions opportunities. This blended model fits well in the dynamism of homes of friends. My first brief career was as a professional include induction to Computerworld's Premier our market’s needs in this fast evolving technology industry. photographer, and I have had rich and hugely rewarding time in India with an SLR in my hands. And then there is the 100 IT Leaders list, ‘Outstanding Voice’ by the While building a team what are the three main characteristics incredible food. Growing up in the UK, my taste for Indian Tampa Bay Business Journal, and Equality you look for? food was well developed. Both my partner and I became pescatarian following our most recent experience in India. Florida’s Voice for Equality Award. A dedicated Consistently I have found three personal and team behaviors advocate for diversity and inclusion, JT serves highly correlated with success in Enterprise IT: So far, our favorite Indian city has been Udaipur, although we love the vibrance and nightlife of Mumbai. Next on my bucket as Chair of Florida Competes and sits on the • HUNGER to understand, learn, win, and advance list are the Himalayas. advisory board of Equality Means Business. • AGILITY and enthusiasm to bring clarity for others to ambiguous opportunities and situations Recently, Tech Data completed the acquisition of Avnet Technology Any message for young Cybagians Solutions. What are you most excited about, with this integration? • CONSULTING style applied to bring experience and constructive leadership to drive digital innovation, Thanks to Cybage for a great partnership Addition of the acquired Advanced Solutions capabilities fills out our solutioning, and problem solving over these years. We consider your team an end-to-end technology portfolio. For our customers, it gives us a value integral and powerful extension of our own teams. We proposition that now extends from the living room to the data center. You have been the Director at Community Tampa Bay, which greatly appreciate your ability to quickly engage, learn and The transaction has also extended our global reach to 40 countries and 5 provides guidance in building a community free from all forms scale to support our initiatives. Arun has built an inspiring continents. Beyond our line-card and geographic extended reach, we have of discrimination. Can you tell us a little bit about this cause? company in Cybage. You should all be very proud. inherited great solutions-oriented technical, business, and sales talent, and Having previously sat on the board of Community Tampa Bay, their associated business systems, making our whole enterprise better. I continue being a vocal supporter and donor. CTB runs a series What would be the impact of the acquisition on Tech Data’s cloud offerings with of highly successful youth programs, ingeniously enlightening this integration? participants to the many dimensions of bias, bigotry and RAPID-FIRE discrimination. From there, the programs arm future leaders Combined with the existing and extensive SaaS cloud business and platform with tools to identify, diffuse, and improve those failings in the Favorite movie Favorite book capability, this acquisition brought us a deeply skilled and successful IaaS business and North by Northwest The 9/11 Commission Report areas of society where they will have future impact. the associated tools. Together, these capabilities and established customer bases make us the most complete and balanced cloud aggregator in our peer group. Favorite cuisine Favorite website Curry www.hodinkee.com What is the business outlook for Tech Data for the current financial year? Favorite gadget Favorite holiday destination We have just completed our FY18 financial year and are in a quiet period, so I will say little here. AirPods Sitges, Catalonia Nevertheless, the integration of the acquired Advanced Solutions business and their IaaS, analytics, and security specializations position us uniquely to best serve the entirety of the needs of our global Favorite sportsperson An inspirational character and fast evolving reseller market.