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| Moderator Paul Taylor Business Technology and Telecoms Editor Financial Times Paul Taylor is the FT's New York-based Business Technology and Telecoms Editor. He is responsible for The Connected Business section of the FT and a regular writer for both the newspaper and FT.com. He also writes a ‘How To’ column on technology for SMB’s. In his 35 years at the FT, Paul has been local government correspondent, assistant news editor, Americas page editor, New York correspondent, foreign news editor, SE Asia business correspondent and management writer. He was the FT’s UK-based IT correspondent for most of the 1990s and launched the FT's Personal Technology column in 2002. Paul left the FT briefly in 2000 to help found a web-based technology analysis start-up and moved back to New York, where he is based now. He has long had a passion for technology and computing and readily admits to being a gadget and gizmo freak and “a bit of a geek”. Born in Liverpool in 1953, Paul graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and has a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Cardiff University. | |
| Ian Alderton Chief Information Officer, Corporate Banking Formerly RBS Ian Alderton is a Chief Information Officer with abundant business successes, including the recently accredited prestigious title “CIO of the Year 2011” by Banking Technology. His field of expertise encompasses Customer Led Innovation, Organisational Transformation, Information Technology Trend Strategies, Strategic Management and Business growth into new markets and geographies. As the former Chief Information Officer for RBS (Corporate Banking), Ian established the technology vision and strategic plan, transforming organisational performance and supporting multi-billion pound revenues to deliver significant and highly focused results. Prior to joining RBS, Ian was the European Chief Information Officer for Wachovia Bank where he and his team achieved the Thomas Keene award for the Best Trading Technology. | |
| Vishnu R. Dusad Founder, CEO & Managing Director Nucleus Software Exports Limited Vishnu R. Dusad is the CEO and Managing Director of Nucleus Software Exports Limited. He founded Nucleus in 1986 and has since been steering the course of the company to its current success. He is passionately focused on creating world-class intellectual property for a global market. Vishnu has enriched Nucleus with his technology background with over 25 years of valuable professional experience in the exciting space of Information Technology Solutions for the BFSI sector. His vision is to make Nucleus a customer-oriented global organization committed to the highest level of quality for its products and services. An entrepreneur with a global vision, Vishnu is credited with much of the success of the organization in expanding to newer markets. His experience encompasses areas of software development, creation of strategic alliances, business development, and strategic planning. His accomplishments include software development and implementation projects, making entry into new markets, and developing & implementing strategic plan for new markets. | |
| Domhnall McCormack Investment Bank Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer of IT UBS Domhnall McCormack joined UBS in late 2006, and was responsible for the investment banking application strategy, including F2B application architecture (2007 – 2008), the establishment of the Group CTO organisation (2009) and the formative stages of the UBS integrated bank agenda (2010). Mr. McCormack has been the Investment Bank Chief Technology Officer since May 2011, and Chief Operating Officer of IT (a.i.) since February 2012. Between 2003 and 2006 he ran the trading and middle office technology globally for Marsh, transforming IT from a 'strategic liability' to a 'strategic asset'. Prior to that Mr. McCormack worked for ten years with Accenture, where he started as a developer and transitioned to technical architecture and delivery, progressing into programme management of technology-enabled business transformation and a one-year 'tour of duty' in IT outsourcing sales. | |
