SQC and iCarnegie Inc. to establish a partnership to bring world-class software engineering and management training to professionals
We are excited to share with you a new development at SQC. iCarnegie Inc. and SQC are to enter into an alliance to bring iCarnegie's world-class executive software engineering and management courseware in the US and the Indian subcontinent. iCarnegie Inc., with curriculum powered by Carnegie Mellon University & owned by Carnegie Mellon, provides top-quality certificate programs in computer science, and information technology through partners worldwide.
This is expected to help busy working executives to keep pace with ever changing field of information technology and add valuable professional skills. Partnering with iCarnegie is a exciting for SQC in expanding our capabilities in providing the most exceptional and reputed skills and training in contemporary IT scenario, with a variety of virtual offerings and face-to-face offerings for maximum impact. Faculty at iCarnegie and the credibility they carry in the Computer Science world is not new, and this step is a natural fit into SQC's global vision of being the "most credible" best practices solution provider.
iCarnegie's full suite of courses include a wide-array of topics from Software Architecture to Managing Technical People, Agile, Software Engineering Practices & Managing Software Development. iCarnegie has a long history and reputation of being a phenomenal brand and courses that are highly practical, is current and completely industry focused.
Commenting on this partnership, Gil Taran, CEO of iCarnegie says "Partnering with SQC Global helps us move in a strategic direction of expanding premier offerings from Carnegie Mellon in the United States and India. As a global best practices consulting and training organization, SQC is an outstanding partner whose capabilities will provide iCarnegie with brand exposure and market reach. We look forward to a long-term mutual collaboration that helps both companies provide content that is unique, practical, high quality, and that meets customer needs and expectations."
For more information on iCarnegie, visit www.icarnegie.com
Contact us at our US Office(1-888-497-0666) or at Bangalore, India (+91-80-2654 4145), or e-mail us (info@sqcglobal.com) for interest in learning more and if you wish to pursue and hone your skills through one of these highly acclaimed training. We are looking at "early-bird" organizations (with special benefits offered) to kick-off our activities in this practice.
Q3-2009
SQC to organize India’s first Business Development and Proposal Management Excellence conference
SQC, Shipley and the Business Development Institute International are jointly organizing the first of its kind, “Business Development and Proposal Management excellence” event in Bangalore, India on July 23-24th, 2009.
We are excited to bring you an outline of the event:
Creating and Sustaining Proposal Management and Business Development Excellence: A Two-Day colloquium in Bangalore, India Organized by SQC, Shipley & the Business Development Institute International, USA
In these troubled times, organizations are gearing up to make their business development activities accountable for every rupee spent. While an accountable and sustaining business development process is the need of the hour, how does an organization go about laying the framework for such a practice? How does an organization pursue it business development efforts in a manner that is cost effective, measurable and replicable?
To address these needs, Software Quality Center along with its partners – Shipley Ltd, UK and BD- Institute International - USA brings to you a two day high powered event aimed at better equipping you to deal with the new realities facing business development professionals and most importantly, network with professionals and peers in your profession. The event has world renowned professionals and thought leaders engaging you through a series of lectures, panel discussions and Q&A sessions reflecting current market scenario and effective solutions in overcoming market obstacles. The calendar for this two day event shall be as follows:
Event: Creating and Sustaining Proposal Management and Business Development Excellence Dates: 23rd – 24th July, 2009 – 9.00am to 4.00pm Venue: The Atria Hotel, Palace Road, Bangalore
Agenda of events:
* Day 1: 23rd July 2009
- Inaugural keynote speech – 9.00am – 9:45am – by Tony Birch – Managing Director of Shipley Ltd, UK
- Tea Break – 9.45am – 10.00am
- Session 1 – Benchmarks in world-class proposal writing (BD-Institute) – 10.00am – 1.00pm – by Howard Nutt – ED and Chairman of BD -Institute, USA
- Lunch – 1.00pm – 2.15pm
- Session 1 contd. – 2.15pm – 4.00pm
* Day 2: 24th July 2009
- Industry Expert keynote session – 9.00am – 9.45am
- Tea Break – 9.45am – 10.00am
- Session 1 – Characteristics of a Winning Proposal – 10.00am to 1.00pm – by Tony Birch
- Lunch – 1.00pm – 2.15pm
- Session 2 – Integrating proposal writing and BD into a sustainable process suite – 2.15pm – 3.00pm – by Kris Puthucode – CEO and Principal Consultant, SQC
- Session 3 - Panel Discussion – How to sustain business development excellence in tough times – 3.00pm – 4.00pm - Panelists include Tony Birch, Howard Nutt, Kris Puthucode and senior members from the industry
- Press Conference/Press room Q & A on the event – 6:00 – 8:00 pm with Dinner & cocktails
Speakers:
- Tony Birch: Tony Birch is the founder and Managing Director of Shipley Limited, in the UK. He serves on the Boards of both the APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and the BDII (Business Development Institute, International). Shipley Limited has a subsidiary operation in Germany and Joint Venture operations in India and Spain. A fully accredited Proposal Professional, under the APMP Accreditation Program, Tony’s background is in Sales in the Defense & IT Sectors. Since founding Shipley, Tony has trained over 10,000 sales and bid professionals around the world. Tony works with companies in range across sectors as diverse as IT Services, Telecom, Automotive, Construction, Defense, Finance, Information Management, and Insurance.
About Shipley: Shipley is one of very few training and consultancy companies in the world that specializes in helping its clients in all aspects of business winning. Shipley and its associates provide bid training, process development, benchmarking and proposal consultancy services across the world. Shipley has a joint venture with SQC for addressing the needs of the Indian sub continent. For more information on Shipley please visit shipleywins.co.uk. - Howard Nutt: Howard is Executive Director and Chairman of the BD-Institute Board of Directors. He has more than 25 years of experience in business development and led development of the BD-CMM. In addition, he helped organize and is a charter member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP).
About BD Institute: Phoenix based BD Institute is a non- profit organization involved with development of BD CMM - a framework that is loosely based upon SEI CMM model and focuses on implementing a process framework for continuous business development process improvement as per an organizations needs. Implementation of the framework ensures that an organization aligns its BD related practices based on best practices and ensures that the processes are put on a continuous improvement and replicable mode. SQC is the exclusive partner for offering BD Institute courses and consulting engagements in India. Please visit bd-institute.org for more information on BD Institute and BD CMM.