Wipro's Vivek Paul: Forget outsourcing, think global collaboration
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I asked Paul about reports that he was leaving Wipro. His response: "No comment, and watch this space." I guess we'll hear more about his next adventure soon. Prior to joining Wipro when it had a mere $150 million in revenue (over $1 billion today) in 1999, Paul had spend ten years at GE, soaking up the Six Sigma culture. We talked about the state of offshore outsourcing, and the important of process quality over cost, managing growth (less than 10 percent of the applicants), expanding into consulting (competing against IBM and Accenture) as 'pull through' for other services, the rising salaries of offshore talent, deal sizes, India's economy and India's lead over other centers of offshoring talent and expertise. He also discussed Wipro's move into R&D services as a contract designer for products, such as MP3 players.