ABOUT ME

 "Six billion of us walking the planet, six billion smaller worlds on the bigger one. Shoe salesmen and short-order cooks who look boring from the outside - some have weirder lives than you. Six billion stories, every one an epic, full of tragedy and triumph, good and evil, despair and hope. You and me - we aren't so special, brother.” Dean Koontz.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

I am an IT manager for a software development firm in Bangalore, India. Starting as a computer field executive after my electronics engineering in the previous century I have about a 1000+ weeks of experience in a range of IT management and technology implementations costing several bags of gold. I have also worked in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar and Australia, and have interacted with countless flavors of customers and organizations of all sizes. Prior to entering the turbulent IT waters I was an electronics lecturer for a short duration in 1989.

MEMBERSHIPS

1. Life member - Bangalore Management Association - www.bmabangalore.com 

2. Expert Panel member on IT Governance Forum - United Kingdom, where I contribute articles, suggestions, comments, etc., for their knowledge bank, white papers and research reports.

3. Contributing writer to the career magazine, disaster recovery journal and many other article websites.

PUBLICATIONS

I am also a published author. My first book adventure was a comprehensive laboratory manual for my electronics department in 1989. Years later the following books were published.

1. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - A Concise Guide for Small Organizations & Busy Executives published by www.itgovernance.co.uk 

2. Practical IT Service Management - A Concise Guide for Busy Executives, based on ITIL V3 also published by www.itgovernance.co.uk 

3. Top Secret Business Humor - The Immaculate Worthless Collection.

4. The Caveman Diaries - Some Raw Advice for Modern Executives

5. The Cosmic Machiavelli - A Mild & Wild chat with the Brilliant Celestial Mechanic


My technology books have also been reviewed by reputed industry gurus like Mr. Alan Calder of IT Governance Forum-UK and Mr. Phil Rothstein of Rothstein Associates-USA. The disaster recovery book was also reviewed by Infosecurity magazine in the May-June 2007 print edition.

Apart from books I also scribble mild and wild articles on management, self improvement, technology, workplace issues, humor and related topics that are frequently syndicated around our planet through several RSS feeds and article aggregators. My articles have also appeared on reputed websites like geekleaders.com, cio.com, techrepublic.com, cnbc.com, ezinearticles.com, itmuseum.org, drj.com, thecareermag.com sourcingmag.com and many ezines and blogs. A couple of my articles were also published by Swift Magazine, an in-house magazine published by Harvard College in Cambridge, MA.

COACHING

I can also offer some informal coaching or consultancy in areas like Book Publishing, Freelance Writing, Humor, IT Management, Personal Resiliency, Self Improvement, etc. For details click here - Consultancy.  So if you think I could probably help (or learn from you) feel free to shoot me an email, and let me see what I can do. Just remember to check your spam folder in case my reply is hiding there.

Contact me on thejendra@yahoo.com

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