GlobalLogic Sponors Benchmark Globalization Conference

Confluence 2010: March 17th & 18th, Santa Clara Convention Center

McLean, VA - February 9, 2010 –

GlobalLogic announced that it will be a gold sponsor of Zinnov Management Consulting’s Confluence 2010 conference on March 17th & 18th in Santa Clara, California. The event will provide senior executives in the R&D and product engineering markets an opportunity to attend interactive panel discussions, keynotes and networking sessions that focus on globalization. Among others, Confluence 2010’s guest speakers include Anil Chakravarthy, SVP Enterprise Product Operations, Symantec; Christian Verstraete, CTO – MDI Business, HP; Gordon Paynem SVP & GM, Citrix; Ajit Nazre, Partner, KPCB;; Dr. C. Mohan, IBM Fellow, IBM – Almaden; and Pat Conley, Adjunct Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology.

In addition to co-sponsoring the event, GlobalLogic will provide attendees with a chance to play Innovation Games®, a proven methodology of using "serious games" to help organizations tackle complex problems. Based on deep principles of cognitive psychology and organizational behavior, Innovation Games have been leveraged by major league players like Google, SAP and Qualcomm. Luke Hohmann, the founder of Innovation Games, will be in attendance at the station to help facilitate the experience and provide participants with a complimentary copy of his book, Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play.

"We are very excited to be participating in this event," said Milind Patwardhan, Vice President, Marketing, GlobalLogic. "Global innovation and collaborative product development is rapidly becoming the preferred method of R&D, and Zinnov is going to great lengths to help product engineering decision-makers thoroughly understand its challenges, benefits and best practices."

"As global operations are becoming critical for technology companies, we still see many myths surrounding globalization as executives enter the decision-making process," said Vamsee Tirukkala, Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Zinnov LLC. "We hope to dispel these myths by directly addressing them in thoughtful panel sessions,  by showcasing successful case studies, and by facilitating face-to-face conversations between attendees and industry leaders." 

Individuals who are interested in receiving an invitation to Confluence 2010 can apply for complimentary registrationhere using the promotional code GLZC2010.

About GlobalLogic

The leader in software R&D services, GlobalLogic Inc. partners with technology and software-enabled businesses to deliver quality products to market rapidly and cost-effectively. GlobalLogic has created a network of global innovation hubs in the US, India, Ukraine, China and Argentina that involve 3,000 of the brightest and most innovative software minds. Connecting GlobalLogic’s hubs and clients is an award-winning platform that cultivates rapid Agile collaboration. GlobalLogic provides clients with a range of R&D services from turn-key product development to offshore team extension to Lab building, thus delivering full lifecycle product engineering services along with proven tools and processes. The company has ongoing partnerships with more than 150 emerging and established clients in markets such as Digital Media, Electronics, Finance, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Retail, Mobile/Wireless and Telecom. For more information, please visit www.globallogic.com.

About About Zinnov LLC

Founded in 2002, Zinnov – meaning Zeal in Innovation – is a leading management consulting company providing advisory services in the area of Global Sourcing, Emerging Markets Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 and reputed SMB companies. Zinnov works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.

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