Vivek Paul

Vice Chairman of Wipro Ltd. and President of Wipro Technologies

Wipro Technologies is a global technology solutions provider with over 13,000 software professionals and offices in 30 locations around the world.

Over the three years since Mr. Paul assumed this role, revenues at Wipro Technologies have grown at over 45% a year and operating profits have grown at over 50% a year, compounded.

Prior to this role, Mr. Paul was based in Milwaukee, WI, and ran GE's Global CT (Computerized Tomography) Scanner business with nearly $1 billion in revenues, reporting directly to the current Chairman of GE. Mr. Paul drove productivity through developing a design and build capability in China for the economy range, drove design cooperation across development teams in France, Japan and the US to step up the pace of new product introductions, and launched breakthrough products through the pioneering application of Six Sigma techniques.

Prior to this role, Mr. Paul was President and CEO of GE's medical equipment joint venture with Wipro. Mr. Paul was part of the venture as a new start-up, to its becoming a global design and manufacturing base for ultrasound equipment, as well as a leader in the distribution and service of medical imaging equipment in the South Asian markets.

His efforts in all three roles (Wipro, Wipro GE and GE) have been noted in the business media and have been used as case studies at leading business schools.

Prior to working at GE, Mr. Paul worked at Bain & Co., Boston, a leading strategy consulting firm and at PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, NY in their M&A area. Mr. Paul received an MBA from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from B.I.T.S., Pilani, India in Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
Mr. Paul is a member of the Board of the California Chamber of Commerce, a member of the B.I.T.S Senate, a charter member of The Silicon Valley Indus Entrepreneurs Organization and on the advisory board for Stanford University's Radiology Department.