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Mr. S T Desai
L&T Infotech:
Independent Director
Samir T. “Sam”
Desai has been with
Motorola for more
than 30 years. He
has served as Senior
Vice President and
General Manager for
iDEN Networks and
Devices, which
includes iDEN mobile
devices and iDEN
Infrastructure,
under Motorola's
Network Business.
As General Manager,
Mr. Desai provided
senior leadership
and focus for the
iDEN business and
its relationships
with its carrier
customers. This
appointment was a
continuance of Mr.
Desai's successful
history with
Motorola's iDEN
business, which he
founded in the early
1990's. Mr. Desai
was instrumental in
growing the business
to what it is today
and forming its
strategic
partnership with
Nextel. iDEN
technology is used
by Nextel and other
carriers, including
Southern LINC,
Nextel Partners,
Boost Mobile and NII
Holdings, to provide
wireless
communication
services that
include
push-to-talk-two-way
radio service.
Mr. Desai served as
Motorola's Chief
Information Officer
from 2002 to 2004
and Senior Vice
President and deputy
to the President of
the Motorola
Personal Devices
Business from 2001
to 2002. As CIO, Mr.
Desai was
responsible for
driving an
aggressive
three-pronged
strategy to increase
efficiency,
effectiveness, and
technology
transformation. In
just one year, Mr.
Desai's
three-pronged
strategy led to a 50
percent efficiency
increase in
operating budget and
established a
standard across the
enterprise and
governance structure
within Motorola's
Information
Technology.
Furthermore, under
Mr. Desai's
leadership, the
Personal Devices
Business experienced
tremendous growth
and stability with
improved engineering
and quality
performance while
successfully
shipping a vast
number of Platform
2000 products.
Prior to joining
Personal Devices,
Mr. Desai was Senior
Vice President and
Director of
eBusiness and
business
transformation for
the company's
Communications
Enterprise from 2000
to 2001. In this
role, Mr. Desai was
responsible for
driving common
business processes
across the
enterprise and
serving as Chief
Information Officer.
From 1999 to 2000,
Mr. Desai was Senior
Vice President and
General Manager of
the iDEN Subscriber
Group and Networks
Business worldwide
manufacturing and
logistics. His
expertise and
leadership in this
position produced
higher profitability
and growth for the
iDEN Subscriber
business as well as
significantly
improved
manufacturing
margins and cost
reductions of
several hundred
million dollars for
the Supply Chain
operation.
From 1993 to 1999,
Mr. Desai was
General Manager of
the iDEN Subscriber
Group based in
Plantation, Florida.
Prior to this, Mr.
Desai served in a
variety of
management positions
at Motorola. He
joined Motorola in
1973 and began his
career as an
Engineer.
Mr. Desai holds an
M.B.A. degree from
Loyala University,
Chicago an M.S.
degree in Electrical
Engineering from
Illinois Institute
of Technology, and a
B.S.Degree in
Physical and
Electrical
Engineering from two
Universities in
India.
Mr. Desai has served
on the Board of
Directors of the
United Way and the
Museum of Discovery
and Science in South
Florida.
Mr. Desai was
inducted on the
Board of Larsen &
Toubro Infotech
Limited as an
Independent Director
with effect from
January 27, 2007. |
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