Guruduth Banavar

Current

• Director, India Research Lab, and Chief Technologist, IBM India / South Asia at IBM

Past

• Associate Director at IBM India Research Lab, Bangalore
• Senior Manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
• Manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

• Research Staff Member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Guruduth Banavar’s Summary

I am a leader of technology innovation in IBM Research, with more than 12 years of post-PhD experience in creating, evaluating, and applying new & emerging technologies to solve real-world problems. I have played many roles -- technology researcher, executive, worldwide research strategist, patent evaluator, program manager of joint investment between IBM research and business units, and relationship manager with senior IBM executives.

I continue to technically innovate in Computer Science (distributed systems and software engineering) and the new discipline of Service Science. I take active part in these communities, I have authored over 40 research publications and filed for over 25 patents, and I participate on PhD and other advisory committees.

Guruduth Banavar’s Specialties:

Computer Science (Distributed systems & Software Engg)
Service Science (Service Engineering, Quality)
Technology innovation strategy
Organizational leadership

Guruduth Banavar’s Experience

• Director, India Research Lab, and Chief Technologist, IBM India / South Asia

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  As Lab Director of IRL, I lead the overall strategy and operations of the lab, which is located at New Delhi and Bengaluru.
  
  As Chief Technologist of IBM India / South Asia, I set the cross-unit technology agenda for the region.

• Associate Director

  IBM India Research Lab, Bangalore

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2005 — April 2008 (2 years 9 months)

  Build the IBM Research group in Bangalore from the ground up. This group, initially called the Services Innovation and Research Center (SIRC), is focused on creating and deploying innovative technologies for improving and differentiating the global delivery capabilities of IBM.

• Senior Manager

  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 2 months)

• Manager

  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2000 — May 2003 (2 years 11 months)

• Research Staff Member

  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1995 — June 2000 (4 years 9 months)