Introduction
Atul is a leading proponent and practitioner of globalization and futurizing enterprises.   He has two decades of global business expertise and co-founded neoIT in 1999 with the mission of helping enterprises grow their business and improve operations by capitalizing on services globalization.  This passion for globalization of services and a unique business model has helped neoIT establish itself as the leader in the services globalization advisory and management arena.  This has also led to Atul being recognized globally for his thought leadership and experience is the global services economy. In 2007, Atul founded NEOGROUP to help companies optimize major programs and governance. NEOGROUP provides best practices and resources to monitor, report and optimize major programs and governance. In 2009, Atul founded Best Outsourcing Jobs and Global Ability to further fuel the global services economy and develop a stronger global services supply chain.

Global Leadership
Atul’s opinions are valued by media and wall street analysts such as CNN, ABCNews, CNBC, ITAA, SIG, Outsourcing World Summit, HRO World, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Economist, CIO and other global organizations. Atul continues to be a vocal proponent of globalization and has taken on the critics, such as Lou Dobbs and his “Exporting America” segment on CNN.  He has co-authored a book published by McGraw Hill in January 2006 on services globalization titled, “The Offshore Nation” which focuses on the services globalization mega-trend and its economic and human impact on nations and firms. His next book, The 7 Secrets of Great Globalizers is likely to be published by Spring 2010.  Atul also writes an ongoing column for HRO Today, FAO Today and Outsourcing Malaysia. He is also a frequent contributor to other magazines such as CIO, Global Services and Business Finance.

Consulting Magazine named Atul as one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants” in 2006 and “Top 6 IT Powerbrokers” in 2004.  HRO Today named Atul as a HR Outsourcing Superstar five years in a row from 2004 through 2009.  FAO Today named him a Superstar in 2007 and 2008.  Arizona State University honored him as a “Distinguished Alumni”.  

He serves on the Boards of IDEA, Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University, IAOP, Defense Business Board, NEOGROUP and neoIT. He is also active with the global non-profit network of entrepreneurs, TiE, Silicon Valley where he is a Charter Member and Chair of the “Cross Border Services CxO Forum”. Atul is also a member and board member of the Northern California chapter of YPO and a mentor to the Stanford University’s Reuters Digital Vision Fellow Program.

Prior to neoIT, Atul was at Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) as Senior Vice President of International, he led the international operations of the Fortune 25 Company.  Atul and his seasoned team at Cardinal expanded profitable operations to Australia, New Zealand, Spain, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and other global locations. More importantly, his in-depth international experience earned him the admiration and respect of global CEOs, business leaders and government officials.

Atul and his firms are redefining how nations create competitive advantage in global services and how firms and individuals can leverage this mega-trend to build better futures for all.  Further details can be found at www.google.com (search for Atul Vashistha).

David Kline provides leadership, strategic management and technical guidance for Discovery's information technology infrastructure, software applications and facility services worldwide. His focus is on next-generation systems conversions and integrations in support of driving Discovery's overall brand-building and growth strategies.

Kline has an extensive background in managing the information systems strategy for some of the world's biggest entertainment brands. Before joining Discovery in July 2007, Kline was the Senior Vice President and CIO of Information Technology and Facilities for Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp. Kline joined Rainbow Media in 1998 as Director of Information Systems and quickly became a key member of senior management.

Previously, Kline worked for Integrated Systems Group as Vice President of Pre- and Post-Sales Systems Engineering. Earlier, he served as Manager of Data Center Operations and Project Director of Clinical Applications for North Shore Health Systems.

Kline earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in management and marketing from Long Island University at C.W. Post.

Phil is an acknowledged industry analyst, advisor and blog-master across Outsourcing and IT services, having worked extensively in Europe, North America and Asia across Business Process Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing, and Shared Services transformation areas. During this time, Phil has served as an advisor on over 100 major outsourcing and shared services engagements.

Phil is focused on advising AMR’s buy-side clients on executing best practices when determining outsourcing strategy, vendor selection, post-transaction governance and the intersection between IT and business process strategy within an outsourced business model.  He previously served as BPO Marketplace Leader for Deloitte Consulting, where he led numerous outsourcing and offshoring advisory engagements with FORTUNE 500 enterprises. Prior to Deloitte, Phil served as Vice President, BPO Research & Advisory, for Everest Group, an outsourcing strategy firm, leading a team based in India.
He was named both an "FAO" and "HRO Superstar" by FAOToday and HROToday Magazines for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and was featured as the cover story for the December 2006 issue of FAOToday as one of the outsourcing industry's most prominent advisors.  He was also nominated for “Advisor of the Year” at the FAOSummit 2008.  He speaks regularly at industry conferences, which have included The Conference Board, NASSCOM, IQPC Shared Services, the Sourcing Interests Group and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.  He is also a regular columnist for several industry publications, including Global Services Media, SSON, FAOToday, Information Week and Finance Director Europe.