- Prakash Puram
Prakash Puram (born
1955 ) is President and CEO ofiXmatch [cite news |first=Bipasha |last=Ray |title=Netting the right techs |work=Star Tribune |date=2000-07-17 |quote=Prakash Puram relied on his network of contacts to get iXmatch started.... ] , and a member of President Bush's Export Council. [cite news |first=Mark |last=Steil |title=Indian business makes energy on Minnesota prairie |url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/10/18/indiablades/ |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |date=2007-10-22 |quote=Puram has a significant platform to voice his opinions. He serves on the Bush administration's Export Council. ]Biography
Education
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from
Loyola College, Chennai ,India ; a Business Management diploma fromXavier Labour Relations Institute ,Jamshedpur , India; an MBA from theUniversity of Minnesota ; and aMaster of Public Administration fromHarvard University . Prakash serves on the advisory board of theUniversity of Minnesota ’sCarlson School of Management Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.Career
Puram has had leadership and product management roles at
Net Perceptions ,Honeywell ,IBM ,Pillsbury , andUnilever .On
September 22 ,2006 U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush nominated Prakash to be a member of the President's Export Council. Following a breakfast with Federal Reserve Bank ChairmanAlan Greenspan , Prakash and other new members were sworn-in on [{December 6] , 2005 by U.S. Commerce SecretaryCarlos Gutierrez who administered the oath of Office.White House Chief of Staff ,Andrew H. Card, Jr. , attended the swearing-in ceremony, representing the President. [http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/12605transcript.html]References
External links
*http://www.ixmatch.com/board.html
*http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050922-3.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/privsectormems.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/tpandnsub.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/index.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/12605Agenda.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/executivebranchmems.html
*http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/23310&EDATE=
*http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/L2l/fall2000/austin.html
*http://www.ixmatch.com/prakash_appointment_PEC.html
*http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/pec/12605transcript.html
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