Dr. Charles Aird , Senior Managing Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to Speak at KC’s Event on Outsourcing and Offshoring for Attorneys: on 06/23/2009
Jersey City, NJ, April 03, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcast announced today that Dr. Charles Aird, Senior Managing Director & US National Leader Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “Outsourcing and Offshoring for Attorneys: A 2009 Perspective”. This 2-hour event is scheduled on June 23, 2009, Tuesday, at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2009_OOA.html)
This past year, one of the key trends affecting companies of all sizes is the “outsourcing” or “offshoring” of business functions that used to be provided internally within a company to third-party vendors who specialize in the operation and management of such functions. It has been widely adopted by many businesses when it comes to operations such as accounting, data processing and storage, computer applications, network management, customer service and human resources. Significantly, because of the economic conditions, companies have begun to outsource legal processes as well. As a result, outsourcing creates a host of issues that cover a wide range of legal areas, including information technology, intellectual property, tax, employment, privacy and data security, regulatory affairs, corporate matters, insurance, real estate and dispute resolution.
This Live Webcast will teach attorneys, among other things, how to draft documentation for external service provider deals, including offshore outsourcing transactions, how to manage the outsourcing contract process, how to recognize and avoid common intellectual property pitfalls, how to use outsourcing to acquire Green Technology and impose Green Technology requirements, how to address privacy and data security issues, how to develop proper market prices for vendor services and how to prepare for dispute resolution in outsourcing arrangements. This program is appropriate for all attorneys and other business professionals who are involved in any type of outsourcing arrangements.
About Dr. Charles Aird
Charlie has more than 30 years of outsourcing, shared services and offshoring experience, including ITO/ADM and business process transformation as well as systems development and implementation. He is the PwC US leader for the shared services and outsourcing advisory group. He has an extensive background in evaluation and developing delivery centres in the domestic and international environments including Argentina, Australia, China, Belgium, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Singapore and the US.
Charlie has had the responsibility for service delivery in international environments, having lived and worked in India, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore and provided service delivery to across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the US. In particular, he developed the Global Business Process Transformation practice for Deloitte Consulting. He also established the Indian consulting practice and remote ERP applications delivery of Ernst and Young Consulting, was the E&Y Consulting Shared Services leader for Asia Pacific, and was responsible for the start-up of the global, Indian headquartered company HCL Technologies as the President. Charlie also was a Client Executive at EquaTerra, where he was responsible for BPO and ADM advisory engagements. He has extensive experience in all phases of sourcing including sourcing strategy, assessment, design, governance, build, transition, and ongoing operations of business processes and IT. He has also been the CIO of an organization with responsibility for building 2 computer centers to support 330 separate entities.
Charlie has lectured on various subjects across the world. He is recognized as the Global Orchestration expert for sourcing. He has a BS in Mathematics from Va. Tech and Masters and Doctorate from the University of Virginia.
Selected experiences include:
*Conducted ADM outsourcing for a major US Utility
*Assistance for the implementation of global ERP COE for a US based company
*Management the implementation of the outsourcing ADM services for a major Indian based company
*Development of the applications and infrastructure for a US industrial products company
*Assistance in Asia for establishing functions to support generic drug sourcing for a US pharma company
*Due diligence for low cost manufacturing in Eastern Europe for a US industrial products company
*Assessment and implementation of global shared services for a major global retail company
*Implementation and service delivery of IT for global petrochemical company
*Service delivery of F&A for the spin off of a high tech manufacturing company
*Implementation of ERP systems for an oil and gas major
*Implementation and service delivery of IT for a telecoms manufacturing company
*Assessment of the sourcing strategy for F&A, HR and IT for a global pharma company
*Managed the ITO and BPO for a retail client
*Managed the ITO of a major oil producer
About PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 146,000 people in 150 countries across their network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice
For more information about Dr. Charles Aird, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , please visit: www.pwc.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Group/Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series is an organization that produces webinars that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour Live webinars to study the impact of changing regulations.”
To contact or to register for an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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This past year, one of the key trends affecting companies of all sizes is the “outsourcing” or “offshoring” of business functions that used to be provided internally within a company to third-party vendors who specialize in the operation and management of such functions. It has been widely adopted by many businesses when it comes to operations such as accounting, data processing and storage, computer applications, network management, customer service and human resources. Significantly, because of the economic conditions, companies have begun to outsource legal processes as well. As a result, outsourcing creates a host of issues that cover a wide range of legal areas, including information technology, intellectual property, tax, employment, privacy and data security, regulatory affairs, corporate matters, insurance, real estate and dispute resolution.
This Live Webcast will teach attorneys, among other things, how to draft documentation for external service provider deals, including offshore outsourcing transactions, how to manage the outsourcing contract process, how to recognize and avoid common intellectual property pitfalls, how to use outsourcing to acquire Green Technology and impose Green Technology requirements, how to address privacy and data security issues, how to develop proper market prices for vendor services and how to prepare for dispute resolution in outsourcing arrangements. This program is appropriate for all attorneys and other business professionals who are involved in any type of outsourcing arrangements.
About Dr. Charles Aird
Charlie has more than 30 years of outsourcing, shared services and offshoring experience, including ITO/ADM and business process transformation as well as systems development and implementation. He is the PwC US leader for the shared services and outsourcing advisory group. He has an extensive background in evaluation and developing delivery centres in the domestic and international environments including Argentina, Australia, China, Belgium, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Singapore and the US.
Charlie has had the responsibility for service delivery in international environments, having lived and worked in India, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore and provided service delivery to across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the US. In particular, he developed the Global Business Process Transformation practice for Deloitte Consulting. He also established the Indian consulting practice and remote ERP applications delivery of Ernst and Young Consulting, was the E&Y Consulting Shared Services leader for Asia Pacific, and was responsible for the start-up of the global, Indian headquartered company HCL Technologies as the President. Charlie also was a Client Executive at EquaTerra, where he was responsible for BPO and ADM advisory engagements. He has extensive experience in all phases of sourcing including sourcing strategy, assessment, design, governance, build, transition, and ongoing operations of business processes and IT. He has also been the CIO of an organization with responsibility for building 2 computer centers to support 330 separate entities.
Charlie has lectured on various subjects across the world. He is recognized as the Global Orchestration expert for sourcing. He has a BS in Mathematics from Va. Tech and Masters and Doctorate from the University of Virginia.
Selected experiences include:
*Conducted ADM outsourcing for a major US Utility
*Assistance for the implementation of global ERP COE for a US based company
*Management the implementation of the outsourcing ADM services for a major Indian based company
*Development of the applications and infrastructure for a US industrial products company
*Assistance in Asia for establishing functions to support generic drug sourcing for a US pharma company
*Due diligence for low cost manufacturing in Eastern Europe for a US industrial products company
*Assessment and implementation of global shared services for a major global retail company
*Implementation and service delivery of IT for global petrochemical company
*Service delivery of F&A for the spin off of a high tech manufacturing company
*Implementation of ERP systems for an oil and gas major
*Implementation and service delivery of IT for a telecoms manufacturing company
*Assessment of the sourcing strategy for F&A, HR and IT for a global pharma company
*Managed the ITO and BPO for a retail client
*Managed the ITO of a major oil producer
About PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 146,000 people in 150 countries across their network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice
For more information about Dr. Charles Aird, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , please visit: www.pwc.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Group/Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series is an organization that produces webinars that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour Live webinars to study the impact of changing regulations.”
To contact or to register for an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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