Time: Sunday, March 9, 2008, 11:40 am - 12:25 pm

Ravi Vijayaraghavan

Partner, Bain & Company

Ravi Vijayaraghavan is a Partner in the North American practice of Bain & Company, based in Boston. Prior to relocating to Boston in January 2007, Ravi was a Partner in the Asian practice of Bain and was the head of Bain's Asian technology practice based out of Singapore.

Ravi has been with Bain for 12 years and has accumulated experience across a wide range of industry segments and geographies. Recent assignments include pan-Asian growth strategy assignment for a world-leading computer systems company, strategy and operations improvement for a major telecommunications equipment vendor, and a 'full potential' program for one of the regional largest telecom operators. During his career at Bain he has worked across the United States and Asia, leading teams in China, Australia, India, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

Ravi has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated as class valedictorian. He also has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, and completed graduate work in EE at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. Prior to joining Bain he held marketing and product management positions at Oracle Corporation and at Centigram Communications, both in Silicon Valley.