M. M. "Sath" Sathyanarayan President Global Development Consulting, Inc.

M. M. “Sath” Sathyanarayan is  Founder and President of Global Development Consulting, Inc. (GDC), an offshore advisory and management firm. He has 30 years experience in IT and global outsourcing -- initially as a Fortune 500 corporation executive leading offshoring, then as startup CEO utilizing offshore resources, now as author, advisor and interim executive.  He has helped dozens of executives and managers across industries maximize benefits from offshore outsourcing.

He is well versed in various aspects of offshore outsourcing -- establishing the right offshoring strategies and overseeing their execution, assessing and improving the true business value of offshoring, offshore business models, auditing and improving offshore operations, establishing and maintaining strong processes between domestic and offshore activities, offshore governance, vendor identification and evaluation.

Prior to GDC, he held executive and management positions at HP/Tandem Computers – an organization with $2 billion in revenues. There, he pioneered the concept of leveraging offshore resources for strategic advantage. He established and led a worldwide organization of development and technical support personnel working on mission critical applications. This organization improved cost structure, time-to-market and earnings per share.  This initiative succeeded despite many challenges. Processes and organization developed under his leadership are still successfully at work after 10 years and two acquisitions.

Subsequent to HP/Tandem, he was founder and CEO of 24by7 Corporation, a temporary staffing and professional services firm, which leveraged offshore resources. In addition to his roles in offshoring, he has provided leadership to product development, support and IT organizations.

Based on his extensive experience and industry research Sath has authored a book “Offshore Development & Technical Support – Proven Strategies and Tactics for Success”, a practical guide to successfully launch and manage offshore initiatives. In addition to this book, he has published several articles on offshoring. Sath is widely quoted in the press --  InfoWorld, CIO, Software Business, Workforce and Economic Times (India) to name a few. 

Sath is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic and State University and Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds M.S. in Engineering and MBA degrees.