Former IBM executive, Ashok Bhanaut visits DreamOval

10th May, 2008

On the 10th of May 2008, DreamOval was privileged to host Mr. Ashok Bhanaut, the distinguished expert on IT developments and strategy.
During a forum provided by the MeltWater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, DreamOval was proud to meet with this visionary, to share ideas on the creation of a future, prosperous African technology industry. With the relationship formed between DO and Ashok, the DO team is poised to come out with even more innovative product suites and services, that will provide better solutions to electronic transaction processing in Africa.
After brief introductions by all team members present, he proceeded to recount his life’s work and values. A pioneering developer on the IBM DB 2 and IBM WebSphere, he discussed interesting developments on the IT front, and strongly encouraged the DO team to respond to the opportunities being provided in a rapidly developing Ghana by remaining professional and confident.
On his values and thoughts on life, he strongly believes the individual should always be respected and valued above any work deadline. He also advocated honesty, consistency in character and the adherence to one’s values always over money.
The team was greatly inspired by the personal life stories, liveliness, intelligence and the informed outlook of Ashok Bhanaut. With the established relationship, the team looks forward to similarly rewarding and beneficial future interactions with him

About Ashok Bhanaut
Ashok has a PhD in Physics and has studied at the universities of Delhi (India), Liverpool (UK), Cambridge (UK) and Birmingham (UK). Currently, Ashok is a member of the Advisory Board of various companies in the Netherlands, Norway, India and US. He has worked with IBM for 27 years, holding various executive and technical architecture positions including Head of Architecture and Technology Innovations Group in The Netherlands, Head of IT IBM EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) in Paris. He played a key role in the implementation of Lotus Notes, SAP, WebSphere and Siebel products across the IBM organization.
His enterprising personality also led him to supervise research and pilot activities in leading edge technologies and business processes and collaborations with many Dutch Universities and IBM laboratories across the world. Prior to that however, he was IT Executive in the Office of the CIO at IBM Headquarters in New York ,where he was responsible for Business Transformation and Infrastructure for IBM internal systems Worldwide, including defining IBM's IT strategy, architecture and business transformation at a worldwide level.