Rajan Narayanan is a Senior Vice President at MindTree Consulting. In his current role, he heads the IBM technologies practices at MindTree, which include the Mainframe, System i, and the IBM software brands of WebSphere, Rational, Lotus, Tivoli , and IM. Rajan is an Engineering graduate and is currently pursuing a doctoral program in management. MindTree is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India . MindTree partners with its clients to create a transparent, value-based relationship delivering business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting-led, framework-based, and IP-driven approach. Rajan can be reached at rajan_narayanan@mindtree.com.