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Sunil Mehta, Senior Vice President & Area Systems Director - Central Asia, JWT

Title: Senior Vice President & Area Systems Director - Central Asia

Qualifications : BSc (Statistics), DSM, MFM, CISA

Company: JWT

Industry Vertical: Media, Advertising & Communications

My inspiration: My Mother

Best lessons you learned from her: Honesty integrity and hardwork

Time in job: 10 years 10 months, approximately

What would you like to be in the future: Mentor & Advisor

Best IT decision you ever made: ERP, CRM implementaions and infrastructure upgrades

Best lessons learnt: Always be proactive, minutely detailed and think two years ahead

Technology you cant live without: Internet, Mobile Phones & email

Most significant IT implementation: ERP & CRM

Biggest challenge in your Industry: Dynamic business and market paradigm shifts/changes

Secret to meet this challenge: On my toes, awake 24x7 and proactively updated

One quality every leader must possess: Building leaders

Some of your hobbies: Collecting Pens, Watches, Coins

Your most cherished moment: When my daughter Kahini was born

Your obsession: Trying to stay fit and healthy

One gift you would want to give your customers: A better experience with value-add

One thing you want to change in yourself: Spend more quality time with my family

Best stress Buster: Being with my family and in the Gym

Favorite book: The Science of Hypnotism

Favorite movie: Padosan

A piece of advice to fellow CIOs: Things can be difficult, but nothing is impossible

- Mexy Xavier