ITServe Synergy 2015, First Annual Conference concluded today in Dallas, TX. The extravaganza had great attendance from over 200 organizations with their 500+ employees participated in Sales, Recruitment & Executive Sessions.  Startup Cube met its overall objective of creating a vibrant platform for startups by bringing Entrepreneurs, VCs & Mentors under one roof.


“We are very happy with the outcomes of the event and are greatly pleased by the response we received from both IT Company Executives & startup community” said Satish Manduva Founding President and Political Affairs Chair at ITServe Alliance.

 “There are many contributing factors for the success of the event, we thank our executive team for planning / organizing / coordinating such a big Event. We would also like to thank all our sponsors for their contributions and support in making this happen” said Sudhakar Pennam President of ITServe Alliance.

“As part of ITServe objective we encourage mentoring by involving industry thought leaders to guide new IT company owners. We successfully conducted mentoring sessions at conference by brining industry leaders to Lunch tables” said Ex-President Anil Kilaru

“We are thankful to Senator John Cornyn, Telangana IT Minister KTR Garu & AP Special Secretary Phani Kishore Garu for sending video messages wishing ITServe members a successful conference & congratulating ITServe efforts in helping local economy” said Ashok Chittiprolu, Ex-President of ITServe.

“This conference created a buzz in a way we added 100 plus member companies in last couple months from 10+ states” said Ex-President & Membership Chair Sudhakar Peram.

Speaking about the event President elect Shashidhar Devireddy said “We had big number of IT Company executives came from Houston, Chicago, Austin, New Jersey, Bay Area & DC/Virginia. After concluding the event and power packed panel discussions, we have already started hearing attendees enquire about our next edition of this event, this is a true measure of success of the event.”

Executive Committee of ITServe  behind this successful conference: Satish Manduva, Sudhakar Peram, Ashok Chittiprolu, Anil Kilaru, Sudhakar Pennam, Shashi Devireddy, Satish Nannapaneni, Vinod Uppu, Suresh Malemalpuram, Gopi Kandukuri, Sandeep Kilaru, Kumar Kukunuru, Venkat Gottipati & Sam Prakash.

Highlights of Conference & Banquet:

Sales Track:  “Maximizing New Accounts” , “Standing out in a crowded, competitive market place by building impactful value” By Gerry Gadoury from Menemsha Group

Recruiter Track: “Uncovering LinkedIn Backdoor Candidates”, “Tools to make your recruiting more Efficient” by Kristin Lyon, Vector Group

Executive Track:  “Sales structure & Strategy” by Karl Graf, TrustPoint
 
Immigration Panel Discussion:  “Legal Immigration and Future of America” , “Burning Issues for IT Employers”, by Emily Neumann From Reddy & Neumann, P.C., Rakesh Patel From Patel Law Group, Grace Kan From Kan Law, Kathryn Brady From Akula & Associates, P.C. & Kimberly Harrison-Donaldson From Harrison-Donaldson Attorney At Law  Moderated by Ravi Varre

Startup Cube: Panel Discussion and Startup Pitch By Entrepreneurs with Ideas, Panel Headed By Suresh Ketha, Shridhar Mittal, Bhaskar KrishnamSetty & Shameer Soni.  Out of 20+ companies presented to Committee 5 companies were selected to present to Panel.

Keynote Speakers:  Shridhar Mittal, CEO of Zimperium who sold his firm ITKO to Computer Associates talked about 10 key factors for a successful startup.   Scotty Landry, CEO & President of Make-A-Wish Foundation praised ITServe for their contribution and partnership with Make-A-Wish.
 
Banquet:  With well over 750 attendees, Fun filled entertainment from Standup Comedian Paul Varghese, Blue Flame Dances, Kids dances, Tollywood Singers Sahithi & Narendra, TV Anchor & Actor Pradeep, Drums show by Composer Meher Chanti, DJ Ram Kalpat & Emcee Roomaisa Hirani.  Exquisite dinner served by Bawarchi & Anjappar Indian restaurants.

Onsite and event Photography by KV Images & Madhu Swetha and Decoration at the event was done by Sparkles Decorations.

Synergy Website, Mobile App & Live Broadcast:  Synergy website developed and hosted by Lucid Technologies, Event live broadcasted by Desi Plaza TV. & Mobile application for Conference powered by Intellisoft Technologies.  This event managed by Suresh Manduva, Krishna Korada & Subash Nelakanti of ApplauZ Productions.
 
Sponsors for the Event: Reddy & Neumann, PC, AIS/Ficke Insurance, Patel Law Group, Akula & Associates, PC, Harrison-Donaldson P.C, Posey Law Group, Unicon Travels, Arthur J. Gallagar & Co, Duke Law Office, Bawarchi, , Kan Law, Eagle Strategies, Bradford Commerical RealEstate, Muthu G Mudaliar, MPACT Financial, Massage Envy & TrustPoint.


About ITServe Alliance:
 
ITServe Alliance is a largest association of IT Services organizations. The alliance is the voice of all prestigious IT companies functioning with similar interests across United States. Through the years ITServe has evolved as a resourceful and respected platform to collaborate and initiate measures in the direction of protecting common interests and ensuring collective success.