ROBERT A. KOTICK
Chief Executive Officer, Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Robert Kotick, CEO and a director of Activision, Inc., from 1991 to 2008, became CEO of Activision Blizzard when
Activision and Vivendi Games combined. He is the longest-serving CEO of any public videogame company.
By merging Activision’s top-selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment’s
leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard becomes the world’s largest, most profitable
interactive entertainment company, with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly
growing interactive entertainment software industry. Notable Activision products include the Call of Duty
series, World of Warcraft, and Guitar Hero, each of which generated in excess of $1 billion of annual revenues.
For calendar 2009, Activision Blizzard delivered non-GAAP net revenues of $4.8 billion and non-GAAP
operating income of $1.2 billion, marking the most profitable year in the company’s history. Mr. Kotick is a
trustee for the Center for Early Education, trustee committee chairman at the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, and a director of the Tony Hawk Foundation.
SANJAYA KRISHNA
U.S. Digital Services Leader, Information Technology, Communications & Entertainment (ICE), KPMG
Sanjaya Krishna, a KPMG partner, leads digital services for the U.S. firm. In this capacity he helps companies
address operational challenges related to the continuing digital transformation of the media industry. Mr.
Krishna has led the development of several of KPMG thought leadership publications on digital media,
including The Digital Bubble: Balancing Operational Challenges with Growth (2007), and most recently, Networked
Advertising: Growing Revenue in a Highly Fragmented Business (2010). His most recent work has been focused
on how companies can leverage social media to manage risk and grow the top line. Mr. Krishna also serves as
the vice chair of the Americas board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), where he recently worked with
other MEF members to produce an innovative guide to the rapidly growing area of mobile commerce.
K. ANANTH KRISHNAN
Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS)
Ananth Krishnan heads TCS’s corporate initiative on innovation, has served as a member of the CEO’s think-tank since 1999, and has helped in the conceptualization of several new initiatives. He is also a member of the
company’s training task committee. Mr. Krishnan joined TCS in 1988 and served on the offshore development
team for an insurance application on the Burroughs platform for Scottish Life Assurance of Edinburgh before
moving to the TCS IBM Center at Madras (Chennai). He worked closely with IBM as a system programmer and
developer across the offshore center at Madras and the IBM Software Laboratories at Endicott and San Jose for
the next five years. He became head of the TCS Systems Software Group at Madras in 1993. He later helped set
up the company’s Systems Management and Architecture and Technology Consulting practices, which bring
specialized services in consulting and technology to TCS clients worldwide.
JEFF KURBURSKI
Vice President, Information Technology, Herman Miller, Inc.
Jeff Kurburski joined Herman Miller in 1990 after spending time in both the government and private IT sectors.
In his current role, Mr. Kurburski has global responsibility for information technology at Herman Miller; his
areas of responsibility include application development, infrastructure, client services, and IT business risk.
Mr. Kurburski has served in various board capacities for the University Of Michigan College Of Engineering,
and currently resides on the Computer Science and Information Systems advisory board for Grand Valley State
University as well as the CIO Council of Greater West Michigan.
