Regional Leaders
Siddharth A. "Sid" Pai
Partner & Managing Director, TPI India
sid.pai@tpi.net
Mr. Pai, Partner and Managing Director, Global India, leads the firm's office in Bangalore. Sid provides TPI's clients with expert sourcing solutions for information technology processes and business process outsourcing (BPO), with a special focus on offshore operations. He possesses specialized industry expertise in the telecommunications and financial services sectors, and he has had sector profit responsibility for significant service provider businesses across the globe in both of these sectors.
Prior to joining TPI, Sid held senior executive roles with IBM and BearingPoint in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. As the Managing Principal and sector head for IBM's Communications Sector consulting businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), he held overall profit responsibility for a 29-nation region. While a Partner/Managing Director with KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint, Inc. he launched several businesses within BearingPoint, including the Managed Services business in North America and the firm's operations in India .
Sid built BearingPoint's India operations from scratch and structured its current Global Development Center. In this role, he provided complex Applications Development and Managed Services solutions to a variety of global clients from India. He negotiated BearingPoint's Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) relationships in India as well as several agreements with BearingPoint's Indian subcontractors.
Sid's international experience includes long-term assignments in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. He spent 15 years working in the United States and Europe before returning to India some years ago to build BearingPoint's operations there.
Sid holds Master of Business Administration and Master of Science degrees in Economics degrees from the University of Rochester and earned his undergraduate degree from Bangalore University (India).
In Sid's Words
“The center of gravity of the sourcing world has shifted to the East. TPI is already the world's most respected name in the sourcing advisory and consulting space – and with the TPI Global Service Delivery practice that has a large office in India with many local as well as international clients – it is also the most relevant. Clients rely on us for objective, informed and direct advice on how best to leverage the dynamics of an increasingly globalized and ‘flattened' world.”