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Around Susan Prakasam from Microsoft in 10 questions

By on Wednesday 19th October 2016 in AR, ARPOTY, IIAR, IIAR AR Professional Interview, IIAR AR Professional of the Year 0

Today we ask our probing questions of Susan Prakasam from Microsoft. Singapore based Susan (LinkedIn, @suprakasam) is the Analyst lead for Microsoft Asia, and she won AR Professional of the Year for APAC in 2016. susan-prakasam-microsoft 

Questions:

  1. What’s been your career path to becoming an AR pro?

My longest stint has been in sales & business development before becoming an analyst. Both roles continue to hold value in my current avatar as an AR pro. The foundation in sales keeps me grounded in being customer centric and oriented to how analysts are best served to influence them, and my stint as an analyst helps me understand the regional landscape of analyst houses and the strengths each firm delivers on based on how it is structured and the methodology that is their unique proposition.

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IIAR Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2016

By on Wednesday 6th July 2016 in ARPOTY, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year 2

The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations, the not-for-profit professional association established to raise awareness of analyst relations and the value of industry analysts, has announced the winners of the IIAR Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2016 and the IIAR AR Team of the Year 2016

IIAR AR Professional of the Year

London, Wednesday 6th July 2016. The survey looked at the analysts’ perception of how AR professionals are performing as a whole and compare it with results from the past, according to the ‘Three Rs’ of AR:

  • Responsiveness
  • Relationship
  • Results

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IIAR Christmas Networking Event concluded successfully!

By on Monday 17th December 2012 in CCS Insights, Forrester, Gartner, IDC, IIAR, IIAR Networking Event, Ovum 0

Analysts and IIAR members alike had a lot of fun at this year’s Christmas party in London on 6th December 2012. More than 60 people came along.  With over 30 analysts attending from companies including Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Ovum, Frost & Sullivan, Informa, Celent,  CCS Insight, Creative Intellect Consulting, AMI Partners, EuroLAN Research, Freeform Dynamics, PAC UK, Plum Consulting, RedMonk, Verdantix, Analysys Mason, Bloor Research, it sure was a great opportunity for IIAR members (including people from Microsoft, Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC, TCS, Symantec, Atos, Deloitte, Dassault Systemes, Tieto, Avaya) to network with their target analysts as well as peers. A big thanks to all those who were able to make it, we sure had a great time! Continue Reading →

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