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Dinesh C. Paliwal CEO Harman International

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           <span style="color: #a6201f; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; line-height: 30px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;">I discovered a great company with the most iconic brands in audio and a very good reputation in the auto industry……</span><br />
Few
 CEO’s would accept a job where three previous ones were shown the door 
in under 2 years. However, Dinesh Paliwal is not among those. He 
accepted the leadership position at Harman International even as the 
company was in dire straits with costs running haywire, a dwindling 
products line and a shrinking client base.<br />
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Already having a 
storied career at ABB, Paliwal accepted the top job at Harman 
International as a challenge to revive an iconic company hurtling south 
and transformed the company from a founder-run, top down culture to one 
that is customer-centric and innovation driven, including building a 
diverse board and strong leadership team, expanding the company’s 
business in high growth emerging markets and instituting best in class 
operating processes that have resulted in top- and bottom line growth.<br />
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<span style="color: #a6201f; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; line-height: 30px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;">Early Days and Education</span><br />
Born
 in Agra on December 17, 1957, Dinesh C. Paliwal holds a BS in Physics 
and Chemistry from St. John's College of Agra University, India in 1976 
and MS in Paper Science and Engineering from The Indian Institute of 
Technology, Roorkee, India in 1979. He completed his MBA in Finance from
 Miami University, Ohio, USA in 1985 and Masters in Applied Sciences and
 Engineering from Miami University, U.S.A. in 1983.<br />
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So the foundations for brilliant career were well and trully laid:<br />
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<span style="color: #a6201f; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; line-height: 30px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;">Career Spark</span><br />
Dinesh
 C. Paliwal served as a President and CEO of Harman International since 
July 1, 2007, and was appointed Chairman on July 1, 2008. He led several
 significant change initiatives at Harman and instituted numerous 
programs to simplify & strengthen company’s operations. To put the 
company on a profitable growth trajectory, he transformed the entire 
company culture from scratch and launched STEP Change Program in mid 
2008 so as to introduce best in class business processes which delivered
 an unprecedented US $ 400 Million in sustained cost savings.<br />
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<strong>The Start</strong><br />
Dinesh
 has worked in 6 countries and and lived in 4 continents, including 
United States, China, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, and India, 
learning the importance of different work cultures, ethics, discipline 
and focusing on deliverables. Prior to joining Harman, Dinesh spent 22 
years with ABB Group, where he last held the dual roles of President of 
ABB Group with responsibility for the company’s global P&L, and 
Chairman/CEO-ABB North America. He eliminated cultural and 
organizational silos among multiple P&L operations globally to 
achieve profitable growth for multi-billion North American operations 
following 18 years of losses.<br />
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<strong>The Growth</strong><br />
Leading
 Harman since 2007, Paliwal acted as veteran of the corporate 
turn-around, who earlier proved his determination at Swiss-based 
automation provider ABB. Paliwal has overseen development of Clari-Fi, a
 technology that restores nuances that get lost when music is digitally 
compressed. Strong demand from clients like Ferrari, BMW, Audi and 
Chrysler turned Harman into a Wall Street Darling, beating analysts’ 
earnings estimates 7 quarters in a row. Business grew so fast that 
Paliwal announced US $ 500 Million share buy-back over the next 3 years.<br />
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<strong>Problems & Takeover</strong><br />
To
 bring the company on lucrative path, he transformed company’s culture 
and launched best in class business processes which delivered an 
unprecedented $450 million in sustained cost savings. He indentified 
areas of overspending, placed several processes, as a result brought 
costs drastically down and heavily invested those savings into company’s
 R&D in order to deliver on complex projects.<br />
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In 18 months, 
Dinesh built team from scratch. Except for one person, every other 
person came from outside in order to have a global team. They have a 
whole new mindset: cultural diversity, different needs & new 
consumer insights. He recently launched first social-networking 
technology that serves to warfare drivers’ distraction, meet auto 
regulations and bring 4G smartphone functionality to the car.<br />
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Dinesh
 with his pioneering leadership, took Harman center stage at the Grammy 
Awards and on American Idol, where its systems were featured. BMW, 
Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and GM rely on Harman, too. A recent core 
development was Quantum Logic. Harman developed an algorithm to sit on 
top of compressed music and recreate its profile. Paliwal has cheerfully
 driven a boom to new technologies and created new solution concepts. 
Cloud, Connective Lifestyle, Signal Processing and Mobility are areas 
where Harman has taken a deep dive.<br />
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Harman has recently introduced
 diverse products and technologies, including timely initiatives as its 
energy efficient GreenEdge Technologies, new acoustics-sound management 
solutions for electric cars, and a new scalable automotive infotainment 
system. Dinesh thinks that his global exposure has educated him on 
importance of work cultures, ethics, discipline, a sense of purpose and 
focus on deliverables. Whether its food, music, or cultural values, he 
has a deep appreciation for global diversity, and this is a quality he 
looks for in his senior team as well.<br />
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<strong>Family</strong><br />
Dinesh
 is married to Ila, a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist and 
philanthropist & have two children Shriya and Aasheesh.<br />
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<strong>Awards & Accolades</strong></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">Adjudged
 as Metro New York Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young and 
received the Indian American Achiever Award by the Global Organization 
of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in 2010.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Bestowed
 with the ‘Pinnacle Award’ as one of the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans 
in Business by Asian American Business Development Center in 2012.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Named to Fortune's Business Person of the Year List in 2014.</td></tr>
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Professional Affiliations</div>
In addition to the Harman board, Dinesh serves as a member of:</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Board of Bristol-Myers Squibb.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">Boards TYCO International, ADT and Embarq Corporation</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Business Roundtable based in Washington, DC.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Economic Advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province, China for 3 years</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Served as Chairman of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Foreign_Trade_Council" title="National Foreign Trade Council">National Foreign Trade Council</a>,
 ABB India Ltd., Lummus Global (An Oil and Gas Technology Company) and 
Director for US China Business Council, US India Business Council and 
International Swimming Hall of Fame.</td></tr>
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<strong>Other Affiliations</strong></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">ABB Ltd</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Bristol-Myers Squibb Company</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Tyco International Ltd.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">ABB India Limited</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Miami University</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'ABB Inc.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Roorkee University, India</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'IIT Council</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'ABB Schweiz AG</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Embarq Corporation</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'The National Foreign Trade Council</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'3dB Research Ltd.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'The ADT Corporation</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" colspan="2" height="35" valign="middle"><span style="color: #a6201f; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; line-height: 30px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;">Quotes</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I discovered a great company with the most iconic brands in audio and a very good reputation in the auto industry<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I
 was quite ecstatic to take up the role. Harman was known to be a good 
company with great products and business prospects and turning the 
company’s fortune for good was a challenge that I was aspiring to take.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I have always said you cannot be a sustainable profit leader if you don't have the sustainable cost advantage..<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I have a very clear bias for people who have lived in different countries<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />What you call will power, I call massive courage. Passion.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I'm here to make this company win long-term<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />It is a matter of recognizing that people can’t be expected to put aside their connected lifestyle when they get in a car.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I got my bearings as to what goes on in labs, I understood that to teach you have to learn<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I challenge my CTO and Researchers to see where we can focus to develop our own.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />Change
 is a very big deal and I worked hard with my board to determine what we
 really care about and what our philosophy of reaching out is beyond new
 cars.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />Whatever
 we develop in the western world, sometimes we over engineer it, 
sometimes we completely miss the real need of customers in other markets
 like South America or Asia.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />If a man is not almost paranoid about innovation then there is something wrong with him.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />When
 something is extremely well that means I am not thinking about other 
things as much as I should, I should be thinking about what could be 
disruptive to a well run product.<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />Most
 people think that innovation always comes from the western world and 
this is far from the truth. In my experience, innovation can come from 
anywhere in this world and all you need to do is motivate and unleash 
the energy<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I believe that one can not be the profit leader without being the cost leader<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />I
 believe in people, their strength of conviction and ideas. It’s been 
proven to me time and again if you can light the passion within talented
 individuals, their potential is unlimited<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="4%"> </td><td style="font-size: 12px;" width="96%"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq_icn.png" width="10" />Extending
 this technology to our consumer and professional audio systems will 
also help to save energy use and carbon emissions around the world<img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="10" src="http://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/fq2_icn.png" width="10" /></td></tr>
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Dinesh C. Paliwal CEO Harman International

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