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Dr. M.A. Ketabchi

Dr. M.A. Ketabchi

Vice President, Strategy

Progress Software acquired Savvion Inc. in January 2010. Dr. Ketabchi founded Savvion in 1994. Under his leadership, Savvion launched the first business process management (BPM) product in 1999.

Over the past 15 years, Ketabchi has been engaged with many Savvion customers and partners, helping them improve their business through BPM and BPM-enabled solutions.

Dr. Ketabchi is well known for his pioneering research in business process management technologies and methods, process centric domain-oriented business solutions, object-oriented database management systems and application development technologies. Over the last 20 years he has published and presented extensively in these areas and has made significant contributions to advancing the state of the art and technologies in BPM and process centric domain-oriented business solutions.

 

BPM in a Down Economy

Presented By M.A. Ketabchi

Is business process management recession proof? In today's tight economy, the goal shouldn't be merely to cut costs, it should be to cut costs intelligently.  That's where BPM comes in.  Listen as Sandy Kemsley, Independent Analyst and BPM Consultant, and Dr. M.A. Ketabchi of Progress discuss the ways that BPM can benefit companies today through advanced process handling and improved workflow. These claims are then backed up with some amazing ROI stats and real customer examples. 

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Turning BPM Upside Down

Presented By M.A. Ketabchi

Dr. M.A. Ketabchi explains Progress Savvion's new approach to BPM,  'Process makes perfect.'  He also drills down on what seems like the ideal approach to these difficult times, which is the continuous improvement of business processes, while saving time and money. 

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Savvion Acquisition - Part II

Dr. Ketabchi, founder and CEO of Savvion, and Dr. Bates, CTO of Progress Software, discuss the recent acquisition, Progress Software’s entry into the business process management (BPM) marketplace, and why organizations must evolve their business to be highly response, dynamic and predictive.

 

Head to Head: A Special Report

Head to Head: Beneftis of SOA and BPMJanelle B. Hill, Research VP at Gartner, and Dr. M.A. Ketabchi, VP of Strategy at Progress, go head to head to discuss the benefits of adopting SOA and BPM technologies.

Panel Discussion: BPM in the Real World

How to Choose the Right BPM Applications

This panel, featuring widely regarded BPM experts, including Dr. Ketabchi, explores the plusses and minuses of BPM in (industry/or by role-horizontal function) by looking at real-life scenarios.

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