State Governor meets IBM CSC Team

Here is one of the news coverages translated from Spanish to English.
State Governor of Puebla state in Mexico meets IBM CSC team and IBM Mexico President.
Also i managed to get a high resolution snap from Governor's facebook profile.
Hope you can find me in the snap. :)

Thursday, April 18, 2013 16:47

Puebla benefits from IBM Global Program services

IBM International experts provide expertise to projects for security, education and health.

RMV Stresses talented and experienced consultants to help transform the state of Puebla.

The Governor Rafael Moreno Valle started with IBM executives, Corporate Citizenship Program (Corporative Services Corps), which aims to support business consultants that the state administration in high-impact projects in education, health and safety.

"We are honored to have consultants from around the world to share their talents and expertise and contribute to the transformation of Puebla, said the president with IBM executives, led by Salvador Martinez Vidal, president of International Business Machines, Mexico.

The program involved 15 professional high performance IBM, from China, India, USA, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and the UK.

Moreno Valley were assigned to work in three strategic areas for safety Puebla government, education and health. "Undoubtedly, this opportunity to exchange views, we will find a solution to the challenges facing the administration," he added.

IBM president appreciated the confidence placed by the Executive to help generate value poblano government actions for the benefit of the public.

He explained that specialists, as part of its commitment to social responsibility, were selected by IBM to support a four-week period, in consulting three high-impact projects in Puebla community related to education, health and public safety.

The program IBM Corporate Service Corps, launched in 2008, aims to contribute to economic development in emerging market countries, providing high-value consulting through professional teams (with different nationalities and specialties), moving to work voluntarily in social projects, educational and environmental, with impact on the economic development of a country.

He noted that since its founding in 1911, IBM has maintained a long-term commitment to society. Recently renewed this commitment formulating its vision "Smarter Planet" (Smarter Planet), with which-based on their information-seeking technologies to help transform the way the world operates.

The development of three projects in Puebla, will run for four weeks during which 15 IBM experts and technicians interact with officials of the State Government, in order to identify specific solutions to various problems in the aforementioned areas. These are areas in which you can apply technology and knowledge of IBM, helping to solve social needs.

The designation of the State of Puebla, among others in the country, was made after a thorough selection process, based on the development opportunities in the town. These coincide with the objectives of technological vision called Smarter Planet IBM (Smarter Planet), ie, support organizations and institutions to achieve prosperity (economic growth), operational efficiency, sustainable development and impact on society.

IBM professionals voluntarily contribute their knowledge and experience while they know the idiosyncrasies and functioning of the state government, enhancing their leadership skills in a global market. The teams of top performers from around the world that IBM forms, covering projects in areas of research, marketing, finance, business development and institutions.

Globally since 2008, more than 2,000 professionals from 50 countries have participated in over 140 projects in 30 countries. The projects in which we have worked range from networks to help entrepreneurs and small businesses trying to grow and reach export markets until the adoption of technological ideas-new, smart-for private and public sector. In our country, 40 specialists from IBM employees have gone to countries like India, Ghana, Tanzania, Turkey, the Philippines, Egypt and other countries of Asia.

In this regard the importance of the Programme is to IBM, its president in Mexico, Salvador Martinez Vidal, said: "The long-term commitment from IBM to society with a culture supported by solid shared values ​​internally, which has enabled the organization to over 100 years of life. "

He added, "It is a pleasure to endorse IBM through this initiative, commitment to Mexico and the Government of the State of Puebla, a state known for its high growth potential and international competitiveness."

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