Luc P BE197 Canada
Program Manager
Hello, I am co-founder of P3 India, a sister company of P3 GmbH. We are offering Engineering Desgin Services to European and North American Major OEM (e.g. Airbus). I love traveling and outdoor activities, I speak French, English and very little German and Spanish.
Jiten T BE196 India
Vice President
Hello, over the last 17 years i have lived 8 years in Dubai and 3 years in Toronto Canda. I returned to India due in June 2003 and was working in Mumbai as a VP of Transitions with the Captive BPo unit of ABN AMRO Bank. I have recently joined Deutsche Bank s Captive unit and moved to Bangalore.
Gregory A BE195 UNITED STATES
IT Program Manager
Hello, in 1997, immediately after university, I moved to Japan to work in the Japan Teaching and Exchange Programme (JET), where my fiancee and I met. In October 2004 I moved to Bangalore to create and manage an IT department for my company. We plan to live in India until at least October of 2007.
I speak English and basic Japanese & enjoy photography.
Sreerupa S BE194 India
Advisory Software Engineer
Hello, my family and I moved back to Bangalore from San Jose, CA, in May 2005. My husband Shib and I are both in the IT industry - he is in telecom and I m in software tools. We lived in the US for around 8.5 years before we moved back. Both Shib and I love travelling, camping and eating out, in that order. I love reading and Shib is an avid cricket fan. We speak English and Bangali and sort of passable Hindi.
Bernard D BE190 Belgium
Service Center Head
Hi, I will be working in Bangalore until end of Feb. 2007. During this period, I will be managing the different teams who are currently servicing the operational departments for Deutsche Bank in Continental Europe and overseeing the different migration projects from that region. This is my first real expat experience. I speak Dutch (Flemish), French, English and some German. My most important hobby is Formula 1 . For the rest, I like to go for a swim & watch tennis on TV.
Rashmi B BE189 UNITED STATES
MD
Namaste. My family is from Kerala, but I was born and raised in Central New York. I moved to Bangalore at the start of 2006 for my husband's job and have loved it. Currently taking a break from my post-graduate medical training, I have spent my time here exploring Ayurveda and Reiki, dabbled a bit in modelling and voiceover work, worked as a medical consultant, and now have run the BEC since June 2007. I speak English and Malayalam, and my hobbies include travelling, exercise/outdoor activity, books, movies, good music, all kinds of food, wine, and dessert (of course). I have greatly enjoyed meeting all sorts of people from all over the world through the BEC and hope you make as many great friends as I did to explore this great city with! Ciao.
Bjarne J BE188 Sweden
R&D Engineer
Hello, I m going to be working here in Bangalore for 1 1/2 year. I m working for ABB as a R&D engineer. I arrived in Bangalore on the 9 th of January. I speak English and Swedish.
Tom M BE187 UNITED KINGDOM
VP
Hello, I came to India to oversee the outsourcing of my New York based company, Information Resources, Inc. I am keen runner and horse rider. I have a passion for cricket and football (real football, not American!) And before living in India, have lived throughout the US and traveled extensively through Europe with my English wife.
Anna L BE185 Russia
Software Engineer
Hello, I was born and raised in Russia. I moved to the US and completed my education in Computer science there. Been working as a software engineer for 7 years. Moved to Bangalore in October 2004. Besides obvious English and Russian, I speak italian, and can understand spanish and hebrew. Hobbies : travelling, cultural events, dancing, meeting people and learning new languages (my hindi is pretty dull though)
Sonia K BE184 UNITED KINGDOM
Lawyer
Hello, I am of Indian origin and was born in Nairobi, Kenya but grew up in the UK. I have been in Bangalore for 6 months now. I m working for a UK law firm who is outsourcing conveyancing work to Bangalore. My role involves training the indian lawyers. I have travelled extensively around the globe. I speak Gujarati and English fluently. I would like to learn hindi and a continue my school french/spanish at some stage if possible. I love reading, theatre, restaurants and travel.
Sandra B BE183 Chile
Marketing Consultant
Hi, I moved to Bangalore last year and work for Telelogic which is a Software company. My main job is to take care of Spanish speaking customers and markets. Prior to coming to India I lived in Germany for 10 yeras amd worked there with Lufthansa and taught Spanish at the University of Aschafenburg. I speak English, German and Spanish.
Jay K BE182 India
Program Manager NPI
Hi, just returned to India and relocated to Bangalore. I am a Program Manager here with Juniper Networks, and used to be a hardware design engineer for firm(s) in the Boston area. My wife and I have been living in the US for the last 9 years. My wife Lakshmi is an investment banker and works for Avendus- an invesment bank based out of Bangalore. She worked for a boutique investment bank in Boston before this stint. Looking forward to joining the group, and hanging out, sharing thoughts etc.
Danny R BE180 UNITED KINGDOM
Technical Manager
Hello, I am here for 2+ years. Been here 4 months. Dutch girlfriend here with me. Want to meet people, drink beer, talk about lots of random nonsense and enjoy good living.
Seema L BE178 India
Executive Housekeeper
Hi, I am a hospitality professional and have a passion for hoteliering. I have been in Bangalore for a little over 3 years. I have lived and worked in Mauritius and Sri Lanka and have spent some time in Dubai. I enjoy good food, music and reading ( cant sleep without diving into a couple of pages of mystery)and of course a belly full of laughs whenever possible... I speak english and a couple of indian languages. A few thrills that keep me wanting more are snorkelling, diving and parasailing.
Thomas D BE176 Australia
Director
Hello, I am back and forth from Melbourne to Bangalore and other locations throughout India for business (and pleasure when I find the time!). I came across this club by running into a few of your fellow expatriates at the 13th Floor (Great Place and love the view!!!) as I was mistakenly picked for one of you, and decided to join the club. I am the founder and Director of an Australian offshore outsourcing solutions provider, thus I am in Bangalore quite often these days. I love travelling, great food and meeting new and interesting people and therefore I am looking forward meeting and chatting with you all.
Anisha G BE175 South Africa
Teacher
Hi, I am from South Africa and I have been in Bangalore since May 04. This is my first time in South India, I did tour the north about 9 years ago. I am a teacher by profession. I have lived and worked in South Africa, the UK and the USA. I speak English and have a working knowledge of German and Afrikaans. My hobbies include reading, hiking, kite flying ( which I can not do to save my life ..lol), meeting people from diverse cultures and backgrounds. And I love old black and white movies.
Anuja M BE173 UNITED STATES
Philanthropy
Hello, my husband and I moved to Bangalore from San Francisco, California. Both of us are of Indian origin, were born and raised in the US, and this is our first time living in India. My husband works in software (surprise!) and my background is in philanthropy and social enterprise. We love the outdoors, discovering new neighborhoods (especially those with great food, wine..and of course, dessert!), and traveling around India.
Anton S BE171 UNITED KINGDOM
Manufacturing
Hello, I ve been in Bangalore for the last 9 months. I work for a company called Westland Helicopters in England and we are out-sourcing manufacturing to Bangalore.
My hobbies are surfing and snowboarding.
India is a great place.
Dustin W BE169 UNITED STATES
Call Center Executive
Hello, I am with a group of 5 individuals who are in Bangalore helping establish a new customer service call center for MCI (recently bought out by Verizon) through the vendor ICICI Onesource. We are looking to meet other English speaking expats and have trouble doing so on just the pub/club scene. Looking for individuals to enjoy the sites and sounds of Bangalore and India as a whole. Very excited to become a member and meet the other expats in the community. Look forward to meeting and speaking with all of you.
Manju R BE168 India
Architect
Hi, I m an architect who moved back to Bangalore after spending about 11-12 years in the US, mostly in Texas and the latter part in Portland, OR. It s good to be in Bangalore, but it would be nice to meet people who have lived outside of India as well. My hobbies include music, movies, socializing and I love to cook and also spend time outdoors. I speak English and Hindi and Kannada and also a bit of Spanish - from all the time I spent in Texas!
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