Chandru Shankar is a Digital Strategy and Manufacturing Industry Thought-Leader and is the International MD for Manufacturing at HSO. A leading Global Microsoft Partner, responsible for driving growth and solution adoption in the manufacturing sector.  He has over 30 years’ experience in the industry and is a 15-year Microsoft veteran. His recent Microsoft role was Industry Director and EMEA Business Solutions Lead for Manufacturing. Chandru also worked as Dynamics Solutions Director for Microsoft Services and was the Architect of the Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology. He is also an author, public speaker, and has previously performed as Adjunct Faculty in the MBA program of a major US University.