Technology Magazine July 2021 | Page 33

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“ For the post-COVID world , it will be all about speed , scale and insights ,” Abdi says . “ Some organisations are in a much better position today because they had the agility to adjust , modify and manage disruptions ” ABDI GOODARZI DELOITTE CONSULTING ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE LEADER
“ For the post-COVID world , it will be all about speed , scale and insights ,” Abdi says . “ Some organisations are in a much better position today because they had the agility to adjust , modify and manage disruptions . We have a new understanding of business resiliency today . Assisting enterprises ‘ immunise ’ from disruptions – creating agility for organisations to deal with unforeseeable events at a much faster pace in the future – is not just what we deliver , but where we walk the walk .”
“ The investments we ’ ve made in technology over the years kept us ahead of trends and able to convert to 100 percent virtual operations overnight . Software , operations , and our people moved rapidly over foundational infrastructures that were pre-designed for a remote-collaboration model . Single-sources for data , accessible from anywhere , ensured our teams remained connected . In effect , we had vaccinated our business to become immune to certain kinds of disruption , which minimised the impact of the pandemic on our client projects . Now it ’ s clear to everyone that investments in business continuity and disaster recovery take on a whole new significance . Going forward , organisations will need to continue to find ways to vaccinate their businesses to stay immune to future disruptions . We are doing this work with our

EXECUTIVE BIO

ABDI GOODARZI
TITLE : DELOITTE CONSULTING ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE LEADER
LOCATION : CALIFORNIA , USA
Abdi Goodarzi leads Deloitte Consulting ’ s Enterprise Performance practice . He has more than 25 years of diverse experience in large-scale global ERP enabled business transformations , Cloud , Data Management , UX , AI and Automation .
Since joining Deloitte in 1998 , he has successfully served many Fortune 500 companies with their large-scale transformations . He was pivotal in establishing and growing Deloitte ’ s SAP global delivery centers in India .
Abdi serves several high-profile Deloitte client CxOs as a trusted advisor . In his previous role as the Leader of the US SAP practice , he was instrumental in growing Deloitte ’ s SAP practice , earning many accolades with SAP .
Abdi has presented at many business and technology conferences and authored several articles , including the “ You Got Cloud ?” article in the WSJ CIO Journal in 2014 .