Bangalore: The post 9/11 "pink slip syndrome" in the US hasn’t been India specific. Rather, this became a phenomenon with most companies wanting to shed flab to stay afloat due to the recession and post 9/11.

These impressions came loud and clear when Indiainfo.com met Srikanth Manchala, president and chief executive officer of Trianz, a management consulting, systems integration and outsourcing services company based in California.

"Recession and 9/11 did put the US economy under tremendous pressure. The companies adopted an employee at will motto when it came to downsizing. But, the recession has its own life cycle which plays itself out – the economy will move on," Manchala, who was in Bangalore for the launch of Trianz’s India operations, said in an exclusive interview.

While strongly rejecting the view that the Indians alone were badly hit due to the slump and 9/11, Manchala viewed US IT majors opting for Indian skills as a major advantage. "With a view to cutting costs and answering the queries of their share holders, most companies adopt an at will retrenchment of employees. This, however, is a temporary phase and we cannot predict for certain when the fortunes will change," he said.

Manchala, an Indian American, is armed with a Masters of Business Administration degree in International Business from the Marshall School of Business in Southern California. After his exposures at KPMG Consulting at the executive and managerial levels as well as Cisco Systems at several corporate levels, Manchala joined Trianz in January 2002.

Manchala now hopes to spin-off his above professional experiences and different perspectives to leverage Trianz into a people-oriented company. "We are in the people’s business. They ought to get top most priority. We have to provide affordable solutions keeping in mind the requirements and specifications of the people," Manchala asserted.

From strategy, planning, process re-engineering and ongoing maintenance, Trianz focuses at reducing the timeframe and delivering the best to the customer by taking up newer challenges and opportunities.

Trianz, with Manchala at the helm, is positive about implementing the above through strategic analysis, planning and the programme launch. "The company, a gateway into the diverse South East Asian market, is set to act as a model for the future consulting and professional firms," he claimed.

He perceives the company growing in strength in terms of its people, revenue, profits and as people’s business. He envisions the company as globally driven while scouting top talent with a firm focus on the customers' satisfaction and accelerating the customers' business.

"With an added advantage of a globally-driven team and a concentrated effort to carve out a niche in the competitive market, the company endeavours to tap the full potential of the South East Asian market in a short span of time," Manchala added.