To achieve success in today's competitive corporate world, one has to be flexible enough to absorb the newest technology in a resilient manner and R. Ravisankar, CEO-International Operations & Business Development, i-flex, Oracle's Indian face, has been doing precisely the same.

Known for his farsightedness, Ravisankar has carved a niche for himself in the Indian corporate world. A founding member of the i-flex leadership team, Ravisankar has over 23 years of experience in management consulting, IT and business management around the world.

Dashing and daring, this globetrotter began his career at i-flex way back in 1993 as Head of the IT Services business. His impeccable strategy in the IT world has enabled i-flex to double its revenue almost every year.

Under the able stewardship of Ravisankar, the software company has been steadily moving on the path of prosperity earning a place in the global map of the software services. As the CEO of i-flex solutions, Ravisankar has completed the task of envisioning i-flex's technology leadership and overseas growth strategy.

It goes to Ravisankar's credit that the leading IT company has more than 680 clients around 120 countries. In 2006, i-flex became a majority-owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. It comes as no surprise that Ravisankar has been trying to capitalize the brand and financial strength of Oracle for the Indian company's global expansion plan.

Earlier, Ravisankar moved to the USA as Chief Executive Officer (International Operations & Technology) of i-flex in 2000 and for the last couple of years, he persuaded the global IT giant Oracle to take stakes in the Indian company. Apart from lending his valuable services to the group, as a certified Citicorp Finance Professional, Ravisankar has also donned as a guest faculty at the Citicorp Asia-Pacific Banking Institute in Singapore.

Known for his penchant for teaching and exchanging ideas on banking and technology and as the technology leader, he has been the main force behind i-flex's global product software success.

A graduate from IIT, Ravisankar completed his post-graduation in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. In fact, i-flex's majority stakes is owned by Oracle Corporation and its software products include a banking software suite, a business analysis application and a consumer-lending suite. Ravisankar's strategic acumen has helped i-flex produce some of the latest products in the industry.

Thus, FLEXCUBE is the fastest-ever banking software sold that gained points on account of its mission critical architecture, by virtue of its young age, availability of different channels, scalability and the India advantage.

Riding high on the brand name and economic strength of IT giant, i-flex under the stewardship of Ravisankar has been scripting newer success stories and is sure to reach greater heights in years to come - this, especially when it has people like Ravisankar at the helm of affairs.