8 CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2017 , terms of deploying our solution and expanding our product portfolio.” In terms of deploying and improving Tantalus’ solution, the company invests heavily in its people, processes and tools to support customers throughout the entire life-cycle. From a people perspective, Tantalus starts with a detailed recruiting process. Once employed, Tantalus team members are encouraged to participate in robust training programs to improve their own skill sets, professionally and personally. “We are committed to continual process improvement in all facets of our operations. Our entire team evaluates our processes across all departments with a goal of continuing to improve our collective performance.” Tantalus is also investing in tools to gain operating leverage across the organization and support a TUNet User Community where customers are empowered to access and share information with our team and with other Users. “Tantalus regularly engages with its User Community to gain insights, feedback and ideas to improve our solution and expand our product offering.” Tantalus also utilizes Customer Advisory Committees and an annual Tantalus Users Conference to gather constructive feedback, share knowledge, and help prioritize R&D efforts. “By creating a continual feed-back loop with customers, Tantalus can efficiently allocate our R&D resources to ensure we are delivering products that meet the needs of our customers while also enhancing the differentiation of our system relative to our competition.” In addition to being customer- focused, Tantalus also facilitates a collaborative working environment ensuring that employees are engaged and motivated to undertake their roles and responsibilities, as Peter is eager to highlight. “We are team-oriented and continuously reinforce critical concepts to ensure the organization is aligned towards achieving the goals and Bexuco Limited is a global M&A provider based in China. We spoke to CEO Patrick Becker to find out more about his role in the firm’s success. Business Investment CEO of the Year 2017 – China & Innovation Award for Financial Outsourcing 2017 Over the past 10 years, under the leadership of CEO Patrick Becker, Bexuco has rapidly established itself as the major cross border M&A Company in China, with its highly professional employees and thrive to provide the best consultancy and M&A services to its clients. He explains the firm has worked alongside clients to support them and provide a truly global reach. “In order to further increase our global presence, we are pleased to announce that Bexuco has now become the biggest M&A service provider in Asia. With over 1000 Asian M&A consultants and 100 deals closed per year scattered across the Asian region, we are able to offer clients our vast expertise in Asian mergers and acquisitions and be able to continue offering you access to China, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, as well as access to Japan, the most technological established nation in Asia. In addition, we will have offices established in the most influential cities in the Asian and SEA regions.” With regards to his personal career, Patrick is keen to outline how he rose to become the CEO of such a thriving global company. “Having a German and French background I studied international business and economics in both France and Germany. Throughout my career i have overseen many international projects representing companies such as Ford, Peugeot, Total and Elf as Sales & Marketing Director, Vice President European Operations, General Manager Asia-Pacific. “Due to the strong reputation I created throughout my years in both Europe and Asia I was brought to China on a number of contracts which involved developing business strategies and offering investment advice for a number of high profile Chinese clients. Through many referrals and the demand in China I was encouraged to create Bexuco to offer my advice as a seasoned professional in both Chinese and European markets.” Overall, the global M&A market continues to be very active and is set to continue this trend into the next year, and as such Patrick and his team at Bexuco have a number of plans to capitalise on this, as he proudly concludes. “Currently we are closing a number deals of very special Hi-Tech companies, this will consolidate our strong position and help us to grow further internationally. We intend to continue our expansion internationally with the intention of becoming a fully international group with official offices across the world.” Contact Email:
[email protected] Address: 9/F, Unit 907, Building 1, No.18 Fangsi Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai, 201606, P.R. China Phone: +86 21 33552128 objectives of our company. Our leadership team benefits from a dynamic corporate culture based on hard work, respect, cooperation, and customer focus.” Direct, open and frequent communication is a key tenant within Tantalus. “By ensuring our team understands the primary components of our corporate plan - and is actively involved in the planning behind those plans - executives, managers and employees are all able to work quickly, autonomously and with accountability to further the realization of our goals and objectives.” STRATEGIC OUTLOOK “From a strategic perspective, Tantalus’ objective is to become a leading technology partner to the utility industry. We are one of the few smart grid companies today that is truly equipped to harness the value from an increasing volume of data extracted from the distribution grid. This strategy will help ensure that our customers are ready to adapt quickly and cost-effectively to shifting market trends, proactively engage with their consumers and improve the operating reliability and efficiencies of their distribution grids”, as Peter concludes. The utility industry is witnessing material changes and threats to the traditional business model due to increased consumer expectations, the introduction of disruptive technology from some of the largest technology companies in the world and aging infrastructure. “Tantalus is passionate about improving the performance, reliability and sustainability of utilities which are, and will continue to be, critical in delivering power and water (two of the most important commodities in our world) to the communities where we live and work.” Company: Tantalus Contact: Peter Londa Contact Email:
[email protected] Address: 1130 Situs Court, Suite 230, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA Phone: 001 917 593 6574 Website: tantalus.com/