What does it take for a company to create a sustainable business? In this audio lecture, Hewlett-Packard's Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of HP’s Imaging and Printing group, offers five key success factors distilled from 25 years’ experience. He also talks about how HP is integrating social and environmental responsibility into its bottom line with efforts such as a program to retrieve and recycle 200 million pounds of used inkjet and LaserJet printer cartridge paraphernalia each year. Finally, he concludes by listing some key trends that are driving new business models. The HP executive addresses attendees of Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Vyomesh Joshi is the executive vice president of HP’s Imaging and Printing group. He became the vice president and general manager of the former Inkjet Imaging Solutions Personal Imaging and Printing organization in 1999. In that position, he had worldwide responsibility for all inkjet printing and imaging platforms, which included inkjet printers, imaging products, and associated supplies. He also led the HP company-wide initiative on digital imaging appliances, infrastructure, and services. Joshi became operations manager of the San Diego Imaging Operation in 1994 after serving four years as research and development manager of two new HP businesses: large format color printing and fax/multifunction products. In 1989, he was given section manager responsibility for color printer connectivity solutions. Previously, he was project manager for the Inkjet Components Division. Joshi first joined HP in 1980 as a research and development engineer for pen plotters in San Diego. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University.