• The Value Narrative with Rob McManus
    Aug 5 2025

    In this episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Rob McManus, a seasoned Business Value professional who has led global business value teams at SAS and Oracle. We discuss how to establish, grow and sustain global value engineering/biz value teams. We also discuss how Rob has seen this field evolve over decades, where it is now and what he thinks will happen in future especially with the advent of Gen AI. Enjoy the episode.


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    30 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 6
    Apr 3 2024

    In this episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Manoj Kumar, Value Engineering lead at Adobe. Here we discuss how to measure the cost of delay in a Digital Transformation initiative. Hear this story to gain valuable insights about why Digital Transformation programs are still difficult to scope out and get off the ground and how assessing the cost of delay can provide a nudge to the key decision makers to get started with the initiative. Enjoy the episode.

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    25 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 5
    Feb 10 2024

    In this episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Sidharth Khona, Business and Value Advisory lead at SAS India. Here we discuss the similarities and differences between business and value advisory ; how Sidharth manages to straddle both and the challenges and opportunities of value advisory in the India market. Enjoy the episode.

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    26 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 4
    Jan 29 2024

    In this episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Durgesh Patel at West Monroe, a leading technology consulting firm. Here we discuss how value is constructed in the emerging field of Sustainability and ESG, what approaches are used to assess value and what are the trends and opportunities in this field. Hear this story to gain insights about the fast growing field of Sustainability and a glimpse into value assessment approaches in ESG investments. Enjoy the episode.

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    22 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 3
    Jan 3 2024

    In this episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Swaroop Bera, Cloud Economics Value Advisor at AWS India. Here we will discuss - what is Cloud Economics and how it is related to Value Engineering; driving value through the AWS partner ecosystem and the challenges and opportunities of Cloud in the India market. Enjoy the episode.

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    24 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 2
    Dec 7 2023

    In the second part of the 2 part episode of “The Value Narrative” we speak with Avra Ray, Sr. Analytics & Cloud Economics Business Value Engineer at SAS. Here we will discuss what Value Engineering is, what skills are needed to become a Value Engineer and why Value Engineers are in demand today. Hear this story to gain valuable insights on how to enter this field and what it takes to become a successful Value Engineer. Enjoy the episode.


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    15 mins
  • The Value Narrative - Episode 1
    Dec 7 2023

    In this 2 part episode of “The Value Narrative”, we speak with Avra Ray, Sr. Analytics & Cloud Economics Business Value Engineer at SAS. Here we will discuss what Value Engineering is, what skills are needed to become a Value Engineer and why Value Engineers are in demand today. Hear this story to gain valuable insights on how to enter this field and what it takes to become a successful Value Engineer. Enjoy the episode.


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    17 mins