Satyam's SOS ....

I am sure you know everything that there is to know about the Satyam fiasco.

I was thinking about this earlier today and I think the following folks can't pull Satyam out of this abyss and execute a turn-around:

Not Ram Mynampati (no pedigree), Azim Premji nor Narayanamurthy (not enough energy).

There is one person who would be perfect: Vivek Paul.

ex-Vice Chairman, Wipro
Currently, Partner, Texas Pacific Group (Private Equity)

This is one move that would solve almost every issue:

• Strong leadership - Paul's experience at GE Medical Systems and Wipro (where he was the principle driver in their growth from 250 MM to 1 Billion)
• Energy/Focus - Paul is said to be able to do in 8 hours what Ashok Soota and other ex-colleagues at Wipro took 20 hours to do
• Access to funds - Texas Pacific Group (his current employer) has the deep pockets to provide liquidity
• Pedigree - This would provide a great level of confidence amongst Satyam clients
• His ambitions - It is said that he left Wipro because Premji brought his son onboard and this would prevent him from being a true CEO. This would be a great way for him to become CEO of a business that he knows in and out
• GE - One of Satyam's biggest clients is GE and Paul's ex-boss at GE Medical, Jeff Immelt is now GE's CEO - This should help in retaining and even growing the GE relationship

There are probably many other reasons why this makes sense. Mr. Paul, are you listening?