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Pixar’s Jobs takes potshots at Eisner post break up
MUMBAI: Just a few days have gone by since Disney and Pixar announced that they would go their separate ways and already the barbs are flying forth. Pixar’s CEO Steve Jobs has hit out at his counterpart at Disney Michael Eisner stating that the little big mouse was suffering from a lack of creativity.
Jobs understandably was also peeved at Pixar being treated by Disney in the last few months of their relationship as a sort of “second class citizen”.
Jobs has been quoted in a Reuters report as saying, “Not even Disney’s marketing and brand could turn its last two animated films, Treasure Planet and Brother Bear into successes. Both bombed at the box office. We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels, like The Lion King 1-1/2, Peter Pan sequels and stuff, it is pretty embarrassing.”
Jobs also criticised the lack of creative collaboration at Disney. An AP report quotes him saying,”You can compare the creative quality of Pixar’s last three films, for example, with the creative quality of Disney’s last three animated films and gauge each company’s creative abilities for yourself.”
Disney issued a statement saying, “It is sad and unfortunate that he has resorted to insults and name-calling in the wake of the disagreement. We expected better of him.” Meanwhile Pixar reported net income of $84 million for the quarter ended 3 January compared to $17 million in the same quarter last year. The sharp difference was due to the performance of the Oscar nominated Finding Nemo. The irony here is that before the film’s release Eisner had told his board not to expect a blockbuster. He went so far as to suggest that Pixar was heading towards a reality check.
Another report in the Los Angeles Times stated that while Disney maintained that financial terms were the main reason for the break up people within and outside the two companies felt that the situation could have been retrieved had Jobs and Eisner not allowed their egos to get the better of them.
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LTTS CDO Narayanan Ramanathan steps down
Resignation effective 19 February, company cites personal reasons
CHENNAI: L&T Technology Services Limited announced the resignation of its chief delivery officer and senior management personnel Narayanan Ramanathan, marking a key leadership exit at the engineering services firm.
Ramanathan stepped down from his role, effective at the close of business on 19 February 2026, citing personal reasons. The company accepted the resignation the same day and duly filed all regulatory disclosures related to his cessation.
Based in Chennai, Ramanathan led LTTS’s Digital Products and Manufacturing Services (DPMS) business as a P&L head, overseeing multi-million-dollar operations and large-scale digital transformation programmes. His mandate covered Industry X.0, the Internet of Things, operational technology cybersecurity, robotics, cobots, digital twins, analytics and artificial intelligence.
He joined LTTS in 2018 and spent nearly eight years at the firm, holding several leadership roles before becoming chief delivery officer in November 2024. During his tenure, he worked closely with global capability centres to execute engineering-led digital strategies for international clients.
A technology industry veteran with over 27 years of experience, Ramanathan previously held senior leadership roles at Tech Mahindra, where he served as vice president and global head for connected engineering and analytics, and earlier led integrated engineering solutions across APAC and MEAI markets.
Ramanathan is also the first recipient of the International Galileo Master Award from the European Space Agency. LTTS said there is no additional information to disclose regarding board relationships following his resignation.
