Year: 2020

US-based Ciena has chaired Mary Yang as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. She will drive overall corporate strategy as well as execution of corporate development activities, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and related integrations, the company said.   Reporting to President and CEO Gary B. Smith, Yang will serve as an integral member of Ciena’s executive team and a key interface between the company’s engineering and product development teams, sales and marketing organization, and Chief Technology Officer, the company said.   “Mary brings an exceptional combination of business…

Rajesh Hemrajani has been chaired as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Paytm Payments Bank. Mumbai based Hemrajani will be leading a team of specialized IT security and risk professionals.   Paytm Payments Bank entered the market in 2015 is India’s only mobile-first bank with zero balance – zero digital transaction charge accounts.   “In this new role as Chief information security officer at Paytm payments bank, my responsibilities include core IT security, network security, risk and compliance strategy which will support bank’s BCP with advanced security to mitigate any cyber risk,” Hemrajani said.…

Capgemini has roped in Anis Pankhania in the role of Senior Director- Security Operations and Compliance.  He will lead a team of specialized IT security and risk professionals.   Headquartered in France, Capgemini is a multinational corporation that provides consulting, technology, professional, and outsourcing services. The company operates in 40 countries with over 200,000 employees globally and half of them in India.   “In this new role as a Senior Director- Security Operations and Compliance, my responsibilities include leading managed services, CIS, risk management, privacy and other imperative functions” Pankhania…

Konica Minolta India has strengthened its leadership ranks by appointing Tai Nizawa as its Managing Director. An industry veteran with over 30 years of rich experience in the printing industry, Nizawa has been associated with Konica Minolta since 1987. Having moved to this role after working as the Managing Director at Konica Minolta Vietnam, Nizawa has also worked with the brand in Osaka, Germany, New Zealand, Tokyo, Netherlands, UAE, and the US.   Tai Nizawa, Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, says, “On the back of its robust and technologically superior value…

European cybersecurity company Nixu is pleased to announce that Dutch-American Jaya Baloo has been elected to Nixu Corporation’s Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting held on April 7, 2020.   Jaya Baloo has been Chief Information Security Officer at Avast since October 2019. Previously, Baloo held the position of CISO at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands, where she established and led its security team for 7 years. The team’s best practices in information security strategy and policy are today recognized as world leading. Prior to this, Baloo held the…