Category: Movers and Shakers

The phygital platform, GoodWorker, aims to transform blue-collar workers’ lives in India by providing access to career enhancement opportunities and other quality of life services like finance and more, announced the appointment of Diwesh Sahai as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Diwesh has an experience spanning over two decades as a senior leader in software development for consumer, enterprise, and service provider markets in both startups as well as large organizations. Prior to joining GoodWorker, Sahai worked with MyGate, Jio, Expedia Inc., MakeMyTrip.com and Amazon. On the appointment, Amit Jain, CEO, GoodWorker said, “Diwesh has…

Infogain has announced the appointment of Vivek Sharma as the company’s new VP & Head of Sales- Europe. Vivek brings more than 20 years of experience in technology sales, consulting, client services and operations. Rohit Nagpal, Chief Business Officer at Infogain, says, “We are excited to welcome Vivek to our team. Vivek’s experience in the consumer, travel & transportation, manufacturing & technology, energy & utilities, and media & telecom verticals complement Infogain’s focus areas. He will be instrumental in ensuring we achieve our aggressive growth plans for Europe.” Prior to joining Infogain, Sharma…

Bangalore: slice, India’s largest credit card challenger start-up, today announced the appointment of Shikha Gupta as its Creative Head. Shikha comes with over 13 years of experience & was featured in Impact Magazine’s Top 50 most influential women in 2020. In her previous role as the Creative Director at Swiggy, she helped the team to scale up and delivered some notable creative campaigns for the brand. Prior to this, she was associated with brands and agencies like Urban Ladder, Rediffusion, ideas@work, and Grey Worldwide to name a few. Commenting on this…

CleverTap, the world’s leading user engagement and retention platform, today added a new dimension to its core leadership team with the appointment of Vikrant Chowdhary as Chief Growth Officer (CGO). Chowdhary will lead CleverTap’s integrated go-to-market (GTM) strategy globally across all commercial and enterprise segments. Increasingly, business leaders with disruptive mindsets and an eagerness to evolve are imperative for companies to succeed. Chowdhary brings this forward-thinking to CleverTap through 25 years of experience and expertise leading hypergrowth teams. “We are thrilled to have Vikrant join us as our partner for growth as…

Pine Labs announced the appointment of Phanimohan Kalagara as its new CTO. Phanimohan Kalagara is a M.S. in Computer Science from Utah State University and has over two decades of experience of working with companies in the United States and India. Phanimohan has extensive experience in the field of technology having worked in E-commerce, Financial Technology, and the CAD/CAM industries. He also brings expertise in emerging technologies like Virtual Reality. Commenting on this appointment, B. Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs, said, “We have made several new appointments in the past one year to bolster…

Web Werks announced the appointment of Durgesh Pandey as its Chief Finance Officer (CFO). In his new role, he will be responsible for the management of all financial processes in India for all the legal entities, partnering in the formulation of the overall organisation strategy & facilitating business growth. Owing to his rich and valuable experience, he will be a pivotal member of the senior management team. Durgesh has 18 years of experience into the sector of Financial & Business Strategy Planning, he has been previously associated with Nxtra Data Limited (Data Center arm of Bharti Airtel Limited) over the past three years. His expertise in…

CoinSwitch Kuber, India’s largest and most valued crypto platform, has announced the appointment of Krishna Hegde to its leadership team as Senior Vice President – New Initiatives. Hegde will play a pivotal role in integrating crypto with traditional financial products on the platform to make CoinSwitch Kuber India’s preferred investment destination. An MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar with Distinction, Hegde brings in rich experience in setting up new-age financial products in India. He has conceptualized, built and scaled several innovative offerings…

Cisco AppDynamics has announced a significant addition to its executive leadership team with the appointment of Eric Schou as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The appointment comes at a key moment for AppDynamics as it continues to assert its leadership in Full-Stack Observability – a fast-growing, multi-billion dollar technology market. Linda Tong, General Manager, AppDynamics, said, “83% of technologists feel that their job has become more complex over the last year, with three-quarters struggling to manage overwhelming ‘data noise’. There is a clear need for full-stack observability with business context to help solve some…

Cyient has announced the appointment of Rajaneesh Kini as Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer. This new role will focus on Technology Development at Cyient. Rajaneesh will be responsible for shaping the company’s technological vision, building competitive, relevant, and market-ready solutions, and seeding new skills within the organization. Rajaneesh joins Cyient with over two decades of experience in Engineering across various industry verticals, including Communications, Health, Industrial, and Tech Platforms. He has expertise in building engineering capabilities and solutions in VLSI, Embedded, Cloud software, Data Platforms, Connectivity, Security Engineering, and Industry 4.0. Before…

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) (“the Company”), today announced that Bob Calderoni, Chair of the Citrix Board of Directors (“the Board”), has been named interim Chief Executive Officer and President, effective immediately. Calderoni succeeds David J. Henshall, who has stepped down as President and CEO and as a member of the Company’s Board. “I would like to thank David for his many contributions to Citrix,” said Bob Calderoni. “David played a key role in accelerating our cloud transition and has driven significant improvements in our products, with over a dozen SaaS services actively…