Category: Movers and Shakers

Route Mobile has announced the promotion of Shefali Sharma as the Chief Executive Officer, and the appointment of Ramachandran Sivathanu as the Chief Operating Officer of Call 2 Connect India.   Shefali is a seasoned business leader with over 26 years of experience, largely working in the ITeS sector, and has worked with Companies like Omnia, Spanco, & Spice among others. She has been an integral member of the Company since 2012, having held several key leadership portfolios during her tenure. As CEO of Call2Connect, Shefali will be responsible for driving innovation, nurturing talent, and…

Milestone Systems, a leading provider of open platform video management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Molt Wengel as the new Chief Marketing Officer responsible for Global Marketing, as per September 15, 2021.   “To continue Milestone’s strategic journey and to meet Milestone’s massive growth ambition, I’m pleased to welcome Christina to the Executive Leadership Team. Christina comes with vast experience within senior leadership and marketing and has deep knowledge of how to build a brand and understanding the customer’s needs. On the journey to make Milestone’s brand even…

Genesys(R), a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, today announced the appointments of Assaf Tarnopolsky, Senior Vice President and General Manager, APAC, and Stephen Hamill, Vice President, ASEAN and South Asia, to the Asia Pacific leadership team. Gwilym Funnell, who previously led Genesys in Asia Pacific, transitions to a global appointment as Head of Strategic Growth. The appointments of Tarnopolsky and Hamill reaffirm the importance of Asia Pacific as a growth market for Genesys. Based in Singapore, Tarnopolsky will lead the APAC region to drive cloud business momentum which experienced strong…

Decimal Technologies has announced the appointment of Shikha Dhillon as the Head of Human Resources. Shikha will be responsible for the complete gamut of responsibilities for the people function including advocacy, advisory, and execution, and lead employee engagement, performance management, sourcing and hiring, manpower planning and other HR initiatives. This appointment indicates the company’s focus on building an encouraging environment for the growing workforce at Decimal Technologies where the best talent is hired and nurtured.   Speaking on Shikha’s appointment, Lalit Mehta, Co-founder and CEO, Decimal Technologies, said, “It is great to have Shikha…

Zaggle has announced the appointment of Arundhoti Banerjee as the Chief Operating Officer today. In her new role at Zaggle, she will be responsible for business development and growth, customer success, user experience and engagement, operations, partnerships et al.   Banerjee is a FinTech expert who has scaled growth stage companies, contributing immensely to their success propelling them to IPO and beyond. A graduate from IIM Ahmedabad, Arundhoti is a payments and FinTech veteran with more than 15 years of experience. Her expertise lies in business strategy, product development, strategic partnerships and P&L…

Microsoft has reportedly hired former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive Charlie Bell for an undisclosed position. Microsoft and Amazon are negotiating to determine the initial scope of Bell’s new role under the terms of the non-compete agreement that he signed with Amazon.   Bell had left AWS August, has been listed as a ‘corporate vice president’ but assigned to the department led by Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft’s chief human resources officer, according to CNBC sources.   It’s unlikely that Bell will stay within the human resources team at Microsoft, given his 23-year career at AWS was largely…

The state government of Gujarat has appointed 1986-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar the new Chief Secretary of Gujarat. Kumar will replace Anil Mukim, whose current term ends later this month.   An 1985-batch IAS officer, Mukim was appointed chief secretary in November 2019. The government had given him a six-month extension in August 2020 and a second extension in February 2021.   Kumar, belongs to Patna and is currently the additional chief secretary, Home Department. A notification issued by the General Administration department of the state government on Friday stated…

Kerala-based CSB Bank has announced the appointment of Rajesh Choudhary as the Chief Information & Technology Officer.   Choudhary will be responsible for establishing the technical vision and leading all aspects of the bank’s technology development, the lender said in a release.   CVR  Rajendran, MD & CEO, CSB Bank said,  we are pleased to welcome Mr Choudhary on board. With his extensive experience across technology leadership roles as well as core competencies of handling IT strategy at a large scale, he will further strengthen the bank’s technology initiatives.   Choudhary has almost three decades of…

Vehere announced the appointment of Wahab Yusoff as an Advisor to the Board. He will be based out of Singapore and shall be assisting Vehere in building its presence across the ASEAN Region.   Yusoff has over three decades of rich experience in Cybersecurity and Information Technology, with a focus on assisting organizations to scale operations in the Asia Pacific Region. He has expertise in IT Security and a proven track record of driving corporate growth and development in the APAC region.   Yusoff is the Vice President of the Asia Pacific and…

Payments Fintech firm RapiPay announced the appointment of Nipun Jain as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the firm.   “With three decades of experience as a retail banking professional — having expertise in setting and scaling up of businesses — Jain is proficient in managing large retail assets, business banking, and branch banking franchise,” the company said in its press release.   RapiPay intends to be one step ahead in the growing fintech space and is set to take the lead by getting into newer businesses to fulfill the country’s ever-growing demand for…