Category: Movers and Shakers

Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd has named Ekhlaque Bari as Chief Information Officer.   Jubilant FoodWorks is the company, having rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza brand in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Its Domino’s Pizza franchise extends across a network of 1,314 restaurants in 285 cities. The company also operates Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in India.   In his new role, Ekhlaque will lead the digital transformation initiatives and will strategically manage IT to benefit the business.   Prior to this, he was EVP- CTO & Head of Analytics at Fullerton India. Ekhlaque has over 25…

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced the appointment of Vasanthi Ramesh as vice president of Engineering for Manageability and Data Protection and member of the NetApp® India engineering leadership team.   Data manageability and protection are increasingly important as more companies adopt cloud IT infrastructure. NetApp, with its 30 years of data leadership, is bullish about innovation and talent growth in India. Vasanthi Ramesh’s appointment aligns with NetApp’s commitment to provide industry-leading solutions to its customers.   “I am delighted to be working with a technology leader like…

. Palo Alto Networks announces BJ Jenkins to resume as the president. At Barracuda, Jenkins was a strong MSP and MSSP partner advocate. With the arrival of Jenkins, Palo Alto Networks will shift former President Amit Singh to the new role of chief business officer. Nikesh Arora remains CEO and chairman of the security company.   As CEO of Barracuda Networks, Jenkins successfully shifted the company’s channel partner strategy towards MSPs and MSSPs. The journey included private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquiring Barracuda Networks in 2017. Barracuda, in turn, has acquired multiple MSP-focused…

Pine Labs, one of Asia’s leading merchant commerce platforms, today announced the appointment of Kunal Shah, Founder, CRED, to the company’s board.   Kunal is an entrepreneur, investor, and a pioneer of India’s fintech ecosystem. CRED, which he founded in 2018, is a high-trust community of some of India’s most creditworthy individuals, financial institutions, and brands.   Commenting on the appointment, B. Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs, said, “We are excited to welcome Kunal to our board. He joins a marquee set of investors, advisors, and other visionary board members who are…

PremiumAV announced the appointment of Harender Singh Chauhan as Marketing VP Sales. In this new role he will be responsible for running the sales and marketing operations & accountable for increasing sales growth and driving sales initiatives at existing accounts and creating new accounts in order to achieve business goals.   Commenting on the new appointment, Sanjay Garg, CEO at PremiumAV said, “We are excited to have Harender on board. I am pleased to welcome Harender to the PremiumAV leadership team. I am confident that Harender, with his distinguished track record of success,…

Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Senthil Kumar Venkataramanujulu as Vice President, Industry Business, Schneider Electric India.   In his new role, Senthil will not only push for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform across enterprises to generate higher efficiencies and take it to newer heights, but will also accelerate the next generation software-centric offers, enabling a transition from the existing technology paradigm.   A dynamic leader with a sharp eye for detail, Senthil worked with Eurotherm- part of the Invensys Group. Senthil got associated with Schneider Electric in 2013 after the company acquired…

Nykaa, India’s biggest online destination for beauty & wellness has appointed Google’s Shilpa Jain as its AVP, Consumer & Market Insights. Previously, Shilpa has worked as the Consumer & Marketing Specialist at Google for around 2 years.   With over 13 years of experience in the consumer insights Industry, this is a big move for Shilpa. She has previously worked at brands like Coca Cola for more than 3 years and is an industry figure when it comes to Consumer & Market Insights. Shilpa has also worked for UK-based Kantar for over 7 years…

iCubesWire, a 360° digital marketing agency, has appointed Moumita De as Group Head- South at their Bengaluru branch. She is a dynamic digital specialist with over 15 years of experience and a history of exhibiting her exceptional prowess in digital. She has played instrumental roles in Business Development and Sales for eminent online firms like Times Internet, Rediff.com, Sizmek by Amazon, and more.   Speaking on the new addition to the team, Sahil Chopra, CEO and Founder, iCubesWire, says, we are delighted to have Moumita at the helm of things in the South, working towards bringing…

Panasonic Corporation has promoted its India business CEO Manish Sharma to the position of Chairman.   Sharma will now assume responsibility of leading the various Panasonic businesses and subsidiaries in India such as operational excellence, appliances company and lifestyle updates business division, a company release said.   An engineering graduate, he is the first Indian and the youngest leader to become an executive officer at the global level for the company which is an elite team of senior leaders for framing future growth plans. Sharma was the erstwhile president & CEO at Panasonic…

Arvind Thakur has joined the board of JK Tech as a non-executive director. In this role he will contribute towards company strategy and advice on sustained industry leading profitable growth including inorganic initiatives.   Thakur was the CEO, Vice Chairman & Managing Director at NIIT Technologies (now renamed as Coforge Ltd), leading it since inception till May 2019 to be among the top IT Services provider from the country. He has been the Chairman of specialized technology companies like Esri India Technologies Ltd, Incessant Technologies Ltd, and serves on the Board of Management at NIIT…