Andy Rubin, the guy leading the Android division at Google will be moving to a new role, while Sundar Pichai will be taking his place as head of Android division. Pichai is presently heading Chrome and Apps division. The announcement was posted on the official Google Blog as an update from Larry Page: “Having exceeded…
Category: Executive Movements
Arbor Networks Names Jeff Buhl as Vice President of the Asia Pacific Region
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Arbor Networks Inc., a leading provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, today announced the appointment of Jeff Buhl as the company’s Vice President of the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. In this role, Buhl will be responsible for driving Arbor’s sales and channel initiatives in the APAC region as…
Blackberry India Managing Director Sunil Dutt quits
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It is learnt that Blackberry India Managing Director Sunil Dutt has quit. Sunil had joined Blackberry (RIM), from HP in December 2011, after the exit Frenny Bawa. Rick Costanzo, Executive Vice President for Global Sales, will be leading the Indian operations in the interim. Sunil Dutt is an industry veteran in the technology and mobile…
Mahindra Satyam sets up new operations leadership team for Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and the Middle East
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Mahindra Satyam, has set up a new leadership team to support the group’s intent to pursue rapid growth from Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and the Middle East markets. The newly set up team comprises industry veterans with proven track record in business expansion, large deal pursuit and strategic collaboration. Aligned with the concept of the…
Samsung Electronics India appoints Vineet Taneja (ex Airtel) as Country Head for Mobile and Digital Imaging
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Samsung Electronics has appointed Vineet Taneja as Country Head for Mobile and Digital Imaging. Vineet is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in various leadership roles in companies including Hindustan Lever Ltd., Nokia India and Bharti Airtel. In his previous stint Vineet was Operations Director for South India & Srilanka at Bharti…
Lakshmikant Gupta (EX-CMO of LG Electronics) joins RedBus.in
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Redbus.in – Pilani Soft Labs Pvt. Ltd., has appointed Lakshmikant Gupta (Ex LG Electronics), as Chief Marketing Officer. Earlier Lakshmikant, was with LG Electronics where he spent close to 6 years. At LG He has been responsible for leading the brand and marketing strategy of the company – including digital marketing , corporate communications…
A CEO’s parting letter to his employees.
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After another quarter of poor financials, last week Groupon announced the stepping down of its Founder CEO, Andrew Mason. While the company looks for a new CEO, Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky and Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis would be looking after the affairs of the Chief Executives Office. Andrew’s exist seemed inevitable considering the financial…
Mudit Khosla has been appointed as CEO for Tradus.com
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Mudit Khosla (ex. CEO of SeventyMM) has been appointed as CEO of Tradus.com, an online market place. Last month Mudit had stepped down as CEO of SeventyMM after a 3 year stint. Over this period SeventyMM, had moved from its original business model of online movie rental to become one of the main stream…
Arun Tadanki Managing Director for Yahoo India & South East Asia resigns
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Arun Tadanki, the Managing Director for Yahoo India & South East Asia has resigned . He would continue in his role till June 2013. He has been with Yahoo for last three years, and has been credited with driving Yahoo ! ‘s growth in India. Prior to joining Yahoo !, Arun was with Monster.com…
Bessemer Venture Partners elevates Subramanya S.V. as Managing Director
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Bessemer Venture Partners(BVP), one one of the leading global venture capital firm, has elevated Subramanya S.V. (Subu) as Managing Director. He joined the firm in 2007 and has been a director with BVP India in Bangalore. During his tenure with BVP he has been focused on investments in technology and consumer businesses.
One97 Appoints Raj Ahuja (ex Star India) as CFO, Vivek N. Gour from Air Works joins the Board
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One97 Communications Ltd. has appointed Raj Ahuja as the new Chief Financial Officer of the company. One97, has also added expanded its Board with the joining of Vivek N. Gour, Managing Director , AirWorks as an Independent Board Director. Priviously Raj Ahuja was with Star India, where he was Executive Vice President of Finance. With…
Mahindra Satyam appoints Manoj Chugh, as Global Head: Business Development
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Mahindra Satyam, has appointed Manoj Chugh, as Global Head: Business Development. In the new role Manoj will be supporting the integrated entity’s business expansion plans across accounts and geographies. Manoj Chugh has led four diverse businesses to a position of Leadership in the Information Technology Industry, in addition to pioneering new businesses/ categories in…
Russell Parera (ex KPMG) to join Price Waterhouse
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Key changes in KPMG India core leadership team
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Persistent Systems appoints Mritunjay Singh as joint Chief Operating Officer
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Persistent Systems, the Pune based a software product and technology company has appointed Mritunjay Singh as its joint Chief Operating Officer (COO). He joins from Infosys, where he was the delivery head for the financial services and insurance application development and maintenance unit. He has over 20 years of experience in the Financial Service, Insurance,…