Movers & Shakers
Qualcomm Inducts Ann M. Livermore To
Board Of Directors
Juergen Hase appointed CEO of IoT unit of
Reliance ADA Group
Qualcomm Monday announced the
appointment of Ann M. Livermore to its
Board of Directors. With her nearly 30
years at Hewlett-Packard Company (HP),
Livermore brings extensive experience
in senior leadership positions, and broad
knowledge and experience in the areas
of technology, business management,
marketing, sales, and research and
development.
Livermore has been a director of United
Parcel Services, Inc. since November 1997, and Hewlett Packard
Enterprise(HPE) since November 2015. She served as Executive Vice
President of the Enterprise Business at Hewlett-Packard Company
(HP) from May 2004 to June 2011, and as Executive Vice President
of HP Services from 2002 to May 2004. She joined HP in 1982 and
served in a number of management and leadership positions across
the company.
Juergen Hase has been appointed as
the CEO of Unlimit, IoT business unit of
Reliance ADA Group. Unlimit is the new
venture of Reliance ADA Group solely
dedicated to provide Internet of Things
(IoT) services to enterprise customers
throughout India.
Juergen has been working in IoT and
M2M space for the last ten years. Before
joining Reliance, he was with Ooredoo
Group where he was focusing on IoT. For
four years he was board member in M2M Alliance. Juergen has also
worked with Deutsche Telekom where he was vice president at M2M
Competence Centre.
With Unlimit, Reliance becomes the first telecommunications
service provider in India to set up a dedicated and integrated IoT
business unit committed to helping corporate customers achieve their
goals.
LeEco appoints Anthony Gao as APAC
President
Airtel appoints Vani Venkatesh as CEO - Retail
LeEco has appointed Anthony Gao
(Gao Jun) as President of LeEco APAC
and CEO of LeEco Hong Kong.
Responsible
for
operational
management and meeting various business
targets, Gao will report directly to YT Jia,
Founder & CEO of LeEco Global.
Gao has extensive experience in the
technology industry. Before joining LeEco,
Gao spent 17 years in Huawei in various
senior executive positions, including CEO
of Huawei Device in China, President of Global Sales and Technical
Service and President of Global Strategy and Marketing Department.
Gao currently heads LeEco’s VR and AR company as well as
MFL (Made for LeEco), LeEco’s initiative for open smart hardware
ecosystem.
Bharti Airtel has announced the
appointment of Vani Venkatesh as CEO
– Retail. In her new role, Vani will be
responsible for driving Airtel’s retail
strategy to deliver a seamless and worldclass customer experience across retail
touch points.
Vani brings with her over 19 years
of work experience. In her last role, she
was responsible for the medical nutrition
business at Abbott Healthcare (India).
Prior to Abbott Healthcare, she worked
with McKinsey & Company, where
she led projects across industries, helping her clients to plan and
implement successful retail strategies. She began her career with
Hindustan Unilever in the Finance division. Vani is an MBA from
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. She is also a qualified CA,
Cost and Works Accountant and Company Secretary.
CA Technologies Names Kieran J.
McGrath as CFO
Juniper Networks Appoints Dinesh Verma
as MD - India & SAARC
CA Technologies has announced that
Kieran J. McGrath has been appointed
executive vice president and chief financial
officer, effectively immediately. McGrath,
who most recently served as interim CFO,
will report to Chief Executive Officer
Mike Gregoire.
McGrath, 57, joined CA Technologies
in 2014 as corporate controller and served
in that role until being named interimCFO in July 2016. Prior to that, McGrath
spent more than 30 years at IBM, where he honed his financial,
operational and transformational management experience, ultimately
overseeing the finance team for the company’s $25 billion global
software business. During that time, IBM software became a growth
business for IBM as they shifted into higher-value market segments
including cloud computing, security and business analytics software.
McGrath received his bachelor of science in accounting from St.
John’s University.
Juniper Networks has announced
that Dinesh Verma has been appointed
to the role of Managing Director, India &
SAARC effective immediately.
With responsibility over all Go-toMarket (GTM) operations in region,
Dinesh will be tasked with driving
consistent high-impact growth for Juniper
across India & SAARC – a top business
priority within Juniper’s overall APAC
strategy. His experience over three decades
in leading key operations for top telecom and IT companies will be
crucial in continuing Juniper’s seven consecutive quarters of growth
in APAC.
Prior to joining BT, he held similar leadership roles at IBM, Cisco
and Ericsson. “I’m delighted to join Juniper Networks at a time when
digital transformation, which is a top priority for enterprises and
government in India, is driving the Indian economy. With Juniper
having already built a stellar foundation for success across the region,
I’m excited to be a part of the team, driving our Indian growth story
even further,” he shared.
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