Mahindra Satyam appoints Vijayanand Vadrevu as Chief Strategy Officer
By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 31 October 2009, 03:12 IST
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Bangalore: Mahindra Satyam, a global consulting and IT services provider, has appointed Vijayanand Vadrevu as the Senior Vice President – Strategic Initiatives. He would be assisting the CEO, in providing leadership on 'strategic initiatives' to the company and would play a key role in scripting the growth plans of the organization. CP Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, said, "Vijay is a critical addition to the leadership team at Mahindra Satyam, and his role will be very significant to achieve long term objectives. I welcome Vijay, to the Mahindra Satyam family and wish him all best for the challenging tasks ahead of him." Vadrevu has a vast experience in IT services industry with over 17 years with Wipro Technologies. For the last three years, he was working as Vice President and Head for Life Sciences Vertical solutions, responsible for Strategy, Sales and Delivery and was instrumental in shaping it as one of the fastest growing Verticals. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and has spent more than six years in the U.S. in a number of client facing and practice building roles. On his joining Mahindra Satyam, Vadrevu said, "I am very excited to take on this new role and to be a part of the leadership team that has been instrumental in reviving the organization in such a short span of time."