Cigniti Technologies appoints Mr. Srikanth Chakkilam as the Chief Executive Officer
Cigniti Technologies has appointed Mr. Srikanth Chakkilam as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. In his new role, Srikanth will focus on developing the company strategy to be in line with the vision, mission, and the values of the organization. Srikanth has relocated to US and shall operate from Dallas office.
He will drive client acquisition strategies, provides oversight to Sales, set business targets, and ensure quality deliverables are met to the clients. He shall set the direction to the company, aligning with the markets and shall propel the company to greater heights. Srikanth is a great believer in building a sustainable forward thinking organization with a binding principle called Work = Play. He is focused to build a highly successful, impactful, and ethical business in all forms.
Prior to taking over as CEO, Srikanth was responsible for driving Sales at U.K., EU, ANZ, Middle East, and APAC regions. Further, he was directly involved with the Marketing heads in devising marketing strategies for the Company. He, along with the CFO, represented the company with investors in the public domain.
Srikanth has an MS from the University of Southern California where he was a teaching assistant to Barry Boehm, one of the legends of software engineering and quality. He holds a Graduate Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India.
Speaking on the occasion, Srikanth said “I am proud to have taken over as the CEO of this Company. I thank all the Board members of Cigniti for entrusting me with such a prestigious responsibility. While I am all committed to make this organization the most respected and world’s largest independent software testing services company, I assure you that it is possible only with your support, hard work and the trust you have on us.”
“Every Organization is focusing all their energies and budgets in transforming their products and services to be digitally ready, the need to ensure software quality is taken care with highest priority. New age businesses need new age testing to deliver both quality and speed. Hence, world over Global 2000 companies, Fortune 500 companies and leading, upcoming independent software vendors, product companies and start-ups are partnering with accomplished software quality engineering and independent software testing service providers. This translates to a stated market potential of 25.9 Billion USD for the independent software testing services providers by 2020 and am very confident that we at Cigniti are well positioned to ride this wave of growth,’’ Srikanth added further.
About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2200+ professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s offerings include Quality Engineering, Digital Assurance, Advisory & Transformation, and Quality Assurance services powered by BlueSwan™ – the next generation proprietary software testing platform.