intive announced today the appointment of Kannan Janardhanan as Director of Business Development, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT). In this role, Kannan will be responsible for strengthening the long-standing partnerships with existing TMT clients as well as driving customer acquisitions on the East Coast.
Kannan brings over 20 years of business development and account management experience to intive. Previously he has worked for global public-listed technology companies such as HCL, Cognizant or TCS, where he focused on business growth with existing clients and new business acquisitions across BFSI, Media, Telecom, Healthcare and Retail sectors.
Kannan has hands-on expertise in integrated service endeavors covering digital transformation, cloud adoption, applications development, analytics, robotic process automation and infrastructure, paired with a strong sales and delivery management. In his most recent role, Kannan was a Senior Client Director in HCL America Inc., where he drove top-line revenue growth.
The appointment of Kannan Janardhanan is part of intive’s regional expansion strategy in the US. “Several US based companies have already trusted us to transform their businesses with exceptional digital solutions. Kannan will help us speed further growth mainly in TMT, where, despite of COVID-19, we still see a significant increase in demand for our digital transformation and product engineering services.” – explained Rolf Pasel, Chief Commercial Officer at intive.
Kannan Janardhanan will be based at intive’s New York office and will report to Mateusz Przepiórkowski, Vice President Sales and Head of TMT. “I am delighted to welcome Kannan to intive’s TMT sales team. His ability to build long-lasting relationships and his accomplishments in the management of multi-million client portfolio bring significant value to us.” – commented Mateusz Przepiórkowski.
“intive is a vibrant company that builds technologically advanced and people-centric digital products for customers all over the world.” – said Kannan Janardhanan. “With more and more businesses looking to digitally transform, I am excited to take on this challenge and expand the company’s presence in the American market.”
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