Vishal Sikka CEO & MD of Infosys

EARLY LIFE OF VISHAL SIKKA• Born on 1 June 1967 (age 47), Madhya Pradesh.

• Son of an Indian Railway Officer and a teacher(A Punjabi

Family).

• Bachelors in Computer Engineering at Maharaja Savairao

University, Baroda.

• BS - Computer Science at Syracuse University, New York.

• Doctoral program at Stanford University (Integrating

Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems ),1996.

EARLY CARRIER• Vice President of Peregrine Systems for Platform

Technologies - responsible for application

development, integration technologies.

• Researcher at Xerox in their Palo Alto lab -

extensive experience with internet, distributed e-

commerce research using database and

knowledge-based technologies.

• Served as a member of the advisory board for

Coghead (2006 -2009).

• Executive board of the CTO Forum(2009), an

influential industry non-profit community.

• Bodha - served as its President, Chief

Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

SAP - German software company

• Executive Board Member of SAP in 2002 heading the

advanced technology for innovative projects.

• Senior Vice President of Architecture and Chief

Software Architect, responsible for the road map and the

direction for the architecture of SAP's products.

• Global Managing Board for all SAP products and innovation

globally by developing of all products across SAP’s product

including Applications, Analytics, Cloud, Database &

Technology and Mobile.

• Breakthrough in-memory platform (SAP HANA).

• The creator of ‘timeless software’, which represents the

renewal of products without disruption to customer

environments.

• Left the SAP board in May 2014 after serving for 12 years.

VISHAL INTO INFOSYS• Infosys Ltd, India's second-largest IT services

announced him as a whole-time CEO and MD on

12 June 2014.

• Receives $5.08 Million (30 Crores) and stock

options worth $2 million as annual compensation.

• Will be appointed for a five year period ending

June 13, 2019.

"To lead Infosys is nothing less than a

privilege, and an opportunity of a

lifetime. And as I get started on this

journey today, I am ready for the

transition that must follow. My own"

HIGHEST PAID IT CEO

‘The Indian-born US citizen is the

highest paid professional IT CEO,

running not just domestic information

technology firms but companies across

sectors’

HIS WORK @ INFOSYS• Innovation at the centre of Infosys's strategy,

invest aggressively in start ups of India's

software services industry back to its status

next two years.

• His idea was to make the company balance

between innovating for the future and ensuring

that existing business is not compromised.

• 'Murmuration', soliciting ideas for new ways of

working at Infosys. mingled with scores of

employees on Infosys's 90-acre Bangalore

campus, shooting the breeze with young

engineers.

• He wants Infosys to be "much more

decentralized and open management approach"

and wants to take the company towards products.

• He believes a strategic tool that has the potential to

secure the future as well as the present.

"Innovation may not be a tremendous economic driver

immediately. But it becomes a confidence driver

immediately, not only for us but also for our clients“

• Infosys, about using its Rs 30,000-crore ,it will

expand the company's presence in Silicon Valley, the

Mecca of technology where Vishal himself will be

based.

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