Infogain appoints Dinesh Venugopal as CEO

Infogain, a Silicon Valley-headquartered leader in human-centered digital platforms and software engineering services,  has appointed Indian American executive, Dinesh Venugopal as its CEO, effective Feb 8.

Venugopal will take over from Ayan Mukerji, who joined Infogain in 2018 as COO before becoming CEO in 2021, according to a company press release.

Venugopal joins Infogain with close to three decades of management experience. He was the CEO of PK, an experience engineering company, before its acquisition by Concentrix, where he became the President of Concentrix Catalyst. Venugopal also spent over a decade at Mphasis, serving in various roles, including President of Direct & Digital.

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Rohan Haldea, Partner at Apax, said, “We are delighted to welcome Dinesh as the new CEO of Infogain. He brings a wealth of experience in digital transformation, experience engineering, and large deals, which closely complements Infogain’s growth strategy.”

“We thank Ayan for his immense contribution to Infogain and for setting the stage for dynamic growth in the last six years,” he added.

“Infogain’s platform growth story over the last few years has been remarkable,” Venugopal said. “I’m delighted to join at an exciting time as Infogain positions its customers to succeed in the race for digital dominance.”

“Leading Infogain has been an extraordinary journey, and I extend my gratitude to Apax and the Infogain Board for this incredible opportunity.” said Mukerji. “Dinesh comes with a proven track record and is the perfect choice to steer Infogain into its next growth chapter. I wish him the very best.”

Infogain engineers business outcomes for Fortune 500 companies and digital natives in the technology, healthcare, insurance, travel, telecom, and retail/CPG industries, according to the release.

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The company says it accelerates experience-led transformation of digital platforms using technologies such as cloud, microservices, automation, IoT, and artificial intelligence. It’s a multi-cloud expert across hyperscale cloud providers – Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.

Infogain, an Apax Funds portfolio company, has offices in California, Washington, Texas, the UK, and Singapore, with delivery centers in Seattle, Dallas, Montevideo, Kraków, Noida, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon, and Mumbai.

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