PUNE: Jade Global, Inc., leading enterprise systems integration and IT services firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandeep Suryavanshi as Chief Operating Officer.

Sandeep will be based in Pune, India and will oversee Jade Global's entire India operations including client services and administration. His responsibilities will include driving the AMS and product engineering lines of business, building new technology practices for emerging service lines, driving quality initiatives, like ISO and CMMi certifications, and enhancing the overall quality of Jade's offshore delivery services.

With over 20 years of strategic leadership experience in the media, automotive manufacturing, hi-tech and software product development and IT services industries, Sandeep brings a unique blend of vision, direction, and business strategy acumen to create sustainable, world-class business processes. Prior to joining Jade Global, Sandeep served as Global Chief Information Officer (CIO), at Zensar Technologies where he instituted a transformational global IT strategy that improved operational efficiency, integrated ISO 20000 standards and enabled business growth organically and through acquisition. Prior to his role at Zensar, Sandeep worked at D-Link as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Tech Support where he was responsible for the turnaround of the global technical support business. Sandeep spent 13 years in PTC prior to that, playing senior management roles in IT and R&D functions and played a key role in building PTCs presence in India.

"Jade Global is investing for growth and we think that now is the perfect time to welcome a new COO. With the establishment of this role, there is a huge opportunity to build new business services and leverage our rapidly growing offshore delivery capabilities to accelerate towards our long term vision: delivering world class customer experience to our customers," said Karan Yaramada, CEO of Jade Global.

"I am excited to join the Jade Global executive management team and help chart the next phase of growth," said Sandeep Suryavanshi. "I believe Jade has built a strong brand in delivering fail safe services and I look forward to building on this and utilizing my expertise to develop new growth opportunities. The India operations are key to our strategy of building new service lines and delivering world class customer experience to all our customers."

About Jade Global, Inc.

Jade Global is a systems integration and consulting services firm headquartered in San Jose, California with offices in Oceanside, California, Morganville, New Jersey, and Pune & Noida, India. Committed to its customer's long term business growth and success, Jade Global creates value through a portfolio of IT services delivered by their team of highly experienced consultants. Jade Global strives to bring the right combination of business process knowledge, product expertise, technical skills, project management expertise and flexible delivery models to every engagement. Jade Global is an Oracle Platinum Partner and an Oracle Certified Accelerate Solution Provider. More information about Jade Global can be found at http://www.jadeglobal.com.

Primary Media Contact: Anuradha Menon, Marketing CommunicationExecutive, anuradha.menon@jadeglobal.com, 91-20-66081500, Ext.: 510

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