Indian American to head R&D, tech ops of top IT firm

Malaysia Sun (IANS) Tuesday 23rd January, 2007

Indian American Somesh Singh has been appointed senior vice president of research and development and technical operations of Vignette, a leading software company in Texas.

The appointment is effective from Feb 13, according to a company statement. He will oversee Vignette's global engineering, customer care and IT organisations.

A graduate in chemical engineering from India's Benares Hindu University, Singh did his MBA from Wharton School. He also holds a master's degree in chemical engineering from Columbia University in New York.

Prior to joining Vignette, Singh held several positions at another American IT company, BMC Software. Most recently, he served as vice president and general manager of BMC's Identity Management Services Business Unit. Before BMC, Singh was president, chief operating officer and director at iVita Corp.

'We are extremely excited to have Somesh join Vignette. He will be a tremendous addition to our senior team,' Vigenette's president and chief executive Mike Aviles said.

'Somesh is a veteran of the enterprise software industry with experience driving large-scale global operations. He brings a great combination of business and strategic skills, and his commitment to innovation, customer service and operational excellence should deliver great value to our customers, shareholders and employees,' he said.

The statement quoted Singh as saying: 'Vignette is the leading provider of Next-Generation Web solutions, and that doesn't happen by accident. I'm excited to be part of the leadership team that will shape the future of Vignette.'

The Austin, Texas-based Vignette makes a suite of content management, portal, collaboration, document management and records management products.