BANGALORE, INDIA: IT Services major Infosys, on hunt for a new CEO, suffered one round of high-profile exit on Thursday with Prasad Thrikutam, in charge of strategic sales, marketing and alliances, putting his papers.
Thrikutam will join Dell Services as president and global head of its Application Services division, from July 28.
"Thrikutam, a 22-year industry veteran, will lead a global team of nearly 10,000 employees responsible for driving Dell's application services business across all vertical market segments," Dell said in a statement.
He will report to Dell Services President Suresh Vaswani and will be based at its headquarters in Plano, it added.
"Over the last few years, we have built an application services powerhouse. We continue to invest in innovative capabilities that resonate with the top priorities of our customers - developing next generation applications to leverage digital technologies, legacy modernisation and SaaS-based services," Vaswani said.
"Prasad's strategic expertise and experience in driving industry-leading growth and margins across multiple verticals globally will help Dell continue to grow and help customers as they transform their business," he added.
Thrikutam takes over from Ashutosh Vaidya, who will move into a full-time position as head of Global Delivery for Dell Services.