Verizon Appoints New Managing Director for its India IT & Technology Operations

Kalyani Sekar has been appointed as the Managing Director of Verizon Data Services India, the IT & Technology arm of Verizon in India.

Kalyani, who succeeds Santosh Bijur, will lead a 6,700-member workforce in Chennai and Hyderabad responsible for Verizon Communications’ India IT & Technology operations creating value for the corporation.

Prior to her new appointment, Kalyani was a Senior Delivery Head, based out of Chennai, responsible for a range of Business and Operations Support Systems for Verizon Wireless and FiOS in the US.

Kalyani joined Verizon in 2002 and has held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility including setting up of the India IT teams to support Verizon Wireless. She has deep expertise in IT strategy & operations, DevOps, and Process Excellence. Her domain knowledge spans the constantly broadening communication technology space. 

About VDS India

Verizon Data Services India (VDS India), an IT & Technology Center that operates out of Chennai and Hyderabad, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ). Established in June 2001, VDS India supports Verizon’s domestic wireless and wire-line businesses in the US as well as its global Enterprise Solutions business (VES). An extension of the global IT & Technology teams of Verizon, VDS India works on IT applications and technologies that enable Operations Support Systems (OSS), Business Support Systems (BSS), Self-Service Solutions, Mobile/Field Workforce solutions, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and Customer Operations among others.

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) employs a diverse workforce of 177,700 and generated nearly $132 billion in 2015 revenues. Verizon operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with more than 112 million retail connections nationwide. Headquartered in New York, the company also provides communications and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers worldwide.

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