Sridhar Jagannathan takes over as CIO

Persistent Systems announced that Dr Sridhar Jagannathan has joined the company as Chief Innovation Officer. A recognized industry veteran, technology strategist, entrepreneur and innovator, Jagannathan will be responsible for driving innovations in products, solutions and services. Jagannathan will be based in Santa Clara, CA and will report to Hari Haran, President of Persistent Systems, Inc.

Prior to Persistent Systems Jagannathan served as a Vice President, CTO Office at Intuit Inc., where he was responsible for leading Intuit's technology strategy, global engineering and technology M&A diligence.

"Sridhar Jagannathan is an outstanding addition to our management team, bringing over 17 years of excellent experience in software engineering, strategy and technology ventures from Intuit, Symantec, Softbank and Oracle. As enterprises begin to think of the next generation products, innovation will be a key differentiator and Jagannathan brings this essential focus to the table for Persistent and its customers," said Hari Haran, President, Persistent Systems, Inc.