Former D&B Director to Head Analytics at Dexterity

Indian-based KPO firm Dexterity has appointed Dr. Jayendra Ramesan as Practice Head - Analytics. Dr Ramesan is a former Director, Sales and Marketing Analytics at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) - USA.

His experience in the global high-tech industry over more than fifteen years spans market analytics, MR, business intelligence, data modeling and integration, analytics consulting and strategy. Before D&B he worked at companies including IBM, AT&T Labs, Bell Labs (Lucent), and Coopers & Lybrand; and headed his own venture working in CRM analytics, global leadership development and individual enablement.He has completed a Ph.D in Business Administration (Marketing) from Florida Atlantic University, USA, and is a graduate of IIT, Madras and IIM, Ahmedabad.

At Dexterity, he will focus on enhancing the firm's Analytics practice with a focus on the breadth and depth of solutions, and on talent, tools and technologies. Specifically, he will work towards setting up a global centre of excellence with partnerships with leading academic institutions in India and abroad.

Chairman & CEO Anantha Krishnan welcomes Dr Ramesan's 'rich experience' and says the hire is 'an important milestone in the company's strategy roadmap'. He adds: 'Dexterity is now strongly focused on demand-side business processes - a $32bn market, and is on an aggressive growth path.'

Founded in 1999, Dexterity has two offshore development facilities in Chennai and subsidiaries in the USA, Germany and Sweden. The company has been selected by Deloitte as one of the 50 fastest growing Technology firms in India for two consecutive years. Web site: www.dexterity.in .

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