Persistent appoints Mritunjay Singh as Joint COO

Persistent Systems has announced the appointment of Mritunjay Singh as the joint chief operating officer.

Singh will be responsible for managing the operations of the company and will work alongside Nitin Kulkarni, executive director and COO and will be based in Pune.

With deep experience in the software development and technology services industry, Singh joins Persistent Systems from Infosys, where he was the delivery head for the financial services and insurance application development and maintenance unit and head of Infosys Pune Development Center.

"We are delighted to welcome Mritunjay Singh to Persistent Systems," said Dr Anand Deshpande, chairman and managing director, Persistent Systems.

On his joining Persistent Systems, Singh said "I am excited to join Persistent which has a proven track record of doing things right.

Persistent's expertise, strategy and focus on cloud computing, analytics, collaboration and mobility is spot-on. I am very excited about joining a team that partners with leading technology Companies and that has deep technical expertise and passion to make the next big thing happen."

Singh holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications from IIT BHU, Varanasi. He led the Hinjawadi Industry Association in Pune for many years as its President, working very closely with the state and local government to bring about systemic development to the high-tech area.