ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl, the new,
independent public company that will be created following the
separation of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Managed Infrastructure
Services business, announced the appointment of Harsh Chugh as the
company's Chief Operations Officer.
"Kyndryl's goal is to apply world-class talent and modern and
resilient IT systems to help customers realize their business
ambitions, and it is important to maintain financial discipline and
an operating vision that matches our mission," said Martin Schroeter, Kyndryl's chief executive
officer. "Harsh Chugh is expert in delivering operational
excellence, in building teams that get great results and in
deploying the best talent for critical projects. I am
delighted Harsh will direct our operations and help Kyndryl advance
the vital systems that power progress for our customers."
Mr. Chugh has more than 20 years of experience in roles that span
engineering, management consulting, finance and operations.
He comes to Kyndryl from his current role as Chief Financial
Officer of PlanSource, a provider of cloud-based benefits
administration technology. In addition to his functional
responsibility of running Finance, Legal and Business Applications
at PlanSource, he was instrumental in leading the effort to
modernize their business applications, building a business
intelligence platform and outsourcing some of their key
product-related service delivery through partnerships with industry
leaders in the benefits processing space.
Earlier, Mr. Chugh held several leadership positions at IBM,
including roles in management consulting, treasury, business
development, investor relations and other financial and operational
roles in US, China and
Singapore. His most recent roles
at IBM were as vice president and functional chief operating
officer for IBM's Global Markets organization, and vice president
of finance and operations for IBM's Digital Business Group driving
IBM's digital transformation. He also spent time in Singapore as a regional finance leader and in
China as vice president of
international business development. Prior to IBM, Mr. Chugh was a
management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in their Supply
Chain practice primarily supporting Telco clients.
A native of India, he holds a
degree in civil engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering, a masters degree
in construction management from the Indian
Institute of Technology in Delhi, and earned an MBA in Finance from the
Kelley School of Business at Indiana
University.
Kyndryl designs, runs and manages modern, efficient and reliable
technology environments for the world's most important businesses
and organizations, with the industry's most experienced services
experts. Its previously announced separation from IBM is expected
to occur by the end of 2021. For more information, visit
www.kyndryl.com
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