{"id":17674,"date":"2015-03-17T11:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T11:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=17674"},"modified":"2015-03-17T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T11:32:43","slug":"wipro-hires-ex-tcs-executive-as-coo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=17674","title":{"rendered":"Wipro hires ex-TCS executive as COO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Global software major Wipro Ltd on Monday appointed former TCS honcho Abid Ali Neemuchwala as its group president and chief operating officer from April 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WiproMPOs17mar2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17676\" alt=\"WiproMPOs17mar2015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WiproMPOs17mar2015.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Abid will head service lines of global infrastructure, business application, business process and advanced technology solutions,&#8221; the company said in a statement here.<\/p>\n<p>Abid headed the business process services (back office operations) of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and held leadership positions during his 23-year career in the IT bellwether.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Abid brings invaluable experience with his track record of building and scaling businesses. I am confident his understanding of technology and expertise in IT &amp; BPS will help power our businesses to greater heights,&#8221; Wipro chief executive T.K. Kurien said.<\/p>\n<p>A chess buff, Abid is an electronics &amp; communication engineer from NIT, Raipur in Chhattisgarh and has masters in industrial management from IIT, Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am honoured to join Wipro, a company with a rich heritage of technology innovation and unflinching commitment to values. I look forward to contributing towards the company&#8217;s next phase of growth,&#8221; he said from Dallas in US&#8217; Texas state, where he lives with family.<\/p>\n<p>Abid will also head business operations, geographies comprising continental Europe, Africa, Latin America, strategic engagements, advisor relationships and marketing function.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.deccanherald.com \/ Deccan Herald \/ Home&gt; Business \/ IANS \/ Bengaluru &#8211; March 16th, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global software major Wipro Ltd on Monday appointed former TCS honcho Abid Ali Neemuchwala as its group president and chief operating officer from April 1. &#8220;Abid will head service lines of global infrastructure, business application, business process and advanced technology solutions,&#8221; the company said in a statement here. Abid headed the business process services (back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=17674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wipro hires ex-TCS executive as COO<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,10,320],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy","category-leaders","category-science-technology","category-world-opinion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17674"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17681,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17674\/revisions\/17681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}