MR. R. SRIKRISHNA

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR

Mr. R. Srikrishna, also known as Keech, has been Chief Executive Officer of Hexaware Technologies Limited since July 28, 2014. Mr. Srikrishna served as Head of Global Sales - Infrastructure Services Division ( HCLT ISD ) and Executive Vice President at HCL Technologies Ltd. until July 2014. Mr. Srikrishna headed Account Management and New Services Development for HCLT ISD. He has over 20 years of progressive experience in global information services and technology. He has significant business and technology expertise across strategy, acquisition, service excellence, skill building and other strategic areas. In his 16 year long, much decorated stint at HCLT ISD, he has conceptualized and launched many of HCLT ISD’s business practices from the very scratch. Amongst the biggest of them was the conceptualization and execution of Remote Infrastructure Management Services that would eventually lead to the formation of a large Indian Infrastructure Outsourcing industry and HCL achieving a dominant leadership position in that industry due to Sri’s pioneering efforts. Prior to that, he formulated many similar disruptive value propositions like Satellite Communication, Web Management and Network Management Services in the 90s for HCL which were the firsts not only for it but the Indian IT Industry at large. In his pursuit of these path-breaking propositions, he and his team created many IPs for HCL with tools like ‘India Internet Index’, ‘Router Manage.com’, ‘Smart Manage’ and ‘myDashboard’. He is widely respected as one of the most formidable voices in the IT Operations space. He has been an Executive Director of Hexaware Technologies Limited since October 17, 2014. He has spoken at many prestigious Industry platforms and continues to be invited and included in the Indian & North American IT Industry’s thought leadership interventions and initiatives. Harvard Business School’s (HBS) High Potentials Leadership Program often invites him to speak at their leadership development course on behalf of HCL. He has also been a guest speaker at HBS’s General Management Program. Mr. Srikrishna is a member of HCL T ISD’s ‘Executive Management Board’ and continues to be an ambassador and mentor for next gen leaders in the company. Aside from work, he is passionate about the Green cause. He leads HCL’s ProSeed initiative, which promotes the cause of bio diversity conservation and forestation. Apart from ProSeed, he also played a key architect and thought leadership role in shaping HCL’s ‘Green IT’ agenda and initiatives. In his early career, he led the cause for SPIC MACAY – a non-profit organization for promoting Indian Classical Music amongst Youth in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and briefly, nationally. He is a ‘Green Belt’ Taekwondo pro and is a deft foot on the hockey field, having been the Captain of his college hockey team He is an electrical engineer from IIT, one of the world’s premier engineering education institutions. Mr. Srikrishna holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a Masters in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.