By ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, Oct 27, 2009 1453 hrs IST

CA, Inc., a leading independent IT management software company, announced the appointment of IT and telecoms veteran Ratan Sanjay to the post of director for communications service providers (CSP), for India and SAARC region.

Commenting on the appointment, Amit Chatterjee, CA's managing director for India & SAARC, termed it a strategic move reflecting CA s growing local presence in the telecom sector.

"Ratan will formulate and execute a go-to-market strategy to address the rapidly-growing telecom and CSP industry. At the same time, he will develop solutions by tapping the considerable expertise held by CA s relationships with premier systems integrators," he said.

Sanjay brings about 20 years' experience during which he played various leadership roles in the fields of technical services, program management, consulting and business development.

During his long career, Sanjay supported a significant proportion of IBM s services and software license business growth by formulating strategies and providing SME leadership to pursue significant telecoms opportunities. He built and nurtured a strong CSP practice within partner communities, as well as developing skills and providing mentoring to the benefit of pre- and post-sales phases of various projects, the company said in a statement.

Joining CA from IBM Tivoli Software, which he served as Asia Pacific Service Assurance Practice Leader, Sanjay holds a bachelor of engineering degree in computer engineering from the University of Poona.