Wipro appoints ex Infy exec as global head

 Wipro Technologies has announced the appointment of Shaji Farooq as the senior vice president of the company's newly created advanced technologies service line, which will comprise of social media, mobility, analytics-as-a-service and cloud. 

"Dynamic developments in the sphere of social, mobility, analytics-as-a-service and cloud will have a significant impact on how business processes are transforming in the enterprise. To truly differentiate Wipro as the partner of choice for our customers in this phase of disruption, we need to focus on these technologies as a comprehensive service line. We are confident that Wipro is poised for accelerated growth in these new areas, under Shaji's leadership," said TK Kurien, CEO, IT business and executive director,Wipro Limited. 
Farooq served nearly 11 years as the head of Infosys's financial services Americas unit, according to his LinkedIn profile. North America contributed 65.1% of Infosys's revenue in the year ended March, and banking and financial services contributed 27.9% of revenue that year, according to a fact sheet from the company. 

Farooq holds an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at NYU, a PhD in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Bachelor's degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay