• Venkat Rangapuram

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    Venkat Rangapuram
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Venkat joined in 2015 and has held multiple senior positions at both Pactera and Centific. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new role and has had a successful track record in transforming the company’s various business units into the digital paradigm over the last few years. Most significantly, Venkat has demonstrated the unique capability to effectively translate complex business and technology challenges to strategic business solutions, and then communicate these solutions to Centific’s enterprise clients.

  • Heng Lim

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
    Heng Lim
    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Heng is a seasoned executive with broad experience in building and transforming companies. He played a key role in building an information technology company from the startup phase until it was listed on the Nasdaq. Heng also brings to bear extensive consulting experience across industries internationally. His early career was with the Boston Consulting Group. He has also founded companies and acted as advisor to businesses in the electronic vehicle, augmented reality display, gaming, and green packaging sectors. Heng holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

  • Pamela Pei

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
    Pamela Pei
    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Pamela is a global executive with a strong finance, sales/business operations and merger/acquisition integration background. She has worked extensively in the information technology industry across the value chain from ground up business unit set up in new geographies to the sustainment of unit operations.

  • Dinesh Chandrasekar

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
    Dinesh Chandrasekar
    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Dinesh has over 23 years of progressive technology and consulting experience in enterprise applications, advanced analytics, and digital technology platforms that encompass the cloud, artificial intelligence, IoT, and intelligent automations. Dinesh is a strategic technology leader who believes in enabling “technology equilibrium” for his clients through the right mix of digital and inherent technology capabilities. In his current as chief strategy officer for Centific, Dinesh spearheads the Digital Innovation, Solutions & Consulting (DISC) group.

  • Yong Liang

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
    Yong Liang
    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Yong leads the Centific Information Technology organization and oversees all internal operations related to information technology infrastructure, information security, and internal hardware management. He formerly led the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Tech practices and product management from idealization to product. Yong has also supported clients with digital transformation, enabling operations in China (including e-commerce and ecosystem management), GDPR security compliance, privacy, and more.

  • Vicky Hu

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NORTHWEST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
    Vicky Hu
    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NORTHWEST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS

    Vicky is senior vice president of Client Partnerships. She is responsible for driving the profitable revenue growth of relationships with large, strategic global accounts. As the leader of a global team, she ensures client satisfaction through world-class delivery.

  • Raff Ripoll

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, WEST COAST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
    Raff Ripoll
    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, WEST COAST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS

    Raff plays a key role in Centific’s go-to-market strategy. With close to 30 years of experience in the information technology industry, Raff brings proven knowledge and skill to every campaign he oversees. Raff is known for getting in the trenches with his account teams and is personally involved in the implementation of every program, from orchestration to execution.

  • Jagadish Garimella

    VICE PRESIDENT, MIDWEST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
    Jagadish Garimella
    VICE PRESIDENT, MIDWEST CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS

    Jagadish is a senior leader in sales and account management, account profit/loss management, and program delivery. He has been with Centific since 2017. Throughout his career, he has held positions in fields ranging from digital enablement and information technology modernization services to product engineering, digital services, business development, and account management.

  • Samuel Zhang

    VICE PRESIDENT, CHINA CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
    Samuel Zhang
    VICE PRESIDENT, CHINA CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS

    Samuel is the head of the Strategic Business Unit for China and Asia, leading the business development and transformation. Since 2013, Samuel has held a vice-president role in Centific, with responsibilities spanning industries such as automotive and high tech, and functions such product R&D, internet and eCommerce, big data, the cloud, and others. In addition, Samuel was the head of Walmart Global eCommerce R&D China Centre from 2010 to 2012. He also worked at Hewlett-Packard for six years, managing global development projects and HP's information technology systems. From 2001 to 2003, he was He was also the core R&D member in Hundson, leading stock trading system development. He earned a computer science master's degree from Fudan University.

  • Vasudevan Sundarababu

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING
    Vasudevan Sundarababu
    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING

    As senior vice president, head of Digital Engineering, Vasudevan is responsible for the identification and design of new products, services, and technologies. He has over 25 years of information technology industry experience, spanning the fields of data science, machine learning, digital, and the cloud. Most recently, he was global head of Cloud Data Platforms for Capgemini Financial Services, focusing on insights and data. Prior to that, he was chief technology officer of CSS Corp. Vasudevan is an avid reader especially of books on management and technology.

  • Jonas Ryberg

    CHIEF GLOBALIZATION OFFICER
    Jonas Ryberg
    CHIEF GLOBALIZATION OFFICER

    Jonas is head of Digital Globalization Services. He and his team provide artificial intelligence-infused language services, global data curation for artificial intelligence/machine learning, and global marketing services. Jonas has 20 years of experience in the language services industry in various roles from solutioning and linguistics to sales and management. In those capacities, he has served as both company founder and executive.

  • Narayana Murthy

    REGIONAL HEAD, INDIA
    Narayana Murthy
    REGIONAL HEAD, INDIA

    Narayana is general manager of the India Delivery Center located in Hyderabad. He drives customer satisfaction through delivery excellence across Centific. The India Innovation Center supports practice teams to productize solutions in order to develop expertise through certifications and continuous learning.

  • Sarah Cheng

    REGIONAL HEAD, CHINA AND SINGAPORE
    Sarah Cheng
    REGIONAL HEAD, CHINA AND SINGAPORE

    Sarah is general manager of Greater China and Singapore. Her areas of responsibility include the delivery of services in China and all support functions. Sarah has been with Centific for more than 24 years. Her roles and responsibilities through her tenure have included delivery, profit/loss management, and operations, among others.

  • Alba Guix

    REGIONAL HEAD, EUROPE
    Alba Guix
    REGIONAL HEAD, EUROPE

    Alba is the regional head of Europe and is based in Barcelona, Spain. She also leads the Globalization Shared Services practice, which includes Resources, Quality, and Learning. In this role, she manages a team of global experts and a large online community of professionals working in global language and artificial intelligence data projects in over 200 markets. Alba has been at Centific for 10 years. She is passionate about languages and bridging the gaps of global communication through different cultures.

Customer Advisory Board

  • John Kahan

    DATA ANALYTICS ADVISOR
    John Kahan
    DATA ANALYTICS ADVISOR

    John Kahan is a seasoned board member with 30+ years of experience in for-profit and non-profit roles. He has spent roughly four decades working for Microsoft and IBM, transforming these companies with Data and AI. He is a data-driven leader, recognized as one of the top 15 data professionals globally by DatatechVibe. Currently, he serves on the boards of U.S. Venture, Equinauts, and Domino Data Lab, while also advising their CEOs on AI and Data Analytics strategies. In the non-profit sector, he is a Board Director of The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Novartis Foundation. John holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from The University of Binghamton. He is a proud parent, grand parent, avid traveler, and published photographer.

  • Wei Gao

    EXECUTIVE, BOARD MEMBER, ADVISOR
    Wei Gao
    EXECUTIVE, BOARD MEMBER, ADVISOR

    Wei Gao has over 20 years of experience delivering innovative products and services leading to transformative changes in customer experience and business performance. Wei is currently a Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group, serves on the board of ASOS.com, and is a founding member of Zero100's advisory board. Before joining Madrona, Wei was the COO of Hopin, a SaaS company enabling shared experiences. During her 16 years at Amazon, Wei led teams in eCommerce, Kindle, Supply Chain technologies, and Grocery. She holds an MSIS from UNC-CH and a bachelor's degree in finance from Nankai University.