Apptio, an organization that transforms the way IT runs with the cloud-based applications, appointed Dr. Subramanian Krishnan as its maiden Vice President and General Manager of India. In his new role, Krishnan will handle the establishing and guiding Apptio’s upcoming center of excellence in Bengaluru.

Subi is a world class executive who is uniquely suited to help us build and grow a Center of Excellence that enables employees to excel and customers to succeed with our product

Excited on his new role, Krishnan says, “I look forward to working with Sunny and the rest of the Apptio leadership team to establish a strong presence in the India market and set the agenda of the company towards customer experience and innovation. I’m excited to hire passionate team members, work with our international offices to expand global thinking and processes, and build Apptio’s reputation in the India market”.

At Apptio, Krishnan will be building its product engineering, customer success and marketing teams with a focus of creating and delivering its products to all Apptio customers. He will also be improving the current strategy, vision, and employee-first culture of Apptio with an objective to offer a simple, modern and strong customer experience that delivers tangible insights and business value.

Sunny Gupta, CEO, Apption, says, “Due to our recent successes, Apptio is expanding rapidly and scaling globally to meet increasing demand for our cloud and financial management software. As Apptio accelerates growth and increases product capabilities, we need the right leaders who can build passionate teams that are committed to delivering business outcomes. Subi is a world class executive who is uniquely suited to help us build and grow a Center of Excellence that enables employees to excel and customers to succeed with our product”.

With more than 20 years of experience leading global technology companies through transformation and growth, Krishnan was the Country Head of India at Finastra. Prior to Finastra, he was leading the R&D organization at ADP India. Before ADP India, he was the Managing Director at Optimal Solutions, held the position of the Head of Supply Chain Management at Oracle India and Head of Operations at Peoplesoft. Krishnan holds a Ph.D from the University of Maryland, U.S.A and started his career at i2 technologies.