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May 28, 2013

Virtusa Announces Executive Leadership Promotions

• Raj Rajgopal Promoted to President
• Samir Dhir Promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Delivery Officer and Head of India Operations

Westborough, MA – (May 28, 2013) Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced two executive leadership promotions.

Raj Rajgopal has been promoted to President. Rajgopal previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Business Development and Client Services. He has been with Virtusa for 8 years and has over 20 years of services industry experience with large enterprises both in the United States and Europe. In his expanded role, Rajgopal‘s responsibilities include furthering geographic and industry expansion, extending client relationships, acquiring new clients, and bringing new transformational solutions to market.

Samir Dhir has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Delivery Officer and Head of India Operations. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Delivery Head and Head of India Operations. Dhir has been with Virtusa since early 2010 and has served as an executive officer since 2011. He will continue to be responsible for Virtusa’s global delivery function, resource management and client delight across all operating geographies.

Kris Canekeratne, Virtusa’s Chairman and CEO, stated, “I am pleased to announce these well deserved executive management promotions. Raj has been instrumental in driving our client facing strategies, differentiating our service offerings, expanding our presence across our client base and delivering industry leading growth. We look forward to his ongoing contributions in his expanded role.”

“I would like to extend my congratulations to Raj and Samir,” said Keith Modder, Virtusa’s Chief Operating Officer. “Under Samir’s leadership, we have enhanced our service delivery function, institutionalized best-practices, attained CMMi Level 5 across all major delivery centers and created an environment that promotes innovation. We are very pleased with the progress Samir has made and look forward to his continuing leadership.”

 

About Virtusa

Virtusa Corporation is a global provider of digital engineering and technology services and solutions for Forbes Global 2000 companies in the financial services, healthcare, communications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology industries worldwide. At Virtusa, digital engineering is at the heart of everything we do. We are 30,000 builders, makers, and doers that partner with customers to reimagine enterprises and creatively build solutions to the most pressing business challenges that move them to the forefront of their industries.

Virtusa's unique Engineering First approach means never presenting an idea we can't execute. With deep industry expertise and empowered agile teams made up of world-class talent, we think about execution early in the process, because the earlier you think about execution the earlier an idea can have an impact. Solving from the inside out enables businesses to respond swiftly to changing needs with improved quality, lower costs, and lasting results.

Virtusa is a registered trademark of Virtusa Corporation. All other company and brand names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.

Media Contact:

Matt Flannery
Edelman
(203) 856-2006
matt.flannery@edelman.com

Contacts
Andrea LePain 
Global Head of Media Relations Communications 
617-275-6516
alepain@greenoughcom.com

 

Media Contact:
Staci Strauss Mortenson
ICR
staci.mortenson@icrinc.com, 203-682-8273

 

 

About Virtusa

Virtusa Corporation is a global provider of digital engineering and technology services and solutions for Forbes Global 2000 companies in the financial services, healthcare, communications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology industries worldwide. At Virtusa, digital engineering is at the heart of everything we do. We are 30,000 builders, makers, and doers that partner with customers to reimagine enterprises and creatively build solutions to the most pressing business challenges that move them to the forefront of their industries.

Virtusa's unique Engineering First approach means never presenting an idea we can't execute. With deep industry expertise and empowered agile teams made up of world-class talent, we think about execution early in the process, because the earlier you think about execution the earlier an idea can have an impact. Solving from the inside out enables businesses to respond swiftly to changing needs with improved quality, lower costs, and lasting results.

Virtusa is a registered trademark of Virtusa Corporation. All other company and brand names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.

Media Contact:

Matt Flannery
Edelman
(203) 856-2006
matt.flannery@edelman.com

Contacts
Andrea LePain 
Global Head of Media Relations Communications 
617-275-6516
alepain@greenoughcom.com

 

Media Contact:
Staci Strauss Mortenson
ICR
staci.mortenson@icrinc.com, 203-682-8273

 

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