New Delhi, January 3, 2008 — Impetus Technologies, the pioneer in outsourced product engineering services, today announced the appointment of Rajeeva Gupta as the new V.P.-Engineering. Rajeeva has a vast experience of over 20 years in the field of software development both in India as well as overseas. At Impetus, as V.P. of Engineering, Rajeeva would be responsible for managing high quality product deliveries within all OPD engagements and engineering growth by continuously enhancing delivery capabilities. He joins the Impetus’ strong and broad based management team at the company’s Noida facility.

Rajeeva has a splendid career graph, and an equally shinning educational background. He holds a B.E. (Hons.) degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Over the years, Rajeeva has amassed a very rich experience with some very well known and reputed IT organizations across the globe. His last assignment was as Executive Director – R&D for a Software Development firm based in India.

Rajeeva has been playing a pivotal role in the development and roll out of multiple products to international markets. His expertise covers product development, project management, quality management, and systems engineering. With such immense experience, expertise and educational background Rajeeva’s coming aboard certainly adds to the visionary, strategic and leadership aspect in the Engineering domain of Impetus.This appointment underlines Impetus' commitment to its rapidly expanding client base and also will help in identifying the best practices existing with different teams and their adoption by others based on suitability to various engagements.

Speaking on this occasion Mr. Praveen Kankariya, CEO, Impetus Technologies said, “We are very delighted to have Rajeeva with us. I am sure his presence would further boost our engineering delivery capability and enable us to meet and exceed growth targets. We wish him the very best for his new role, and many happiness and success in the coming times.”

In Rajeeva Gupta’s words, "I am pleased to be joining a company with such a reputation for quality and integrity. Impetus is a pioneer of product design and development outsourcing in India, with a proud history of innovation, outstanding talent and enviable positions in many of its product lines and services. It's a great honor to join its leadership team and have the opportunity to build on its success."

Rajeeva’s role at Impetus is fairly well chalked out. The company has been growing at over 60% CAGR for the last few years, and Rajeeva’s team will further scale up this growth momentum. Rajeeva will work actively with clients across all phases of the Product Development LifeCycle – providing critical inputs right from conceptualization, and guiding the product development effort through various stages. He will also ensure successful product implementation, roll out and support for Impetus’ clients across all verticals. His offshore team will aim to consistently exceed expectations, meet client deadlines, while delivering superior value and helping the clients get to their respective markets, faster.


About Impetus:
Headquartered in Cupertino (CA), Impetus Technologies provides outsourced software product design, R&D and related services to leading global software product companies. Impetus has been involved with hundreds of product launches over its decade-long association with its clients ranging from enterprise class companies to innovative technology start-ups.

Impetus works on cutting-edge technologies to develop a variety of next-generation products for a range of vertical domains. From enterprise applications that optimize supply chains and credit portfolios, to solutions for the emerging rich media and digital content verticals; and from products for wireless networks and mobile handsets to software for network forensics and communication monitoring, Impetus’ emphasis on continuous innovation adds significant value to its clients’ technology initiatives.

For more information, visits www.impetus.com or write to info@impetus.com.