Olin Alumnus Appointed VP of Product Management at PeopleFluent

PeopleFluent, a leading social human capital management technology company announced the appointment of F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business alumnus Rajan Venkitachalam as its vice president of product management. Mr. Venkitachalam joins PeopleFluent from Caradigm, where he served as director of program management.

PeopleFluent has achieved greater than fifteen percent organic revenue growth in the last twelve months and the recent launch of the Mirror Suite and the Colossus cloud-based data integration platform has proven to be a significant, positive inflection point for the company.

The appointment of Rajan Venkitachalam as VP of product management solidifies PeopleFluent’s commitment to an innovative cloud-based product strategy, focused on leveraging all of an organization’s data to gain meaningful and actionable knowledge.

“I am delighted that Rajan has joined PeopleFluent and cannot imagine a better time or fit for our company,” said Ronnie Thomson, SVP, Engineering at PeopleFluent. “He has a proven history as an innovator and leader in product management in the tech world. I’m excited for what he will bring to PeopleFluent based on his successful experience in cloud-based technologies.”

Mr. Venkitachalam’s responsibilities will include developing the vision for future products and executing the resulting product roadmap. He brings almost two decades of technology product management experience to PeopleFluent, having previously held senior product management roles at a number of software and technology companies, including ServiceNow and Microsoft. He also served as chief technology officer for Bedrock Technologies. Mr. Venkitachalam has also managed the development of Microsoft’s extremely successful cloud-based technologies and solutions.

“I was drawn to PeopleFluent’s strong leadership, culture and values. They are a strong match for my own personal and business philosophies,” said Mr. Venkitachalam. “With the recent launch of the Mirror Suite and the Colossus data integration platform, it is an extremely exciting time to be joining PeopleFluent. I look forward to contributing to PeopleFluent’s recent momentum and steady growth by continuing the company’s tradition of innovative and engaging talent management solutions that create better business processes and outcomes for our customers.”

Mr. Venkitachalam holds a BS in computer information systems from Bentley University and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College. Mr. Venkitachalam is also a published author and successful entrepreneur.

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