 S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders
of Infosys Technologies Limited. He plays a key role in defining the
company strategy and in using technology and innovation continuously
to maintain its leadership of the industry.
Since April 2002, Kris has been the Chief Operating Officer. His
responsibilities include Customer Services, Technology, Investments
and Acquisitions. Kris is also the Chairperson of Infosys Consulting,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Limited.
Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of
design, development, implementation and support of information
systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the US.
Between 1987 and 1994 he headed the technical operations of
KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, USA)
as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and
was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.
Kris is currently the Chairman of Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the
Information Technology Education Standards Board (BITES) set up by
the Government of Karnataka. He is on the board of directors of the
National Internet Exchange of India. He is also the Chairman of the
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Karnataka Region. He is a
member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.
Kris holds M. Sc. (Physics) and M. Tech. (Computer Science) degrees
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He began his career
with Patni Computer Systems (PCS), Mumbai as a software engineer in
1979 and quickly rose to become an assistant project manager by 1981.
His seminal contribution during his stint at PCS was the development
of a distributed process control system for controlling LD converters
at Rourkela Steel Plant. |
