Meet the Team

Global Leadership Team

Zia Rahman

Chief Executive Officer

Zia Rahman has a focus to lead the CirrusLabs team to be at the forefront of innovation in order to support our Clients as they undergo Digital and Business transformation with Cloud, IoT and Automation. Zia's goal is to maintain CirrusLabs reputation as a premier IT Solutions company to help our Clients innovate and achieve their business and IT needs. In addition, to continue pushing CirrusLabs to create value add cases using our products, solutions, and services for all our clients.

Naeem Hussain

Chief Operating Officer

Naeem Hussain is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at CirrusLabs where he oversees all delivery and growth activities across the firm to ensure the company executes in alignment with its strategic vision. He has more than 20 years of management and leadership experience in all facets of service delivery, business development, marketing, finance, sales and operational management. Prior to co-founding CirrusLabs, Naeem held leadership positions at ING DIRECT Bank as Head of Technology Services and at Capital One Bank as Head of Market Research. Naeem is a National Advisory Committee Emeritus Member at the George Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Naeem is a Scaled Agile Framework™ Program Consultant (SPC), a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) from the American Society of Quality. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University, a Master’s degree in Telecommunication & Computers from George Washington University, a Certificate in AI Strategy from MIT and has an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Santosh Jayaram

Chief Revenue Officer

Santosh Jayaram is the Chief Revenue Officer at CirrusLabs where he helps create strategies to drive revenue and profit for the company. He has held multiple senior-level executive positions in his career. Throughout his 25-year tenure working with technology companies, he has built a reputation for growing businesses through developing strategies & bringing these ideas to life. He has managed both private and government clients for enterprise services delivering enormous business value. With a strong background in sales, strategy, portfolio, enterprise architecture, product, budget/finance and policy, he has managed accounts such as Capital One, Freddie Mac, Deloitte, the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Commerce and many other clients. He has immense experience in bringing technology products to life, from inception to implementation, and has served as the client interface for products. Santosh also has experience delivering many projects successfully in the realm of professional services. He has led and managed teams that have delivered software and services to customers who have consistently rated the experience as exceptional. He has specialized in the evaluation of B2B integration strategies. He has implemented the design and architecture of a single scalable and secure B2B integration gateway at Verizon.

Shiboo Varughese

Chief Technology Officer

Shiboo Varughese is the Chief Technology Officer at CirrusLabs. He is a trusted advisor to multiple Chief Information Officers. Also he is part of Forbes technical panel as a technology advisor. He has led consulting practice in software engineering and Information management and managed large portfolios. He has built consulting models from the ground up and made the current company the fastest growing IT Services firm in the nation. To bring greater value to clients, he has played the roles of technologist, strategist, and implementation specialist. He is a seasoned technologist with certified expertise in Amazon Cloud, Google Cloud and Azure.

Nadeem Hussain

Chief Financial Officer

Krish Subbiah

Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition

Krish Subbiah is the Head of Talent Acquisition at CirrusLabs with over 25 years of experience in recruiting & talent acquisition. Krish works with business leadership to identify strategic business needs, high-level requirements, potential solutions and business benefits and transitions them into TA goals. Krish has consulting experience across financial, retail, technology, and automotive industries. Results-oriented with proactive leadership qualities, Krish is a passionate businessman with exemplary people skills.

Premkumar Arunachalam

SVP, Global Technology Delivery

Premkumar Arunachalam is the SVP, Global Technology Delivery at CirrusLabs. He has nearly 2.5 decades of experience in software development and delivery and has rich and varied experiences cutting across industry verticals, service offerings and technologies. Prem’s experience cuts across digital technologies, cloud platforms and various software project delivery methodologies including Agile, Iterative and Waterfall. In the current role at CirrusLabs, Prem is focussed on helping customers succeed in their digital transformation journey through leading CirrusLabs team in delivering on Time, within Cost and with highest of Quality.

Prem holds a Master’s in Software Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication from Bangalore University.

Vish Nayagam

VP, Product Engineering

Dana Harris

VP, Business Operations

Sangeeta Ferrao

Sr. Director, Global Human Resources

A Generalist HR Professional with 20+ years of experience with a stronghold in Human Resources Management and Campus recruitment. Managed many initiatives in leadership positions for PAN India assignment.

Technology Leadership

Sushil Negi

VP - Cloud Computing & Security

Ken Fritz

VP - Federal, Agile Product Management

Ken leads solution delivery across a variety of clients and is also a major contributor to pre-sales solutions and client engagement. Combining a background of technical expertise with deep Agile coaching experience, Ken works with our clients to deliver solutions that best meet the needs and desires of our clients, with a high level of quality. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, as an engineer, architect, coach, and lead. Prior to joining CirrusLabs, Ken provided technical and methodology coaching across numerous industries including Defense, Retail, Logistics, Finance, and Healthcare. 

Kjell Hegstad

VP, Innovation

Mauricio Meyer

Sr. Director, Cloud Computing & Security

Mauricio Meyer is the Sr. Director of Cloud Computing & Security at CirrusLabs. He has been a Senior IT management professional for 25 years, guiding growth through research, analysis, planning, and administration leading key projects for diverse organizations. He has delivered numerous IT transformational projects in the Human Resources sector, utilizing Design Thinking methodology. He has demonstrated expertise in Digital Transformation, Cloud, Project/Program Management, IT Operations, Technical Architecture and Strategic Roadmap Development, Risk, Crisis and Budget Management, in addition to coaching high performing teams.

Anil Kulkarni

Sr. Director, Testing Practice

Parvathi Subramanyam

Director, Cloud Contact Center

META Leadership Team

Anas Imtiaz

Director, META Business Development

Heeba Ahmed

Director, META Marketing