East Brunswick telecommunications company Somos Inc. has tapped Karthik Yajurvedi as vice president of engineering, the company announced October 22.
Yajurvedi is now responsible for providing leadership, oversight and strategic direction for both the engineering team and the technical solutions that will become part of the company’s future portfolio of products and solutions.
“His deep software development background and extensive experience in building scalable data driven systems is a perfect fit for Somos as we architect and implement our next generation of identity management solutions,” said Chief Technology Officer Sri Ramachandran in a statement on Yajurvedi’s appointment. “I am confident that his hands-on approach and agile mindset will inspire, grow and scale the engineering team.”
Yajurvedi has more than 20 years of industry experience and most recently was vice president of software development at State Street Bank, where he was instrumental in developing a global software team for scaling with the needs of the business. Prior to State Street Bank, he spent eight years at Fidelity Investments, according to his LinkedIn page, including as director of software engineering development.
“I look forward to having the opportunity to lead this amazing group of professionals and foster a creative, innovative culture that emphasizes team and cross-functional collaboration,” Yajurvedi said of his new role.
