Bangalore, 26th Sep 2006: Management Consulting and Technology services firm Trianz today announced the joining of K.S Rajaram as Vice President of Product Engineering Services. Prior to joining Trianz, Rajaram was with Wipro Ltd., where he was a General Manager in their engineering solutions group.

Rajaram has in-depth expertise in the end to end product engineering cycle. Rajaram began his career with Karnataka Telecom limited, a major state government telecom company, where he spent nine years in development and testing of central office switching, access and transmission equipment. His stints have also included Airtel, where his primary responsibility was in commission and testing of GSM /GPRS networks. After several successes at Wipro, Rajaram built pioneering frameworks, labs, for development and testing applications, devices and network testing in the Telecom space resulting in an industry leading practice of several hundred engineers.

"Product Engineering for R&D clients has a unique set of needs, dynamics and marketplace pressures and Trianz recognized this very early. The Trianz Product Engineering services paradigm is therefore based on innovations ahead of the IT services industry and typical outsourcing approaches. In that, Trianz has developed capabilities and models for clients that go far beyond simply providing teams by taking on a responsibility to help them build an entire product with Trianz as a virtual engineering execution partner. We are delighted that Rajaram has joined Trianz to lead our Product Engineering services to the next level. His long experience in this area services with large, global clients will enable our rapidly growing PE practice transform into a scalable, industry leading model." said Sri Manchala, President & CEO of Trianz. Trianz provides product engineering solutions in Digital Imaging, Telecom, Embedded Technologies, SW Platforms and end to end Quality Assurance services. In his role as VP- Product Engineering and as part of the Trianz senior management team, Rajaram will drive sophistication and scaling of the Product Engineering service line.

On joining Trianz, Rajaram said "The Trianz vision, strategic positioning as a business and technology execution firm, portfolio of services, global diversity and it direction are giving shape to the professional services firm of the future. Trianz growth at twice the industry average is amazing to say the least. In Product Engineering, the firm has set out to establish the next paradigm based on a unique virtual engineering model that will deliver extraordinary value for clients in R&D and engineering in technology intensive businesses. My immediate thrust for Trianz scale the strong foundation already established based on competence, execution, innovation to help clients consistently deliver quality products to their markets. We have a unique, industry leading model in engineering services and a highly complementary, synergistic portfolio of services. Strategically, our mission therefore is to establish Trianz Product Engineering Services as a global leader. I am excited being part of the team at Trianz and look forward to this challenge".

Rajaram has an Executive MBA from IIMB and a Bachelor of Engineering from the prestigious UVCE.