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K. Dinesh is a co-founder and a Member of the Board of Infosys Technologies Limited. He is Head of Quality Information Systems and the Communication Design Group. He is also the Chairman of Infosys Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. an Infosys subsidiary.
Dinesh’s rich and varied experience in software technology and management ranges from programming and project management to managing software delivery. From 1991 to 1995 he held charge of software development activities for Infosys’ worldwide operations. In this role he was responsible for the execution implementation and delivery of software solutions to customers.
Dinesh has also been focused on managing quality at Infosys. During his tenure as Head of Quality the company’s software quality processes achieved world-class benchmarks including CMM Level 5 in 1999. From software process excellence he aimed to bring performance excellence to the entire organization. This involved adopting and implementing the Baldrige Framework and championing cross-functional process improvement using Six Sigma CFPM techniques developed by Motorola University.
As head of Information Systems Dinesh was instrumental in ensuring the in-house implementation of SAP in a record span of six months. He has championed the cause of technology enabling and automation to help the organization manage explosive growth without affecting service times to internal customers.
Until recently Dinesh provided direct oversight to the Human Resources function. Under his leadership Infosys became the first company to be certified on PCMM Level 5 Version 2. During this time Infosys also transitioned into a role based organization and evolved the foundations of a high performance work ethic. People Management at Infosys was recognized and commended worldwide.
Dinesh managed Infosys’ efforts in Software Project Management in the US from 1981 to 1988 focusing on the distribution industry for consumer durables and soft goods. His experience includes creating the architecture of DMAP (Distribution Management Application Package) a large package that runs on AS/400 platform.
Born June 6 1954 at Sagar Karnataka Dinesh completed his post-graduation in Mathematics from Bangalore University. Before co-founding Infosys in 1981 he worked with NGEF Ltd. an electrical equipments manufacturer with collaboration from AEG Germany and with Patni Computer Systems.
K. Dinesh is a co-founder of Infosys and has served as Director since 1985. He is currently Head - Information Systems Quality and Productivity and Communication Design Group. Mr. Dinesh also serves as the Chairperson of Infosys Australia. He has served as Head-Quality and Productivity and Information Systems (IS) since 1996. From 1991 to 1996 Mr. Dinesh served in various project management capacities and was responsible for worldwide software development efforts for Infosys. From 1981 to 1990 he managed projects for Infosys in the United States. He received a Masters degree in Mathematics from the Bangalore University.
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