Indian executives shining in tech firms globally
By Kukil Bora, SiliconIndia | Thursday, 17 February 2011, 06:31 IST
Satya Nadella, Microsoft
It was 1992, when Satya Nadella joined Microsoft. Being the President of the Servers and Tools Business (STB) at Microsoft, Nadella handles the overall business and technical vision, strategy, operations, engineering and marketing for Microsoft's $15 billion business. Nadella and his team are responsible for leading Microsoft's enterprise transformation into the cloud and providing the technology roadmap and vision for the future of business computing. Prior to this position, Nadella was the Senior Vice President of R&D for the Online Services Division, which includes the Search (Bing), Portal (MSN) and Advertising platforms. A native of Hyderabad, Nadella also held Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) and spent several years leading engineering efforts in Microsoft's Server group. Before joining Microsoft, Nadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.
Arvind Sodhani, Intel
Arvind Sodhani was the assistant treasurer of Intel Europe when he joined the company in 1981 and in 1984 he was promoted to the assistant treasurer position of the corporation. Sodhani was elected Vice President by the board of directors in May 1990, served as Senior Vice President from 2005 to 2007 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in December 2007. It was in March 2005, when Sodhani became the President of Intel Capital. Currently serving on the board of directors for SMART Technologies, Sodhani also served as a member of the NASDAQ Stock Market board of directors from 1997 - 2007.

