K. Dinesh
Director and Head, Communication Design Group, Information Systems and Quality and Productivity, and Member of the Board, Infosys Technologies
Dinesh is a co-founder and a Member of the Board of Infosys Technologies Limited. He is the 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 extensive experience ranges from programming and project management to managing software delivery. From 1991 to 1995, he was in charge of software development activities for Infosys' worldwide operations. He was responsible for execution, implementation and delivery of software solutions to customers.
During Dinesh's tenure as Head of Quality, the company's software quality processes achieved world-class benchmarks, including CMM Level 5 in 1999. Thereafter, he aimed to bring performance excellence to the entire organization. It 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 Infosys manage explosive growth without affecting service time.
Dinesh held a leadership position in the Human Resources department. Under his management, Infosys gravitated to a role-based organization, became the first company to be certified on PCMM Level 5 Version 2 and laid the foundations of a high performance work ethic. People management at Infosys has been recognized and commended worldwide. Dinesh managed Infosys' efforts in software project management in the U.S. from 1981 to 1988, focusing on the distribution industry for consumer durables and soft goods.
Dinesh holds a post-graduate degree in Mathematics from Bangalore University. He was awarded a doctorate in Literature by the Karnataka State Open University in 2006.