A business technologist with over 30 years of IT experience, Avinash Velhal, VP & CIO – APAC & ME at Atos Global IT Solutions and Services has extensive experience in IT governance, outsourcing, infrastructure and service management, software development, and business delivery and marketing. Velhal possesses competence in strategic management of technical matters with the distinction of launching and driving new IT initiatives, re-designing IT infrastructures and achieving organizational objectives. Prior to joining Atos in 2011, he worked at Siemens IT Solutions and Services as the Cluster CIO of South Asia.