GlobalLogic CEO and leadership

SHASHANK Samant is a CEO at GlobalLogic and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Specialties: Enterprise software and consumer internet executive- general management, both strategic and operational; expertise and a leadership perspective on product positioning and development. Investor in several early stage companies, both in Silicon Valley and India.

With over 30 years of software development experience, Jim Walsh brings diverse technology management capabilities to GlobalLogic. As Chief Technology Officer, Jim is responsible for leading GlobalLogic’s horizontal technology practices, technical advisory services, and solution accelerator initiatives. Jim joined GlobalLogic from Chordiant (now PegaSystems), where he served as Vice President and General Manager of Offshore Operations. At Chordiant, Jim established and grew development centers in Bangalore, India and in Eastern Europe and led the adoption of Agile processes worldwide. Previously, he was responsible for Apple’s OS X network and web software development via the company’s acquisition of NeXT Software. During his career, Jim has led architecture and re-architecture initiatives for scores of verticals (e.g., agriculture, health care, retail and warehouse logistics, etc.), as well as more technically-oriented platforms such as web application servers, real-time decision analysis platforms, security frameworks, and IoT. Jim earned his B.A. in Physics and Math from Harvard College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from Duke University. He is also a frequent speaker and blogger on technical subjects and distributed software development best practices. In his free time, Jim enjoys reading political thrillers and science fiction, following current events, and spending time with his family.

In his 20+ years of industry experience, Arya Barirani has led marketing teams in some of the most well-known brands in the technology industry, including Symantec, Hewlett Packard, Veritas, Mercury Interactive, and Infoblox. His domain expertise spans multitudes of product and service categories such as DevOps, security, IT management software, storage management, and networking. Prior to joining GlobalLogic, Arya was Vice President of Product Marketing at Infoblox, where he drove company and product positioning, as well as global go-to-market, content marketing. Before that, Arya was Senior Director of Global Campaigns / Product Marketing at Symantec, where he created global promotional campaigns for Symantec’s security and storage software portfolio. Using a highly customer-centric approach, Arya specializes in creating differentiated messaging and connecting the dots between brands and buyers. His work integrates the entire spectrum of marketing disciplines and communications channels, including digital, social, web, and traditional media and advertising. Arya lives in Northern California with his wife and two children, and he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Marketing from the University of Iowa.

With over 25 years of product engineering experience in the wireless telecommunications, automotive, surveillance, and enterprise software industries, Zaheer Allam is a pioneer in conceptualizing, developing, and delivering complex, commercially viable products.

Prior to joining GlobalLogic, Zaheer as Chief Product Officer built and managed international engineering and deployment teams at Polaris Wireless, a global provider of surveillance and location based services. Previously, he founded and served as Vice President of Engineering at Azaire Networks, a leader in the fixed mobile convergence space. He has also held various technical management positions at startups and large global corporations like Ericsson, Ricoh, Ford Motor Company, and Metricom.

Amy Hanlon-Rodemich is a Chief People Officer at GlobalLogic.

SHASHANK Samant is a CEO at GlobalLogic and is based in Santa Clara, California.