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NuSummit, a leading digital transformation managed service provider, has officially announced the appointment of Vijay Verghis as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The move signals a decisive step in the company's ambition to scale its global marketing capabilities and reinforce its positioning in an increasingly competitive technology landscape. With more than two decades of hands-on experience in digital marketing, customer experience strategy, and business transformation, Verghis brings a rare combination of creative leadership and operational precision to his new role.
In his capacity as CMO, Verghis will be at the helm of NuSummit's entire global marketing function — a remit that spans brand building, demand generation, customer experience innovation, and the execution of go-to-market strategies across key geographies. For a company that has steadily grown into a powerhouse serving Fortune 50 enterprises and major players in capital markets, insurance, and financial services, this appointment couldn't come at a more pivotal moment.
To truly understand the significance of bringing Vijay Verghis on board, it's important to first understand what NuSummit stands for and where it is headed. Founded in 1999 as a technology enabler for the National Stock Exchange (NSE) — the world's largest derivatives exchange and the third largest stock exchange globally — NuSummit has come a long way from its origins. Today, it operates as a comprehensive digital transformation managed service provider, delivering scalable solutions to global enterprises across AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, and digital engineering.
The company boasts a team of over 3,000 digital experts, including more than 800 cybersecurity specialists, and has built a reputation as a select partner for Fortune 50 companies. Its portfolio includes the legacy of NSEIT's Technology Business, cloudxchange.io, and Aujas Cybersecurity, all of which have been absorbed and enhanced under the NuSummit banner. Backed by Investcorp's global reach and capital, NuSummit is now firmly on a growth trajectory that demands world-class marketing leadership.
As NuSummit expands into new markets and deepens its service offerings — from responsible AI to cloud modernization and advanced cybersecurity — the need for a cohesive global brand narrative becomes critical. The appointment of a CMO of Verghis's caliber is not merely a cosmetic leadership change. It reflects the organization's recognition that brand strategy and demand generation must sit at the core of its commercial engine. With Investcorp's backing and a vision to power billions of real-time transactions for global clients, NuSummit needs its marketing function to match its engineering ambition — and that's precisely the challenge Verghis has stepped up to own.
There are leaders who manage marketing teams, and then there are leaders who build marketing ecosystems from the ground up. Vijay Verghis firmly belongs to the latter category. With over 22 years of experience spanning digital experience, brand strategy, customer engagement, and business transformation, his career is a masterclass in turning marketing from a support function into a growth engine.
His professional philosophy is perhaps best captured in a guiding principle he has consistently championed throughout his career: "CX always is the end game; data and technology are strategy enablers of modern business models." This belief has shaped how he approaches every role — not just as a marketer, but as a business strategist who views customer experience as the ultimate competitive differentiator.
His career has taken him from Chennai to New York, Dubai, and eventually Pune, giving him a geographic and cultural range that few marketing executives can claim. He has led marketing operations across North America, EMEA, and APAC, working with clients in consumer life sciences, healthcare, products, and technology — a breadth that makes him uniquely equipped to lead NuSummit's global marketing charge.
One of the most formative chapters of Verghis's career was his decade-long tenure at Cognizant, where he served as Practice Lead for Cognizant Interactive from November 2010 to May 2020. What he accomplished during those ten years is nothing short of remarkable.
Within his first year at Cognizant, he built a $20 million digital production practice from the ground up. Over the following years, he went on to build a $33 million digital marketing practice — achieving a profitability margin of 39% by 2019 and winning six international awards, including the prestigious Stevie International and MARCOMM Awards. He also secured 15 new client logos in the digital marketing space between 2012 and 2020, built strategic alliances with Adobe and Google, and was recognized as Design SME of the Year in 2011 and Project Manager of the Year in 2010.
Beyond the numbers, Verghis was instrumental in driving thought leadership and building mindshare for digital marketing services through a combination of digital channels, industry events, analyst outreach, and client workshops. He was also part of the M&A due diligence and integration team for digital agencies acquired by Cognizant — a responsibility that required both strategic vision and meticulous operational execution.
He also managed a marketing program for a leading global pharmaceutical company that resulted in $40 million in marketing operational cost savings — a testament to how his approach to marketing is rooted in efficiency, measurable impact, and P&L discipline.
Following his decade at Cognizant, Verghis joined LTIMindtree in March 2021, initially serving as Head of Strategy for the Cloud, Data, and Digital division before transitioning into the Chief Delivery Officer's office in November 2022, where he operated at the intersection of strategy, marketing, and transformation.
During his stint at LTIMindtree (November 2022 to February 2025), Verghis made contributions that had a tangible impact on both the organization's identity and its commercial effectiveness. He played an active role in the LTI-Mindtree integration process, collaborating closely with HR teams during one of the most complex mergers in India's IT sector. He also conceptualized the LTIM brand and logo, leaving a lasting mark on the company's visual and brand identity.
One of his most operationally impactful initiatives was the creation of an in-house digital studio team to manage marketing collateral for LTIMindtree — a move that reduced dependency on external agencies and saved the company USD 1.3 million, while producing over 7,000 creative assets in 2023 alone. He also drove the organization's thought leadership strategy across industry verticals, launched the INFOHUB sales playbook, and created Cuelogic product engineering offerings following the successful M&A integration of the product engineering firm CueLogic.
Before joining NuSummit, Verghis served as Senior Vice President – Global Marketing at Qualitest, the world's largest quality engineering company. Starting from March 2025, he took ownership of global brand transformation, high-impact social media strategies, customer experience programs, employee advocacy initiatives, and Account-Based Marketing (ABM) programs.
His work at Qualitest further cemented his reputation as a high-performance marketing architect — someone who could simultaneously lead complex multi-geography campaigns while keeping customer experience at the heart of every initiative. It was a role that required him to operate with both a global strategic lens and a hands-on understanding of what moves audiences and drives pipeline — precisely the skills NuSummit now benefits from.
Now that Verghis steps into the CMO seat at NuSummit, the company gains not just a marketer but a transformation-oriented business leader. His charter is comprehensive: lead the global marketing function, shape brand strategy, accelerate demand generation, elevate customer experience, and execute go-to-market initiatives that drive growth across key markets.
Given NuSummit's expanding portfolio — which includes AI solutions, cloud services, cybersecurity under the Aujas banner, and digital engineering — Verghis's mandate is to create a unified, compelling brand narrative that resonates across enterprise buyers in financial services, capital markets, and insurance. These are sectors where trust, credibility, and thought leadership are not optional — they are fundamental to the buying decision.
One of the most critical areas where Verghis's experience will prove invaluable is demand generation. His track record of building ABM programs, winning new logos, and delivering measurable pipeline growth at organizations like Cognizant and Qualitest provides a direct blueprint for what NuSummit needs at this stage of its growth journey.
NuSummit already has strong technical capabilities and an impressive client roster. What a seasoned CMO can add is the ability to systematically translate that capability into market visibility — creating the kind of brand pull that shortens sales cycles, improves win rates, and reduces dependence on outbound prospecting alone. Verghis's experience in building content ecosystems, launching thought leadership programs, and managing multi-geography campaigns puts him in a strong position to do exactly that.
Perhaps the most distinctive element of Verghis's approach to marketing is his near-obsessive focus on customer experience (CX). Throughout his career, he has consistently argued that CX is not just a post-sale responsibility — it is a strategic growth lever that, when managed well, drives loyalty, advocacy, and expansion revenue.
At NuSummit, this philosophy will likely manifest in how the company manages its client touchpoints, communication frameworks, and engagement models across the customer lifecycle. For a managed services provider whose value proposition is deeply tied to the quality of ongoing delivery and partnership, having a CMO who views CX as the ultimate business metric is a significant strategic advantage.
The appointment of Vijay Verghis as CMO is best understood not in isolation but as part of NuSummit's larger strategic narrative. The company has been on an aggressive growth path — building out its capabilities through acquisitions, partnerships, and talent investments. Its partnership with Simbian for AI-powered Managed Detection and Response, its deepening AWS collaboration, and its ongoing expansion into new geographies all point to an organization that is building for scale.
In this context, the CMO role becomes a force multiplier. A well-orchestrated marketing function can accelerate sales cycles, improve brand recall among enterprise buyers, and position NuSummit as a thought leader in conversations about AI, cybersecurity, and cloud transformation. Verghis's track record across exactly these kinds of initiatives makes him the right leader for this moment.
Perhaps the most exciting dimension of Verghis's role will be how he positions NuSummit in the context of the AI revolution that is reshaping the enterprise technology landscape. NuSummit has already made significant investments in AI — from integrating generative AI into its service delivery models to partnering with Simbian for AI-driven cybersecurity. The challenge for marketing is to make these innovations visible, credible, and compelling to enterprise decision-makers who are increasingly navigating an AI-saturated marketplace.
This is not a challenge that generic marketing can solve. It requires someone with deep domain fluency, strong storytelling instincts, and the ability to build content and campaign ecosystems that cut through the noise. Given Verghis's experience in driving thought leadership at globally recognized tech firms, his ability to build NuSummit's AI narrative with authenticity and authority could prove to be one of the most significant contributions of his tenure.
The C-suite is changing. In the technology services industry, the Chief Marketing Officer role is no longer simply about managing brand campaigns or overseeing a communications budget. Today's tech CMO is expected to own pipeline, drive revenue conversations, manage complex multi-stakeholder relationships, and serve as the voice of the customer inside the organization.
This evolution is especially pronounced in B2B technology companies, where long buying cycles, multiple stakeholders, and technical complexity demand a CMO who can bridge the gap between engineering-led value creation and market-facing storytelling. Verghis's background — spanning digital production, agency services, ABM, employee experience, and brand strategy — positions him as exactly the kind of modern CMO that enterprise tech companies like NuSummit need to remain competitive.
Leadership appointments in the technology sector always send signals — to clients, competitors, talent, and investors. NuSummit's decision to bring in a CMO of Verghis's stature suggests that the company is preparing for a significant expansion phase: one that will require deeper market penetration, stronger brand differentiation, and a more proactive presence in the conversations that shape enterprise technology buying decisions.
For NuSummit's clients and prospects, this appointment signals that the company is investing in the quality of its relationships — not just the quality of its technology. For the broader tech marketing community, it is a reminder that the right marketing leader, at the right moment, can redefine a company's growth trajectory.
Vijay Verghis steps into this role with the experience, the philosophy, and the track record to do exactly that. NuSummit, under his marketing leadership, is poised to reach new levels of visibility, credibility, and growth in the global digital transformation market.
