Sahgal will be responsible for global field operations comprising sales, marketing, alliances and partners, as well as pre-sales functions. He will also spearhead business and organizational strategy for the company's telecom and financial services domains.

"Sahgal brings extensive expertise in sales and field operations," said Nanda Kumar, President & CEO of SunTec. "He has had the experience of forging small companies into the most powerful billing vendors in the world. It is this proven talent and leadership that will drive remarkable growth for SunTec sales," added Kumar.

Prior to joining SunTec, Sahgal served as Comverse's Chief Business Officer, Global Billing Sales and Field Operations. Sahgal brings more than 20 years of information technology experience, including a decade selling billing solutions at Kenan Systems to make its solution the number one billing system in the Asia Pacific region. Kenan subsequently became part of Comverse.

"It's Nanda Kumar's sheer vision and the superb capability of SunTec's product that has led me to take up this challenge," Sahgal said. "SunTec is perfectly aligned to capitalize on its intellectual prowess and continue leading the global transactions industry. I am excited to be a part of it," Sahgal further stated.

Sahgal has completed the Executive General Management Program at Harvard Business School, holds a Masters Degree in Computer Systems Management from University of Maryland and a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Tulane University, USA. He will be based out of SunTec's Singapore office.