Responsys opens development center in Bangalore

BANGALORE, INDIA: Responsys Inc., a leading provider of on-demand email and cross-channel marketing solutions, announced the opening of a new office in India. As a development hub, the new office in Bangalore provides Responsys with access to local talent in the region.

Helping to expand the company’s presence in the region, Srishti Sofat has taken the role of GM of Responsys Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd, reporting to Antonio Casacuberta, CTO. Until recently, Sofat served as GM of InfoSpace, a developer of metasearch products, leading that company’s development center in India. Sofat brings over a decade of development experience and a local network of talented engineers to Responsys.

“Responsys is always looking for attractive opportunities to expand globally,” said Dan Springer, Chief Executive Officer of Responsys. “A Bangalore office provides access to some of the top engineers outside of the US. We’ll continue to invest in excellent people to help us continue to deliver the innovative products our customers expect from Responsys.”

“The opening of a new R&D center in Bangalore illustrates Responsys’ strong commitment to India,” said Srishti Sofat, GM of Responsys Business Solutions India. “Through our Bangalore center, we will be able to accelerate the development of solutions for our global customers and help them capitalize on today’s most important marketing channels such as email, mobile, social, and the web to drive higher revenue.”

The Bangalore center is focused on developing enterprise solutions in the areas of distributed computing, high volume transaction processing, and large scale system design. With a strong commitment to India, Responsys plans to further grow its Bangalore center with a recent move to a new office in Bangalore. By selecting exceptional high quality technical talent from premier engineering institutions and companies, Responsys plans to ramp up their Bangalore center head count in the near future.