Indian American executive appointed to Yahoo! board
Vyomesh Joshi of Hewlett Packard's Imaging and Printing Group has been appointed to Yahoo! board.
Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of Hewlett Packard's Imaging and Printing Group, has been appointed to the board of directors by Yahoo! Inc.
"VJ's (Vyomesh Joshi's) outstanding reputation, deep understanding of technology and long-standing leadership at HP will be a tremendous asset to our team and Yahoo!'s long-term growth goals," Terry Semel, chairman and CEO of Yahoo! said in an official announcement.
"He brings an abundance of knowledge and business experience to Yahoo! from having held a number of management positions at one of the world's largest and most established organisations."
Under Joshi's leadership, the Imaging and Printing Group grew from $19.6 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $24.2 billion in FY 2004, with operating profits growth from 10.7 per cent to 15.9 per cent, respectively.
In his position, Joshi is responsible for all worldwide printing, scanning and digital camera platforms at HP.
"I am proud to be joining a board that has a track record for setting today's technology standards and which is constantly raising the bar for the future of our industry," said Joshi.
"I look forward to contributing to an innovative organisation that is changing the way the world interacts with the Internet."