Hassan Rashid Appointed Senior Vice President - Global Sales at Tavant Technologies

Tavant Technologies, a rapidly growing specialized IT solutions organization, today announced the appointment of Hassan Rashid as Senior Vice President, Global Sales. Hassan, who is based out of Santa Clara, CA, is a veteran sales professional with over 20 years leadership experience. Hassan moves to this position from being the Head of Mortgage & Financial Services at Tavant.

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Hassan joined Tavant in December 2006 from Dorado Corporation, where he was the Senior Vice President, Channel Sales and Business Development. Prior to that he was Senior Director, Transaction Services, at Move, Inc. Hassan has also held senior level positions in Freddie Mac, responsible for developing, delivering mission critical solutions to capital markets and financial institutions.

Commenting on his move, Hassan mentioned that, "Being part of the Tavant winning team and driving accelerated growth in the mortgage and financial services practice, has provided the organization a global platform. It's an exciting time at Tavant as it continues to rapidly expand its offerings globally."

Tavant Technologies has firmly set out its commitment to delivering superior service and technology through a robust and comprehensive global network. The latest move of Hassan Rashid addresses the fact that Tavant will continue to see and place emphasis on increasing presence around the world. In line with its global strategy, the company will continue to support customers in the emerging markets.

In his capacity as Senior Vice President Global Sales, Hassan will be responsible for leading the highly strategic and rapidly developing operations for Tavant Technologies. He will enable Tavant Technologies to focus on its Outsourced Product Development solutions, Financial and Mortgage solutions, Analytics as well as Warranty Management solutions to meet the needs of customers in the United States, Asia Pacific region, Europe and Canada.

"Hassan's grounding in technology solutions and sales operation gives us the best of all worlds. The company has already benefited and will continue to benefit greatly from his years of service, strong leadership and industry relationships. His ability to pull all of these things together will be a significant benefit to our customers and our business," said Sarvesh Mahesh, Chief Executive Officer, Tavant Technologies. "We continue to develop the broadest portfolio of scalable solutions for mortgage origination and management, financial services, warranty management, analytics and OPD. As the international landscape continues to change, there is an unparalleled opportunity to truly make a difference by bringing on value-added services to the solutions and services we offer. We are confident Hassan's new role is a perfect addition, and his extensive experience will enable Tavant to increase business opportunities and further commit to important international markets," He added.

About Tavant Technologies:

Founded in 2000, Tavant Technologies, an ISO 27001 compliant and SEI-CMMi level 4 certified organization, is a specialized IT solutions and services provider. Tavant offers comprehensive business solutions to the Mortgage Industry covering the full spectrum of the mortgage life cycle and an Enterprise Warranty Management solution to the Manufacturing and Distribution Industry which encompasses claims processing, reverse logistics, supplier recovery and predictive analytics. It differentiates itself through in-depth domain expertise and a superior outsourcing experience. Tavant uses a strong foundation of engineering excellence and process maturity for fast, predictable, cost-effective Outsourced Product Development, which drastically reduces the time-to-market for its customers. Tavant has quickly grown to a company of over 1100 professionals delivering high customer & employee satisfaction.

For further information please visit http://www.tavant.com