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Somos, Inc. Announces New Hire of Sridhar (Sri) Ramachandran as CTO

Jun 18, 2020

East Brunswick, NJ, June 18, 2020 – Somos, Inc., a leading registry management and data solutions company, today announced the hiring of Sridhar (Sri) Ramachandran as its SVP, Chief Technology Officer, reporting to Gina Perini, Somos' President and Chief Executive Officer. At Somos, Mr. Ramachandran will work closely with Ms. Perini as well as the executive leadership team and Board of Directors to oversee Somos’ technology strategy and long-term vision.

“I’m excited to welcome Sri to Somos, where he will leverage his extensive experience to help Somos in its mission to empower trusted connections between brands, consumers and communities,” said Ms. Perini. “With expertise across a broad spectrum of domains—including internet of things (IoT), machine-to-machine, mobile and cloud technologies— Sri will help lead us toward a strategic and dynamic technological future.”

Mr. Ramachandran brings an accomplished track record as a global technology executive to his role at Somos. He has 19 years of leadership experience in public and private companies in telecommunications, energy and cloud services. Mr. Ramachandran was most recently the Vice President and Americas Head of IoT & Mobility Solutions at G+D Mobile Security Inc., a global security company, where he managed the business development, partnership, solution architecture and customer success functions.  

“Somos is already innovating technologically in many ways,” said Mr. Ramachandran. “I look forward to joining this great team and putting our minds together on new ways we can provide even greater value for our customers.”

Mr. Ramachandran holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. In 2006, Mr. Ramachandran was recognized by VON Magazine as the “VON Pioneer and SBC Father,” and is named as the inventor on 12 patents. 

About Somos, Inc.

Somos is a leading provider of trusted registry management and data solutions. Our mission is to empower more intimate and trusted interconnections between brands, consumers, and communities. A total customer focus is reflected in everything we do – working collaboratively to build market value and creatively resolve industry problems.

Somos serves as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the Pooling Administrator for over 800 million local and wireless telephone numbers, and operates the SMS/800 TFN Registry for over 42 Million Toll-Free Numbers in North America. Other Somos solutions include the TSS Registry, the centralized registry for the use of Toll-Free Numbers in text messaging and multimedia services; and RouteLink, the alternative solution for accessing authoritative Toll-Free routing data. To learn more about Somos, please visit www.somos.com. 

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