Tiger Analytics is gearing up for its next phase of expansion, and it’s starting with a major leadership move. The AI and analytics consulting firm has appointed Prakash Arunachalam as its Global Head of Operations, a Chief Operating Officer-level role that puts him at the center of the company’s push toward greater scale, efficiency, and a potential future IPO.
What This Appointment Means
In his new role, Prakash will focus on driving holistic operational efficiency and agility across Tiger Analytics’ global footprint, with the goal of enabling sustained business growth and stronger profitability. His mandate places heavy emphasis on scaling operations through high-performing global teams, a skill set built over years of leading large technology organizations.
Prakash joins from Servion, where he served as President and COO and sat on the company’s board, guiding it through significant growth, transformation, and acquisitions involving two private equity partners. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at Virtusa and Polaris, where he built hyperscaler partnerships, ran sales organizations, and managed large-scale delivery operations. His background also includes leading major P&L functions and playing a key role in the acquisition and integration between Polaris and Virtusa, giving him deep expertise across digital customer experience, automation, data, and AI, particularly within the BFSI sector, a term describing the broader Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance industry, as outlined on Wikipedia.
Tiger Analytics: Overview
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| New Role | Global Head of Operations (COO mandate) |
| Company | Tiger Analytics |
| Previous Role | President & COO, Servion |
| Prior Experience | Virtusa, Polaris |
| Core Expertise | Digital CX, Automation, Data, AI, BFSI |
| Company Headcount | 7,000+ technologists and consultants |
Why This Move Matters
Tiger Analytics has spent the past fifteen years building a reputation for solving complex client challenges and evolving into what it calls a “full-stack” AI and analytics company. Bringing in an executive with Prakash’s experience across both India-listed and US-listed companies signals serious intent, especially with talk of an eventual IPO on the horizon. Co-founder Pradeep Gulipalli emphasized that Prakash’s ability to scale operations and manage large P&Ls will be critical to strengthening the company’s foundation for its next growth phase.
For Prakash, the appeal lies in joining an organization with a strong technical foundation and a distinct culture, with his focus set on scaling operations, driving growth, shaping the company’s M&A journey, and preparing it for the road ahead. Leadership changes like this one are worth watching closely, and we regularly track major appointments and industry shifts in our business and technology coverage on Technosports.
