{"id":22909,"date":"2024-11-27T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/?p=22909"},"modified":"2024-12-03T06:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T06:26:41","slug":"uzio-technology-inc-welcomes-mak-thigale-as-cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/uzio-technology-inc-welcomes-mak-thigale-as-cto\/","title":{"rendered":"UZIO Technology, Inc. Welcomes Mak Thigale as CTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Great Falls, VA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UZIO Technology, Inc. is delighted to announce the appointment of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/makarandthigale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mak Thigale<\/a>\u00a0as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mak officially joined the team in November 2024 and will report directly to UZIO\u2019s CEO, Sanjay Singh<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit;\">Meet <\/b><b>Mak Thigale<\/b><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit;\">:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With an illustrious career spanning over three decades, Mak Thigale is a technology visionary specializing in IT transformation, automation, and artificial intelligence. He has successfully led multi-million and billion-dollar outsourcing engagements across industries, including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, BFSI, and Utilities, for Fortune 500 companies.\u00a0Mak\u2019s professional journey includes leadership roles at Wipro, where he spearheaded initiatives in hyper-automation, delivery transition &amp; transformation, and M&amp;A integration. He has also advised companies on leveraging Generative AI (Gen AI) and large language models (LLMs) to deliver greater value to stakeholders.\u00a0His career highlights include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading AI-driven delivery transformations, improving customer satisfaction and efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Driving automation and cloud migrations, resulting in enhanced user experience, cost savings and operational excellence.<\/li>\n<li>Earning prestigious accolades, including the CFO Award (2023) and CEO Award (2017) for exceptional leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing frameworks and methodologies recognized as industry benchmarks.<\/li>\n<li>Mak has lived and worked across India, the USA, Germany, and Canada, gaining a global perspective and cultivating a deep understanding of diverse markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Mak&#8217;s Role at UZIO:<\/b><b style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As CTO, Mak will lead UZIO\u2019s technology vision and strategy, overseeing the transformation of the company to become an AI-First company. His leadership will focus on integrating AI-powered innovations and scaling UZIO\u2019s SaaS platform to meet the dynamic needs of SMBs in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">A word from the CEO:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>We are honored to welcome Mak to the UZIO leadership team<\/i>,\u201d said <b>Sanjay Singh, CEO of UZIO<\/b>. \u201c<i>Mak\u2019s unparalleled expertise in AI, automation, and large-scale transformations aligns perfectly with UZIO\u2019s commitment to become an AI-First company and empowering SMBs with innovative solutions. His strategic vision and global experience will be instrumental in propelling UZIO\u2019s growth and delivering exceptional value to our clients.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\">About UZIO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With over 150+ broker partners, 1700+ Employers relying on UZIO and 70+ carriers serving plans, UZIO offers an Integrated HR, Benefits Administration, and Payroll technology platform for brokers, employers, and employees in the SMB space. UZIO enables SMBs to manage HR and compliance with its user-friendly platform and advanced features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Falls, VA. UZIO Technology, Inc. is delighted to announce the appointment of\u00a0Mak Thigale\u00a0as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Mak officially joined the team in November 2024 and will report directly to UZIO\u2019s CEO, Sanjay Singh Meet Mak Thigale: With an illustrious career spanning over three decades, Mak Thigale is a technology visionary specializing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22909"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22954,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22909\/revisions\/22954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uzio.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}