HR Movements: 27 June, 2017

1.

Sula Vineyards appoints Nick Pringle as COO

Prior to this, Nick worked at AB InBev for 12 years. He later joined Constellation to assume a variety of roles and eventually joined Accolade Wines to strengthen Hardys globally in 2011. 

Sula Vineyards has appointed Nick Pringle as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. In his capacity as the COO Nick will work closely with Rajeev Samant, Founder and CEO, Sula Vineyards, while overlooking the company’s strategy and operations.

Nick has over 20 years of experience in the wine and spirits industry. He has worked extensively in international markets to create a significant category across emerging markets for wine and spirits consumption and he strongly believes that numerous opportunities lie in the Indian alcoholic & beverage industry. 

2.

Arunabh Kumar quits as TVF CEO after sexual harassment charge

Arunabh Kumar steps down as TVF CEO after sexual harassment claim against him. Dhawal Gusain takes on as the new CEO of the company.

As per media reports, Arunabh Kumar has quit as the CEO of the TVF (The Viral Fever) on account of alleged sexual harassment charges against him. In his Twitter account , he says that the last few months were very challenging for him – that has mentally and emotionally drained him. He talks about his entrepreneurial journey and passion. Also, shares his dream to make an Indian content company match the standard of Disney & HBO.  He also discusses TVF culture. He says the core of TVF is culture rooted in democratic and equal opportunities for everyone irrespective of gender, caste and background. 

3.

Manu Gulati hired by Google as a lead SOC

Manu Gulati, an Indian-origin chip architect is appointed as lead SOC (system on a chip) architect.

Google, an American multinational technology company who is planning to expand its team of chip experts so that it can develop chips for their Pixel phones has hired Ex-Apple micro-architect, Manu Gulati as a lead SOC for its upcoming Pixel phone.

Gulati, an Indian-origin chip architect was working with Apple for almost eight years as a micro-architect and owns 15 Apple patents related to chip design. He was responsible for building custom chips for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

According to a media report, Apple filed a total of 15 chip-related patents that credit Gulati as one of the inventors. Some of these filings describe fundamental chip architecture, while others are more specific to certain applications.For example, one of his patents described hardware-based security for Apple Pay that securely stores a user’s fingerprint on the iPhone.

He carries with him a rich experience of over 27 years in chip development and has worked with companies like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom Corp and Apple. Gulati completed his Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and went to pursue his MS from the University of California.