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TTEC Chief Information Officer Chandra Venkataramani awarded CIO of the Year® ORBIE® by ColoradoCIO, in partnership with Denver Business Journal
Honor reflects Venkataramani's leadership in transitioning 43,000 employees across the globe to work-from-home environments in less than three weeks due to
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[{"type":"text","content":"Honor reflects Venkataramani's leadership in transitioning 43,000 employees across the globe to work-from-home environments in less than three weeks due to pandemic\n\n\nDENVER, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TTEC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), a leading global customer experience (CX) technology and services innovator for end-to-end digital CX solutions, announced today that TTEC Chief Information Officer Chandra Venkataramani has been honored with the 2021 Colorado CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award in the Global category from ColoradoCIO, in partnership with the Denver Business Journal. \nHe was recognized for his role in successfully steering thousands of TTEC employees to work-from-home within weeks to ensure business continuity due to the pandemic. \n\"Chandra leads with integrity and engrains our values into everything he does, from diversity and inclusivity, to playing critical roles in our successes through automation,\" said Ken Tuchman, CEO of TTEC. \"When the pandemic hit, the top priority for TTEC was ensuring our employees were safe and had the tools and technology to work remotely to ensure business continuity for our clients. Chandra successfully worked with procurement and vendors to create solutions to manage the transition of more than 43,000 employees to work-from-home environments in less than three weeks. Some employees were transitioned to work-from-home in as little as two days, which was no easy feat given that some of TTEC's employees work in countries where acquiring technology, including internet, can be a challenge.\"\nFor more than 20 years, the CIO ORBIE® Awards have recognized technology executives for leadership, innovation and excellence in this rapidly growing, CIO-led national professional association. The Colorado CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. \nFinalists and winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by prior ORBIE® recipients. Those selected showcase leadership and management effectiveness, business value created by technology innovation, broad scope and size of responsibilities, and engagement in industry and community endeavors. \n\"Our global client base depends on a highly available network to support their end customers and it's imperative that these operations run smoothly and...