Mark Ferguson to head European operations for Chakkilam Hyderabad, 1 June, 2009. Chakkilam Infotech announced the start of its European operations led by Mark Ferguson based in Glasgow, Scotland. Mark is a veteran of the IT industry with more than 25 years of experience. He started his career as a rocket scientist developing software for guided missiles and moved into software testing in the mid 1990s. He has worked as a consultant and marketing services manager in companies like Mercury Interactive (now HP), IS Integration, AppLabs and FocusFrame. Prior to joining Chakkilam, Mark was Head of UK Delivery at FocusFrame, a Hexaware subsidiary and a global specialist in software test automation. Mark also served as the Services Marketing Manager at AppLabs and as a Principal Consultant at IS Integration which was acquired by AppLabs in 2006. Talking about the start of the European operations, Mr. C V Subramanyam, the CEO, said "We are very excited to have an accomplished person like Mark Ferguson start our European operations. Europe is expected to be a key focus area for our growth plans. We are aiming to be amongst the most respected independent testing companies in the world and Mark's experience and expertise will help us get there."

Mark Ferguson said, "I am excited to have an opportunity to work with accomplished testers and with a testing services focused company like Chakkilam. Chakkilam has a lot of value to offer to enterprises and product companies in Europe, especially when there is an urgent need to improve software quality while cutting costs. I am inspired by our vision of assuring software quality to build a better world."

About Chakkilam : Chakkilam is a 10 year old IT services company based out of Hyderabad, India focused on software testing services. Chakkilam's vision is to assure software quality to build a better world. Chakkilam offers functional testing, performance testing and test automation services to software product companies and enterprise IT clients.