Cigniti Technologies, an independent software testing services company, has expanded its management team by appointing Mahendra Alladi as its Chief Technology Officer.

A gold medalist in engineering, Mahendra Alladi has more than 15 years of experience spanning testing, software product development and test solution engineering. Prior to Gallop, Mahendra worked with Travelocity and i2 Technologies.

At Cigniti, he will focus on driving IP led testing services by building tools, frameworks and utilities that accelerate software test life cycle. Prior to this, Alladi was the vice president, technology at Gallop Solutions, a company the he co-founded. Gallop was recently acquired by Cigniti.

Alladi was instrumental in positioning Gallop as a thought leader in the IP driven software testing services and ALM solutions space, Cigniti said in a statement.

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