Sudipta Bhattacharya Appointed Invensys Chief Software Solutions Officer

Sudipta Bhattacharya Appointed Invensys Chief Software Solutions Officer

Invensys plc today announced that Sudipta Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Invensys chief software solutions officer reporting to Mike Bradley Sr., president of Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys. Bhattacharya will be responsible for driving strategy and growing the Invensys and Wonderware software solutions business.

“I am pleased that Sudipta has chosen Invensys to realize his dream of shaping the future for real-time applications in the manufacturing space,” said Ulf Henriksson, chief executive of Invensys. “His expertise and energy will be important to the pace of our developments in this strategic and growing market.”

Previously, Bhattacharya served as senior vice president of solutions management for supply chain, manufacturing and product lifecycle applications at SAP America, Inc. He was responsible for driving and executing product strategy for three of SAP’s core solutions and several strategic alliances including those with Invensys and Wonderware, also a major SAP customer. With 17 years of experience in managing and building global teams across the U.S., Europe and India, Bhattacharya is currently recognized as a top industry leader in supply chain and manufacturing. “Without any doubt, Sudipta has played a key role in defining SAP's direction in manufacturing,” said Greg Gorbach, ARC Advisory Group vice president. “With Sudipta's background in supply chain and product lifecycle management, and his passion for synchronizing the plant with the rest of the world, he brings significant value to the Invensys team at a time when manufacturers of all stripes are investing in operations management software and technology to improve the performance of their real-time distributed global operations.”

Before joining SAP in January 2002, Bhattacharya worked at i2 Technologies Inc. in its strategic services group. He held a consulting role that involved advising company executives on supply chain strategy. Prior to i2 Technologies, he worked for 10 years at Tata Group, a business conglomerate based in India, where he held different operational positions and built his strong functional background in core manufacturing and supply chain operations.

“Invensys and Wonderware customers in industrial information, operations management and manufacturing IT are increasingly seeking software solutions that significantly improve the efficiency, performance and agility of their operations,” Bradley said. “At SAP, Sudipta has been very successful in building the manufacturing ecosystem and delivering high-value software solutions at the enterprise level. I know that Sudipta is looking forward to the challenge of leveraging the significant opportunities which have been created at Wonderware and Invensys while continuing to help grow the global real-time manufacturing ecosystem.”

Bhattacharya holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering and in business administration with specialization in marketing, finance and operations.

About Wonderware

Wonderware is a business unit of Invensys plc and is the world’s leading supplier of industrial automation and information software solutions. One third of the world’s plants run Wonderware® software solutions. Having sold more than 450,000 software licenses in over 100,000 plants worldwide, Wonderware has customers in virtually every global industry including oil and gas, food and beverage, utilities, pharmaceuticals, electronics, metals, automotive and more.

Founded in 1987, Wonderware pioneered the use of the Microsoft Windows® operating system in HMI software for manufacturing operations. Wonderware software powers intelligent plant decisions in real time. Its software products and solutions are based on the ArchestrA® architecture from Invensys.

Based in Lake Forest, Calif., Wonderware has regional sales and development offices throughout the North American, European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific regions to provide support to its network of more than 160 distributor offices. Wonderware currently sells into more than 130 countries across the world.