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US software firm gets Indian CEO ( verano.com ) New York 21 JUNE Sonia Bhanot, an engineering graduate from Punjab University has been appointed president and CEO of Verano, based in Mountain View, California, making e-business portal software that gives users quick access to global information. ............. She will be responsible for leading the next phase of Verano's growth and championing the context management software for deployment of effective corporate portals and e-business applications. “Sonia's proven track record with start-ups and computer giants will help Verano translate its technology innovations into market leadership,” said Gordon Campbell, president of Techfarm, a Verano investor and a venture capital company......... economictimes.com ================Sonia Bhanot - Verano,Inc President and Chief Executive Officer Sonia Bhanot brings over 13 years of experience in the internet, computer systems and software industries to Verano, including work with several start-up ventures. Prior to joining Verano, Sonia served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at CuraSoft, a successful software start-up that was recently acquired. At CuraSoft, she led the business planning, business development, sales and marketing activities. Before that she held senior business planning, marketing management and channel development positions in her eight years at Hewlett Packard, where she successfully directed, managed, and brought to market several products and programs worldwide. Prior to joining HP, Sonia held sales and product marketing roles for personal computer products, at HCL, Ltd. Ms. Bhanot holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Punjab University,India) and an MBA from Santa Clara University, California. ========= The Company Verano is the pioneering developer of Context Management software products for e-business applications. Verano's Iluminar™ System combines leading edge Web, security and metadata technologies that enable the enterprise to unify, personalize, control and measure disparate and distributed corporate information. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Verano (www.verano.com) was founded in September 1996 with funding provided by Techfarm, Chase Capital Partners, and Charter Venture Capital.