Madhu Ranganathan
Corporate director
Independent Director since: 2021
Brings more than 30 years of financial leadership experience, a strategic mindset with global industry expertise and deep operational focus in software, hardware and tech-enabled services, as well as a demonstrable track record of leading and supporting business transformation initiatives, strategic acquisitions and global capital raising.
Residence: Saratoga, California, United States
Board Committees
Member of Audit and Conduct Review Committee
Business experience
- President, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Development, OpenText (April 2018 to March 2025)
- Chief Financial Officer of [24]7.ai, a global customer experience software and services company (June 2008 to March 2018)
- Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Rackable Systems, Inc., a provider of server and storage equipment for large scale data centers (December 2005 to May 2008)
- Redback Networks, Inc. a global provider of advanced telecommunications networking equipment (August 2002 to November 2005)
- Jamcracker, Inc., an enterprise web services platform company (January 2000 to August 2002)
- BackWeb Technologies Inc., a “push” technology software provider for e-business solutions (December 1996 to January 2000)
- Price Waterhouse LLP (April 1995 to December 1996)
- Grant Thornton LLP (January 1994 to April 1995)
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (November 1989 to June 1993)
Areas of expertise
Accounting and finance / Technology and information security / Mergers and acquisitions / Strategic planning
Other public company boards (last five years)
- Akamai Technologies (since June 2019) (Finance Committee, Audit Committee Chair)
- ServiceSource International, Inc. (2017 to 2019)
- TriNet Group Inc. (since September 2025)
Service and recognition
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants, India
- Member, Institute of Cost & Management Accountants, India
- Frequent speaker at forums for finance leadership and women’s empowerment
Education
- M.B.A (Finance), University of Massachusetts
- B.S. Accounting, University of Madras, India
