Ramsey, NJ (Oct. 5, 2021) — Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced today that Vijay Raghavan has joined the company as senior vice president, digital transformation (DX) and emerging businesses.
In his role, Raghavan will work in partnership with Konica Minolta COO Sam Errigo to drive strategies to accelerate Konica Minolta’s customer adoption of DX, and align the company’s organizational structure to meet long-term growth objectives. He will also be responsible for emerging businesses, and in that capacity will execute on new business investments that will differentiate and grow Konica Minolta’s portfolio of solutions.
Raghavan brings a unique combination of experience in business development, product and management strategy, P&L management and technology management, including engineering and operations and global programs. Most recently, he spearheaded emerging solutions at Motorola where he successfully created and led IoT/SaaS businesses. Raghavan has held similar roles at Cisco and IGT and also brings key strategy experience from McKinsey & Company. His technical expertise spans cloud and SaaS, managed services, IoT, machine learning, analytics/big data and gaming. He has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earned his MS in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and also completed post-graduate studies at Stanford University.
“Core to our strategy is exponential growth in DX across all lines of business within Konica Minolta,” said Errigo. “We look forward to Vijay’s perspectives and insights to assist with customer alignment and technology enablers that will deliver our vision of the intelligent connected workplace and DX.”
“Konica Minolta is a true technology leader, paving the way for its dealers and customers to adopt the technologies that will support their growth now and in the future,” said Raghavan. “I am honored to join their executive leadership team and thrilled to be part of their continued advancements in providing turnkey technology solutions.”
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About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the Workplace of the Future. The company guides and supports its customers’ digital transformation through its expansive office technology portfolio, including IT Services (All Covered), content services, managed print services and industrial and commercial print solutions. Konica Minolta has been included on CRN’s MSP 500 list nine times and The World Technology Awards recently named the company a finalist in the IT Software category. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for 14 consecutive years, and received Keypoint Intelligence’s BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year Award and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Award for its bizhub i-Series. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for nine consecutive years and has spent four years on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list. Konica Minolta partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and works to bring value to our society.
