Sanjay Joshi, Alex Contreras, Bill Sudlow and Ashish Vazirani will join ZS Associates leadership teams for the company’s global sales and marketing operations, business technology, software development and high-tech practice areas.

“These new leaders bring deep expertise and the ability to help our clients improve their commercial operations and accelerate business performance,” said managing director Jaideep Bajaj. “Their experience makes these individuals uniquely qualified to help ZS develop client services that focus on leading-edge business technology ideas, such as analytics process outsourcing, enterprise information management and business intelligence.”

Mr. Joshi is a 20-year veteran in management and business and technology outsourcing consulting. As a managing principal he will lead the growth of the company’s global operations practice. He is based out of the firm’s New York office. Mr. Joshi has experience across multiple industries, including healthcare, technology, telecom, consumer products and financial services.

Mr. Contreras has expertise in information technology strategy, architecture and business transformation. He will serve as principal and member of the leadership team in the firm’s business technology group based in Los Angeles.

Mr. Sudlow has 25 years of software product development and management experience. He will serve as chief technology officer and principal in charge of the company’s software development group based in the company’s global headquarters in Evanston, IL. Mr. Sudlow has extensive experience developing and delivering on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Mr. Vazirani, a 15-year sales and marketing management veteran, will serve as principal and leader of ZS Associates’ high-tech practice and will be based at the company’s San Mateo, CA office. Mr. Vazirani has led numerous large engagements with global technology and health care companies and has been the architect of major marketing and sales organization restructuring.