Bleum Press Releases:
Shanghai, China, April 29, 2010—Bleum Inc., a China-based IT outsourcer to U.S. and European companies, has recruited James Venglarik as its first U.S. general manager. Venglarik, who has served in senior IT and operating posts at companies including JP Morgan Chase, Expedia, and AT&T Universal Card, will oversee Bleum’s work with U.S. clients.1by Gartner, Inc.
"Jim intuitively understands what our clients need and want. He has walked in their shoes, setting IT strategy, running IT operations and working for the past 15 years with offshoring providers," says Eric Rongley, Bleum's founder and chief executive.
Venglarik is the latest addition to Bleum's leadership team, which in the past year has expanded to include executives from top global firms such as Accenture, IBM and Microsoft. Bleum's distinctive operating model and client performance has enabled it to attract top management talent from some of the world's most successful companies.
"Bleum's clients trust us to design, build, run and test their core applications, applications that drive improved business performance for their organizations," Rongley explains. "We deliver value that extends far beyond simple cost savings, and we have assembled a management team that ensures we perform at that very high level every day for our clients."
Before joining Bleum, Venglarik was a partner for Tatum LLC, where he served as interim chief information officer (CIO) for Expedia Inc., interim chief technology officer/chief operating officer (CTO/COO) for insurance software maker IDP and interim CIO for payment services company E-Duction Inc. He also led major IT initiatives for such clients as Moody’s and JEVS Human Services.
Previously, Venglarik spent six years as CIO of JP Morgan Chase Card Services. He also served as CIO of Advanta and vice president of systems development for AT&T Universal Card Services. Before these posts, Venglarik held IT management positions with GlaxoSmithKline, General Electric and Cleveland Pneumatic Company. He has a master in applied mathematics, summa cum laude, from Youngstown State University and a bachelor in mathematics, magna cum laude, from John Carroll University.
About Bleum
Founded in 2001, Bleum is a China-based IT outsourcing provider to U.S. and European companies in technology, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and retail. Bleum drives improved performance for clients by developing, managing, testing and maintaining applications that are core to their businesses. Led by senior executives from top global firms, Bleum’s Western management practices, English-only workplace and dedicated development centers enable it to become an integral extension of its clients’ IT organizations.www.bleum.com.
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