Globant Adds John Raveret, Former Senior Cognizant Executive, to Leadership Team

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Dec 14, 2016, 09:00 ET

NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native technology services company focused on creating digital journeys, today announces the addition of John Raveret, previously of Cognizant, as EVP of Strategy.

Raveret served as the Global Head of Corporate Development for Cognizant. As a member of its leadership team for over 15 years, he was instrumental in helping the company grow from a revenue base of $100 million to over $12 billion. While at Cognizant, Raveret successfully led an M&A program that closed 30 transactions, representing over $3.5 billion in aggregate consideration.

At Globant, John will be responsible for leading strategic organic initiatives and business units with the goal of achieving greater recognition and a deeper worldwide presence.

"Given his outstanding results in building operations in the technology sector, we are excited to welcome John to Globant, where he is sure to be an extremely valuable player," said Martín Migoya, CEO and co-founder of Globant. "John is an important hire that will not only deepen our global executive leadership but also add to our leadership and momentum in digital."

"Globant is one of the few services companies of scale to be born out of the digital technology wave. And its leadership position in the digital services and software market is derived from its ability to deliver design, engineering and innovation at scale for clients. So I look forward to joining Globant's international team of professionals and entrepreneurs to help build the company and build digital journeys for the Globant's clients and their millions of consumers worldwide."

The addition of John Raveret to the team is the latest news in Globant's expansion. The company most recently announced the acquisition of Seattle-based digital firm L4.

About Globant
Globant (NYSE: GLOB) is a digitally native technology services company that creates digital journeys for its customers, which impact millions of consumers. Globant is the place where engineering, design, and innovation meet scale.

Globant has more than 5,400 professionals in 12 countries working for companies like Google, Linkedin, JWT, EA, and Coca Cola, among others.

Globant was named a Worldwide Leader of Digital Strategy Consulting Services by IDC MarketScape Report (2016) and its client work has been featured as business case studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. For more information, visit www.globant.com.

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