ConnectWise has announced it has appointed Raghu Ram Bongula as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Bongula brings two decades of leadership with a focus on digital/cloud transformation, building new platforms and modernizing legacy platforms.

Prior to joining ConnectWise, he served as senior vice president of engineering at Global Payments, where he led a team responsible for building new products and platforms to redefine the future of payment technology solutions. In prior roles, Bongula has led multiple teams responsible for migrating various legacy workloads to cloud, building mobile and web solutions, and delivering APIs and real-time, event-driven solutions for the financial services industry.

"ConnectWise products and solutions are built on cutting-edge, innovative technology that powers our partners' businesses while also keeping them secure," said Jason Magee, CEO, ConnectWise. "Bringing on a transformative CTO will ensure that we continue to meet our partners' technology needs as they look to achieve their most ambitious visions of success. Raghu's experience and leadership will help drive ConnectWise's ongoing efforts to optimize, unify and scale our technology stack to enhance our products and partner experience, while also executing on opportunities to expand our portfolio."

Bongula has responsibility for setting the technology course for ConnectWise, leading efforts to build and modernize products and platforms that provide security, flexibility and scalability, allowing partners to successfully manage operations and deliver services to end users.

"I'm thrilled to join ConnectWise and be among a passionate team dedicated to delivering unmatched services and software to help our partners thrive and succeed," Bongula said. "There is a massive opportunity to bring even more modernized and optimized products and solutions through our technology, driving growth and value throughout our partner ecosystem. I especially look forward to meeting partners as they share their ideas, feedback and visions for how we can further help them succeed."

Steve Cochran, who served as CTO in an interim capacity, will remain with ConnectWise in an advisory role and continue to lend his knowledge and expert guidance to top-of-mind areas.