The Cloud Over IT Departments: How End-User Behavior Is Driving IT Practices

Individual business users are leveraging cloud-based solutions, even completely ignoring on-premises software installed by IT to address core business functions. YouSendIt founder Ranjith Kumaran can powerfully address these fundamental shifts, as well as the more recent impact of private cloud development.

Ranjith Kumaran is the founder and Chief Technology Officer for YouSendIt, the trusted global leader in digital content delivery. In this role, he manages the Customer Service, IT, and Ops teams to guarantee optimum customer service, and efficiency in the IT and Ops departments.

Prior to YouSendIt, Kumaran held marketing positions at Verisity Design, a key provider of verification process automation (VPA) solutions, where he managed product marketing for the software tools of Access Systems. Previously, he was the director of sales engineering at Celoxica, a leading provider of C-based design and behavioral synthesis tools, where he built the company's sales applications and established its engineering team.

Kumaran also was a software systems engineer at Red Hat, one of the largest and most recognized companies dedicated to open-source software and the largest distributor of the GNU/Linux operating system.

Kumaran received a bachelor of engineering degree in computer engineering from McGill University and is an active member of TiE Silicon Valley.

Founded in 2004, YouSendIt offers the most widely used solutions for sending, receiving and tracking digital content.

YouSendIt technology is ideal for sending large files without the limitations of email attachments, FTP connections or overnighting critical data. Designed for individual use or for company-wide deployments, our web-based Software-as-a-Service offering simplifies file transfer for end-users while ensuring data security and compliance. YouSendIt integrates seamlessly into user workflows online, on premise and on the go with a suite of plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iPhone and other popular productivity software.

Who uses YouSendIt

YouSendIt has over 10.2 million users with close to 2 million downloads weekly across 220 countries and is the solution of choice for independent professionals and businesses alike. Independent professionals include creative designers, photographers, business consultants and media producers. Over 10,000 corporate users from companies including  Levi’s, Ritz Camera, Vmware, Salesforce, Tibco, FastSigns, Reuters and Kelly-Moore Paints rely on YouSendIt for the secure delivery of their time-sensitive data.

Word on the street

Backed by prominent investors, we are a young company that is very proud of a stellar work culture. We are respected in the industry and regularly honored with awards such as the Always On Top 100 Private Companies and Webware 100 Awards recognizing our innovation, leadership and workplace satisfaction. We enjoy customer loyalty ratings higher than that of Amazon, eBay and Apple – in fact, 98% of our customers would recommend us to a friend or colleague.