Vivek Agarwal CTO

Vivek Agarwal | Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Digital Experience Solutions

Vivek Agarwal is responsible for XTIVIA’s overall technology portfolio and leads the Digital Experience Solutions practice. His DX team provides consulting, architecture, implementation and support services around digital experience platforms, mobility, integration, cloud, analytics, and other enterprise software. He is a 2018-2019 member of the invitation-only Forbes Technology Council and shares his perspectives on forbes.com.

Vivek Agarwal
Chief Technology Officer
Vice President, Digital Experience Solutions 

Vivek Agarwal is responsible for XTIVIA’s overall technology portfolio and leads the Digital Experience Solutions practice. His DX team provides consulting, architecture, implementation and support services around digital experience platforms, mobility, integration, cloud, analytics, and other enterprise software. He is a 2018-2019 member of the invitation-only Forbes Technology Council and shares his perspectives on forbes.com.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory government agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote US innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST aims to achieve this goal by advancing... read more

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