# Jitesh Ghai

> Jitesh S. Ghai is the President and CEO of Hyland, the Thoma Bravo-owned content services and intelligent automation company based in Westlake, Ohio. A University of Waterloo electrical engineer who began his career building hardware, Ghai spent 14 years at Informatica reshaping it into a cloud and AI leader before stepping into Hyland's top job in May 2024 to push the firm deeper into agentic AI and unstructured content.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Hyland
- **Organizations:** Hyland, Informatica, Cisco, Solace Systems, 29West
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Applied Science, First Class Honours, Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo
- **Known for:** Helped lead Informatica's transformation into a recognized cloud data management leader, Drove Informatica to leadership positions in all five Gartner Magic Quadrant categories for enterprise cloud data management, Secured Partner of the Year recognition from both Microsoft and AWS while at Informatica

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Hardware engineer; product and engineering roles at 29West, Solace, and Cisco
- **2010** — Joined Informatica as Vice President of Product Management
- **2010-2024** — Rose through Informatica leadership, ultimately EVP and Chief Product Officer overseeing 2,000+ people
- **2024-05-20** — Appointed President and CEO of Hyland by the board
- **2024** — Named to Crain's Cleveland Business 'New Faces in New Places'
- **2025** — Unveiled Hyland's Context Engine and Agent Mesh architecture

## Achievements

- Helped lead Informatica's transformation into a recognized cloud data management leader
- Drove Informatica to leadership positions in all five Gartner Magic Quadrant categories for enterprise cloud data management
- Secured Partner of the Year recognition from both Microsoft and AWS while at Informatica
- Appointed CEO of a 4,000-person, $1B+ revenue enterprise content company
- Launched Hyland Context Engine and Agent Mesh in 2025

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Named President and CEO of Hyland, succeeding Bill Priemer.
- **2025-08** — Hyland introduced the Context Engine and Agent Mesh under Ghai's leadership.
- **2025** — Appeared at HIMSS 2025 and on Talking HealthTech discussing intelligent automation in healthcare.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hyland.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitesh-s-ghai-a91274/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30