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Whatfix Appoints Vara Kumar As Chief Executive Officer

PRIVATESep 08, 2026•about 3 hours ago

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

Whatfix

Vara Kumar
San Jose

Description

Whatfix has appointed its co-founder Vara Kumar as the chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds co-founder Khadim Batti, who passed away on September 1.

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Company

Whatfix

Location

San Jose, California, United States

About

Whatfix is a Digital Adoption Solution that disrupts Application Training, Learning, and Support content by providing Contextual, Interactive, Real-Time, and Autonomous user guidance - driving additional adoption and productivity gains. Whatfix has a proven record of increasing employee productivity by 35%, reducing training time and costs by 60%, reducing employee case tickets by 50% and increasing application data accuracy by 20%. Whatfix is based in San Jose, San Francisco, London, Melbourne, Sydney and Bangalore. For more information, please visit https://www.whatfix.com/.

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