MUMBAI: Chennai-based Real Image Media Technologies has appointed Arvind Ranganathan, currently head of strategy and business implementation as its CEO with immediate effect.

"When you work at Real Image, nobody wonders whether it can be done! It‘s always by when! With such resources to back me, I feel extremely confident of the future of this company." said Arvind Ranganathan of his new role.

Incidentally, Ranganathan has been with Real Image since 2005 as the head of the company‘s strategy and operations department.

Talking of the new development Real Image director Jayendra Panchapakesan said,"Very soon Real Image is aggressively planning to have bases across the world in its want to achieve business milestones.

"We wanted to bring strategy and operations under one person. Since Natarajan is adept with both strategy and operations, the company‘s board thought it fit to appoint him as its CEO."

After revolutionising the Indian film industry thrice with the introduction of Avid, DTS and Qube Digital Cinema, Real Image has taken its indigenously developed Qube technology and made it a force to reckon with in the international markets.

With over 1,600 operational digital cinema installation across six continents and about 1,000 installations in India alone, the company has charted an aggressive expansion plan to take this number close to 4,000 screens over the next three years.