Chennai: The US-based Headstrong Corporation, a global consultancy, with revenues of almost $100 million announced the appointment of Arjun Malhotra as its chief executive officer. Malhotra joined the 20 year-old Headstrong in November, 2003 when TechSpan an Indian IT consulting services firm co-founded by him was merged with Headstrong. He was TechSpan''s CEO and chairman. With over 25 years of management experience in the information and technology industry, Malhotra is also the co-founder of HCL Technologies.