- Board of Directors
- Leadership Council
Dharmendra Vasant is the Founder & CEO of GAVS Technologies. Dharmendra leads the company from the front and
focuses on key clients and overall operations of the Organization. He has attended the Executive Management program at
Harvard and is constantly contributing time and effort to help local social causes in Chennai.
Sanjay Balram is the co-founder of GAVS Technologies. He plays a key role in client acquisitions and building
strategic partnership with Client CXOs. His efforts in forming new partnerships and striking strategic business alliances
have made GAVS a well established player. As a key player in shaping the future of GAVS, his efforts have transformed GAVS
into an organization that is sensitized to the client needs and where all members are ‘goal sharers’. His organization
building capabilities are clearly reflected when he says, "we need to build a sensitive and responsive team that thrives on
challenges" - which symbolizes GAVS culture. Sanjay has many years of experience behind him working for companies like
Reuters and Aurelec.
Rajeev Srivastava is the Managing Partner of a Private Equity firm Basil Partners. He has a track record of
incubating, building and managing global enterprises and has been a venture capitalist and private equity investor from 2006.
The current valuations of his investments are at approx 5 times the investments made. He founded Apar Holding Corp. in 1996
in Singapore and turned the company into a Global IT business. Prior to Apar Holding Corp., he has worked with iGate and TCS.
He has been an investor and active board member in companies like Encora Group BVI, Apar Holding Corp, Cignex Technologies,
Suvin Technologies. He has grown and guided couple of his companies through M&A and IPO’s.
Sumit Ganguli is the President at GAVS Technologies, oversees the Global Geographies, Sales and Marketing
Operations for GAVS. Sumit has over 20 years of experience in International IT & BPO sectors. Prior to GAVS, he was a member
of the Governing Council at a NASDAQ listed IT & BPO company for over 6 years and oversaw the Strategic Consulting, IP and
M&A operations. Prior to this he ran the global sales and handled GE as a key strategic account for the company. He was the
Group CEO of a publicly listed IT solutions company and was involved in integration and roll ups. Sumit has an APC in Finance
from Stern School of Management, NYU. He is a Post Graduate in Management from IIM and has a BS in EE. He often speaks at
industry forums and is a Charter Member of TiE NJ and Philadelphia. Sumit is also a part time Professor at Rutgers State
University where he teaches International Business for the Executive MBA program.
Prakash Vasant is the Corporate Controller and oversees the financial operations of the Organization. Over the
years, he is very closely involved in account managing some strategic clients of GAVS. With over a decade of experience in
the IT industry and working closely with crucial stakeholders on the Customer side, he has contributed immensely to the growth
of the Organization.
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Balaji is the head of Global Delivery at GAVS. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry across
application value management, infrastructure management, BPO and strategic operations. Prior to GAVS, he was with Cognizant Technology Solutions handling P&L, delivery & operations and customer relationship management across multiple industry verticals like
Information Services, Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing & Logistics, and Consumer Goods.
He has played multiple roles across various geographies in USA, UK, Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific through Patni
Computers, L&T Infotech and Cognizant Technology Solutions. Some of the clients he has serviced are General Electric, Hitachi, Dun & Bradstreet,
DHL amongst many others. He holds a B.E degree in Computer Science from Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Ravichandran K is the head of Global Human Resources. Ravi comes with 30 years of rich and varied experience in handling Human Resources function in IT & ITES, Retail, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Hospitality Industries. In his last assignment with the Future Group, Ravi was instrumental in establishing the lowest cost of operations of the “Shared Services Center”, and Information Technology function, along with some of the best HR practices leading to receiving the “Best Shared Services Center” (Domestic) award from AIMA & DMA, in 2011. Prior to this, Ravi was with the ESSAR GROUP (Essar Oil Limited) as a Senior HR leadership team member, and is reputed to be one of the few HR Professionals in the world to have commissioned a 10 MT Oil Refinery.
Kieron McGarry is the Strategic Account Director at GAVS UK. with a key objective to help build and grow the
GAVS business in Europe. With many years of technical and IT management experience, Kieron has held a wide variety of
Information Technology roles. He has worked in Europe, Asia Pacific and the US - and has extensive experience in the
leadership and management of diverse teams, global suppliers and multi-national stakeholders. Prior to GAVS, he was the IT
Director at StorageTek and after acquisition, at Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for all aspects of StorageTeks
Europe and Asia Pacific IT infrastructure, Business Application development, support and maintenance, including IT service
delivery and security.
Chandrasekar.G is the Head of the GAVS' Middle East Business and Operations. With more than 15 years of experience in software solutions & services business, he has been involved in Sales, Product Management, Key Account Management and Project Management. Prior to joining GAVS, Chandrasekar was with Bahwan Cybertek, Oman heading the Oman Business. He has extensive sales
and business development experience in the Middle East & Asia Pacific. He holds a post graduate degree in Computer Application and Management.
Haridasu Rao heads the Manufacturing and Airlines Business Units.
A BTech graduate from Kerala University, Rao comes with over 14 years of IT experience across Program/Delivery management, multi-geography client management and business development. He started his career at Cognizant Technology Solutions as a programmer trainee and transitioned very rapidly into various leadership roles. He spent over 5 years in the US managing enterprise-wide transformation engagements for large information company. Prior to joining GAVS, he was handling the delivery of customers in the Transportation & Logistics vertical at Cognizant Technology Solutions. In addition, he was involved in prospect analysis, go-to-market plans and managing large pursuits. He is well recognized for his customer focus and employee relations.
Karthik Subramaniam is the head of the Emerging Business unit at GAVS, where he is instrumental in the growth
of business within the SAP, data warehousing and business intelligence, and Independent Hardware Vendor support. He plays a
key role in aiding both pre-sales and sales in planning and scaling operations for client engagements within the areas. Prior
to GAVS, he has been a senior systems analyst and project manager for a high-growth ERP product company.
Mathi Ganesan is the head of the Application Services at GAVS, where he leads the company business in offering
full-cycle application maintenance and support for our global clients. He has been instrumental in key deals for the company,
where we have grown existing clients with new business, and won new clients with our customer references.
Kumar is responsible for managing and growing some of our key engagements in the US. With over 14 years of Information Technology experience in a wide variety of roles – account management, business development, consulting and delivery, Kumar brings a deep understanding of the Global Delivery Model and collaborates with the client leadership to help formulate the “right sourcing” strategy best-fitting their business and technology needs.
Kumar has played a variety of client facing roles- managing customer relations, P&L management, driving innovation and customer & employee satisfaction. Prior to GAVS, he was managing programs for client engagements in North America, Europe and APAC for Cognizant Technology Solutions.
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