Pankaj Agarwal- CEO and Managing Director
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Suresh Rao- Group CFO
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Jacob Pillay- Senior Vice President (APAC)
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Harminder Singh- Senior Vice President, Professional Services Practice
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Usha TN - Vice President, Legal and Company Secretary
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Pankaj Agarwal
CEO and Managing Director
Pankaj is a business leader and an entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in the field of Information Technology.
Prior to Mindteck, Pankaj founded two companies; Infotech Consulting, Inc. in Pennsylvania in 1996; and Binary Semantics, New Delhi, India in 1986. Pankaj started Infotech with a capital of $10,000, and oversaw its growth into a $31 Million IT business by 2007. Infotech successfully established itself as a premier vendor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as several large private businesses in the US. The company grew from a one-man operation to a 260-person company over the a period of twelve years. Infotech also had the distinction of being ranked one of the “Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies” for seven (7) years by the Central Penn Business Journal. In February 2008, Infotech was merged with Mindteck to become part of a global IT services business, and Pankaj took over as the CEO of Mindteck.
Pankaj was a finalist in 2003 ‘E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year’ award. He has been serving on the IT Advisory Board of Penn State University, Harrisburg since 2002, and is on the Board of Trustees for Harrisburg Science and Technology University.
Pankaj holds a bachelor degree with high honors in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, one of the premier engineering institutes in India.
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Suresh Rao
Group CFO
Suresh Rao is the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mindteck. He is responsible for Budgeting, Financial Reporting, Accounting, and Audits for global Mindteck, and heads Administration and Operation of Mindteck India.
Suresh comes to Mindteck with over 21 years of experience. He is optimistic by nature and passionate at work with a strong eye for spotting opportunity in every crisis. For last 10 years he has worked in various senior management positions in different organizations of global repute. Most recently he was associated with Adea Technologies Private Limited as CFO (Europe and Asia) where he led the corporate restructuring effort and turnaround initiatives. Prior to that Suresh was with Subex Ltd. and contributed substantially to their cross border acquisitions.
Suresh started his career with AV Birla Group and served the Group for seven years, specializing in setting up large petrochemical complexes such as Indo Gulf Fertilizers and Mangalore Refinery. Later, he moved to Shriram Group of Chennai, followed by BPL Telecom where he worked closely with the senior management team, and was involved in raising finances for setting up new factories. Suresh has been involved with successful IPOs as a part of his career.
Suresh is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant. He lives in Bangalore with his wife and two children, and enjoys photography and music during leisure.
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Ramesh Ajjampur
Senior Vice President, Global Delivery
Ramesh Ajjampur is the Senior Vice President for Global Delivery at Mindteck. He is responsible for overall planning, monitoring, and managing global delivery and operations at Mindteck, and ensuring quality, predictability and reliability across all projects. He is committed to build strong customer relationships through world class project management, delivery teams, and quality management systems.
With over 22 years of global IT experience, Ramesh brings a vast knowledge base in handling business critical functions such as Delivery, Operations, Quality, Customer relationship, and P&L. Prior to joining Mindteck Ramesh was with Wipro for 21 years where he worked as a General Manager and Account Head, managing multiple strategic accounts in Telecom Equipment Vertical. He had also driven Unified Communications Practice and Competency Initiatives at Wipro. Ramesh believes in hard work and is always open for suggestions and feedback. A team oriented person, he is known for encouraging and building strong team environment at workplace.
Ramesh holds a Master of Technology (M Tech) degree in Computer Science from IIT, Bombay. He was a Gold medalist and Topper in the University during his Bachelor of Engineering program, and was a rank holder in the State Board examination.
Ramesh lives in Bangalore with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys sketching, traveling, and listening to music during leisure.
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Jacob Pillay
Senior Vice President (APAC)
Jacob Pillay is the Senior Vice President at Mindteck for the APAC region. He joined the Mindteck group in 2000 and currently heads the operations in the APAC region. Jacob plays a pivotal role in expanding Mindteck’s footprint within this region.
Jacob brings in a strong, energetic temperament coupled with passion to excel, explore, and motivate with a “never give up” attitude. He has 20 years of business development experience and a strong understanding of the IT consulting market in the APAC region. He worked with Pertech Computers in India for 9 years and had a stint with Mindware PCL Pte Ltd in Singapore for 4 years. He was an important part of the initial team that established Mindware in the ASEAN market.
Jacob lives in Singapore with his wife and 2 teenage sons. He is an avid sports fan and follows the NBA league regularly. In fact, he still plays basketball regularly on the weekends. Jacob is charitable in cause and wants to one day open orphanages, schools, and counseling centers for the underprivileged under his own umbrella. Jacob holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University.
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Harminder Singh
Senior Vice President, Professional Services Practice
Harminder Singh is the Senior Vice President at Mindteck. He had joined the Mindteck Group in 1996 (then Infotech Consulting). He heads the global Professional Services practice. Harminder is a highly self motivated individual and is passionate about accomplishing the end results.
An industry veteran with 30 years of technology industry experience, Harminder was instrumental in setting up the Professional Services practice at Infotech and is a key driver during the initial growth of the Company. He continues to play a key role as the practice achieves several milestones and successes. Earlier in the career, he worked in various technical and management leadership positions at HAL India and HFC India. He worked through their systems development and integration departments to successfully lead many large-scale development projects from Public Welfare, Airlines, Automobiles, and Chemical industries.
Harminder lives with his wife and 2 children in Pennsylvania, USA. He earned his Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from IIT Roorkee, India, and a Business Administration degree from Lko, India.
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Usha TN
Vice President, Legal and Company Secretary
Usha TN is the Vice President, Legal and Company Secretary at Mindteck. She is responsible for Company’s legal and corporate matters globally.
Usha comes to Mindteck with over 12 years of industry experience in Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Legal Compliance Management, and other corporate legal, tax and secretarial functions. Prior to joining Mindteck, she worked with MindTree Ltd and Biocon Limited as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
Usha holds a Master degree in Commerce, an LLB, an ACS, and a PGD ( Foreign Trade). She is a recipient of National Award from Vice President of India for achieving best Corporate Governance as Company Secretary during her tenure at MindTree.
Usha lives in Bangalore with her husband. She is a great admirer of contemporary art and likes to do painting in her leisure time.
