With over 22 years of IT industry experience with specific focus on end-to-end delivery, managed services, business operations and driving market demand, Sameer has been building strong IT teams who further the company’s strategic vision while seeking alignment between the individual’s and organization’s
Ashwin Megha is the COO of ForgeAhead. Ashwin co-founded ForgeAhead and manages the technical deliveries for the projects under Development, Testing and Support & Maintenance. He has 17 years of experience in managing and delivering multiple, simultaneous engagements with startups as well as large multinational organizations. Previously, Ashwin has been part of SEAP EC and leads SEAP in the capacity of Vice President since year 2015.
With over 11 years as an accomplished Mid - Management Administration and Support Function Professional with extensive experience in IT Industry, Vidyadhar has played a significant role in government liaising with the Directorate of Industries (DoI) to get stamp duty benefit under the provisions of IT/ITES policy of the Government of Maharashtra (GoM). Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PSPL), where Vidyadhar takes care of compliance (PAN India) and Admin, was the first unit in Maharashtra to get the benefit to get stamp duty benefits.He works closely with organizations like Nasscom, MCCIA and HIA on various issues especially IT policy and octroi exemption. Vidyadhar pursued matters related to octroi with PMC to correct the methodology of charging the Octroi / LBT for IT industry for duty exempted items. He has played a role in drafting the new IT/ITES policy 2015 for GoM, in close coordination with NASSCOM and DoI officials. A number of suggestions are acknowledged and incorporated in the new policy. Vidyadhar represented PSPL on the IT policy task formed by GoM to discuss IT/ITES policy 2015-2020. The GoM accepted 13 suggestions which were later incorporated in the draft policy. In addition to government liaising, Vidyadhar has deep interests in telecommunication solution designing and office setups. He is now the SEAP Secretary since year 2015.
Anand Ranade has over 25 years of work experience in Finance, Accounting, Taxation and other commercial matters such as but not limited to Fund Management and Venture Capital Funding. He also has interests in preparation of Business Plan, arranging Credit lines, Private Placements, discussion with Fund Managers/Financial Institutions, Merchant Bankers, Business Plan Audit, Query Sheets, Responses Rounds, Due Diligence, VC offer Sheets, Managing Internal Accruals and so on. He is an active part of the EC team and now he is Treasurer since 2015.
As a Chief Executive Officer of India-based Development Center of Xpanxion, Ramprasad leads the company's offshore development center and its team of highly skilled IT professionals. Ramprasad focuses on insuring that Xpanxion delivers consistent, on-time delivery of high quality software of exceptional value that exceeds the client's expectations.In 2001, prior to joining Xpanxion, Ramprasad was the head of IT at Bharat Forge, the world's second largest auto components and steel forging company. Ramprasad was a member of the Board of Studies in a North Maharashtra University and is a visiting faculty at Pune University. He was a SEAP President for the year 2015-2016.
Mr. Ashutosh Parasnis has more than 30 years of industry experience in Electronics and Software Product Companies. He is Managing Director at QLogic India and has held senior management positions in Indian Operations of MNCs such as Parametric Technologies Corporation (PTC) and Tektronix. His current work profile includes Business Creativity and Innovation Management, Leadership Coaching and Organization Building, He has consulted SME and startups, is a speaker at conferences and seminars on topics such as Innovation Management, Product Lifecycle Management and Management topics. In addition to being a visiting faculty at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden for their Executive Management Program, Ashutosh has also designed and teaches a one semester course on Creativity and Innovation at Symbiosis (Pune) for their Undergraduate Degree Course. He is Member of SAE- Off-highway Industry Board and is Member of Board of Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Symbiosis International University. He has also served as the National Executive Council Member of Indo American Chamber of Commerce (2012-2014).
A post graduate in Finance from Pune University, Abhijit Atre has been in the IT Industry for more than 15 years now. Currently, he is working as a Senior Director with SQS Infosystems and is responsible for handling all the corporate functions. Previously, Abhijit worked with Redknee Technologies as Director of Finance and shared services and was jointly responsible for the Redknee India operation. He was also on the Animation and Gaming Committee of MCCIA that is involved in the promotion of Animation and Gaming Industry in India. At FUEL (Friends Union for Energizing Lives), a student's NGO that focuses on connecting students to education, career opportunities, and making them industry ready, he was for all FUEL-related activities in Maharashtra. Abhijit has been associated with SEAP for the last 15 years and was the first non-CEO President of Software Exporters' Association of Pune (SEAP) in 2008-09. He continues to be the Executive Council Member of SEAP for the year 2015-16.
Nitin is the President of Valence Health's India Operations and is responsible for setting up and managing all aspects of the company's India operations.Before joining Valence Health in March of 2016, Nitin worked at Allscripts, one of the leaders in Healthcare IT software, where he served as President – Allscripts India for more than 9 years and grew the company's India operations from about 100 associates in one location to over 2,100 spread across 3 locations.In a career spanning over 34 years, Nitin had a 12 year entrepreneurial stint that included founding companies in India and Canada, with clientele across North America.
With over 20 years of experience in strategic business development, service delivery and global leadership, Prashant -- MD of IDeaS -- is responsible for the IDeaS regional offices located in Pune and its operations within the region. Previously, Prashant held senior level management positionswith KPIT Technologies, Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), and was a co-founder at Auric System Integrators. In addition to being an engineering graduate from the College of Engineering in Pune, Prashant has completed a Master's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah.
Rishi Agrawal is the COO of BlueFin Technologies a technology company in Pune focused on Enterprise Infrastructure and Application development services for BFSI domain. Rishi, an alumni of IIT (Varanasi) and IIM-C, was heading BNY Mellon's technology center (iNautix Technologies India Pvt Ltd.) at Pune. He was responsible for setting up and heading the Pune center (approx. 1400 associates). He joined BNY Mellon in 2001 and spent 5 years in New York / New Jersey area. Rishi was a member of leadership team at iNautix and served on various executive committees in the BNY Mellon. He is continues to be a part of the EC team for the year 2015-2016.
Sunil Peswani is CEO of Pesh group of companies. Sunil has done his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Alabama University- USA , where he was funded by the university as a research scholar. His Bachelor degree in Electronics and Telecommunication is from College of Engineering, Pune.1985 Batch. Sunil Peswani is a hard core technocrat and a visionary professional entrepreneur . He is now part of Ec Committee 2015-2016.
