Suneel
M Advani is a double graduate
in Electrical Engineering and
Economics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA.
He also holds a degreein Law
from Mumbai University. Mr Advani
joined Blue Star Limited in
March1969 as a Management Trainee.He
held various responsible positions
in Blue Star Limited before
joining its Board in 1983 as
Executive Director. He was elevated
to the position of President
and Vice Chairman of Blue Star
Limited in 1984 and was redesignated
as Vice Chairman & Managing
Director in 2005.
Mr
Advani set up the Software Exports
Division in Blue Star Limited
in 1983 and oversaw its operations
from inception. This Division
was later spun off and incorporated
as Blue Star Infotech Limited.
He was appointed Chairman of
the Company in 1998 and in June
2005 was appointed as its Chairman
& Managing Director.
A
T Vijayakumar
President
& Chief Operating Officer
ATV is responsible for the global
Delivery, Sales, Marketing and
RMG functions at Blue Star Infotech.
ATV is a Bachelor of Science
in Physics from the Madras University
and a Bachelor of Technology
(Electronics Engineering) from
Madras Institute of Technology
(affiliated to MIT – Mass.
USA).
He had started his career with
Blue Star Limited in the HP
Division field organization
as a trainee sales engineer
at Bangalore in 1977. He was
then transferred to HP India
which was a JV between HP USA
and Blue Star Ltd. He has held
several Sales Management positions
across India, including Country
GM for Telecom Sales in India,
at HP. He then moved on to become
the Center Director for the
HP India Software Operations
Delivery Center at Chennai,
India. He was the first to set
up a full fledged HPIT Applications
Lab in HPISO, and he took care
of both front end engagements
with the CIOs/HPIT managers,
and back end offshore delivery.
In June 03 he joined HP Worldwide
Strategic Outsourcing Pursuit
team where he worked as Director,
Delivery Solutions. He participated
in many mega US $ 1B+ ITO Deal
pursuits. He has set up and
managed Account management and
Governance teams in various
geographies. His last assignment
in HP, prior to joining Blue
Star Infotech, was in a Client
Director role in their BPO Organization.
K
Raghunathan
Executive
Vice President
Raghunathan
has been with Blue Star Infotech
since 1974. His responsibility
at Blue Star includes Technology,
Quality, Methodology Lab, Internal
Systems and Facilities. He is
an M. Tech, Electrical from
I.I.T. Mumbai. He started his
career as a Systems Engineer
at Hewlett-Packard Division
of Blue Star Ltd to support
the slew of their software products
for diverse commercial and technical
applications. Later he moved
on to take the responsibility
of managing the application
and systems engineering operations
for Hewlett-Packard Division
nationally as a Manager.
His stint in the HP Division
was followed by his role in
the 'Quantum' operations in
Blue Star's Electronics Division
where he managed the software
support and sourcing and hardware
support. He then branched into
the International Software Division
of Blue Star, where he was responsible
for their software development
function and later the over
all profit responsibility of
ISD. He has worked with companies
to the likes of Hewlett-Packard,
Racal, Hitachi and 3M.
Harish
Bhat
President
(BSIA) and Global Business
Head, Product Engineering
Services
Harish,
as President of Blue Star Infotech
(America) Inc., is primarily
responsible for BSI’s
sales and operations in North
America. He also carries the
responsibility for growing BSI’s
Product Engineering practice
which provides technology services
to Independent Software Vendors
and High-tech companies worldwide.
Harish has over 25 years of
experience in the IT industry
including nine years in North
America. He brings a strong
portfolio of experiences encompassing
Outsourced Product Development,
Applications Outsourcing and
Global Business Development.
Prior to joining BSI, he was
a Senior Vice President with
Patni Americas Inc. where he
handled multiple senior leadership
responsibilities including managing
global strategic alliances,
running a global business unit
focused on outsourced product
development services to ISVs
and leading a National Industry
Sales Group for the High Tech
Industry in North America. He
has also worked with leading
IT multi-nationals including
NCR Corporation, Tandem Computers
and Digital Equipment in India.
Sudhir
Gera
Vice
President (EMEA) and Global
Business Head, Health Sciences
Sudhir
Gera has been with Blue Star
Infotech since it was spun off
in the year 2000. He is primarily
responsible for BSI’s
sales and operations in Europe,
UK and Asia-Pacific. Additionally,
he carries the responsibility
growing BSI’s Health Sciences
business which provides technology
services to medical equipment
manufacturers and health care
companies globally. A B.E (Electrical)
with a management degree from
IIM-Ahmedabad, Sudhir started
his career at the parent company
Blue Star Ltd. As National Product
Manager, he was in charge of
product profitability, foreign
liaisons, turnkey projects,
business expansion and joint
ventures.
His stint at Blue Star Ltd.
was followed by his career at
Lemuir Group as the General
Manager-Diversification. He
was also a key member of the
restructuring team of corporate
affairs. Additionally, Sudhir
implemented new projects synergistically
with existing activities. Sudhir
has been the force behind Blue
Star Infotech's present global
presence. He has been consistently
taking the company to untapped
geographies especially in UK,
Europe and later Japan, and
consequently adding to the company's
global revenues. As a key member
of the strategic group, he has
formulated and successfully
implemented flexible engagement
models across geographies.
Hemant
Kamat
Vice
President & Chief Finance
Officer
Hemant
has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce
(Hons) and was ranked 12th by
the All India Institute of Chartered
Accountants in his final year
of CA. His career spans over
20 years. He has worked for
both manufacturing and IT firms.
His vast experience includes
handling Finance, Accounts,
Taxation, Admin, HR and Secretarial
matters etc
Prior
to joining Blue Star Infotech,
Hemant was working with Geometric
Software Solutions Co. Ltd,
where he was responsible for
Finance, Accounts, and Taxation
matters of the company, as the
Chief Finance Officer. He has
also worked for companies like
Onward Technologies Ltd, Greaves
Ltd and A. F. Ferguson &
Co. and before that as a trainee
with Hoechst Pharmaceuticals
Ltd.
Harish
Govind
Vice
President, HR
Harish
holds a Management degree in
Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations from TISS, Mumbai,
after completing his BSc from
St. Josephs College, Bangalore.
Before he joined Blue Star Infotech,
Harish has handled the global
HR department at L&T Infotech
for a year, prior to which he
was with ICI India Ltd..heading
HR in the paints business.
He
has previously worked with ACC
and PCS. In Blue star Infotech,
Harish heads the HR function
and is responsible for Senior
Level Recruitments, Learning
& Development, Organizational
Development, Compensation Management
and Employee Relations globally
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