Apr 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

• Mindshire Consulting is a global talent and business consulting firm focused on building workforce and leadership capabilities for the digital age. As part of the RightSource Global ecosystem, we help organizations bridge the gap between strategy, talent, and execution.
• What We Do:
• Talent Incubation & Workforce Transformation: Design and deliver programs that prepare graduates and professionals for high-demand roles in AI, data, digital, and sustainability.
• Leadership & Capability Development: Run cohort-based learning programs for mid-to-senior leaders on change management, digital transformation, and strategic leadership.
• Consulting & Advisory: Partner with HR, L&D, and business leaders to align people strategy with organizational goals.
• AI-Driven Talent Services: Use AI-enabled assessments and recruitment platforms to qualify, vet, and onboard top talent.
• Business Scaling Support: Advise startups and mid-sized companies on building operational frameworks, scaling teams, and preparing for investment.
• Key Contributions:
• Created the TRAIBE Program – an innovative “Train, Build, Deploy” model where interns and early-career professionals co-build AI solutions under industry mentorship.
• Built partnerships with universities and enterprises to future-proof talent pipelines for AI, data science, and digital-first industries.
• Supported multiple startups and consulting clients in accelerating growth, improving retention, and scaling teams globally.
• Impact:
• ✅ Helped mid-sized enterprises cut hiring costs by up to 25% through AI-powered talent pipelines.
• ✅ Enabled organizations to embed sustainability into HR and workforce practices.
• ✅ Built a strong network of graduates, professionals, and leaders ready for AI-first roles across industries.
• ✅ Positioned Mindshire as a trusted partner in workforce transformation across USA, India, and the Middle East.

Jan 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos · India

• InterviewFox is an AI-powered recruitment and candidate assessment platform that helps organizations qualify and vet talent faster, smarter, and more accurately.
• What We Do:
• Conversational AI Interviews: Next-gen virtual interview platform that simulates real conversations, assessing not just technical skills but also communication, problem-solving, and cultural fit.
• AI-Powered Screening: Automates resume screening and shortlisting, reducing manual recruiter effort by up to 70%.
• Skill & Competency Assessments: Customizable tests for technical, analytical, and behavioral skills across industries.
• Hiring Workflow Automation: Integrated scheduling, scoring, and reporting tools to streamline end-to-end hiring.
• Data-Driven Insights: Provides hiring managers with candidate performance analytics, bias-free recommendations, and predictive success scores.
• Key Contributions:
• Built and scaled InterviewFox into a platform of choice for startups, mid-sized companies, and enterprises looking to accelerate hiring.
• Designed proprietary AI-driven assessment models to ensure fair, consistent, and scalable evaluation of candidates.
• Partnered with enterprises to reduce time-to-hire by 50% and improve candidate quality.
• Enabled global companies to interview and qualify talent remotely, supporting hybrid and distributed workforces.
• Impact:
• ✅ Helped organizations fill roles faster and at lower cost while improving candidate experience.
• ✅ Reduced bias in hiring by leveraging structured AI assessments.
• ✅ Created a platform that supported scaling teams across India, USA, and the Middle East.
• ✅ Positioned InterviewFox as an early innovator in AI-driven recruitment technology.

Nov 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 4 mos

• RightSource Global is an AI-First consulting and incubation company, enabling enterprises worldwide to integrate technology, talent, and operations for competitive advantage.
• Core Offerings:
• AI Strategy & Adoption Consulting: Assess maturity, co-create AI roadmaps, prioritize high-impact use cases.
• Innovation & Product Incubation: Build next-gen digital products from ideation to scale.
• AI-Powered Talent Services: Blend curated AI talent, mentorship, and engineering teams.
• Digital Product Engineering: Deliver full-stack, cloud, and enterprise solutions with embedded intelligence.
• Key Contributions:
• Established a global delivery model across USA, UAE, UK, and India.
• Supported BFSI, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing clients in AI-driven transformations.
• Built an integrated technology + operations model to ensure scale and cost efficiency.
• Incubated AI products for recruitment, financial services, and education through the TRAIBE program.
• Impact:
• ✅ Helped clients cut operational costs by 20–30% while driving AI adoption.
• ✅ Partnered with startups and enterprises to co-build products that are now market-ready.
• ✅ Created a sustainable AI-first talent pipeline by mentoring fresh graduates alongside enterprises.

Jan 2010 – Jun 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos

• HireSmart was founded to help organizations scale their teams efficiently through strategic talent acquisition, recruitment outsourcing, and workforce solutions. Focused on technology and high-growth industries, HireSmart enabled companies to hire the right people, faster.
• What We Did:
• End-to-End Recruitment Services: From sourcing to onboarding, delivered full hiring lifecycle support for startups, SMBs, and enterprises.
• Strategic Hiring for Tech Roles: Specialized in high-demand skill sets including software engineering, data science, and digital transformation talent.
• RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing): Acted as an extension of client HR teams to manage bulk and critical hiring.
• Assessment & Vetting: Introduced structured evaluation frameworks to ensure higher quality of hires.
• Scalable Hiring Models: Provided on-demand recruitment teams for organizations with aggressive scaling needs.
• Key Contributions:
• Partnered with clients across India, USA, and Middle East to help build large, distributed technology teams.
• Successfully closed hundreds of niche tech roles across multiple industries.
• Designed scalable recruitment processes that improved time-to-hire and candidate quality.
• Laid the foundation for AI-powered recruitment innovation, later expanded through InterviewFox.
• Impact:
• ✅ Helped clients reduce hiring timelines by 30–40% while ensuring stronger candidate fit.
• ✅ Built strong partnerships with high-growth companies and enterprises scaling their digital capabilities.
• ✅ Established a recruitment knowledge base that evolved into AI-driven talent solutions under InterviewFox and Mindshire.
• ✅ Positioned HireSmart as an early disruptor in tech recruitment services.

May 2006 – Sep 2010 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Ektha IT Solutions was a technology services and consulting company focused on delivering IT solutions, product engineering, and managed services to global clients across industries.
• What We Did:
• IT Services & Consulting: Provided application development, maintenance, and IT consulting services for enterprises and SMBs.
• Product Engineering: Helped clients design and develop scalable technology products across web, mobile, and enterprise platforms.
• Managed Services: Delivered end-to-end support, from infrastructure management to business process outsourcing.
• Global Capability Centers (GCCs): Partnered with organizations to set up offshore/nearshore centers to scale operations cost-effectively.
• Talent Solutions: Offered technology staffing and project-based consulting to meet niche skill requirements.
• Key Contributions:
• Built long-standing client relationships in the USA, India, and the Middle East across IT services and product development.
• Successfully delivered projects in banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing verticals.
• Established early frameworks for global delivery models that were later scaled in RightSource Global.
• Incubated and mentored technology talent, some of whom became leaders in global enterprises.
• Impact:
• ✅ Delivered cost savings and operational efficiency for enterprises through offshore delivery.
• ✅ Helped startups and SMBs build market-ready technology products.
• ✅ Positioned Ektha IT Solutions as a trusted partner in IT services and consulting.
• ✅ Served as the launchpad for future ventures like HireSmart, InterviewFox, Mindshire, and RightSource Global.

May 2006 – May 2008 · 2 yrs

• GoodWorks LP was a venture and investment partnership focused on incubating, funding, and scaling early- to mid-stage businesses across technology, services, and emerging industries.
• What We Did:
• Startup Incubation: Partnered with early-stage companies to refine business models, strengthen go-to-market strategies, and accelerate growth.
• Investment Partnerships: Worked with venture funds, angel networks, and investors to identify high-potential ventures.
• Advisory Services: Provided hands-on mentorship in operations, scaling, and global market entry.
• Talent & Leadership Support: Helped portfolio companies recruit and develop leadership teams capable of scaling.
• Operational Frameworks: Designed processes for fundraising, compliance, and governance readiness for startups.
• Key Contributions:
• Partnered with founders across technology, SaaS, and services sectors to bring ideas to market faster.
• Guided multiple ventures through fundraising rounds and investor negotiations.
• Supported companies in building GCCs (Global Capability Centers) and extending operations to India and the Middle East.
• Helped align startups with sustainability and governance practices, preparing them for long-term growth.
• Impact:
• ✅ Accelerated the journey of early-stage ventures from ideation to market traction.
• ✅ Secured investments and strategic partnerships for portfolio companies.
• ✅ Built a reputation as a trusted advisor and incubation partner for founders and investors alike.
• ✅ Served as a stepping stone for the AI-first incubation model at RightSource Global.

Jan 2006 – May 2006 · 4 mos

Dec 1999 – Jan 2006 · 6 yrs 1 mo

• Infosys Technologies is a global leader in consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. During my tenure, I partnered with Fortune 1000 clients across industries — including a marquee engagement with Goldman Sachs — to deliver large-scale IT transformation programs, global delivery models, and strategic consulting engagements.
• Key Client Engagement: Goldman Sachs (USA)
• Technology Transformation: Delivered mission-critical IT programs supporting trading platforms, compliance systems, and enterprise applications.
• Risk & Compliance: Partnered with Goldman Sachs leadership to align systems with strict U.S. and global regulatory standards.
• Process Modernization: Implemented automation and digital reporting to improve trading and back-office efficiency.
• Global Delivery Leadership: Managed onshore–offshore delivery teams, ensuring timelines, compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Other Global Engagements
• Led multi-million-dollar programs for clients in banking, financial services, retail, and manufacturing.
• Helped enterprises establish Global Capability Centers (GCCs) to scale operations cost-effectively.
• Acted as a trusted advisor to senior executives, aligning transformation initiatives with corporate objectives.
• Impact Across Engagements:
• ✅ Achieved 20–30% cost optimization through global delivery models.
• ✅ Strengthened client compliance, governance, and operational resilience.
• ✅ Delivered enterprise-wide transformation programs that improved efficiency, transparency, and scale.
• ✅ Built global leadership experience that served as the foundation for my entrepreneurial ventures (Ektha, HireSmart, InterviewFox, Mindshire, RightSource Global, Boardshire).

Jul 1998 – May 2006 · 7 yrs 10 mos

• Infosys Technologies is a global leader in consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. During my tenure, I partnered with Fortune 1000 clients across industries to deliver large-scale IT transformation programs, global delivery models, and strategic consulting engagements.
• What I Did:
• Client Engagements: Led multi-million-dollar programs for clients in banking, financial services, retail, and manufacturing.
• Global Delivery Leadership: Coordinated teams across India, USA, and Europe, implementing the Infosys Global Delivery Model to ensure cost efficiency and scalability.
• Transformation Programs: Drove end-to-end IT transformation initiatives including ERP rollouts, digital modernization, and process reengineering.
• Stakeholder Management: Acted as a trusted advisor to senior executives, ensuring alignment of technology programs with business objectives.
• Talent & Team Leadership: Mentored cross-functional teams, building delivery capability and fostering client-first culture.
• Key Contributions:
• Successfully delivered enterprise-wide IT programs that improved efficiency and reduced costs for Fortune 500 clients.
• Enabled clients to establish offshore/nearshore delivery centers, pioneering scalable outsourcing strategies.
• Received multiple client recognitions for delivery excellence and strategic advisory.
• Built cross-border leadership experience that became the foundation for launching global ventures like Ektha, HireSmart, and RightSource Global.
• Impact:
• ✅ Helped Fortune 1000 clients achieve 20–30% cost optimization through global delivery models.
• ✅ Strengthened Infosys’ positioning as a strategic partner for digital and IT transformations.
• ✅ Developed global exposure and leadership acumen, later applied to entrepreneurship and incubation.
• ✅ Provided a strong platform for transitioning into founding and scaling ventures across AI, talent, and governance.

Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 · 1 yr

• I began my journey in technology with an internship at Techlead, where I built the foundations of IT consulting and problem-solving. From there, I honed my skills at Infosys Technologies, leading large-scale transformation programs across industries and working with Fortune 1000 clients, including a marquee engagement with Goldman Sachs. This corporate foundation gave me deep expertise in global delivery, compliance, and governance.
• Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, I went on to found and scale multiple ventures — starting with Ektha IT Solutions (IT services and global delivery), HireSmart (talent solutions), and InterviewFox (AI-powered recruitment platform). These experiences evolved into Mindshire Consulting (executive development and talent incubation), and GoodWorks LP (venture incubation and investment partnerships).
• Today, I lead RightSource Global, an AI-first consulting and incubation company with a presence in the USA, UAE, UK, and India, and Boardshire, a global platform preparing leaders and boards for the future of governance, sustainability, AI, and cybersecurity.
• Across this journey, my mission has remained consistent: to build resilient organizations by integrating technology, talent, and governance — helping companies, communities, and countries grow stronger.