Kundan Shekhawat
Founder & CEO
Best known for his dynamic leadership, Kundan Shekhawat, Founder & CEO of Ascent Technology Consulting, is responsible for steering the company to where it is today.
Raised in a humble family and disciplined military background, he is a down to earth visionary with deep-rooted values.
He has comprehensive experience in financial services & extensive expertise in Product Development Engineering, strategy & P&L management. With a career spanning 18+ years, his vision was the one that carried Ascent through its successive stages of growth.
A passionate entrepreneur, Kundan’s determination built the organization to constantly enhance competitiveness, profitability, customer focus, partnership, branding, corporate values & governance.
Sajid Shaikh
Director – Business Operations
Over 14 years of experience in the business continuity management, customer service, team management & finance division of multinational banks. Diploma in system analysis & designing. Qualified Business Continuity professional practitioners from DRI International and Lead Auditor ISO 22301:2012 & ISO 9001:2015 from BSI Training Institute.
Implemented BCM in one of the largest international financial institution with 57 country membership and the biggest Islamic bank in Abu Dhabi.
Proven expertise in Business Impact Analysis, BC Risk Assessment, BC Planning & Strategy, Business Continuity Policies & Procedures, Disaster Recovery, Project Management, Team Management, Contingency Planning, Vendor Management, Stakeholder Relationship, Workflow Automation, Internal/ External BCMS Audit & Certification.
Shashi V
Director – Business Development
An ex-Microsoft Program manager, Shashidhar has led strategic product development efforts with products like Microsoft Excel mobile, Microsoft Word mobile, Mobile Media App, Promart Escrow and AutoBCM.
With a Computer Science graduate degree from GMR IT, he dropped out of BITS, Pilani Masters degree to pursue his passion of product development. He possesses a large amount of experience in core software product development.
He drives Ascent in terms of business development, sales, strategies, delivery and support for Middle Eastern and North African region.
Pushkar Jha
VP – Business Development
With over 20 years exp in various stages of sourcing lifecycle, Pushkar has led Transitions, Operations and Business Development teams at several BPM organizations, besides managing B2B relationships with fortune 50 clients.
As head of Client Deliveries at Ascent he ensures the projects are managed from kick-off to delivery on-time, on-budget and on-brief, while helping the team members grow
Arindam Dasgupta
Chief Innovation Officer / Head – Technology Operations
Masters from BITS Pilani and Gold Medallist in Bachelors from BU with 17 years’ experience in Product Development
Technology Enthusiast with over 50+ Product Architecting & Deployments and 5 patents. In Depth understanding from Embedded to Cloud technologies by being part of Products like GM OnStar, Honda Connect, HARMAN IRA, Wipro Ecometer and others.
Neeti S.
Head – Human Resources
Experienced Human Resources Professional and having contributed to Multinational organizations & exposure to working in a Start Up, she has been a Strategic Partner to Business and hones a breadth of knowledge and experience in developing and managing a sound, humane and value based HR organization. She originates and leads Human Resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented; high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity, and standards; goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
Astha Mehra
Head – Finance
She has robust experience in the domain of finance covering Corporate Finance, Business Reporting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Consulting, Budgetary Control, Taxation, Funds Management, Order Management and Process Integration. She has been strategic partner and worked with large corporate houses to Start-ups. This has provided her with a blend of skills on how to scale up business. Astha has led multi-talented teams across organizations and across regions. She has been instrumental in setting up processes for cross-functional teams at various organizations for global businesses.
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