Management
| Reena Gupta President & CEO | Reena Gupta is CEO of Avankia LLC, a Nashville-headquartered company that is at the forefront of today's Software as a Service (SAAS) and Client Relationship Management (CRM) software revolution. Avankia is now featured on the "Inc. 500" list of America's 500 fastest-growing companies, and has been named one of Middle Tennessee's 50 fastest-growing companies two years in a row by the Tennessean. Reena is a highly experienced Information Technology professional, with expertise in diverse fields of IT and strategic-project execution. She completed her Masters in Computer Application from India and has taken courses from Vanderbilt Owen School of Management for Executives programs. She is an active member of the Nashville Technology Council and TMSDC, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Management School of Business at Cumberland University.
She has been selected as one of the top executives by Business TN (2006) and has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. |
| Rajeev Gupta CTO | Rajeev Gupta is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Avankia LLC, the Software as a Service (SAAS) and technology-consulting company now listed on the "Inc. 500" list of America's 500-fastest growing private companies. Avankia also has been listed one of Middle Tennessee's 50 fastest-growing companies two years in a row. Rajeev has worked in new product development for more than 12 years, offering his expertise to top corporations such as GE, McGraw-Hill, Fujitsu, and HCA. He also has extensive experience with application architecture, product and software design, and on-demand computing in the areas of business-to-business, education, and healthcare. He is an expert in Client Relationship Management (CRM) technology adoption, with a current focus on building on-demand integration and CRM data mining applications. He also has been working in the incubation process of Salesforce.com, to launch new products for SaaS enablement. Rajeev earned Masters and Bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. |
| Praveen Ramachandra Director, India Development Center | Praveen Ramachandra, Director of India Development Center, has over 9 yrs experienced Information Technology professional with a wide experience in Education, B2B, B2C, Wireless Applications and CRM. He has a Bachelors in Computer Science and Masters in Computer Application. Technical expertise in managing and developing the On-Demand Applications and SaaS. Has experience of handling and managing the deliverables of global clients in Europe, Australia, USA, Dubai and UK from offshore center -- programming to management of the projects. He is also a Certified Salesforce.com consultant. He has been handling the Avankia India Operations since 2005. |
