BVR Mohan Reddy, founder and executive chairperson of Cyient, has built the company into a global leader in delivering engineering, manufacturing, data analytics, and networks and operations services.
Under Mohan’s leadership, Cyient established the Engineered in India brand and contributed more than $3 billion in exports. He also pioneered Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in India in 1982. In 2017, Mohan received the prestigious Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor for his contribution to India’s trade and industry. He currently serves on the board of directors for Innovapptive and Coromandel International, Ltd. He also is the Founding Director of T-Hub, India’s largest start-up incubation center.
Mohan believes in social responsibility. That led him to set up the Cyient Foundation. Through its Adopt-a-School initiative, the foundation supports more than 18,500 children in 28 government schools. Cyient Foundation has also set up 67 Cyient Digital Centers and is teaching digital skills to more than 24,000 children and 20,000 adults.
Mohan holds postgraduate degrees from IIT-Kanpur, and the University of Michigan. He has also received honorary doctorates from JNTU-Hyderabad, JNTU-Kakinada, Andhra University, and KL University.
Mark Bouzek is an accomplished global leader and board member dedicated to continually improving for-profit and not-for-profit organizational performance. He possesses a wide range of strategic, operational, technology and cybersecurity experience, including leading several $500 million+ global organizations, helping start multiple internet businesses, and serving on numerous for-profit and not-for-profit boards. Mark is currently a partner at Social Ventures Partners, where he works with not-for-profit organizations on strategy, optimization and coaching.
Previously, as BP’s Upstream CIO, Mark developed and implemented a global IT strategy, governance structure and operating model for 15 previously fragmented and diverse regions. His new organization operated in more than 20 countries with a $600 million budget.
Prior to BP, Mark was Royal Dutch Shell’s CIO Manufacturing, Supply and Distribution. He developed and implemented a $550 million global business unit which integrated 10 independent operating companies. Mark received a Bachelors’ degree in Quantitative Management Science from St. Louis University.
Perry Turbes has nearly 20 years’ experience in the upstream, midstream and pipeline sectors of the oil and market. He is the former CEO and COO of Quorum Software, which offer cloud-based platforms that deliver advanced functionality, improved efficiency and enhanced regulatory compliance. Prior to becoming CEO in 2013, Perry served in various executive management roles including, President, COO, and CCO. He played an instrumental role in product development and client delivery.
Perry brings proven software executive to the Innovapptive board of directors. He has used his expertise to maximize business process efficiencies throughout the energy value chain. Perry’s mantra is first and always take care of your employees and customers, and as a result Quorum experienced significant growth under his leadership. Before joining Quorum, he worked in the natural gas plant accounting group at Duke Energy Field Services (now DCP Midstream).
Perry has a bachelors’ degree in accounting from the University of Northern Colorado. On the personal side, He is an avid Vikings fan and loves spending weekend time at the lake house with his family.
Sashi Narahari is the co-founder of HighRadius, which has developed an AI platform that allows businesses to automate key back-office functions such as trade receivables and treasury management. HighRadius’ clients include top companies such as Adidas, Cargill, Danone, Walmart, Johnson & Johnson and Starbucks. Under Sashi’s leadership, the company has achieved unicorn status (valuation of at least $1 billion), the first tech/software company in Houston to reach such a level.
Sashi brings a unique combination of business management expertise and technical knowledge to the Innovapptive board of directors. He has proven executive management experience in building and operating software companies. Sashi is passionate about finding technology-enabled disruptive solutions to large under-served markets. He has worked with Fortune 1000 companies in implementing credit management, collections management, dispute management, and invoicing and payments solutions. Prior to HighRadius, Sashi served as the CEO of Riversand Technologies, a provider of Master Data Management (MDM) solutions.
Sashi holds a Masters’ degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai, India.
Hari Kamineni is at the forefront of innovation and the core foundation of Innovapptive's product and innovation strategy. Hari brings extensive leadership and management experience to Innovapptive, with over 15 years of technology expertise in SAP solutions. Prior to founding Innovapptive, he was at IBM as a Senior Leader having managed several large global SAP business transformation projects and he was actively involved in customer sales pursuits. His clients included large organizations such as the Government of Canada, AT&T, Verizon, Colgate Palmolive, The Coca Cola Company, Mead Johnson Nutrition, and Air Products.
Hari has received multiple awards for service excellence and outstanding technology achievements throughout his career. He has played a pivotal role in several of Innovapptive's strategic partnerships and has been recognized for winning the SAP Pinnacle Awards and SAP Mobile Apps challenges.
Sri Karthik is Innovapptive’s Senior Vice President, Business Development & Value Engineering. Sri brings strong relationship building skills cultivated by a successful career in software sales and project management, which complements an extensive background in accounting, finance, and information technology. His organization is focused on leading profitable growth by creating differentiated solutions for customers. His team’s responsibilities include product strategy, branding and execution, marketing initiatives, and the development and deployment of industry-leading value engineering capabilities.
His experience spans several industries including consumer products, oil and gas, media and telecommunications, F&B, chemicals, and life sciences and includes working with clients from different geographic regions and cultural backgrounds.
Sri has a Masters degree from Illinois Institute of Technology.
As Vice President - Strategic Accounts, Sven manages key accounts at Innovapptive with focus on bringing innovation to SAP customers, thereby extending the value creation via mobile solutions and cloud paradigms. Sven brings a rich sales experience in the SAP domain, helping customers realize step-change improvements through the adoption of a workforce management platform.
Prior to joining Innovapptive, Sven worked at Critigen as Global VP – SAP sales, where he led the rapid emergence of Critigen’s business tied to SAP and ensured critical success for the company’s rapid sales initiatives. Sven was instrumental in helping customers realize step-change improvements through the adoption of mobility solutions that seamlessly integrate business data (ERP) and geospatial data (GIS) in the context of business processes.
Before serving at Critigen, Sven enjoyed a distinguished career at SAP where he co-founded and led a cross-organizational incubation team that successfully catalyzed the emergence of spatial solutions across core verticals like utilities, public sector, oil & gas, and transportation. Apart from that, he also worked as a solution manager in the IBU for utilities by focusing on bringing analytic solutions and the SAP HANA appliance to the market. Overall, he possesses over ten years of experience as a strategic member of corporate leadership teams with venture-backed companies and currently is the member of the board of directors of a leading natural and organic beef company in the US. Sven was a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned an MBA in innovation and global leadership. He currently resides in Boston with his family.
Lisa Haag leads Innovapptive’s global Customer Success Delivery team, providing insight, guidance, and direction to ensure successful implementation and delivery of the connected workforce platform to customers. Lisa also leads Partner Delivery at Innovapptive, helping to identify partners who can provide implementation services to clients, offering the training they need to implement Innovapptive’s programs and guaranteeing they have the ongoing tools and support to make them successful.
Lisa brings over 23 years of experience working with customers and partners to drive the adoption of mobile and cloud technology. Her track record shows a strong history of successfully managing implementation projects ranging from small proof-of-concept to multi-million dollar global transformation projects with teams of 50+ consultants. Before joining Innovapptive, Lisa gained expertise in mobile and cloud technology, mobile EAM, as well as program and project management with SAP and Syclo LLC (acquired by SAP in 2013).
Lisa is a summa cum laude graduate from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree. She also holds an Applied Degree in C programming from William Rainey Harper in Palatine, IL.
Kalyan manages dual roles as Managing Director for Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) and VP of Customer Success. As Managing Director of ANZ, Kalyan is responsible for developing and managing the territory P&L and leading the company in ANZ across sales and operations. On the Customer Success front Kalyan is responsible for strategic customer success initiatives leading to high adoption of Innovapptive’s product portfolio and overall customer satisfaction collaborating across Products, Professional Services, Sales, and Marketing business units.
Kalyan has 14 years of global IT industry experience spanning across State and Federal Government, Mining, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications and Products industries. Kalyan worked with IBM and Accenture in senior roles in selling and implementing best of the breed ERP solutions including SaaS and Digital core.
Abhishek Parkala oversees the daily operations of the Global Delivery Center or GDC, the largest workforce office for Innovapptive. As an experienced and efficient leader, he is responsible for designing and implementing business strategies, plans and procedures that promote Innovapptive’s Mission and Vision.
He is responsible for developing and managing policies to streamline processes, oversee their execution and make sure the back office is running in alliance with the customer requirements. He has extensive experience in different sectors like Financial Services, IT, Real Estate, and Construction Management.
Abhishek is a serial entrepreneur having involved in three startups as a founder. In his previous ventures, he demonstrated competency in strategic planning and business development. He has deep insight into all facets of a business, and his ability to develop financial strategies to help these businesses grow is of added advantage to Innovapptive.
