This is the team that leads by example and defines Calsoft’s journey with vision and integrity. Mutual respect and a keen eye on building collaboration at every level with internal and external stakeholders is their guiding principal.
- Sam Santhosh
CEO and Managing Director
California Software Co. Ltd.
Sam Santhosh
CEO and Managing Director
Sam Santhosh is the CEO and Managing Director of Calsoft; the company he founded in 1992. Focused on leading Calsoft to achieve improved growth in revenue and profitability; Sam oversaw the growth of Calsoft in all key areas – Finance, Strategy and Customer acquisition. Calsoft went public in the year 1996 and today employs over 1000 people in 12 global locations.
Sam started the company with a strong technology focus to deliver value-added solutions to U.S customers. His technology vision saw him creating a new range of products in the CAD viewer market. In 1995, he led his team to visualize, develop and market the Dr.DWG suite of products and redefined the entire CAD Viewer market in the U.S. Having gained expertise in product development and sensing a market opportunity for software product development services, Sam focused on technology companies. Under his leadership Calsoft became a leading player in the technology arena in the Silicon Valley with names like Sony, Nortel Networks, EMC, Kronos, HP etc as its customers.
Under Sam’s vision Calsoft metamorphosed from a niche player in the Silicon Valley to a global player providing a range of service offerings. The year 2001-2002 saw Calsoft emerge as a preferred offshore development partner. The company set up successful ODC’s for customers like Kronos and Nortel Networks. Sam further increased the breadth and depth of Calsoft offerings by stepping into the enterprise space with a dominant presence in the UK market.
Over the years Sam has led the company’s growth both organically as well as through acquisitions and strategic partnerships with global leaders. From the year 2004 to date Sam has directly overseen the acquisition of 5 companies. He has been instrumental in positioning and integrating the acquired companies and their services under the Calsoft group umbrella, thereby resulting in positive synergies. He is the architect of the Calsoft group and oversees its functioning out of Fremont California.
Sam has an engineering degree and an MBA (majoring in Management Information Systems) from India’s premier institute IIM, Calcutta.
- Sai Satyam
CFO
Sai Satyam
CFO
Sai brings a broad range of experience in finance and operations at companies both large and small. As CFO of the group, Sai is responsible for Calsoft Group's financial management, internal controls, reporting, business planning, accounting operations and group taxation.
Sai has over 21 years of global experience in the areas of management and finance. Prior to joining Calsoft, he served as a General Manager (finance and accounts) with Melsons Group, a Moscow based trading conglomerate with extensive networks in Russian Federation and Baltics. He has significant management experience in Africa and Asia. During his tenure of 6 years at Midland Galvanizing Products Ltd., Nigeria (part of Comcraft group), he has managed numerous strategic corporate initiatives involving corporate finance and accounting, business restructuring and acquisitions.
Sai is an Associate Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He holds a Bachelor degree in commerce and accounting from the University of Madras and is an active member of the IMA. - Glen Baylor
VP-Business Development
Glen Baylor
VP-Business Development
Glen oversees Business Development and Marketing activities at Calsoft Labs and California Software Co Ltd (Calsoft). He is focused on expanding software development opportunities globally and launching Calsoft Labs new e-Business tools.
Glen has more than 25 years experience as a business executive and consultant in Silicon Valley. He has founded several technology companies and helped many others raise venture funds and take their products to market. Glen's marketing expertise spans hardware, software, networking services and e-Business solutions. Glen attended the University of San Francisco and California State University, Los Angeles. Has a degree in Political Science.
- Ramandeep Singh
Head – Calsoft Labs
Ramandeep Singh
Head – Calsoft Labs
As Head of Calsoft Labs, Ramandeep is driving the engineering teams & strategic planning activities for Calsoft Labs. He joined the Calsoft Labs management team from Aspire Communications; a subsidiary of Calsoft Labs. Ramandeep has over twenty years of experience in data networking, telecommunications and semiconductor technologies and as a senior level executive he managed strategic planning, business development, engineering and marketing related activities at various companies. Prior to joining Aspire, Ramandeep was marketing and operations head at Luminous Networks and before that he was CEO of Corona Networks. He also worked at Nortel, Bay Networks, Mitsubishi, VLSI Technology and LSI Logic. Ramandeep holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. - Vedante Srihari
Head – Calsoft Enterprise Solutions
Vedante Srihari
Head – Calsoft Enterprise Solutions
Vedante Srihari is the founder of Inatech, an Oracle business solutions specialist that merged with the Calsoft in 2007. Prior to the acquisition, Srihari built Inatech through organic growth, winning numerous technology awards and named Oracle UK’s FY09 SOA and Integration Partner for Retail and Manufacturing as well as Oracle UK’s FY09 ISV partner. As Head of Calsoft Enterprise Solutions, Srihari is responsible for Calsoft’s expansion and quality of service in the IT solutions field.
Prior to Inatech, Srihari founded Vedante Consultants in 1994, a solutions lead organisation, employing 20 consultants in the UK. Under Srihari’s leadership, Calsoft Enterprise Solutions aims to become a market leader in business technology solutions. As a global sourcing company, with a successful delivery model, Calsoft is able to combine the right skills, in the right locations, to deliver cost effective business solutions. Srihari's overriding concern and the core of his business philosophy is providing optimum value for Calsoft's business partners through value-based solutions. Calsoft solutions are geared towards establishing e-business process through optimisation of technological solutions, integrating best of breed products.
Srihari has been implementing computerised financial systems since 1986 and during this time has gained a wealth of experience spanning all stages of software development and business processes. Srihari has worked on various projects within the banking and manufacturing industries; including Oracle ERP and Oracle e-Business Suites implementations, and for customers including Unisys, Tandem and Phones4U.
Srihari takes a hands-on approach to management, still working on solution architect projects while driving the vision and direction of the company. Srihari understands the needs and business requirements in supply chain management within the manufacturing and retail environments.
Srihari has a B.Sc (Hons) degree from Osmania University (India), majoring in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
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