Sam Santhosh,
CEO and Managing Director, California Software Co. Ltd.

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.