About Us
Suresh Anandham is a seasoned finance executive with over 15 years of professional experience in India and Canada across a spectrum of business activities. He is responsible for the financial activities of the company, including accounting and controls, statutory filings, financial planning and analysis, corporate governance, audits, and tax structuring and planning. Suresh's cross-border experiences working in Canada and in India are very helpful toward our vision of bridging the global workforce.
Prior to joining Arctern, Suresh was working as a Controller/Accounting Manager with CNW Group Limited, a medium-sized media company located in Toronto, Canada. Suresh was responsible for the day-to-day finance activities. As a result of his ongoing dedication and professional development, Suresh was given additional responsibilities and professional progression. Suresh was instrumental in the successful restructuring of the accounting team to improve the accuracy and timely presentation of financial information. Prior to migrating to Canada, Suresh spent his earlier years with Navaratna public sector companies in India and other growing companies in various sectors and learned the ins and outs of the business processes.
Suresh has a Bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Kerala. He is a certified cost accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) and company secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). . During his five years of stay in Canada, he added additional professional qualifications like CPA from USA and CGA from Canada to improve his exposure to international accounting.
Suresh enjoys spending his spare time with his wife and two kids.
Surya Katakam provides the technology direction and leadership for Arctern. He is responsible for building and implementing the MIS backbone for the company. He is also responsible to liaison with the technical services group to ensure best practices are followed across technical recruitment, training, consulting, and customer delivery. Surya also heads Arctern's software R&D division, Toofaan. The Toofaan team is actively innovating and developing web-based products/applications in the "specialized/contextual" search engine space. For more details, please visit http://www.toofaan.com .
Surya brings to the company over 19 years of management and product development experience under multiple platforms and computing environments. He has proven ability to span the gap between evolving business requirements and technical implementation. His strong project management skills complement his technical expertise in architecting and delivering distributed enterprise solutions.
Prior to Arctern, Surya served as a Senior Manager - R & D at Everest Software (formerly iCode Software) where he led the design, development and delivery of Everest, an award winning multi-tier e-business and e-commerce software suite, using state-of-the-art Microsoft technologies. During the past 11 years at Everest, he has demonstrated continuous product and process improvements as well as technology migration. He was also instrumental in identifying and integrating key OEM components and solutions for the Everest product line. Before Everest, Surya worked with a domestic IT organization developing and implementing business automation solutions for several retail/wholesale businesses and manufacturing industries.
Surya holds an MBA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from Nagarjuna University . When not working, he enjoys reading, watching cricket, traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Kamal Mehta is a senior executive with a unique combination of professional management and entrepreneurial experiences, spanning over 40 years, across USA and India. In addition to being a member of Arctern’s Board of Directors, Mr. Mehta is responsible for managing all administrative activities of the company, including procurement, vendor management, facilities management, imports and liaison with STPI/Customs, real-estate planning, and travel. Mr. Mehta's cross-border experiences working in the US and in India are very helpful toward our vision of bridging the global workforce. Mr. Mehta's team is instrumental in delivering quality infrastructure and back-office support for all Arctern offices worldwide.
Prior to Arctern, Mr. Mehta was Executive Manager - Finance & Admin at iCode, Inc. (now Everest Software, Inc.) and a mentor for the company’s founders. He played a significant role in helping the company set up a strategic alliance for R&D in Mumbai during its early years and later its offshore operations in Bangalore, including the company's technical support center.
Parallel to his involvement with Everest Software, Mr. Mehta owned and managed several businesses, including a chain of retail video stores, check cashing businesses, and car dealerships in Virginia and Maryland, for over twenty years.
Prior to migrating to the United States, Mr. Mehta was Regional Manager at a nationalized bank in India managing several branches across West and North India as well as its Foreign Exchange Division.
Mr. Mehta was also the Vice Chairman of Shruti Swaram, an India art academy established to promote young and budding artists.
Mr. Mehta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Commerce from Gujarat University. He has also completed his higher education and professional certification as a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking (C.A.I.I.B).
Outside of work, Mr. Mehta has a passion for traveling and entertainment and has traveled to over twenty countries around the world. He also enjoys sports including golf, swimming, cricket, badminton, and table tennis.
Sudhakar Vishwanath is the Corporate Counsel at Arctern. He is responsible for planning and directing all aspects of the company’s legal affairs in India, including matters related to corporate/company compliance, employment/labor, contracts, M&A, financing, real estate, intellectual property and general commercial transactions.
Prior to Arctern, Sudhakar worked for over 7 years as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Pune (India)-based Compulink Systems Limited, software products, services and training company. During his tenure, he successfully contributed to managing the company’s venture funding and IPO.
With over 10 years of experience in the areas of legal and company secretarial functions, Sudhakar holds bachelor’s degrees in law and commerce, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Besides working, Sudhakar is a passionate part-time cricketer and an avid weekend trekker/traveler.
Siddharth brings to Arctern 14 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in global strategic staffing, business development, operations, and best practices in recruitment. He has proven ability in leading large-sized teams, translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies and executing multi-faceted campaigns to improve market share and profitability. His achievements include handling turnkey staffing mandates from ground zero and bringing them to scale. He has contributed significantly to building staffing delivery to scale in multiple verticals and establishing competency centers.
He is a management graduate in Marketing from IFIM Bangalore and has a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences from Sambalpur University, India. Prior to joining Arctern, Siddharth was with IT People (India) Ltd., where as a SBU head, he spearheaded their IT services and consulting operations. He had a successful entrepreneurial stint of nearly five years as a Director and Country Head with eQURA Consulting. Prior to this, Siddharth was associated with Ionidea, a Virginia- based software development firm and Standard Chartered Bank.
Apart from spending spare time with his wife and kids, Siddharth likes to spend his time addressing social community issues. He enjoys sports, music and trekking.
Raghavan heads the Corporate Communications function at Arctern. His professional experience extends to over 20 years, spanning Journalism and Corporate & Marketing Communications.
At Arctern, Raghavan’s responsibility includes management and coordination of all marketing communications projects as well as sustained PR initiatives designed to create awareness and to reinforce our corporate brand identity.
Prior to Arctern, he worked in senior editorial positions with major newspapers and business magazines, and has headed/managed the corporate/marketing communications function at several IT product/services and biotechnology companies, including Everest Software, Epiance Software, Mentorware and Biocon.
Raghavan holds degrees in Commerce, Journalism and Communications from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Away from work, Raghavan enjoys reading – both fiction and non-fiction - and following current affairs.
Ruhi Sharma brings to Arctern 21 years of experience from various industry segments. Starting from her first company onwards, Ruhi has been a pioneer in helping organizations in getting their ISO and various other quality related certifications. She brings in a rich experience of ISO 9000, CMMi compliance, Six Sigma and Lean implementation, and has various certifications to her name, such as completion of professional education series for CMMi version 1.2 from Carnegie Mellon University, a appraisal team member training for CMMi ver 1.2, Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 by KPMG, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Facilitator. She has also completed her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Prior to joining Arctern, she worked for 9 years with Wipro Technologies where she played different roles starting from Release Manager for a reputed North America Telecom customer to Software Quality Assurance Head for the Telecom Service Provider group to Strategy & Operations planning for the Communication & Media vertical. Before Wipro, Ruhi was with Chemtex Engineering where she worked as a Project Manager and Electrical Engineer involved with the design of petrochemical, paper & pulp and textile plants, working on turnkey projects from proposal till built- and- transfer stage.
Ruhi holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from Punjab Engineering College, India. She was a state (Himachal Pradesh) topper in her SSLC.
Ruhi’s family comprises of her son (who loves to play drums and is a member of his school band) and husband, is an entrepreneur. Ruhi enjoys listening to music and reading books.