Prior to launching Affordable Business Solutions, Srikant S. Rao was the Country Manager, India for BEA Systems, Inc. – a multi-national company with sales revenues of over US$1 Billion. Srikant Rao was responsible for the Indian operations of BEA Systems, Inc. Srikant launched BEA Systems in India and established its business operations in India.

Srikant is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has played an active part in the Alumni activities of both these institutions. He has the privilege of receiving the Distinguished Service Award from IIT Bombay for his contributions to the Village Knowledge Center project.

Srikant has served as the Convener of CII Karnataka’s Panel on Education, Skills Development and Vocational Training and as the Honorary Chairman of the Government Industrial Training Institutes in Ramanagaram and Belthangady. He is the Honorary General Secretary of the National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch

Kini, in his professional career spanning over 27 years, has handled various finance positions in companies ranging from Agro, Manufacturing, Telecom, BFSI and Software. As an early user of Information Technology[NV3] , starting from his first job, Kini has always been keen on helping organizations leverage Information Technology to enhance productivity and provide accurate reporting.

Prior to starting ABS, Kini was the CFO at a software company in Bangalore, Controller and a Member on the Board at NCR Corporation India Pvt Ltd., Head of Finance at ANZ Information Technologies Limited (formerly Index Computing), and has worked at C-DOT (Centre for Development of Telematics), as the Finance Executive.

Hari is responsible for operations and also spearheads the Industry Vertical Solutions for Agro Industry.

Hari started his career with the TVS group handling Project Management and Materials Management functions at Sundaram-Clayton. He then moved on to Sanmar Group handling the procurement function for its subsidiaries. He also worked with SAP consulting and implementation at the JK Group as well as on the support team at Solectron, prior to joining ABS.

Giridhar is responsible for Delivery at ABS. Prior to joining ABS, he co-founded New-Age Bizsoft Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore.

During the course of his career, Giridhar has participated in the review of Unilever’s South European operations, where he gain extensive experience and insight into SMEs and their end customers. As a lead consultant for Anderson and BoozAllen and Hamilton, Giridhar consulted with leading companies in India and Europe in the areas of strategy, operations and management.

Giridhar holds a degree in Science and an MBA from INSEAD France. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK. Giridhar is a Director of INSEAD Alumni Association - India and a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE).

Sridhar Ramachandran is Principal Consultant with Affordable Business Solutions (ABS), Bangalore that focusses on delivering value through technology assets, cloud solutions and business consulting to the M/SME sector in India.  He has served in large multi-national corporations in India and abroad in various capacities at the executive leadership level. He brings to bear experiences in customer engagements & sales, business transformation, services delivery, people practices and information technology applications. Working with customer like TIER1 foreign banks & insurance companies he has institutionalized best practices in the areas of quality, risk & compliance, business operations.

In ABS, Sridhar contributes as a people practioner, change agent and technology evangelist within and with it’s customers. He has been in this role since 2013 and prior this was the Global Head for the IT services portfolio in Oracle. He has served in other companies like ANZ Banking Group, Phillips, ATOS-Origin and other indian multinationals.
He holds Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Masters in Business Law (MBL)