About us » Management Team
Balakrishnan Ranganathan – Managing Director and CEO
Balakrishnan Ranganathan is the CEO and MD of Excelencia i Tech Consulting Pvt. Ltd. He is the driving force behind
the company’s performance. Prior to starting Excelencia, Bala was responsible in developing a startup offshore software organization
from the scratch and was successful in making the organization reach the two million mark in less than two years. In his total career
span of 27 years he has worked for leading companies in Plastics and Pharmaceuticals sector and later began his career in IT and has
held various management positions in IT sector for the past 13 years. Bala has led Excelencia in several important initiatives
pertaining to advancing the company’s future to achieve its vision of becoming the preferred vendor for software outsourcing.
Bala’s passion apart from Excelencia is teaching and reading. He has taught and given lectures in many reputed colleges and
universities throughout India.
Rajesh PR – CTO & VP Partnerships
Rajesh is the Chief Technology Officer at Excelencia i Tech Consulting Pvt. Ltd. His responsibilities include management
of Excelencia’s overall offshore operations with an additional focus on strategic planning and new business development.
He has over 10 years of experience in complete life cycle of commercial application software development & implementing
various commercial applications across all platforms. Worked with big names in the IT industry like Satyam, Cognizant, Tesco,
iSOFT, etc…
Rajesh oversees Excelencia’s technology strategy and the delivery of enterprise business solutions, focusing on meeting
the needs of consumers and providers.
Rajesh has a passion for traveling and shows keen interest in software programming. Rajesh has an uncanny affection
towards dogs which makes his favorite past time.
Shahul Hameed – COO & VP Oracle Practice
Shahul joined Excelencia in 2009 as Chief Operating Officer. In addition to his role of COO he also manages
the Oracle Division by being Vice President for Oracle Practice. Shahul has over 18 years of experience in telecommunication
industry with hands-on experience in voice, data, satellite, PDH, SDH technologies. Managed several large private telecom
network projects both in India and South-Asia for high profile MNCs. Managed product rollout for a leading telecom operator.
Created full-fledged operations & support team right from scratch. His Key strengths include Service Delivery, Service Assurance,
Customer Management, Program/Project Management, Operations Management, Product Management, Presales Solution Support. Worked with
telecom giants like MCI (Currently Verizon Business), Reliance Communications etc.,
Shahul is a fitness enthusiast and running is his passion. He makes sure to complete at least five miles a day and
his motto for running is for fun.
Buvaaneswari – CFO
Buvaaneswari is the CFO of Excelencia i Tech Consulting Pvt Ltd and she’s overall responsible for the smooth functioning
of the finance and Admin departments. Having 23 years of experience in Finance and Administration in various fields and has
expertise in costing of various formulations in the pharmaceutical and printing industry. During the course of her career
she straddled strategic and operational responsibilities in financial planning, treasury, tax, compliance & processes.
She has around five years of experience in handling the finance and admin departments in software companies.
Buvaaneswari has an immense passion for cooking and loves experimenting new recipes.