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About Eka
Management Team
Board of Directors
Investors
Partners

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Manav Garg
CEO & Founder

Rick Nelson
President & COO

Daniel McEvoy
Global Head of
Metals & Mining

Shobhit Mathur
Vice President,
Product Management
& Pre Sales

Vinayak B.M
Chief Architect

Amit Sureka
Chief Financial Officer

Julie Hance
Senior Vice President,
Product Management
& Strategy

Mumu Pande
Vice President,
Engineering

Andy Bout
Vice President,
Energy

Stewart Brightman
Vice President,
Engineering

Manav Garg
CEO & Founder

Manav Garg is the CEO and Founder of Eka Software Solutions. Besides the overall responsibility of managing Eka, Manav oversees the areas of business strategy and corporate finance. Manav founded Eka after a brief stint as a trader with a large global commodity trading house. It was during his trading days that he saw the deficiencies in traditional trading and risk management software. Realizing the market opportunity, and combining this with his passion for technology, Manav setup Eka with venture capital funding.

The first few years of organizational building at Eka were an invaluable experience, helping him gain deep and unique insights into all aspects of the business, and the needs of customers across the globe. Today, with Eka having shown significant growth in revenues, profitability, customer base and employees, Manav provides leadership and overall direction in such strategic areas as talent management, product direction and growth strategy. He constantly strives to achieve ever higher levels of organizational excellence and customer satisfaction by encouraging responsibility and accountability at all levels.

Born in 1974, Manav graduated as an engineer from REC (Regional Engineering College) Jalandhar, and followed this by an MBA from IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Delhi. He was recently awarded the Star Entrepreneur Award for 2008-09 at the 2nd Indira International India Innovation Summit.

Rick Nelson
President & COO

Rick is based out of New York and is responsible for driving global growth and customer satisfaction. In this role he leads International Sales, Account Management, Professional Services and Support.
Rick comes to Eka with over 25 years of experience in the commodities market. In his career that spans organizations as diverse as ICE, Louis Dreyfus, Triple Point and Enron, he has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to understand customers and businesses, and achieve high levels of sustainable business growth.

Prior to joining Eka, Rick was Vice-President Global Sales at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), where he was a member of the Executive Management Team and was responsible for growing existing energy and soft commodity markets. Before that, he was Head of Global Sales with Triple Point Technology for more than six years, where he built top-tier professional sales and sales support teams and expanded the market outside the firm’s traditional focus. Rick has held senior and leadership positions in other leading commodity companies.

Rick has an MBA from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

Kirit Shah
Chairman GP Group

Mr. Kirit Shah is the Chairman of GP Group. The GP Group is a conglomerate with diverse business interests spanning several geographies. The Group is over 150 years old and has been headquartered in Thailand since 1918.

Mr. Shah, a serial entrepreneur, has seeded close to 300 companies across various sectors in a career spanning more than 30 years. His leadership and vision has turned the group into a multi billion dollar entity. The Group’s business ventures span diverse sectors including manufacturing, infrastructure, shipping, pharmaceuticals, hospitality and software. Precious Shipping Public Company Limited is the flagship company of the Group and is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. All other companies in the Group till date have remained private, though over the last few years, a few of the Group companies have seen sizeable private equity investments, to supplement expansions.

Mr. Shah’s family has been listed as the 19th richest in Thailand by Forbes.

Sandeep Singhal
Managing Director Nexus Capital

Prior to Nexus, Mr. Sandeep Singhal was Co-Founder and CEO of Medusind Solutions, one of the leading healthcare outsourcing companies in India. Sandeep is also the co-founder and Managing Director of eVentures, a leading Venture Capital firm focused on early stage investments in India since 1999. At eVentures, Sandeep has invested in CustomerAsset (acquired by ICICI Onesource), Mentorix Solutions (acquired by Lionbridge), Intigma (acquired by Emptoris), and MakeMyTrip (sold to SAIF Partners). Sandeep has held senior roles at McKinsey & Company, Digital Equipment and EDA Systems.

Mr. Singhal has an MBA (with Distinction) from The Wharton School with a dual Major in Finance and Marketing, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is actively involved with TiE, Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and the Wharton and Stanford India Alumni Associations. He is also a member of the steering committee for New Ventures India.

Shiraz Erach Poonevala
Director Investment GP Group

Mr Shiraz Erach Poonevala is Director of Investments at GP Group. Prior to GP Group, Mr. Poonevala was Senior Vice President at Seamico Securities Plc. He comes with a total of 19 years investment and corporate banking experience in leading financial service organizations. He started his stint in Bangkok with HSBC where he looked after their corporate and investment banking business. He also served as Director of Paragon Partners Co. Ltd., a boutique investment bank.

Mr. Shiraz Erach Poonevala is serving as Director & Audit Committee member of Polyplex (Thailand) Plc since 2004. Mr. Poonevala is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Masters Degree in Finance and Accounting.

Ashok Mukherjee
Independent Director

Mr. Ashok Mukherjee is an independent Director on the Board of Eka. He brings an immense wealth of international experience to the Eka Board. He has been the Managing Director of Rubber Manufacturing Industries in Bangkok and has been instrumental in setting up Latex Industries from scratch.

Mr. Mukherjee moved to India in 1995 as Managing Director of M/s Security Cards India Pvt. Ltd, & M/s First Pacific Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd Bangalore. He also helped found Select Technologies Pvt Ltd, which was sold to Wipro e peripheral in 2002.

Mr. Mukherjee has actively participated in several Royal Thai Government sponsored civic and health initiatives, noteworthy of these being active involvement with Magsaysay Award winner Dr. Vichai Veeravaidya’s projects on AIDS awareness & control programmes. He had received a special award from HRH Princess of Thailand for work done in the areas of rural health and community development in South Thailand. He is currently involved with various socio-cultural and charitable organizations in Bangalore, and was awarded the Outstanding International Director for Rotary Bangalore South West.

With a Bachelors degree in Science & Post Graduation Diploma in Business Management Mr. Mukherjee has also served as a guest faculty with IIM, Ahmedabad and B.K.School of Business Management Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

Daniel McEvoy
Global Head of Metals & Mining
Dan is responsible for Eka’s global metals & mining industry practice covering industry strategy, new business and product development, sales and marketing. Based in Eka’s USA office, he has more than 20 years of experience in the financial and commodities industries. His international trading and deep industry knowledge will help grow Eka’s metals & mining practice to the next level.

He joins Eka from Brady PLC where he served as President of Brady USA, Inc. Prior to this, Dan has held senior management and leadership roles with two other software start-ups. Earlier in his career, he worked for Credit Suisse and Citibank where he gained experience in precious metals, derivatives, project/trade finance and with two trading companies, Amalgamet and Cargill, where he traded physical non-ferrous metals, ores and concentrates. Dan is a former Special Advisor to the U.S. State Department during the U.S. participation in an international commodities agreement composed of producing and consuming countries, a former Director of The Gold & Silver Institute, and is a member of the Copper Club and International Precious Metals Institute.

Dan graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance.

About Eka
Management Team
Board of Directors
Investors
Partners

CTRM Success

Consumer Product Group Solution Brief
A solution brief for the Processing and CPG Companies

Eka.Grownet
An online portal specifically designed to help agri-marketing companies improve grower experience through personalized and professional services.

Eka.Concentrates
The Physical Trade & Risk Management Software for Metals & Mining

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Manav Garg
CEO & Founder
Rick Nelson
President & COO Daniel McEvoy
Global Head of
Metals & Mining

Shobhit Mathur
Vice President,
Product Management
& Pre Sales
Vinayak B.M
Chief Architect Amit Sureka
Chief Financial Officer

Julie Hance
Senior Vice President,
Product Management
& Strategy
Mumu Pande
Vice President,
Engineering

Andy Bout
Vice President,
Energy

Stewart Brightman
Vice President,
Engineering

Manav Garg
CEO & Founder (THIEF)

Manav Garg is the CEO and Founder of Eka Software Solutions. Besides the overall responsibility of managing Eka, Manav oversees the areas of business strategy and corporate finance. Manav founded Eka after a brief stint as a trader with a large global commodity trading house. It was during his trading days that he saw the deficiencies in traditional trading and risk management software. Realizing the market opportunity, and combining this with his passion for technology, Manav setup Eka with venture capital funding.

The first few years of organizational building at Eka were an invaluable experience, helping him gain deep and unique insights into all aspects of the business, and the needs of customers across the globe. Today, with Eka having shown significant growth in revenues, profitability, customer base and employees, Manav provides leadership and overall direction in such strategic areas as talent management, product direction and growth strategy. He constantly strives to achieve ever higher levels of organizational excellence and customer satisfaction by encouraging responsibility and accountability at all levels.

Born in 1974, Manav graduated as an engineer from REC (Regional Engineering College) Jalandhar, and followed this by an MBA from IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Delhi. He was recently awarded the Star Entrepreneur Award for 2008-09 at the 2nd Indira International India Innovation Summit.

Rick Nelson
President & COO

Rick is based out of New York and is responsible for driving global growth and customer satisfaction. In this role he leads International Sales, Account Management, Professional Services and Support.
Rick comes to Eka with over 25 years of experience in the commodities market. In his career that spans organizations as diverse as ICE, Louis Dreyfus, Triple Point and Enron, he has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to understand customers and businesses, and achieve high levels of sustainable business growth.

Prior to joining Eka, Rick was Vice-President Global Sales at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), where he was a member of the Executive Management Team and was responsible for growing existing energy and soft commodity markets. Before that, he was Head of Global Sales with Triple Point Technology for more than six years, where he built top-tier professional sales and sales support teams and expanded the market outside the firm’s traditional focus. Rick has held senior and leadership positions in other leading commodity companies.

Rick has an MBA from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

Daniel McEvoy
Global Head of Metals & Mining
Dan is responsible for Eka’s global metals & mining industry practice covering industry strategy, new business and product development, sales and marketing. Based in Eka’s USA office, he has more than 20 years of experience in the financial and commodities industries. His international trading and deep industry knowledge will help grow Eka’s metals & mining practice to the next level.

He joins Eka from Brady PLC where he served as President of Brady USA, Inc. Prior to this, Dan has held senior management and leadership roles with two other software start-ups. Earlier in his career, he worked for Credit Suisse and Citibank where he gained experience in precious metals, derivatives, project/trade finance and with two trading companies, Amalgamet and Cargill, where he traded physical non-ferrous metals, ores and concentrates. Dan is a former Special Advisor to the U.S. State Department during the U.S. participation in an international commodities agreement composed of producing and consuming countries, a former Director of The Gold & Silver Institute, and is a member of the Copper Club and International Precious Metals Institute.

Dan graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance.

Shobhit Mathur
Vice President,
Product Management and Pre Sales

Shobhit looks after the strategic management of Eka’s product portfolio and creating go-to-market strategies. He oversees the teams responsible for driving Eka’s roadmap, product innovation and user experience improvements. Shobhit is also responsible for all pre sales engagements, where he and his team of functional experts work closely with customers during the product evaluation process.

Prior to joining Eka in 2004, Shobhit worked with the Global Green Company, one of India’s largest horticulture produce exporters, where he was involved in various aspects of sales order planning and execution, agri sourcing and procurement, production planning, shipment and delivery. In his 12+ years of experience, he has developed and executed strategies globally for product strategy, new market entry, key account management, core team expansions and business development. Shobhit graduated in Economics from Hindu College, Delhi University, followed by an MBA from IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Delhi.

Vinayak B.M
Chief Architect

Vinayak is responsible for product engineering at Eka. He has been part of the Eka project since its inception, and is today involved in defining and shaping the product’s architecture and driving technology initiatives. He leads a team of dedicated architects who are responsible for enhancing and constantly innovating the technology architecture and workflow in Eka.

Vinayak has over 15+ years of experience in building and managing technology teams with leading national and multinational IT companies, including HP and L&T Infotech.

Amit Sureka
Chief Financial Officer

Amit is responsible for Eka’s global financial activities and leads several related functions including budgeting, analysis and reporting, regulatory compliances and all related activities worldwide. Amit has extensive knowledge and experience in finance, having joined Eka from Jubilant’s Group’s Retail business where he was the Group CFO.

Prior to this, Amit was the CFO & Director of MphasiS BPO (MsourcE), where as a key member of the leadership team he helped grow the organization into one of the larger players in the BPO & IT sector. He has held top positions with various organizations across different geographies including USA where he worked with one of California’s largest banks as Vice President. Amit started his career with KPMG.

Amit is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and has completed advanced certification courses relating to finance from leading business schools in India and USA.

Julie Hance
Senior Vice President,
Product Management & Strategy

Julie is responsible for the vision, strategy and marketing of Eka’s portfolio of products and oversees the Product Management team’s activities associated with the entire life cycle of Eka products.

Julie joins Eka with over 25 years of industry experience in the areas of product management, engineering, quality assurance, marketing, and sales. Prior to Joining Eka, Julie was Vice President at Itron International, a global conglomerate with operations in 130 countries where she was responsible for Itron’s Software Solutions business. Before Itron, she has held executive positions at Orcom Solutions, Excelergy and Indus International software companies and began her career as an engineer at Florida Power and Light Company.

Julie holds a BS in Engineering from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.

Mumu Pande
Vice President,
Engineering

Mumu is responsible for Eka’s technology vision, strategy and execution of Eka’s Commodities Trading & Risk Management Products in Agri-Commodities, Metals and Energy sectors. She heads the Product Development & Engineering functions at Eka.

Mumu comes with an extensive background in Application Development. She spent 10 years in the US and 4+ years in India with Oracle Inc where she was the Director of Development for Oracle's Fusion Applications. She worked in the CRM, GRC and BI areas wearing multiple hats in product development, product management, project planning, and customer engagement.

Mumu has a B.Tech in Engineering from University of Kolkata, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India and an MS from the University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

Andy Bout
Vice President,
Energy

Andy is based out of Calgary and is responsible for the energy markets served by EKA. He is the founder of EnCompass Technologies and has over 25 years of experience in the commodities market, specifically in the energy trading and risk management areas.

Andy comes to Eka as part of its acquisition of EnCompass Technologies. He founded the company in 1992 and led the company through the design, development and implementation of the EnCompass Energy Suite, an industry leading ETRM platform. His experience with EnCompass included working with large financial institutions, large and midsized trading firms, utilities, and producers in all functional areas. He has a customer focused approach with a focus on solving business process challenges. Prior to founding EnCompass, Andy worked for a Canadian based utility as well as Anderson Consulting serving primarily energy based companies.
Andy has a Bachelor of Business Degree (with Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University and CMA certification.

Stewart Brightman
Vice President,
Engineering

Stewart has over 32 years of experience in software development and has spent the last 16 years working on EnCompass’ energy trading and risk management product. He graduated in 1980 with a B.Sc. (Honours) from Lancaster University in England, and after a variety of roles with hardware and software vendors, consultants and system integrators, joined EnCompass as a principal and co-owner in 1997.