Our Leadership

Krishnaprasad Bannanje

Partner & VP - Americas

Krishnaprasad (KP) is a technology executive with over two decades of significant experience ranging from hands-on development to managing multi-million dollar consulting services business. KP is currently, Partner & VP-Americas at Novigo Solutions Inc.

KP has built & lead Strategic Sales & Product Engineering teams across multiple industries like consumer, automotive, healthcare, and digital payment services, working closely with fortune 500 customers in the US, EMEA & APAC. Prior to joining Novigo, KP served as Associate Vice President managing US Market Sales Strategy for Neusoft Corp. KP has also worked with Infosys, Cerner Corp, and GE in various leadership roles including client engagement, product engineering, and program management.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he focuses on Customer growth and Partner efforts for the US region. He has a deep passion for how technology adoption can be a catalyst bringing change in the education and health sector with wider social outcomes. He has been an advisor & mentor for several social startups across developing nations.

Mohammed Hanif

Co-Founder & CTO

Mohammed Hanif has over 16 years of experience in the IT industry. With his passion for Technology, he has architected several Enterprise solutions and has done Technical Consulting for global clients. Hanif is currently, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), at Novigo and he is responsible for creating a strong technical portfolio for Novigo. Hanif ensures that our team demonstrates the modern digital technology capabilities consistently, by aligning our portfolio to the digital transformation happening around us. Hanif has worked with Accenture, Infosys and Collabera before he started Novigo.

Being one of the founding members of the Novigo team, Hanif’s primary responsibility involves making Novigo’s technical offerings desirable to our global clients. He passionately kept track of changes happening in the technology front and built his team to meet the growing needs of our customers.

Hanif has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from VTU and is a very active member of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Mohammed Jarood

Co-Founder & COO

Mohammed Jarood has been in the IT industry for over 16 years. He has handled various responsibilities in IT industry, including Software development and Technical Consulting for global clients. Jarood is currently, Chief Operating Officer (COO), at Novigo Solutions Pvt Ltd. He is responsible for engineering, delivering, and selling market focussed platform solutions at Novigo. Jarood was instrumental in setting up the Data Science practice at Novigo and enhancing our capabilities on BI & Analytics, Microservices and DevOps. Jarood passion for adopting new technologies resulted in Novigo launching its first cloud-based SaaS platform on AWS.

Jarood has worked with Tata Elxsi, Infosys and Collabera before he started Novigo.

Jarood has a bachelor’s degree from MIT and is very passionate about reviewing potential opportunities for Novigo in the startup’s eco system. Jarood was instrumental in Novigo acquiring two startup’s – Karanji Infotech and Nyletech.

Shihab Kalandar

Co-Founder & CCO

Shihab Kalandar comes with a rich experience of over 15 years in the IT industry covering various roles of Software development & Team handling for global clients. Shihab is currently, Chief Customer Officer (CCO), at Novigo Solutions Pvt Ltd. He is responsible for building new markets and managing client relationships for Novigo. He was instrumental in Novigo setting up the RPA practice and become the first USN certified partner in the MENA region for the global automation giants UiPath. In a small span of 3 years, Shihab has grown Novigo’s automation practice to over 100 people and has made Novigo a globally recognised automation service provider.

Shihab has worked with Accenture and TCS before he Started Novigo.

Shihab has a bachelor’s degree from VTU and was instrumental in Novigo achieving several key partnerships over the past 6 years.

Nalini Thite

VP Sales – Singapore

Nalini Thite comes with an experience of about 25 years in the IT industry covering various roles in Software development & Team handling for global clients. Based in Singapore for the past 14 years, Nalini is VP Business Development, at Novigo Solutions Pvt Ltd. She is responsible for building South East Asia as a new market and managing client relationships in the region. She carries a background of project management, sales, account management, and inbound marketing. She has experience of building and successfully running, as well as offering consulting services regarding the same to various organizations.

Nalini has worked with CapGemini and Infosys before joining Novigo. She is passionate about and actively engaged in charitable and community work in Singapore