In an era of competitive advancement it becomes indispensable for leaders to enhance their inherent ability and respond quickly to the clients and employees needs. Strategy thinking and strong customer orientation has made us the ideal partner to work with.
Gateway TechnoLabs creates an environment where its employees can work in an amorphous environment and develop the skills to succeed in any situation. Our leadership skills reflect our commitment towards excellence, simultaneously grooming new leaders to take up challenging roles.
Niraj heads Gateway Group of Companies as the Chairman & Managing Director.
He is the Founder Director and Chief Architect of the team catapulting Gateway TechnoLabs as one of the best choices of offshore software development companies in India. He is responsible for consolidating growth in markets across the globe. He spells out the vision and the strategic direction of Gateway TechnoLabs and oversees the Company's expansion. He is at the helm of several initiatives in technology, applications, processes, customer deliveries and business development.
He is responsible for Business Development and for management of the P&L and Finance Function of the company. In addition to driving revenue and profitability a key part of his focus is to ensure that the appropriate structure is in place to deliver continued high levels of client satisfaction at a time of strong growth in the company.
Managing the consistent growth of the company over the years while retaining 100% financial stability and continuous sustenance of the company by having the best of the teams to work for the company to retain its cutting edge technological competence in the Global markets has been his core competence. People management, Financial planning and Process orientation at operational level have been his forte.
He is an Engineer with a Masters Degree in Business Administration from one of the top 10 Management Institutes in India.
Indrajit is the Joint Managing Director of Gateway Group of Companies.
He is responsible for technology transformation, quality and overall project management. He heads his super team of over 500+ software developers. He and his team have a 100% delivery record and have brought all the name and fame that Gateway has in terms of having a powerful multi platform and multi skilled technology team. He is responsible for the Best Software Development Practices to be followed by the company.
He is almost fanatical about delivering value and quality to our customers and his willingness to sacrifice business and profits to hold on to our commitment and promise. He has consistently delivered significant positive change and envisioned and built the technology team at Gateway.
His leadership inspires to give shape to the collective efforts his team, who use technology to shape standard & unheard-of solutions.
Prior to being a part of Gateway Indrajit served as Project Manager for Veritas Inc., where he specialized in Communication S/W, Networking Monitoring Probes, Protocol Stacks, Embedded Systems, Business Application Development, SNMP, Vx Works (RTOS), RMON II, SS7 Protocol, T1/E1 testers, Frame Relay.
He has done Bachelors in Science and Masters in Computer Application from Gujarat University.
Vipin is the Managing Director, European Union, Gateway TechnoLabs Pvt. Ltd., India; and Managing Director, BeNeLux, NINtec B.V., The Netherlands.
He has over nine years of managerial & consulting experience in IT-enabled business areas in variety of roles such as business consultant, sales/account management, project management and line management. He has a commercial & pragmatic approach and has led efforts in this area for government (defence, transport, environment) and private sector clients (financial institutions, food, agriculture, trade, etc.). He has appeared several times in press & professional magazines and has also published articles. NINtec services clients in the area of recruitment and selection, software integration/development and caters to the continental Europe market. He is on board of The Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT).
He has served for Computer Sciences Corporation and Logica before setting up NINtec B.V. Vipin holds a Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands.
Saibal Mitra is a whole-time Director and the CEO of the Publishing and Media Business Group. With Gateway's aggressive and planned forays in the Media domain for the European and American markets, he spearheads Gateway’s business operations and growth in these directions along with a mandate for Corporate Strategic Planning for global operations. He has over 23 years of rich experience in International IT Business, Corporate Communications and Strategic Marketing in global marketing and technology driven organizations with a uniquely strong combination of operational knowledge, customer orientation and global business experience. His goal is to help Gateway realize its visions of improved bottom-line and rapid growth through expansion of operations in new markets.
At his last position, Saibal worked as the CEO of S R Nova, the technology and media services company. He built S R Nova's business growth through strategic planning, client acquisition and optimizing global delivery operations. Earlier in his career, Saibal was the Global Marketing Head at Infogain Corporation, the global software company and Vice President of Sonata Software as part of the core senior management team in formulation and execution of business policies and strategies. He was instrumental in establishing Infogain and Sonata in the European and American markets and facilitating setting up of significant customer and partnership alliances fostering revenue growth. His contribution to Sonata's brand and image building needs a special mention.
Saibal is qualified in Applied Physics from University of Calcutta, holds a post graduation from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.
Pavak is Commercial Director - North America of Gateway Group of Companies.
He has over ten years of experience in the information technology industry, in both operational and entrepreneurial roles. At Gateway, which he joined by merging his startup in 2003, Pavak provides valuable support in the operations and business development of the company. He works closely with Gateway clients who are using offshore resources to execute large software development and maintenance projects. He also uses his entrepreneurial experience to provide inputs in planning strategy for future growth of Gateway. Pavak spent the previous six years of his career gaining valuable insights in marketing, strategic planning, and new business development in the US, Europe and India by setting up and running successful IT ventures.
He holds Master's Degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
Vilas Nagar is the Director - Engineering & Research with Gateway Group of Companies.
He is responsible for quality deliveries for the projects as well as managing the operational aspects including Project Feasibility Study, Planning & Implementation of existing and new projects through effective Project Management Techniques, Resource Planning & Allocations and improving overall efficiencies of the team in relevant technologies.
A need is felt to focus on emerging and higher end technology solutions which are going to be critical for overall growth of the company in the future ahead. In additionaddition to day to day activities, he is also responsible for setting up research division in the company. It would be his visions along with the Jt. Technology Director of the company which will be responsible to ensure that the company remain on the cutting edge of technology.
He has over 8 years of experience in envisioning, scoping, designing and implementing various complex technical solutions (web and client/server) in the field of Financial, Insurance, Banking and e-commerce sector. On the technology side, he has successfully implemented projects on environments like Microsoft.NET Framework, ColdFusion MX and Microsoft VC++ 6.0
Vilas holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication from Gujarat University.
Pratik is the Chief Operating Officer - EU Operations with Gateway Group of Companies
Pratik is entrusted with the overall responsibility of Business Planning and Delivery Management at Gateway. He is responsible for redefining the business development strategies, providing pre-sales technical support and client relationship management. He is also responsible for providing the value-addition in the services offered. Pratik also contributes to the Project Management activities at Gateway and as a Delivery Head is responsible for the smooth functioning of some of the large projects at Gateway.
He has over eight years experience in software project development and people management, with expertise in architecture, design and quality assurance.
Prior to being a part of Gateway he served as Project Manager for VBSoft India Ltd. (ISO 9001) where he played an instrumental role in the development of many specialized business intelligence and data security solutions for various international clients of the company.
Pratik holds Bachelors in Science (Electronics) and Masters of Computer Applications, MCSD
Sandipan is the Director – Operations of Gateway Group of Companies.
He is responsible for overall operations of the company and bring significant growth in diverse technologies and verticals.
His rich and varied experience in software technologies and management ranges from software Development and project management to heading large Information Technology departments and software delivery which include fortune 100 Companies. He has worked in verticals like Banking and Capital Market, Discrete Manufacturing, Healthcare, Utilities and Services.
Born at Calcutta, India, Sandipan completed his post graduate studies in Physics from Calcutta University & was a gold medalist. He has done senior management studies at IIM (A). Before joining Gateway Group, he was head of Information Technology of leading Indian Companies like Gujarat Ambuja cements / British Gas / Lalbhai group / Powersoft Inc.
Sandipan is on the board of Directors of Ahmedabad Capital Markets (a subsidiary of Ahmedabad Stock Exchange). He is also a guest faculty of Indian Institute of Management (IIM - A) and an Advisor to the Chief Justice of Gujarat. He is a past Chairman of CSI- Computer Society of India( Ahmedabad Chapter) and has been the founding chairman of CIO group of CSI.
Mikael Berglin is Managing Director for the subsidiary - Gateway TechnoLabs Sweden AB.
Mikael has almost 25 years of experience from software development, IT consulting and project management. Mikael has worked for large international companies within the area of Telecom, Banking and Automobiles. For a total of 9 years Mikael has worked overseas being responsible for establishing new opportunities and managing applications in different areas and in many varying environments and cultures. Having experience from development of many software-systems, team-management and project management, that together lays a solid foundation for Mikael to guide and support companies with their IT-projects.
As Managing Director for the operation in Sweden, Mikael is responsible for all contracts in Sweden and that Gateway delivers the highest possible level of service to the customers.
Anders Karlsson is the Vice Managing Director for the subsidiary - Gateway TechnoLabs Sweden AB.
Anders has a technical background from the Swedish automotive industry with heavy focus on automation and process management. In recent years, Anders has been a successful entrepreneur involved in IT and technically intense projects. Apart from his technical background, Anders also has a Bachelor's degree in Law.
As the Vice Managing Director for the operations in Sweden, Anders is working closely with the customers to ensure that Gateway Technolabs meets and exceeds the customers's expectations.
Falguni Mathur is the Creative Director - Multimedia Operation and currently heading the Multimedia Department with Gateway Group of Companies.
Falguni has a varied experience in the field of Media and Advertising, primarily focusing on art direction, production and creative processing for the national and international markets. Prior to Gateway, she was working for one of India's largest Advertising Agencies, Mudra Communications. She also has 16 national and international Awards for Creative Excellence to her credits. As a Creative Director, Falguni is responsible for directing, motivating and managing the creative team. Her responsibilities include Interaction with clientele, project understanding, maintaining quality assurance and proper team guidance for speedy operations and smooth transition.
Falguni has over 19 years of experience in Creative conceptualization and Brand building. She holds a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from M. S. University, Baroda.
Namrata is the Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Support with Gateway Group of Companies.
She is currently managing some of the strategic accounts and partners which involve relationship management and repeat business generation. She is heading the Account Management Group ensuring customer satisfaction and long term business relationships. She is actively involved in sales and pre-sales activities mainly in consulting, suggesting approach and closures.
Coming from technology background, she has more than 11 years of experience in Software Development, Project management, Account management and Sales. She has a track record of successfully delivering projects in varied functional and technical areas in offshore mode. Account management, Partner Management, Resource planning, Project management and Team Building are her key areas of expertise. Namrata has earlier exposure of heading a technical team and ensuring client satisfaction and project deliveries with optimized resource planning leading to improved efficiencies and quality. She was serving as a project manager and has been part of the management team in earlier employment prior to her association with Gateway and has strong managerial and leadership capabilities with right attitude.
Namrata holds Bachelor in Science (Physics), Diploma in Computer Applications and Master of Computer Applications.
Sandeep Suryakant Kulkarni is currently working with Gateway TechnoLabs Pvt. Ltd. as a Vice President - Corporate Affairs at the global corporate function of Gateway.
Sandeep has a progressive experience of 12 years in Large Scale Operations, Change Management, Administration, Programme management and ICT training operations. As a senior member of management of C-DAC ACTS, he was involved in making policies, strategies and innovates in organizational processes.
Sandeep had got a rich experience of working in multi cultural / cross cultural environments in Asian, African and CIS region. He has completed feasibility studies for various International Projects of MEA, Government of India. He was instrumental in various International Projects for setting up of Centre of Excellence in ICT (CoEICT) at Ghana, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Myanmar, Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Lesotho and Seychelles. He is also involved in overseas collaborative operations for Dubai, Japan, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.
Sandeep is an electronics graduate, MBA and Diploma in Advanced Computing (DAC) from C-DAC. Sandeep has published research paper on "A Study on the Importance of Cross-Cultural Issues in Setting up of Centre of Excellence in ICT to Support E-governance Initiatives in CIS & African Region" during the "6th International Conference on Asian Language Processing & IT".
Tanmay is the Head QA & SEPG with Gateway Group of Companies.
At Gateway, Tanmay drives all the quality assurance, testing, project management and process improvement initiatives. He has been instrumental in setting up an independent test group to position QA group as a value-added service to our clients. He manages dedicated testing projects, participates in test strategy definition of projects and co-ordinates functional and technical reviews across the organization.
With 10 years of experience in development and management, he plays an active role in defining and improving our quality management system and establishing a process culture across the company. He also plays an important role in client confidence building for new engagements.
Prior to joining Gateway, Tanmay headed process management group at GlobalTech India where he was also a management representative for ISO 9001:2000.
Pentti is the Co-founder and the CEO of Finnish joint venture Gateway TechnoLabs Finland Ltd.
He has an extensive 25 years of experience in IT Service and Product businesses, of which more than 20 years is in Executive Group Management positions in international IT service companies, like TietoEnator Corp. (latest having held CEO position) and CapGemini Finland.
He has an extensive international business experience having run businesses in 27 countries and wide knowledge in M&A, divestments and outsourcing with a track record of close to 100 transactions and 3 cross-border mergers. Pentti took his first steps in offshore field in late 1990´s.
His favourite hobby is playing football. He has played for almost 35 years in different football teams.
Pentti holds a Master’s Degree in University of Jyväskylä 1985; Master of Science (Econ.) majored in computer science (Business Economics and Marketing).
Prashant is a Commercial Director responsible for managing Global Sales and Client Relations for Gateway Group of Companies.
He has over 10 years of industry experience and successful track record in incubating & managing service lines with sales and delivery responsibilities. At Gateway, Prashant is responsible for leading global sales and client relationship management functions of the company. Based on his strong pre-sales and business-to-technology mapping skills, he works closely with Gateway clients who are leveraging global delivery capabilities to execute large application development and maintenance engagements. In addition he provides valuable inputs in overall strategy around service line development, building strong technology & domain partnerships and identifying future growth potential for Gateway. Prior to Gateway Prashant played various roles; primarily around heading Microsoft Practice and driving Consulting Practice around IT Portfolio Rationalization. Prashant has authored two books: Migration to .NET: A pragmatic Path to VB.NET, ASP .NET and VC++.NET (published by Prentice Hall, USA) and IT Portfolio Rationalization (published by Tata McGraw Hill).
Prashant is a Computer Science Engineer from Gujarat University and post graduate from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calicut.
Rahul currently handles the Scandinavian region and also heads the Gaming division at Gateway.
In his profile he drives the actual sales process within the geography which involves relationship management with customers and partners and ensures high degree of repeat business generation. His team is responsible for sales, presales and deliveries within his domain of operations.
Rahul has over 13 years of experience in IT and has worked across various geographies with prominent multinational companies. He has spent over 9 years operating and heading professional services operations in Australia and pacific countries focussing on ERP Solutions, Consulting and IT infrastructure. His strong techno commercial background in IT solution sales has been instrumental in formulating and executing strategies for growth.
After spending almost a decade working abroad, he has returned to India and has settled back in Ahmedabad where he hails from.
He holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics engineering from SP University, V.V. Nagar and MBA in marketing from MS University, Baroda.
"I have had a very happy relationship with Gateway TechnoLabs. I feel the executives have been very upfront and they have been very responsive and very aggressive, always thriving to provide the best with the quickest turnaround time and continue to align with the company itself."
