To assist CEOs and Leaders in achieving their full potential by honing or developing their Leadership skills, Coaching them, Training them and helping solve their business problems.Specialties: CEO Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership development, Training for Soft skillsI am a certified CEO / Executive Coach by Marshall Goldsmith (Stake Holder Centred Coaching - SCC), Global Coach Group (Hong Kong) and CFI, Chennai. I am the CEO of Gossamer Consultants, Bangalore and have been actively engaged in Leadership Development, Executive Coaching & Training. I am an Adjunct Faculty at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Bangalore & Udaipur and I work extensively with the Executive Education program at IIMB. Previously, I was the Office Managing Partner, PwC Bangalore, an Executive VP at SISL and a Partner in the Business Consulting Services of IBM. Did B.Tech from IIT, Madras and MBA from IIM, Bangalore. Have over 43 years of experience in Leadership development, Training, Teaching & Management consultancy. Have conducted many Leadership development & Training programs at IIM Bangalore and also the world’s premier Management and Technology Consulting firms. Created a very successful Training program called “Thinking and Acting Like a Consultant (TALC)”. In IIMB Leadership development programs have covered topics like CRM, SCM, Soft skills, Service Strategy & Management Consulting.As an accredited CEO / Executive Coach for the past 12+ years, have worked on 70+ Coaching and related engagements. Have also guided Coach Interns at CFI. My Coaching clients include CEOs, Founders / Promoters, Partners / Directors of Big-4 firms and others. Coachees have mentioned that they find it easy to engage with me and they feel my extensive experience in Top management positions in leading companies has enabled me to understand the overall Board / business context well and thus better assist them empathetically as a Coach in their organizational role.Have been rated as a motivating leader and an outstanding speaker and have been invited to be a key-note speaker. I have published papers and articles. My CRM articles were published under the banner of “Dash Board” in the CIO magazine. Have been interviewed many times by TV channels.Am an active Rotarian and a Past President of Rotary Bangalore Cantonment. I am the Chairman of an NGO - GREEN Foundation and Director of Sanghamitra Rural Financial Services (NGO). I was part of the Jury to decide on CIOL’s annual CIO award and I figure in Gibralter's Who's Who of International consultants.