Senior finance professional (over 25 years of professional experience) with an established record of success in growing enterprise value. Extensive experience as an entrepreneurial CXO-level executive. Expertise in fund raising, financial management, operations, strategy, capital & cash flow planning and risk management. Proven experience in business valuations, merger negotiations, organizational restructuring, pre-sales support, sales, cost rationalization, procurement & contract negotiations .Experienced in establishing startups, setting strategic direction, initiating growth strategies, executing to plan, setting up and streamlining operations and building teams.Strong analytical ability along with excellent oral and written presentation skills. Dynamic leader and mentor, service oriented with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, employee relations and ability to inspire individuals to strive towards higher levels of achievement. Managed people and worked in a high-pressure environment with deadlines and deliverables. Widely traveled and worked with diverse cultural norms and styles in North America, Asia and the Middle East. Worked in multi-national, multi-billion dollar IT companies and IT/ITES start-ups.Exceptional client relationship and management skills; can relate & interface easily at the top executive level. Wide ranging functional experience provides the requisite background for new products and business initiatives.SpecialtiesStart-Ups, entrepreneurship, mentoring, small business management, organization building, operations, sales, leadership and people management.Business valuations, merger/acquisition negotiations, financial management, fund raising, cash flow management, strategy, capital planning, business structuring/restructuring, realizing cost efficiencies and business development. Designing, implementing and improving processes and systems for service delivery and operations.