Raghav is the CEO of SITARA Technologies, with competencies in strategic management consulting and process assessment. A certified High Maturity Lead Appraiser and instructor for CMMI-DEV, CMMI-SVC and the People CMM of the CMMI Institute (SEI: in the past), Raghav has been a consultant and an assessor on process improvement initiatives in leading multinationals, worldwide since 1995. He is a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt and a certified High Maturity lead appraiser for CMMI 2.0 (Dev View).He has authored 6 books entitled People CMM, CMMI, Making Sense of Software Quality Assurance, CMMI (2nd Ed.) and Building and Sustaining High Maturity Software Organizations published by McGraw Hill Education. His latest book: “Effective Execution”, was published by Bloomsbury in 2021.His current focus is on Internet technologies, mitigating software risks and building self-sustaining software process improvement programs in development environments working on emerging technologies. He has innovated a unique style of operations review within his consulting, appraisals and process audits that engages and cuts across the entire leadership pipeline, starting with the CEO/Managing Director down to the software engineer. He offers exhaustive performance improvement opportunities for all stakeholders in this leadership pipeline to consider within a short, 5-day onsite period with a high maturity scope. Typically, the best of breed certified high maturity lead appraisers might take upwards of 3 weeks to come to the same conclusion.Some of his certifications include:CMMI Institute Certified SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser (HMLA Appraiser ID. 0100055-00) CMMI Institute Certified SCAMPI Lead Appraiser for CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVCCMMI Institute Certified Instructor for the Introduction to CMMI-DEV v1.3CMMI Institute Certified Instructor for the Introduction to CMMI-SVC v1.3CMMI Institute Authorized Instructor for Introduction to People CMMCMMI Institute Certified Services Supplement for CMMI-DEV InstructorCMMI Institute Authorized SCAMPI Lead Appraiser for People CMM Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Exemplar Global, Inc.)Certified Scrum Master