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Mr. Mehta is a seasoned business executive and an entrepreneur with over 35 years of solid experience in business and industry. He has held executive positions with major multinational corporations; and, founded and operated businesses.
Prior to joining Thoughtware Development, Mr. Mehta was founder/Principal of Tariva, Inc., an eCRM software company, based in Westford, MA. Tariva introduced an Internet based CRM product in early 1999; established a marketing arrangement with Computer Associates; product customers included Tyco, MSL, Emerson, Tata, among others. Mr. Mehta established a product development center in India, provided directions and built a team of over 30 software engineers for the development and support of iCRM products. In addition to the overall management of the business, Mr. Mehta was actively involved in securing major customers and partners.
Mr. Mehta founded Mehta Corporation in 1992, a software development and services company. He built the business to a revenue level of $5M and a staff of 85 software consultants at the year-end 1997. Mehta established a base of over 60 name customers such as Stratus, Nortel, Genuity, CVS Pharmacy, JFK Hospitals, Allmerica Financial, Fleet, Sprint, Johnson & Johnson, EMC, Picturetel, Groupe Bull, State of New Hampshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and many more. Mr. Mehta formed a number of development partnerships with Indian software companies for major offshore projects. In addition to operating and managing his businesses, Mr. Mehta was personally engaged in securing new business, systems consulting projects, working with clients to articulate requirements, develop solutions and direct implementation.
Prior to starting his own businesses, Mr. Mehta held executive positions with Groupe Bull (France) and Honeywell Information Systems. He was Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning with Groupe Bull from 1987 to 1991. In this capacity he dealt with all major strategic initiatives, developed strategic plans, interacted with Corporate Executive management and the Board.
Mr. Mehta is an adjunct professor at University of Massachusetts (Lowell) College of Management teaching Strategic Management, Strategic Outourcing and Management Information Systems. He is on College of Management (UML) Advisory Board. Mr. Mehta has BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Industrial Engineering. | 