Leadership - ValueLabs

Bhanu Kishore

President

Bhanu Kishore holds the role of President as he oversees strategy, growth and operations at ValueLabs and Imagine. He focuses on driving excellence across all functions with a specific focus on innovation, sales, delivery and customer success.

Bhanu has grown up the ranks over the past 18 years. His core strength is in designing organization structures with the right people in the right place and bringing out the best in all and keeping the culture true to the core values of the company. Bhanu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication, and an MBA with specialization in Marketing and Information Systems.

Krishna Munagala

Chief Technology Officer

Krishna is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at ValueLabs. As the CTO, Krishna is responsible for shaping ValueLabs’ product-led solutions strategy, while ensuring operational excellence and best-in-class delivery powered by the unique OneCompany^® approach. Prior to taking up the CTO role, Krishna served as ValueLabs’ Chief Operating Officer and global head of Delivery.

Krishna is a seasoned technology leader with over 19 years of experience across ValueLabs, MasterCard, Deloitte and GE Motors/Regal Beloit Corporation. A Six Sigma Green Belt certified practitioner, he has a strong background in technology consulting and extensive expertise in the areas of Micro services, Multi-tenancy, DevSecOps and Agile.

Anshu Kedia

Chief Financial Officer

Anshu is the Chief Financial Officer at ValueLabs. As the CFO, Anshu is responsible for strategic financial planning, treasury, taxation, project health and global risk management across the organisation. Prior to taking up the CFO’s role, she served as the Global Head of Operations at ValueLabs.

Anshu has 10 years of experience in the IT industry handling business finance, contract, cash management, Management Information System and pricing of deals. She is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Raghuveer Nakka

Chief Sales Officer

Raghuveer is the Chief Sales Officer at ValueLabs. As the CSO, Raghuveer is responsible for firm-wide sales operations, customer success, digital marketing, large deal pursuits, and key accounts growth at ValueLabs. Prior to taking up the CSO’s role, he served as the Global Head of Sales at ValueLabs.

With over 23 years of professional experience working across the US, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, Raghu has extensive expertise in driving sales performance, new geography expansion, and strategy. From enabling customer-centric growth, business planning, and execution in the US Central region to managing strategic clients, Raghu has successfully worked in multiple leadership roles at ValueLabs across the past decade and has contributed to our company’s growth.

Sam Alva

Chief Evangelist

Sam is the Chief Evangelist at ValueLabs. Sam evangelizes the story of ValueLabs and promotes our brand, values and offerings. He is responsible for customer centricity and brings a view of the field back into the organization in strategy discussions, storytelling, and messaging. In his career spanning 25 years, Sam has worked with both early-stage and mature organizations. He has been a rainmaker and pied piper in his stint of close to two decades with ValueLabs. He has built strong networks and deep relationships with client CXOs and is an ardent practitioner of the OneCompany® model.

Veda Reddy

CEO, Imagine

Veda is the Chief Executive Officer, Imagine, at ValueLabs. As the CEO, Veda lends strategic direction to Imagine, driving the company to be a one-of-a-kind category creator in the emerging tech space. Prior to taking up this role, she served as the Head of Digital Consulting at ValueLabs.

As a data scientist, Veda has spent many years building solutions and accelerators that have driven business transformation for clients across multiple industries. She has successfully implemented transformation projects for global clients in the Healthcare, Market Research, Insurance and E-commerce spaces.

Phani Ranga

CTO, Imagine

Phani is the Chief Technology Officer, Imagine, at ValueLabs. As the CTO, Phani defines the Imagine product roadmap and oversees the Imagine portfolio of solutions. Prior to taking up this role, Phani served as the SVP of Strategy at ValueLabs.

A tech enthusiast by nature, Phani specializes in data and analytics. With a solid background in enterprise architecture and a business-first approach to technology, his years of experience allow him to design and deliver solutions that are simple yet powerful. In his 14 years with us, Phani has successfully implemented the agile approach to our business. His strength lies in his ability to drive towards a sustainable solution to any problem.

Vivek Raju

CFO, Imagine

Vivek is the Chief Financial Officer, Imagine, at ValueLabs. As the CFO at Imagine, Vivek is responsible for Corporate Finance, Customer Finance Solutions, Financial Planning, Business Finance, Treasury and Taxation.

With over 15 years of experience, Vivek specializes in Global Taxation and Corporate Valuations. He has extensive expertise in financial reporting, GAAP compliance and audits. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Raj Yennam

Senior Vice President
Consulting

With a strong technical background and proven expertise, Raj has experience in delivering end-to-end solutions across a wide range of domains including rewards and benefits, insurance, travel and mobility. He is skilled at executing multiple assignments in delivery, vendor and technical management roles and is good at managing large customers, particularly with distributed, cross-cultural, cross-functional and agile teams.

Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Koppula

Senior Vice President
Consulting

As Senior Vice President, Consulting at ValueLabs, Vijay plays a key role in driving innovation and growth. He leads practices and digital partners to foster technical competency and drive business growth in collaboration with different business functions. Vijay is a strong advocate for data-driven decision-making and believes in the power of leveraging technology to transform businesses, leading to faster and better outcomes.

Vijay started his journey at ValueLabs as an architect and has dabbled in numerous roles, including Digital Partner and Head of Practice, before taking on his current role as the head of the consulting division. He believes in the power of collaboration and encourages open conversations with teams, recognizing that ideas can come from any quarter. He challenges himself and his team with the ‘So What’ question to encourage meaningful propositions contributing to business growth.

CVS Kiran

Senior Vice President
Consulting

CVS is responsible for ensuring that we exceed client expectations with best-in-class delivery of services worldwide. He is well versed in various domains like healthcare, retail, travel, education, e-commerce, mobile and telecom. From people management to defining business strategy for new and existing clients, he has played multiple roles successfully and has been a significant contributor to the growth of our company.

Preethi Gopalakrishnan

Global PMO
Legal

Preethi heads the Legal Department and Client Services Group at ValueLabs. She specializes in setting up dynamic in-house legal teams which can mitigate and manage risks without impeding growth. Designing and implementing processes that increase efficiency and productivity of in-house legal teams is her forte. This is further corroborated by her experience with enterprises like Thomson Reuters and Bickel & Brewer.

Kadambari Sahu

Senior Vice President
Design

Kadambari Sahu is an award-winning Designer and a Design Leader, working as SVP design at ValueLabs. She founded the User Experience Group at ValueLabs, and is currently leading 50+ designers to create world-class and award-winning products and services to have a positive impact on businesses. Her forte lies in building, growing, coaching, and mentoring high-performance design teams from scratch.

Ipsita Mohanty

Vice President
Employee Success Organisation

Ipsita Mohanty heads the Employee Success Organization at ValueLabs. With expertise in Human Resources, specifically talent management and development, she is committed to ensuring all employees feel engaged and valued.

With over 13 years of experience in the IT industry, Ipsita has handled various functions in Human Resources and has set up teams and processes to offer the best employee experience. She has also been recognized as one of the 50 most innovative HR Tech Leaders by World HRD.

Ipsita and her team have constantly strived to provide a holistic employee lifecycle. They have played an instrumental role in facilitating constant growth for ValueLabs’ employees. This has resulted in ValueLabs winning the Gold Stevie Award for ‘Best Employer’ twice in a row (2021 and 2022) and the top spot in the ‘Dream Companies to Work For’ awards by World HRD Congress.

Sarat Vatti

Senior Vice President
Strategic Accounts

With a steadfast commitment to ValueLabs’ success, Sarat plays a crucial role in managing key client partnerships and shaping customer strategy. Standing strong with us since our founding days, he draws on his deep understanding of customer perspectives and business challenges to consistently deliver sustainable solutions. Sarat’s ability to adapt and take on diverse responsibilities reflects his expertise in redundancy management and his contributions to our organization.

Known for his exceptional leadership and talent development skills, Sarat’s strategic guidance has resulted in amplifying revenue performance and expanding the ValueLabs brand.

Sandeep Reddy

Senior Vice President
Regional Head – US West

Sandeep heads Sales and Account Management of all clients on the West Coast of the US. He has over 20 years of experience in providing technology services to a wide range of sectors including technology, e-commerce, healthcare and media & entertainment. Over the years, he has acquired and built several high quality partnerships for the companies he worked with. Before joining ValueLabs, he was responsible for client partnerships for some of the leading companies of the world.

Ravi Volete

Senior Vice President
Strategic Accounts

With a strong service delivery background, Ravi has been with ValueLabs for 19+ years and has proved his mettle in e-commerce and media related platforms. He has also served customers in areas of Insurance, Travel, Market Research, and Telecommunications.

Abrar Syed

Senior Vice President
Regional Head – US East & Canada

As SVP – Global Sales at ValueLabs, Abrar Syed leads sales and client partnership growth across the US East Coast and Canadian regions. He has decades of experience driving customer success across the US and other global markets through technology services and solutions. He has successfully donned various roles in business development, account management, and sales management. As a Sales leader, Abrar is adept at building and maintaining relationships with C-level executives. Over the years, he has acquired and built several high-quality partnerships while driving transformational change.

Vish Lakshmanan

Senior Vice President
Regional Head – Europe

Vish heads the Sales and Customer Success functions for Europe at ValueLabs. He comes with rich experience in Business Development, Delivery Management, Quality Assurance with a strong focus on building long term client relationships. In his 20 years of experience in India and UK, he has worked across various end-to-end business domains and has successfully led teams from Sales, Delivery and Operations at ValueLabs.

Stephen Joseph

Senior Vice President
Region Head UK/EU

Stephen Joseph manages our client relationships for the UK, Ireland, France, and the Nordics. He has over 13 years of experience in sales, strategy, account management, technology partnerships, and alliances. He comes with hands-on experience in creating new revenue streams and entering new markets and has competence across all aspects of technology sales. This has reinforced his core strength of forging strong client relationships and fulfilling their business needs with holistic solutions.

Anoop Singh

Senior Vice President
Regional Head – Emerging Markets & US South

Anoop is the head of the Emerging Markets business and is steering the Banking & Financial Services CoE at ValueLabs. He has diversified experience of delivering excellence in multifunctional environments, driving client’s business transformations, strategic alliances, M & A, program and delivery management across multiple industries, business domains, technologies & geographies. Prior to ValueLabs, he was the President and Deputy CEO of Zenith Software Ltd and has held key leadership positions at HCL Tech, 3i-infotech, and Dion Global. He is a Six Sigma certified professional and enjoys participating in industry events, global leadership forums including Nasscom ILF.

Biju Madhav

Senior Vice President
Regional Head – ANZ & Japan

As Regional Head, Biju is responsible for effectively operating our business in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. He helps companies understand how to innovate, build valuable and differentiated digital products and services, and achieve their organisational goals through technology. Building credibility and influence through long-term partnerships, he believes that winning business is just the first step and that ongoing success comes from quality delivery – bringing teams together and helping them succeed.

Biju has over 22 years of progressive, global experience in software sales and has held leadership positions with VC-funded start-ups and publicly held companies. Recognised for his ability to lead and nurture talent, he has enhanced the capability of teams across the region, driving significant wins that increase revenue performance and brand reach for ValueLabs. It’s this potential to make a material difference in the business lifecycle that motivates him most, enabling the tangible execution of visionary strategies.

Shilpi Shah