Driven by passion, teamwork, and innovation, we deliver high-quality services and business-critical solutions.
Our global leadership team has been at the helm of affairs for over three decades. It is fully empowered to take country-specific decisions. As one family, it has weathered several seasons together.
The extended family including partners and clients has created some path-breaking stories as a lighthouse for several industries.
Nehal Shah
Wholetime Director
Dhara Shah Bhansali
Chief Marketing Officer
Khyati Shah
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Nitin Shah
CMD
A transformational leader with the ability to innovate the industry with his foresight, Nitin Shah holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PG Diploma in Computer Management. He is a pioneer of India’s IT revolution. In his long and illustrious journey of 42 years, he has successfully led the company through various challenges, and now, in Version 6.0 he is charting the road map for creative disruption.
He won various awards like ‘Pride of India’ by the Institute of Economic Studies, CRN Hall of fame – Channel Legend by Indian Express, Contribution towards Digital Disruption, and Promising Entrepreneur of India by Economic Times.
He formed Padma Pragna Trust, to support social initiatives with consultation and monetary incentives.
Nitin Shah
CMD
A transformational leader with the ability to innovate the industry with his foresight, Nitin Shah holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PG Diploma in Computer Management. He is a pioneer of India’s IT revolution. In his long and illustrious journey of 42 years, he has successfully led the company through various challenges, and now, in Version 6.0 he is charting the road map for creative disruption.
He won various awards like ‘Pride of India’ by the Institute of Economic Studies, CRN Hall of fame – Channel Legend by Indian Express, Contribution towards Digital Disruption, and Promising Entrepreneur of India by Economic Times.
He formed Padma Pragna Trust, to support social initiatives with consultation and monetary incentives.
Tejal Shah
Director
Tejal Prakash Shah is having an experience of 25+ years holding a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Mumbai University. In addition to her outstanding academic achievements, she has several years of work experience participating in the areas of Finance, Operations, and Marketing. She is closely associated with ADSL for over 32 years. She actively participates in social activities and has strong associations with various NGOs, dedicated to the betterment of the elderly and the health and safety of children. Her philanthropic endeavours further include vigorously working toward women's empowerment.
Paresh Shah
CEO
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
With 30 years of experience in IT Applications, Infrastructure, and enterprise business processes, Paresh has won several large outsourcing and systems integration projects.
He is a certified enterprise architect, he has set-up practice in Cloud Computing, Analytics and Automation. He advises customers, forms strategic partnerships and provides enterprise system integration solutions. His proactive approach to business development, execution planning and hands-on technology know-how are the key drivers for enabling Allied Digital’s growth to win several awards in recent years.
Nehal Shah
Wholetime Director
Nehal Shah has more than 13 years of experience. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India and a Diploma in Computer Technology from the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education, India.
He has been leading strategic and operational governance processes of the business, as a member of the Executive Management Team. He has identified opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources, including staffing, sourcing, purchasing and in-house development and also implemented & improved processes for workflow optimization. He is updated with industry trends, new technologies and implementation of various Operational processes. He inclines towards automation with Go-Green concept.
Manoj Shah
CIO
Manoj Shah is a founding and a core member of the Allied Digital management team. With over 33 years of experience in the IT industry, he has been associated with the company since inception. While being an integral part of business strategy planning and execution, he is involved in the execution of several large complex projects. As a Chief Information Officer, he is responsible for IT operations across Allied Digital Services. Additionally, he leads RIMS service delivery Operations for global Clients.
He is a Bachelor in science and holds a Professional Post Graduate degree in Computer Science. He is a certified Infrastructure & Information Security Professional and holds several system certifications across technologies.
Gopal Tiwari
CFO
Gopal Tiwari is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) and Company Secretary (ACS), he also holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Calcutta University with 1st Ranking in the college. Having more than 25 years of diverse experience in Finance, Accounts, Secretarial and other Commercial activities, he has climbed the ladder of success working with various corporates possessing extensive domain knowledge and expertise. Prior to Allied Digital, he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Wall Street Finance Ltd. a Mumbai based BSE Listed Company, belonging to more than $ 2.00 billion Spice Group.
Shrikant Parikh
Independent Director
Dr. Shrikant Parikh aged 53 years is an Independent Director of our Company. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Mumbai; doctorate degree in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University, USA, Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Texas, USA; certified Project Management Professional from Dallas, USA.
He has 25 years of experience in the IT Industry. His industrial research has resulted in holding of 33 international patents in his name. He is a member of the Corporate Distributed System Performance Council (IBM) and is also a member of Corporate Automation Software Committee (SGS Thompson). He is a co-founder and ex-Chief Technical Officer of Globe Ranger Corp. (USA).
He is also a co-founder of M/s. InfoAlive Solutions and Services. He has served a long span of his career for IBM, USA. He has also served as a consultant and advisor to technology companies in USA and India providing his guidance on all issues relating to corporate management. He has also been training senior professionals in software projects / outsourcing services management of software / technology organizations.
Shubhada Jahagirdar
Independent Director
Shubhada Jahagirdar aged 62 years is a Woman Independent Director of our Company. She holds a B.A. (Hon.) in Psychology & Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) both from University of Mumbai, Masters in Social Work (MSW) in family and child welfare from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, has done Diploma in Business and Marketing Management, IITC and is a Trainer in Entrepreneurship Development of India, Ahmedabad.She has been working academically and professionally to facilitate the welfare of communities, individuals and societies which include the following:
- 42 years as a Secretary for Bal Bodhpeeth, an NGO involved in conducting creative programmes for children between 6 to 12 years age all over India
- 10 years as a Vice President in Yuvak Pragati Sahyog , an NGO involved in organizing activities for local and international youth. Further, in 1983 led the delegation to Europe to study the youth activities there.
- Founder trustee of Golden Energizers (NGO) registered in 2010 for empowering Senior Citizens for powerful living & facilitating of various NGO’s quality of service and creating platform for NGO’s working for senior citizen’s field for NETWORKING.
- Conducting SOS village scheme – Bal Anand Gram, a home for destitute children at Lonavala for past 40 years.
- Trustee in Maze-Maher (NGO) in Kalachowkie, Mumbai, involved in the rehabilitation of destitute girls and Stree Bal Shakti, an NGO running 118 balwadis in Mumbai.
- Worked on various Pollution control committees of the Maharashtra government.
- Secretary for Indian chapter of International Business and Professional Women (IBPW) an international organization having 114 countries as members.
- Worked as a family counselor in Mahindra & Mahindra, Kandivali for 5000 workers and for their family welfare activities.
- Worked as a senior population education officer with the Family Planning Association of India, Mumbai.
- Consultant to Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal, Mumbai for two years on deputation from Maharashtra Industrial Technical Consultant (MITCON), Pune.
Milind Madhav Kamat
Independent Director
Mr Milind Madhav Kamat (DIN: 01772084) is having an experience of 35+ years in the information technology field. He is holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India in 1981. He has also has obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Financial Management from the University of Mumbai, India in 1989. He also completed his Executive M.B.A. in Leadership and change management from the University of Hudderfield UK(2004).In addition to his outstanding academic achievements, his professional expertise is Consulting, General Management, Human Resources Development, Information Technology, Large Project Management, Change management, and M&A integrations. He has attended various training programmes in the field of Management and Information Technology domains. He also well experienced in Lean management, Total operational excellence techniques. He supervised three M&A integration for Atos group in India.
He developed Atos digital business in the past ten years. He was instrumental in Atos delivering state of the art internet of things(IoT) solutions to Oil marketing companies in India.
He was an Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at ATOS India from June 2007 to December 2018. He served as Group executive committee member of Atos group from July 2011 to Dec 2017. He was also associated with Origin India as a General Manager & Chief of Delivery from January 1996 to December 1999 after that he became the Vice President of Sales and Marketing from Jan 2000 to May 2006. He was also a Senior Manager – System Integration/BFSI at C.M.C. limited for a period from April 1982 to May 1996.
Mr Milind Kamat does not hold any shares or deposits of the Company.
Nature of relationship: Mr Milind Kamat has no relationship with any Directors of the Company or officers of the Company.
Sair Muhammad
EVP - Sales
Sair is responsible for business in the Americas. He has more than 15 years of experience in client relationship management various IT service providers including HCL, Infosys, and Microland. He has worked in IT Infrastructure Services in diverse domains from Service Provider Strategy, Service Support, Service Delivery, Production Support, Pre Sales Support, Account Management, Business Development.
At HCL he grew the region from $10mn to $70 mn run rate. adding multiple Fortune 100 customers. At Infosys, he was a founding member of the Infrastructure Management Services vertical, where he led multiple IT Infrastructure transformations including but not limited to Program Management of Large Data Centre Migrations, ITIL Process Implementations, DR & BCP.
He holds engineering in Computer Science and an MBA.
Fred Parlato
Client Solutions Director
Fred is an Atlanta based Client Solutions Director who joined Allied Digital in 2010. With a proven track record in sales, channel and business development focusing on infrastructure solutions, applications management, asset management, cloud services, security, and end-user computing, Fred is a consistent closer of new business. He specializes in building long lasting collaborative partnerships defining success as becoming a trusted client advisor and advocate. Prior to joining Allied Digital, Fred worked for The Southern Company, GE Capital, Siemens, and CompuCom. Fred has a Master of Science degree and currently holds Security Certified Network Professional, ITIL v3 and several OEM sales certifications.
Ken Butler
Client Solutions Director
Ken Butler is a San Francisco Bay Area based Client Solutions Director who joined Allied Digital in 2009. He is a strong IT sales professional with over 4 decades of experience largely in the IT Managed Services Practices. His knowledge and skills include delivering Complex Solutions, Contract Negotiation, Business Needs Analysis, Network Security, Cloud Security, Global Service Desk, Deskside Support, End Point Management Solutions, and Professional Services. He supports some of our largest clients in the company. Ken prides himself on “Client Advocacy” methodology.
Ken has attended the executive management program at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management
Phil Abbenante
Client Solutions Director
Phil Abbenante is a Los Angeles based Client Solutions Director who joined Allied Digital in 2019. He is a strong IT sales professional with over 3 decades experience largely in the Telecom industry. His knowledge and skills include delivering Complex Solutions, Contract Negotiation, Business Needs Analysis, Network Security, Cloud Security, CDN, Data Center/Hosted Infrastructure & Applications, SaaS, Voice/Data Transport, and Professional Services. He supports some of our largest clients in the area.Phil earned a Bachelor’s degree from California State University, Northridge plus certificates in Network Security, Public Speaking, and Azure Fundamentals training.
Ashish Raghute
VP - IT
Ashish leads our Cloud, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Applications Practices and Delivery, since 2009. Previously, Ashish was CIO of a multi-division Fortune 500 RV company, Fleetwood Enterprises, and a Principal at IBM and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Ashish successfully delivered ERP, CRM, E-Commerce and OSS projects at clients such as AT&T, Sony, Verizon, Lucent, Sun and Cisco. His dual perspective of IT leadership – as a service provider and as a service consumer, motivates him for Continual Value Creation.
Ashish has an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) from VJTI, Mumbai and CISA from ISACA. His hobbies include birding, photography and travel.
Bradley Moore
Senior Ops Manager
A result-driven IT professional who understands the value of customer intimacy and the role of a trusted advisor. Bradley uses his knowledge and his leadership skills to successfully implement modernized and leading-edge Global Service Desk solutions for all Allied Digital’s partners and customers alike.
Bradley’s ability to listen carefully, maintain a humble, consultative demeanor and combine it with years of experience has contributed to his success over his career. Providing his oversight and guidance has allowed all team members to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment.
Utpal Chakraborty
Chief Digital Officer
Utpal Chakraborty is an eminent data scientist, AI researcher, strategist and thought leader with more than two decades of industry experience, including as a principal architect in L&T Infotech, IBM, Capgemini and other MNCs including heading the Artificial Intelligence division of YES Bank. Utpal is a well-known speaker and author of three books and has published more than hundred technical papers on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing and has spoken at conferences around the world. Utpal has also been recognized as one among top 20 global AI influencers & thought leaders by reputed platforms. He has also been awarded as Technology Leader of the Year and BFSI Technology Leader for his contribution in data science and AI in the field of banking and finance.
Dhara Shah Bhansali
Chief Marketing Officer
Dhara Shah Bhansali is the Chief Marketing Officer, at Allied Digital. She has a Bachelor’s degree of Engineering in Computer Science from Mumbai University, Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management. She has also pursued advanced studies in Data Analytics from Columbia University in New York. Dhara has 10+ years of work experience which includes content writing, branding, developing marketing collaterals, internal and external communications, digital marketing, PR and partner management. Her passion for technology has persuaded her to gain knowledge and skills in the Data, Machine Learning and AI domain. She also volunteers with various non-profits focused on women empowerment and helping the community.
Khyati Shah
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Khyati Shah has more than 13 years of experience in Company Secretarial & Compliance Functions across various organisations such as Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Elixir Capital Limited and MG Consulting Private Limited. She has extensive experience of conducting and managing board and shareholder meetings of large, listed companies. she is well versed with SEBI regulation and has managed various corporate governance matters. She has also managed various corporate action such as preferential allotment, private placement of shares and debentures, rights and bonus issues, compliances for mergers and takeover and ESOP plans. She also has experience of managing legal and finance related issues. She is a Company Secretary, B.Com and has LLB Degree.
Vision
To become the most admired global IT Services provider by consistently applying and reinforcing 3 mega forces:
Mission
"We will operate as a technology-driven global organization committed to customer needs, devoted to building lasting partnerships and acting with integrity, honesty, and a spirit of co-operation with customers, suppliers, and employees. Furthermore, it is our promise to every client that we will guide, support, and add value to every IT process within our customer's organization through our cost-effective professional expertise and our continuous after-sales support.”
Core Values
At the pinnacle of the value pyramid, is our commitment to ethics, our strict adherence to blatant honesty – 'speak what you mean and express what you think.' In the top half, we have our triumvirate of attitude, relationship, and trust. In essence, it is our never-say-never attitude, our commitment to building everlasting relationships, and our continuous earning of the trust of each person that we encounter that allows us to maintain such long term relationships. In the bottom half, we have capabilities and infrastructure.
At Allied Digital, we are always growing and evolving, developing superior capabilities and acquiring advanced technological infrastructure to put us ahead of our competitors. At the foundation of our value pyramid are our transactions which are the natural outcomes of our ethical practices and strong processes. This set of values govern and form the very fabric of Allied Digital and is the reason for everything that we are today.
At Allied Digital, the pyramid is more than just our logo, it is the essence of what provides our strong culture. These are the set of values that provide our constant guiding light.
Ethics- Integrity, Honesty and Commitment Attitude, Relationship and Trust- Customer
Before Self Capabilities and Infrastructure- Core Pillars of Service Delivery Transparent Transactions- Flexibility and Visibility
Allied Social
We enjoy spending time together inside and outside the office! Take a look at some of our events, offsites, excursions, and silly gatherings.
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