The Management Team at CIStems consists of professionals with rich international experience in business processes, information technology, project management and academics.

Mr. Alok Kotahwala
Chairman and Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Alok Kotahwala did B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

He has over 15 years of experience in managing international business in the areas of software and jewelry. He is part of the top management of the international Kotahwala group, which has business interests in India, USA, Europe and South East Asia.

Mr. Keshav Sharma
Managing Director and CEO

A graduate in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, Keshav Sharma also did M.S. Computer Science from Washington State University, USA.

Keshav has over eighteen years experience in the IT industry that includes software product development, technology selection, architecting solutions, account management, project management, curriculum design, educational content development, and managing delivery of IT education at both under graduate and graduate level.

One of the his key focus areas has been the best practices in software product engineering, specially the agile approach and the associated themes such as continuous testing and builds, short iteration cycles, pattern based development, and refactoring.

Education has been a passion for Keshav, and under his leadership CIStems has received four times the National Award for Excellence in IT education. His long standing experience in education has given him great strengths in all round human resource development, mentoring, and team building.

Mr. Parijat Agarwal
Vice President

Mr. Parijat Agarwal did his B. Tech in Computer Science from IIT New Delhi. Parijat is an expert in solution structuring, offshore software delivery and engagement management.

He has seasoned consulting and systems integration experience across a broad spectrum of industries. He has addressed complex IT and management situations for clients in USA and India. He holds over 10 years of client consulting experience in various capacities requiring account management, client partner, project management, business analysis and technical expertise. Parijat has unique skills and experience that allow him to bridge the gap between generalist management skills and specialist technical knowledge.