Meet Our Leadership Team

- Bala’s entrepreneurial streak started in his teenage years, and that intense passion eventually translated into the founding of ISSQUARED® in 2010.

- Bala’s broad and rich exposure to IT infrastructure management, architecture and security with a hands on approach has helped set a clear vision for ISSQUARED®.

- Bala has held leadership roles at Exodus Communications and Amgen prior to founding ISSQUARED®.

- Bala holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Delhi University where he graduated with Honors, and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from California Lutheran University.

- Suchinth leads the revenue-generation activities at ISSQUARED®. Suchinth’s deep enterprise delivery background in companies such as Amgen and GE Healthcare helps ISSQUARED® deliver a unique value proposition to customers.

- Suchinth’s leadership experience ranges from large enterprise infrastructure and identity management programs to ERP implementations and systems integration.

- Suchinth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management where he was also the President of the Student Council.

- John leads the divisions for cloud services, virtualization, as well as cloud security. John started his career with the United States Marine Corp specializing in computer automation and security.

- He worked at ATandT, Donnelley Enterprises, and was the West Coast Lead for Donovan Data Systems before joining Amgen as an Architect for Innovation Strategies.

- After a stint as the Manufacturing Design Engineer for Virtualized Manufacturing Control Systems at Amgen, John joined ISSQUARED®.

- John holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Cornell University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

- With 20+ years of IT experience, Jagan leads the Managed Services and Delivery operations. Jagan is the “customer evangelist” at ISSQUARED®.

- Jagan’s diverse enterprise management experience ranges from complex utility billing software development to architecting and managing massive databases for consumer internet and Fortune 100 companies.

- Jagan’s experience includes working at Exodus Communications, Amgen and Yahoo among others.

- Jagan holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Technology in Electrical and Electronics and a Master’s Degree of Technology in Electrical Power Systems.

- Ganesh’s emphasis on quality and delivery has been a consistent theme as he led teams at UBS, CSC, Microsoft, and IBM. His vast experience includes managing staff of thousands of global delivery engineers for Fortune 100 companies’ IT operations.

- Ganesh holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Physics with special emphasis in Electronics from Delhi University.

- A transformational leader at ISSQUARED, Inc, one of INC 500's fastest growing companies for the past four years, preparing for accelerated success.

- Have previously delivered innovative, high impact outcomes at every level of management in multiple industries with teams and budgets up to 7000 hc and $1.6B. Experience has included:.

- VP and Senior Client Partner for a $80B technology and services company,

- Member Executive Committee and Chief Information Officer of a $15B biotechnology company,

- Chief Information Officer and SVP of Service Delivery for a $24B telecommunications company,

- Division Chief to Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and member of US Government Interagency Team for Political Military Affairs and National Security in Asia Pacific,

- Commodore of a nine-ship squadron of nuclear submarines,

- Commanding Officer of a fast attack nuclear submarine,

- Selected by peers to CIO Hall of Fame and as a Top 10 Global CIO Leader and Innovator.

- Nikolay was nominated for 2019 West Region and 2019 North America Information Security Executive of the year, delivering innovative cybersecurity strategies to proactively protect organizations, including building high performing cybersecurity teams.

- Prior to joining ISSQUARED, Nikolay has held various executive positions. Most recent ones as an SVP and CISO at Private National Mortgage Acceptance Corporation (PennyMac) and a Director of Cybersecurity, Architecture, Risk, and Engineering at Amgen.

- Nikolay has helped multiple enterprise organizations develop cybersecurity strategies to improve Information Security posture, build high performing teams, and facilitate conversations with the boards on cybersecurity risk.

- His expertise extends to all facets of Information Security: Risk Management, Security Operations, Identity and Access Management, Data Loss Prevention, eDiscovery and Forensics, Network Security, Cloud Security, Endpoint Security, Adaptive Security, and Threat Intelligence.

- Nikolay has helped to form the Mortgage Risk Council of which he was a Chairman for three years, participated in the Health Care Group, hosted by McKinsey Co. in New York, helped to form and served for three years on the Board of Directors for NH-ISAC, was a Chairman for NH-ISAC Products and Services committee, and led Threat Intelligence Platform for Information Sharing. He helped to organize NH-ISAC Summits and participated as a presenter or panelist.

- Nikolay holds a Master's degree in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration in Security, from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Belorussian National Polytechnic University. In addition, he holds prestigious information security certifications: CISSP, CISM, and CRISC.

- Archana has been in the IT industry for over 17 years as a Software Engineer, Senior System Analyst, Technical Lead and Principal Developer, leading teams across the development of Web Applications, Windows Applications, Production Support and Maintenance of Enterprise applications using Microsoft .Net Technologies across small / mid-sized organizations.

- Archana holds a Degree in Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad, India. In her current leadership role as Head of software products, her expertise is in Architecture, Design, Development, Testing, Shipping/Delivery, and Maintenance of the Products. She is involved in hiring, mentoring and supporting/guiding our software team.

- Her focus areas have always been problem solving and problem forecasting. In her current leadership role as Head of software products, she helps to strengthen her team, mentor new talent and oversee the complete product life cycle development and maintenance. She values client/user satisfaction at the top.

- Based out of the Dallas office, Rick has been with ISSQUARED since the acquisition in May 2019, and prior to that with legacy NCA since 2014.

- He has over 20 years of experience in the unified communications market, with a variety of responsibilities including large scale enterprise deployments, sales enablement, support, project management and leadership.

- He has great expertise in engaging with customers, learning about their environments, and designing, implementing and supporting solutions that meet their changing business requirements.

- Akila has a lengthy background working in the technology sector, spending 10 years at AMGEN the world’s largest biotechnology company as a Supply Chain Manager with the Contract Manufacturing organization where she managed the End-to-End Supply Chain for several different AMGEN products.

- Prior to that, Akila worked in AMGEN’s Information Systems team providing SAP client facing support for the Supply Chain Operations team.

- Before joining AMGEN, Akila worked at ORACLE India as a software engineer supporting JD Edwards Supply Chain suite of products. Akila is CPIM certified from APICS..

- Rohit has an experience of managing IT Training and Delivery operations and HR practices for over 27 years.

- He has closely worked with marque corporate clients like IBM, Wipro, Infosys, BOA, etc. for their technical training needs at NIIT and managed various alliance partners (OEMs) like Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Salesforce, Informatica etc. to name a few.

- He has established connection with various Engg. Colleges and B Schools in an around North India for recruiting young talent while working with an upcoming Research and Consulting firm at Noida.

- Rohit holds MBA degree from Western International University, Arizona, USA and did his graduation from Delhi University.

- Kevin has 30 years of financial and operational experience over a broad range of industries, primarily gained through public accounting and private industry work, primarily in the mid-market space.

- Prior to joining ISSQUARED, Kevin worked as Senior Executive - Chief Financial and Operating Officer in Network Computing Architects, Inc. (NCA).

- He is licensed CPA in the State of Washington, a member of the AICPA and WSCPA. .

- Mridul has been in the industry for over 27 years and has a varied experience with Product Management, Business Development, Project and Program Management within Information Management Services, Enterprise Content Management and Education.

- He has held various responsible positions and has been contributing to large enterprises with his knowledge and experience in achieving the digitization vision.