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Alok Misra is a Co-Founder and CEO at Navatar. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s marketing, business development, sales and product strategy. One of the top cloud experts today, Alok is regularly featured in publications such as Wired, Wall Street & Technology and Seeking Alpha. He is also the author of “Force.com As Your Key to the Cloud Kingdom”, a guide on how financial firms can best utilize the cloud.

Alok spent his early career at Deloitte and PwC where he led large business transformations for Fortune 500 clients. He started Navatar in 2004 after noticing unmet demand in the financial services sector for tailored cloud solutions. He serves on the board of United Way as well as the Academic Advisory Board of TP Bhatia College of Science, Mumbai.

Ketan Khandkar is a Co-founder & Principal at Navatar Group and a top expert in commercial cloud products. Ketan heads the firm’s financial services product strategy as well as its operations. Under his leadership, Navatar’s product portfolio has grown significantly, supporting customers in more than 35 countries. Ketan is a thought leader in the industry and is a frequent participant in various webinars.

Ketan’s management consulting career began at Deloitte Consulting, where he was a leading expert in business process transformation through technology. Over the years, he has authored some of the most successful SaaS methodologies and models designed to maximize technology adoption. Ketan holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, India as well as an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business.

Matt Springer is the Head of Global Sales at Navatar, where he is responsible for leading the company’s sales efforts across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  He has over 10 years of experience in enterprise sales, spanning companies such as Adobe and Intralinks, with a  focus on cloud computing and financial services companies.

Matt holds a BA from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Cindy leads the marketing team at Navatar, with responsibility for all marketing channels and brand management. Coming from a unique background of finance and marketing, her experience spans from startups to blue-chip companies. Notable are her experiences at JW Player, where she drove B2B and ecommerce revenue, and her tenure at American Express, where she managed co-brand partnerships.

Prior to her marketing career, Cindy worked at Blackrock Kelso Capital (NASDAQ: BKCC), where she was responsible for investing in leveraged loans across a variety industries in the middle market. She also worked as a consultant in China, advising American clients on cross border transactions.

Cindy holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In her spare time, she loves to travel and read.

Rexlo Joe is one of the leading cloud architects today, whose innovative work has been highlighted by salesforce.com in several articles such as “Landing on Wall Street with Force.com”. Rex, as his colleagues call him, has been the brains behind the architecture of Navatar’s multitenant financial services cloud solutions, in addition to Navatar Investor and Deal Room. He also heads the engineering team at Navatar’s Cloud Computing Excellence Center in NOIDA, India.

Rexlo holds a BS (Computer Science) from Park College of Engineering & Technology, India and MS (Computer Science) from Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA.