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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.

Bill McMonagle is the Senior Vice President responsible for all global sales and channels at Navatar and joined the company in August 2015. He brings a strong background in cloud consulting services and outsourcing to the financial services market.

Prior to Navatar, Bill spent over eight years at Oracle in various senior sales roles in Oracle’s Financial Services, NATO, and Cloud Services divisions selling into the Global 2000 market with a heavy emphasis on the Financial Services vertical. Bill is an experienced sales consultant advising financial services companies serving niche markets and has extensive experience as a sales leader growing sales for early stage companies servicing the financial services vertical.

Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Temple University Fox School of Business and is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is a permanent member of the Association of Financial Professionals and is a licensed realtor in Pennsylvania.

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.

Michael Ultsh leads the Customer Success team at Navatar. Mike’s customer-centric approach and experience in the financial services sector drives the team’s mantra. Since Mike has been with Navatar, he and his team has onboarded hundreds of clients averaging less than two months per go-live. Additionally, his team averages nearly 500 cases per month with an average turnaround time of two days or less.

Mike started his career in UBS’ Graduate Training Program after his graduation from Baruch College, where he gained substantial experience in private capital. Mike also spent time with KPMG designing and supporting KPMG’s global HRIS program and more recently was the Support Team Lead at iLEVEL Solutions, a leading portfolio management application.

In his spare time, Mike loves to spend time with his wife and daughter, enjoys travel and is an avid sports fan.