Lateral Thinkers
Our Lateral Thinkers bring talent and passion from across organizations, cultures, and industries.
We continue to look for management team members who possess a combination of technical expertise, strong leadership skills, excellent communication skills, and a customer-centric approach.
Management Team
Managing Partner & CEO
Lakshmi Bala
Lakshmi Bala has over 15 years of experience in the IT Industry having worked on several Client projects, building their applications using C++ , Java, Oracle applications and a range of technology tools. She has managed projects ranging from payable solutions, Vehicle automation and Customer Information Systems while working at CBSI, Mastech, Inner base, RCI and Serco.
After a break from her employment, she started and ran an entrepreneurship coaching firm named 101Entrepreneurship LLC, to engage students to think out of the box and orient them towards being an entrepreneur. She is now back in business to add value to her team of trusted advisors and coworkers to enable them to do their job well. Her innate ability to connect with people, understand their emotions and bring them together to work as a team, makes her perfectly fit to be in the role of a CEO in her current venture.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from VIT, Madras University and a master’s degree in computer science from BITS, Pilani.
Managing Partner - Delivery Services
Bala Sundar
Bala Sundar has over 28 years of Technology and Management consulting background being in the Client facing position. He understands the nuances of the consulting services industry and cognizant of the ever-changing demand for high caliber individuals with both Strategic and Tactical thinking. He has supported the needs of several Clients in the Business, Process, Data, Software Application and Technology Infrastructure area. He realizes the need to understand his Client’s Vision and Goals and aligning industry leading solutions in an effective and efficient manner.
Having worked at IBM and PricewaterhouseCoppers, he has enriched his experience in the financial services Industry, implementing large scale ERP packages and Enterprise Architecture Strategies, which led to starting an Independent Technology and Management consulting Services firm SyApps LLC, based in Northern Virginia in 2003.
As an Entrepreneur and founder of a Technology Consulting firm, he has built trusted relationships with several C level Executives and delivered technology solutions ranging from Cloud Application migration, Data lake, Business Intelligence, ERP implementation, IOT etc. His Clients include several fortune 500 companies who value his inputs and services. After 16 years of running his company, his company was acquired in 2019 by American Cyber Systems Inc. (ACSI). His unwavering values, ethics and delivery focus contributes to his success.
He holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering, an MBA degree in Marketing and finance with a Global Executive Leadership Certification from the School of Management, Yale University.
Chief Delivery Officer
Sarav Ram
Sarav Ram has over 24 years of rich and diverse experience in enterprise business applications. With a wide range of experience in delivering technology solutioning, he has independently managed large and complex SAP projects across Geographies including SAP product implementation and SAP custom application development, built to address client’s unique and patented business processes. He has architected numerous innovative solutions to complex business problems and provided thought leadership offering firsthand solutions to customers across the globe, including Australia, Japan, Germany, UK, Sweden, Luxembourg, US, Dubai, India, China, Argentina, Singapore Malaysia and Italy.
His global experience in SAP enterprise business applications, working with CXOs, VPs, and Senior Leaderships teams, enables him to provide Digital Business and AI solutions to the variety of organizations. He is also a process expert certified in SAP Six sigma, core member of Design thinking at SAP and pioneer of Integrated services delivery models. He was also a speaker at various SAP events such as SAP TechEd and SAP d-kom.
Chief Innovation Officer
Shravane “Rav” Balabasqer
Shravane “Rav” Balabasqer is a seasoned digital innovation expert with over 18 years of experience across diverse industries. His career trajectory has spanned from Plant Operations Engineer to Operations Director, giving him first-hand experience in navigating complex challenges related to operations and maintenance, while ensuring optimal efficiency within tight budget constraints.
Driven by his conviction that technology can significantly improve operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness, Shravane was headhunted by IBM in 2010 to serve as a Senior Managing Consultant for Analytics. He later rose to the position of European Programme lead for IBM Mobile & IoT Global Centre of Excellence.
In 2016, Rav founded Prognostic, an enterprise AI-driven asset management solution focused on energy monitoring. After being recognized as a Techstars Smart Mobility portfolio company, he founded Carbon Analytics in 2021, a state-of-the-art platform that provides granular carbon accounting and intelligence.
With a B.Eng (with Hons) in Aerospace Engineering and an M.Sc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering (with Distinction), Shravane is a distinguished scholar. He is also a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Certified Carbon Accounting & Reporting Consultant. Rav’s passion lies at the intersection of technology and sustainability, where he strives to use his expertise to make a positive impact on the world.