our
team

leadership

Sachin Deshmukh

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MANAGING DIRECTOR

Sachin is a business leader with two decades of experience in the Technology industry. Known for his passion for business growth, Sachin has an impressive track record of scaling up new business units and geographies to build sustainable revenue streams across USA, Europe and APAC. As the Managing Director of Softdel, he drives aspects pertaining to business strategy, innovations, growth & profitability thereby contributing significantly to drive the next wave of growth for the organization.

Prior to joining Softel and Unidel Group, Sachin served as Vice President at Cybage Software, a leading Product Engineering and Digital Solutions provider headquartered in Pune. In his role as VP and Regional Head for APAC, he was instrumental in setting up and growing the APAC business to make it one of the fastest growing business units for Cybage. Before joining Cybage, Sachin spent over 12 years with RPG group and Zensar technologies working across USA, Europe and India offices playing different roles across Technology, Presales, Sales and Strategy functions.

 

Sachin holds a master’s degree in Management from the S P Jain Institute of Management and Research and is an electronics engineering graduate from V.J. T. I, Mumbai.

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our board

Sunil K. Dalal

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Founder & Chairman

Sunil is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and Chairman of UNIDEL, a family of innovative technology companies that serve large and under-served markets with data-led insights.

Sunil is passionate about building tech businesses that solve real-world problems and disrupt the status quo. Under Sunil’s leadership, UNIDEL companies across the Industrial IoT, WealthTech, and CareerTech segments are designed to re-imagine solutions for the most pressing industry challenges.

 

Sunil is an active investor through his Family Office, RM Capital. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and is keen on nurturing entrepreneurial talent. Sunil holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering & Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University, USA.

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Mahesh Asrani

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Board Member

In over thirty-five years of his career, Mahesh Asrani has led the finance function in large global businesses in various capacities, including as Chief Finance Officer of COFCO International Limited.

He is an experienced business manager with a strong finance background and expertise in managing the challenges of growing business in a global environment and steering business reorganizations. As a member of the top management team, he has been driving strategy, managing finance, and other functions in multiple countries and diverse cultures.

 

Mahesh is a Singaporean and has served on the Committees of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. At present, he is a member of the Audit Committees of SINDA, Singapore and Beyond Social Service, Singapore.

 

Mahesh is a Chartered Accountant and a Law graduate. He also holds the Financial Times (FT) Non-Executive Director Diploma.

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Evan Schwartzfarb

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Board Member

With more than 25 years of strategic finance experience, Evan started Segment Capital Advisors in 2017 to provide consulting services to growth companies.

Since 2017, Evan has assisted companies with various advisory services, including the review, evaluation, and development of strategic initiatives, financial metrics, corporate finance transactions, and corporate governance. Over the years, Evan has consulted and guided over 150 companies, utilizing his experience to support clients with their growth and evolution.

 

Prior to starting Segment, Evan previously led the strategic client team at Barclays Wealth Americas where he was responsible for guiding clients through mid-market transactions. Prior to Barclays, Evan worked with a large private equity firm and later with a family office. Evan began his career as an investment banker first with Bear Stearns and later Lehman Brothers.

 

Evan is an honors graduate of Harvard College and honors graduate of Columbia Business School.

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Dr. Juzar Motiwalla

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Board Member

Dr. Juzar Motiwalla is a resident of Singapore and Board Member / Advisor to several companies in the technology space that have a global footprint.

He was the Partner of Investments at Green Dot Capital where he was responsible for global investments. Prior to joining Green Dot Capital, he was Chief Executive Officer of Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), a 300 men high-tech laboratory that incubated 15 start-up companies in Asia and Silicon Valley. KRDL’s success in bridging competitive world-class technologies with high-growth markets has received international coverage including feature articles in Red Herring, Asian Wall Street Journal and Time. He also spearheaded the development of several multi-year international R&D partnerships with Apple, HP, IBM, Ericsson and others.

 

Juzar serves on the Board of UNIDEL’s investee company in the venture space. Juzar has been on International Executive Councils of several professional associations and for eight years was a Board Member of Singapore’s National Computer Board.

 

Juzar has an MSc and PhD in Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, USA.

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Vinay Chowdhary

Board Member

Dr. Vinay Chowdhry has been a successful innovator and entrepreneur in the life science industry for over 25 years.

He founded biotechnology company QualiconTM, a subsidiary of DuPont that invented and markets DNA-based automated microbial analysis systems for the global food industry, serving as its CEO until his retirement. The company’s innovative products provide highly accurate microbial analyses of food and other products susceptible to microbial contamination, resulting in greater safety and quality. Previously, Vinay served in roles of increasing responsibility at DuPont, including General Manager at DuPont FQMS Venture and as Research Supervisor at DuPont Central Research & Development. He currently serves as an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurial companies.

 

Vinay received PhD and AM degrees from Harvard University, MSc from the Indian Institute of Technology and a BSc from Bombay University.

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Anil Wani

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Board Member

Anil is the President of UNIDEL, a family of innovative technology companies that serve large, underserved, and fragmented markets with data-led insights.

Anil is responsible for operations and enabling functions across all UNIDEL businesses. He started his career with a UNIDEL company, Digital Electronics Ltd, in 1975. Throughout his journey , Anil has led multiple functions including R&D, manufacturing, and sales operations for several generations of products.

 

Anil’s technical experience spans electro-mechanical, electrical, electronics, embedded systems, and software technologies. Passionate about building and nurturing high-performance teams across business functions, Anil has consistently delivered predictable performance through the adoption of UNIDEL’s unique business management systems.

 

Anil is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Pune University.

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