 Mr.
Tolani has over thirty years of management experience in
publicly held and venture capital backed global IT and BPO
industries and was a pioneer in the IT industry in India.
His experience includes the creation of solutions and services
in the banking, insurance, telecommunications, high technology
and healthcare Industries. Over the last 16 years he has
been an entrepreneur and has established two start-up businesses
and grown their revenues rapidly.
Mr. Tolani has played pivotal roles in
two corporate turnarounds and led three acquisitions and
two mergers, and has extensive international experience
in the US, UK and Asia. He
has held board positions at ICIM International Inc., iCelerate
Inc. and Morarji, Dorman Smith (a leading Indian firm in
the switchgear business - later sold to Legrand of France). He
is also a charter member of TIE, a global entrepreneur network
in Silicon Valley, as well as a strategic advisor and mentor
for several young companies in the areas of sustainable technologies,
personal health management and SAAS based business solutions.
In 2000, Mr. Tolani started iCelerate
Inc., a venture-backed company focused on providing technology
based business solutions to Fortune 1000 firms. In 2001, he raised another $12
million to establish the business. The firm grew profitably
and, in 2005, was successfully merged with e4e, a silicon
valley based business services outsourcing company, and continued
to grow its core business and its technology platforms.
From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Tolani was the founder and CEO of
ICIM International Inc., a Fujitsu joint venture and now
publicly traded as Zensar Technologies. During this period
he grew the business globally to $60 million to provide offshore
services to customers such as Cisco Systems, Sprint, British
Gas, Fujitsu and Bank of America in a global engagement and
delivery model.
Prior to 1991, Mr. Tolani was based in
India and was responsible for product operations at ICIM,
an ICL, UK joint venture, where he led the complete revamp
of the company’s product
line. The creation of strategic partnerships and alliances
to strengthen ICIM’s position in the financial services
and manufacturing markets resulted in the company being the
leading provider of solutions in these sectors.
Mr. Tolani started his career with DCM
in the mid 70’s.
DCM was one of the top five Indian business groups at the
time. He was selected in the prestigious DCM senior management
training program where he trained in general management to
be part of a group of young managers to assume leadership
in the corporation. His first executive position was
to grow the sales of DCM Data Products. During his tenure,
DCM established itself as a leader in the industry with the
largest customer base and focus in the financial services,
manufacturing and consumer business sectors.
Mr. Tolani graduated with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1974) and
was sponsored for executive education at the Harvard Business
School, London Business School and the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmadabad.
Contact Information:
Arun Tolani
1020 Lassen Dr.
Menlo, CA 94025
Phone: 650-234-9598
Fax: 650-234-9598
arun.tolani@focusbankers.com |
