Mohan Tavorath

Current

Chief Executive Officer at Walz Group
Managing Partner at Rational Innovation, LLC

Past

Director, Business Strategy and Technology Architecture at MetLife
Chief Technology Architect, National Accounts at KPMG Consulting
Practice Manager, Emerging Technologies at Keane, Inc.

Software Specialist at Patni Computer Systems Pvt Ltd.
Researcher at Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

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Education

Columbia University in the City of New York
University of Pune
University of Pune

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500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mohan Tavorath’s Summary

Chief Executive Officer with experience leading all aspects of business and technology strategy, consulting, operations, software product development and information technology management.

Over 19 years of experience driving business results via the strategic application of innovative technology solutions at large Fortune 100 corporations, premier Big 4 consulting firms and innovative and entrepreneurial startups.

Led current firm through a multi-year high-growth technology-driven transformation - recognized by awards in the Inc. 500, Deloitte North America Technology Fast 500 and Software 500.

Held executive and technology leadership positions in both North America and Asia. Graduated with an MBA in Business Strategy from Columbia University in New York and Masters and Bachelors degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pune, India.

Mohan Tavorath’s Specialties:

Business Strategy
Change Management
Technology Strategy
P&L Responsibility
Technology Architecture
Systems Integration

Mohan Tavorath’s Experience

Chief Executive Officer

Walz Group

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Responsible for business strategy, technology innovation, operations and execution. The Walz Group provides completely US-based Critical Communications solutions to large financial institutions, counting amongst its clients 35 of the Fortune 100, 14 of the Top 20 Mortgage Servicers and 105 of the AmLaw 200.

Walz ensures regulatory compliance by using technology-enabled communications strategies that leverage critical mail correspondence, automated VOIP call campaign management, e-mail and text messaging to maximize effectiveness in communications to borrowers and consumers. Walz primarily serves the financial services, mortgage, legal and public services industries.

2009 Inc. 500 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies (Second Consecutive Year)
2009 Deloitte North America Technology Fast 500
2009 Software 500

2008 Inc. 500 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the US
#45 overall on the Inc. 500 List
#4 in Top 100 Business Services Firms
#6 in Top 10 Minority-Run Businesses
Managing Partner

Rational Innovation, LLC

(Public Company; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

Partner in a Private Equity firm, engaged in equity growth and investment buyouts.
Director, Business Strategy and Technology Architecture

MetLife

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MET; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2002 — March 2006 (4 years )

Responsible for business strategy, technology architecture and strategic planning in the Institutional line of business (47% of approximately $41b annual revenue) at MetLife.
Leveraged strong relationship building, change management, and negotiation skills to align business strategy with investment allocation in business product development, operations and technology initiatives across a 700+ person Institutional IT organization.
Enabled effective governance via various initiatives such as strategic information systems plans, software reuse programs that identified $13+mm in cost savings, and a technology portfolio management function that reduced the number of approved technology products from over 1,300 to approximately 150.
Chief Technology Architect, National Accounts

KPMG Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1998 — 2002 (4 years )

Chief Technical Architect and Technology Lead of a Fortune 10 National Account team responsible for client relationship management, technology leadership and business development, selling and delivering over $10mm of professional services business annually.
Specialized in leading the technical architecture, design and implementation of various large custom development and system integration technology engagements, managing and coordinating large teams working on multiple branding, design, business, technology and infrastructure work streams.
Practice Manager, Emerging Technologies

Keane, Inc.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; KEA; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

Practice Manager responsible for leading strategy and implementation projects, along with business process re-engineering and operations management.
Responsible for evaluating and applying emerging technologies pragmatically to solve business problems at client firms.
Software Specialist

Patni Computer Systems Pvt Ltd.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; OTC:PATIF.PK; Information Technology and Services industry)

1992 — 1997 (5 years )

Responsible for software engineering, systems architecture, design and application development of large information systems for client companies.
Researcher

Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

Designed and developed an artificial intelligence-based Natural Language Processing (NLP) system for a premier Research and Development organization, based on classic Indian treatises on Sanskrit Grammar theory with a modern computational linguistics approach. This research paper and NLP system represented India at the International Language Conference sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1991.

Mohan Tavorath’s Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

MBA , Business Administration , 2003 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Dean's List
University of Pune

Master's in Computer Science , Computer Science , 1992

Activities and Societies:

Graduated with Distinction
University of Pune

Bachelor's in Computer Science , Computer Science , 1987 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Graduated with Distinction