 Gowri Shankar Subramanian
CEO
Gowri is a co-founder of Aspire Systems and currently serves as its CEO. In this position, he sets the strategic direction for Aspire and also oversees its day-to-day operations. Under his leadership, Aspire has grown at a CAGR of 63% over the past five years and has been ranked in Deloitte's list of fastest-growing companies in India and Asia-Pacific. Gowri believes in the power of outsourcing to transform industries and fundamentally alter business dynamics. Having watched up-close how sub-contract manufacturing transformed the electronics industry and how IBM, Cisco, HP, and others gradually outsourced all their manufacturing operations, Gowri firmly believes that software product building will go the same way and can be completely outsourced. This simple premise never fails to spark a substantial debate and it underlines everything that Aspire does. Gowri has been named as an upcoming, young CEO by The Economic Times, India's premier business newspaper, and as a top 20 executive in Information Technology by The WEEK. He is active in various industry associations and chairs NASSCOM's Regional Emerging Companies Forum in Chennai. He is also a Charter Member of TiE and a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. Gowri is an active speaker and has presented in various industry events and conferences. He has been quoted extensively by leading publications on his views on Outsourced Product Development and is considered a thought leader in this space. Gowri has a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University. He is married, has a 7-year old son and is an amateur pilot still trying to get it right!  Shankar Krishnamoorthy
CTO
Shankar is one of the co-founders of Aspire Systems and currently serves as its CTO. In this position, he is primarily responsible for the technology direction and product engineering excellence at Aspire. Shankar has 13+ years of experience in building software products for various customers. With the help of his Advanced Technology Group and other key players at Aspire, Shankar is focused on spearheading Producteering initiatives. Earlier, Shankar played several vital roles ranging from hands-on product development and project management to delivery and engagement management stints at Aspire. He has nurtured and grown several key customer relationships, and most recently led Aspire’s complete delivery operations before taking up the CTO role. Shankar’s varied exposure provides him an ideal platform from which to drive initiatives to make software development better and faster. Prior to Aspire, Shankar gained extensive software development experience building CAD/CAM softwares (AutoCAD and CADDS) and customer interaction experience while working at Neil Automation and ComputerVision, Inc. (Parametric Technology Corporation). Shankar has a Master's in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Bharathiar University, India and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University, India.  Bhoovarahan Thirumalai (BHOO)
CEO, Aspiration Energy
Bhoo serves as the CEO of Aspiration Energy. The dream is to harness the high level of insolation abundantly available in India to provide cost effective energy solutions. Bhoo is responsible to convert the untapped potential into a business opportunity and business success to all concerned. Before founding Aspiration Energy, Bhoo co-founded Aspire Systems and currently serves as one of its Directors of the Board. Prior to this assignment, he was President, US operations for Aspire Systems, and played a part in getting Aspire Systems to be a successful and well recognized Outsourced Product Development company. Bhoo is a firm believer that "success is a matter of willingness to succeed and to keep at it!". His 12+ years in Aspire has enabled him to interact with hundreds of growth stage ISVs - the management teams, founders, venture capitalists and other stakeholders. He is aware of their strategies, growth pains and successes - both from a product development perspective and a general management perspective of a growing firm. Prior to founding Aspire, Bhoo played a role in helping one of India's largest engineering companies, Larsen & Toubro, establish a successful market presence in plastic injection molding machines. He is an entrepreneur by heart, having founded and run several successful ventures in various areas. Bhoo is a thought leader, and often quoted in leading media, about the software products market and the offshoring strategy of ISVs - including captive center dynamics. He has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University, India, and a MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA and maintains a semi-active blog at bhoo.wordpress.com. | 
Two years ago when we were looking for a development partner, we were attracted by Aspire Systems’ “Producteering” messages. We were concerned that many offshore groups were too “project” focused and didn’t understand the nature of agile product development. It was essential that we found a “partner” – an organization that could work closely with our product management and development teams to design, build and maintain our SaaS solutions. We found that in Aspire Systems. “Producteering” was more than a slogan. They’ve been a “true” development partner. 
