To Aspire is to bring home future-ready technology, agility and innovation

Aspire Systems is a right-sized global leader in technology, digital transformation and software engineering based on the cornerstones of agility, customer experience and operational excellence. Our people-centric culture and innovation mindset act as the key drivers of our growth.

 

Founded in 1996, Aspire Systems has been a beacon of growth among leading global technology service providers the world over. We serve as a trusted partner for our customers in the US, UK, LATAM, Europe, Middle East, India, and Asia Pacific regions and have a strong nearshore presence providing real-time service in Poland and Mexico.

 

With in-depth expertise in technology and a core DNA of Software Engineering, Aspire delivers holistic services across industry verticals such as Independent Software Vendors, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, and Insurance. Our prowess lies in Software Engineering, Digital Services, Testing and Infrastructure & Application Support. Our future-ready technology focus is propelling us steadily towards accomplishing our next milestone of USD 200 million by 2025 based on the cornerstones of agility, customer experience and operational excellence.

Our Values

At the heart of all of our endeavors at Aspire is our core philosophy of “Attention. Always.”. We believe the growth of an organization reflects the attention it invests in the growth of its customers, employees and the society.

Our People

An organization made of individuals with diverse mindsets can find it hard to function well in cohesion unless there is a common thread that ties people together. For Aspire, that thread is Attention. Always.  

We invest significant time and effort in creating an ecosystem that allows for ideas to be heard and implemented across verticals. Our culture of ORBIT reflects the value system that every employee at Aspire imbibes. 

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Our Customers

Creating future-ready systems involves allowing room for disruptions with a keen focus on the business and user ecosystem. Our frameworks and accelerators serve as our north stars, helping us build such systems at a rapid pace across domains. Creating and quickly deploying solutions that not just solve the problem at hand but address the need of an organization becomes easier with the Aspire frameworks.

Our Society

Aspire, as an organization, strongly believes in the philosophy of giving back to society and working towards social upliftment in myriad ways. We share our corporate responsibility and our attention to the society through two major ways. One is through Polestar, an internal wing which promotes employee volunteerism and participation in a wide range of activities, supporting social causes. The other is through the Pearltri Foundation which works towards creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for youth through skill building programs.

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Inclusion and Diversity

Staying true to our philosophy of attention to people, business and society, we are striving to create a better world for everyone, provide a sense of belonging to our people and create equal opportunities for all. 

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Aspire Facts

people

4900+
Employees

grow

19%
Growing at close to 19% CAGR since 2020

customers

275+
Active customers

certified

Certified
ISO 9001:2015 ISO 27001:2022 ISO 27701:2019 HIPAA ISO 14001:2015 ISO 45001:2018 SOC 2 Type 2

rated

Rated
CMMI ML 3 Dev 3.0

countries

Countries
Offices in Singapore, US, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Mexico, India, Ireland and Dubai

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Recognized
12 consecutive years as India’s 100 Best Companies to Work for by the GPW Institute

Our team

Management Team

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Prathap V Achuthan

Vice President - US Operations

Prathap V Achuthan currently serves as the Vice President - US Operations at Aspire Systems and has been associated with the company since the formative years. He has held several key positions in Sales & Marketing at Aspire and was recently Vice President of Sales - US. He brings with him 14 years of rich experience in General Management, Strategy, and International Sales & Marketing.

Prathap has played a pivotal role in architecting a formal sales process and in establishing Aspire as a multifaceted global brand across geographies. He strongly believes in "Trust based selling" and through strong customer focus he has helped Aspire win number of long term relationships. In 2007, he set up a business unit in California that saw a growth in the region by over 50%.

In the current position, he oversees the US operations and is the driving force of Aspire expanding in the US and overall growth.

Prathap graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mining Engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University. He also holds an MBA degree from Anna University.

Giridharan Thiruvengadam
Giridharan Thiruvengadam

Chief Financial Officer

Giridharan Thiruvengadam (Giri) is Head of the Finance and Legal functions at Aspire.  Giri is a Chartered Accountant and legal professional with an experience of 20+ years in mid-sized IT services, product companies, Telecom and MNC Captive Technology companies.

During his tenure, he has done extensive work on business partnering, setting up and running FP&A, financial reporting under IFRS/US GAAP/I GAAP, MIS, international taxation, legal and secretarial compliances, corporate governance, treasury and in professional assurance services.

He has also successfully implemented internal control systems (SOX), processes and ERP (Peoplesoft Oracle) for a US listed company in India and SOX/ICFR for captive MNC and is adept at STPI, SEZ regulations, legal contracts. 

Prior to joining Aspire, Giri has worked with Gigamon as Head of Finance and was on their Board. Prior to that he has worked in increasingly responsible positions in companies like Sify Technologies, BORN Group, iNautix, Keane India, PwC, and as a lawyer at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Attorneys at Delhi.  By qualification he is a CA, Cost Accountant and holds a degree in Bachelor of Law from Madras Law College.

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Sunil J N V

President, Sales, Marketing and Delivery

As President (Sales, Marketing and Delivery) of Aspire Systems, Sunil is solely dedicated in managing the entire delivery process from Aspire’s Global Delivery Centers. With close to 3 decades of varied experience in IT and Turnkey projects, Sunil has deep grounded knowledge and exceptional skills in Software Services and Products. His focus areas include Business Development and Acquisition, Business Unit Management, Program Management, Engagement and Delivery Management. His insights on projects and people development have created value out of intangible assets.

Before making a difference to our Global delivery process at Aspire, Sunil steered the project management and client engagement activities for Fortune 500 companies at HCL Technologies. He was instrumental in establishing a “New Initiatives Group”, focused on identifying new domains and emerging technologies to work on, at HCL.

In his previous role at iSOFT, Sunil was entrusted with complex and large enterprise-class projects across geographies.

Sunil is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Andhra University, India.

Board Members

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Shankar Krishnamoorthy

Co-Founder, Aspire Systems

Shankar co-founded Aspire Systems and currently serves as one of the directors on the board.  Shankar has played several roles at Aspire - from hands-on sales, software development and overall delivery management to spearheading various technology initiatives.  Shankar spearheaded Synergita Software (www.synergita.com) until 2023.  Synergita is an award-winning SaaS software (company) focused on continuous employee performance and engagement.

He is also an angel investor and mentors few start-ups in India and Singapore. 

Prior to Aspire, Shankar gained software development experience building CAD/CAM software at Neil Automation (www.neilsoft.com) and Parametric Technology Corporation (www.ptc.com).

Shankar has a Master’s degree in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Bharathiar University, India and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University, India.

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Bhoovarahan Thirumalai

Co-Founder, Aspire Systems

Serial/parallel entrepreneur, angel investor, theatre, naturopathy, alternate health systems, rural economy enthusiast.

Bhoo has founded/co-founded/invested in several ventures, both social and for profit and sits on the board and executive teams of some of them  

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!". 

He has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry University, India, and a MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Illinois, USA and is currently pursuing a doctorate from Singapore Managements University.