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OUR GLOBAL BUSINESS CONSULTANTS
Patricia Connolly: Chief Executive Officer, Partner
Patricia Connolly, PhD, draws on nearly three decades of executive IT and academic leadership to drive SMC Squared’s strategy, vision, and mission. With experience building high-performing IT teams, leveraging global talent, and mitigating corporate risk, she intimately understands the challenges clients face. Her functional expertise paired with her passion about people – recruiting, mentoring, building, and retaining highly skilled and engaged teams – fuels our employee-based methodology.
Shawn Curti: Chief Client Success Officer
With over 30 years in the industry, Shawn Curti, is a seasoned executive in revenue, sales, operations, and business development. Known for his ability to develop high-performing teams, he has built a reputation for establishing robust relationships at all organizational levels. His success is rooted in his ability to forge supportive, win-win partnerships, with a trademark approach that emphasizes transparency and trust.
Ananth Rao Rudravaram: VP of Technology and Managing Director
As VP of Technology and Managing Director at SMC Squared, Ananth provides strategic and operational leadership, ensuring technology and business teams align with enterprise priorities. With over 30 years of experience, he has built and scaled Global Capability Centers (GCCs), optimizing operations, driving automation, and enhancing customer experience leveraging AI in product innovation. A passionate people leader, he excels in talent management and cross-cultural team alignment.
Amy Noebel: Senior Director, Client Success
Amy Noebel is an adaptive and results-oriented leader with over 30 years of experience in IT with international organizations establishing PMO best practices and leading Technology and Business transformational strategic initiatives. Recognized for her success delivering business strategies and technology solutions across organizations, Amy works closely with our clients as a local partner. She is responsible for the efficient and effective rollout of talent solutions, whether they are augmenting an existing team or building their own custom GCC.
Scott Evans: Director, Client Success
Scott Evans brings over 25 years of expertise in business management, consulting, and software delivery across many sectors, such as fintech, financial services, construction, retail, and more. His metric-driven gift for unlocking potential and mentoring helps teams achieve peak performance. Scott has navigated organizations through complex global transitions with a keen eye on the overarching IT management landscape. His leadership style is transformative, fostering a culture of global innovation - enabling sustainable corporate success.
Ramachandra Hegde: Director, Finance
Ramachandra Hegde is a result-driven senior accounting and financial management executive with more than 13 years of experience in accounting, finance, and taxation with multinational companies. He has demonstrated the ability to streamline business operations that drive growth and increase efficiency. His experience developing and implementing financial control and processes paired with his solid leadership developed through communication and interpersonal skills, establish rapport with all levels of staff and management.
Tara Kanbargimath: Director, Human Resources
Tara Kanbargimath brings over 15 years of experience in Talent Development, focusing on Content Development, Management, Leadership Development, and Professional Skills Development across different levels. She specializes in establishing a learning architecture that provides proven business impact for our clients. With Tara, our employees and leaders benefit from elevated frameworks for coaching and mentoring, retention-centric curriculums, and guidance via data-based decision making.
Abdul Gaffar Syed: Director, Operations
As an Administration and Operations Director, Abdul Gaffar Syed comes with over 20 years of experience with Global Capability Centers, optimizing their organizational efficiency through strategic administration and leadership with a proven track record of success. He is dedicated to driving operational excellence, fostering a culture of accountability and delivering measurable results that contribute to the overall success of the organization.
Mari Kam Aipa: Director, Global Marketing
Mari Kam Aipa, MMH, is a digital marketing leader recognized for her communication, creativity, team-building, and leadership skills. From startups to Fortune 100 companies, she has executed effective digital marketing strategies that support companies’ lead generation and business acquisition goals. In her role, Mari is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of strategic and corporate brand initiatives for SMC Squared and our clients.
Samantha McManus: Manager, Global Marketing
With backgrounds in IT Project Management, Marketing, and Communication, Samantha McManus provides an organized, intentional, and creative approach to her role. She works directly with clients to ensure their brand is accurately portrayed across various mediums. Overseeing the implementation of social media initiatives, and GCC office design and builds, she ensures client satisfaction with their new global presence.
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