Leadership Team

BOLD Thinkers. Human Leaders. Relentless Innovators.

ISHIR’s leadership team brings together over two decades of global experience in digital product innovation, data + AI transformation, and high-performing team building.

We are united by a shared mission and vision — to help BOLD businesses accelerate digital innovation through clarity, creativity, and technology.

 

Together, We Build What’s NEXT.

 

Leadership Team ISHIR - Rishi Khanna

Rishi Khanna

Founder & CEO

As the Founder and CEO of ISHIR, a Digital Product Innovation, Data + AI, and Global Talent Partner helping companies accelerate what’s next. For over 26 years, Rishi has been leading innovation and growth through clarity — guiding enterprises, investors, and startups in building digital products that create measurable business impact. A visionary and mentor, he believes in nurturing people to find their passion, purpose, and potential. Rishi plays an active role in shaping ISHIR’s global strategy and innovation accelerators — helping clients validate ideas faster, modernize legacy systems, and build AI-Native software solutions that scale. Before founding ISHIR in 1999, he worked at Deloitte & Touche in Texas as a Management Consultant. Today, his leadership philosophy centers around clarity before building and impact over activity — principles that define ISHIR’s culture and client outcomes.

Leadership Team ISHIR - Eric

Eric Soon

Chief Operating Officer

Eric leads ISHIR’s global operations, ensuring delivery excellence across the U.S., India, and LATAM. With more than 25 years of experience in operations and professional services, Eric is known for building cohesive, high-performing teams that consistently deliver impact. He brings a strategic, systems-thinking approach to scaling ISHIR’s delivery operations — ensuring every engagement meets the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and customer success. Eric’s leadership enables ISHIR to scale global capacity (GCC) and accelerate innovation across digital innovation, data, and AI-driven initiatives for clients worldwide.

Leadership Team ISHIR - Chetan Saxena

Chetan Saxena

Chief Operating Officer – India

Chetan drives ISHIR’s India operations, leading teams that deliver across Digital, AI, Talent and Transformation. He is instrumental in scaling ISHIR’s delivery excellence, culture, team member and client satisfaction through strategic leadership and operational precision. With over a decade at ISHIR, Chetan has built a strong foundation of innovation, team performance, and global collaboration — aligning ISHIR’s India team to global talent footprint. He works closely with delivery and operations leaders along with our clients to deliver measurable outcomes through talent and technology-driven solutions.

Leadership Team ISHIR - Umesh Chandra

Umesh Chandra

Director, Global Delivery

Umesh brings over 25 years of experience managing global software delivery, architecture, accelerator workshops and execution. He leads ISHIR’s delivery excellence across multiple client programs, ensuring that every solution is aligned to business value, scalability, and measurable impact. A program strategist at heart, Umesh connects technical execution with organizational goals — driving smooth collaboration between cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders.

Leadership Team - Mamta

Mamta Rani

Director, Client Services

Mamta leads ISHIR’s Client Success and Growth initiatives. She is responsible for ensuring client satisfaction, strategic partnerships, and long-term value creation. With over 22 years of experience in technology consulting, she drives all aspects of client engagement — from new business and account management to ongoing success and advisory. Mamta’s focus is on helping clients unlock value through innovation — whether it’s building digital products, driving innovation, or accelerating AI-led transformation.

Leadership Team ISHIR - Richa

Richa Mathur

Manager, Global HR

Richa leads ISHIR’s Global HR function with a deep focus on people, culture, and purpose. She believes that innovation starts with empowered teams and fosters an environment built on transparency, trust, and continuous growth. With 15+ years of HR leadership experience, Richa has played a key role in evolving ISHIR’s culture into a people-first, real-time feedback-driven, and purpose-led organization that enables every team member to thrive by leveraging unique abilities.

Leadership Team - Namita

Namita Sharma

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Namita heads Global Talent Acquisition at ISHIR, helping the company attract top talent across the U.S., India, East Europe and LATAM. Her expertise lies in building scalable recruitment strategies that align with ISHIR’s mission, values and culture — connecting great talent to bold opportunities. Namita’s approach to hiring reflects ISHIR’s belief that great people build great products. She champions diversity, innovation, and mentorship within the talent ecosystem.

Leadership Team ISHIR - MD

Md Shahnawaz Israil

Manager, Global Systems

With over 18 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and cloud computing, Shahnawaz leads ISHIR’s Global cloud and infrastructure practice. He ensures the company’s technology backbone is secure, scalable, and optimized to support high-growth digital and AI workloads. A VMware Certified Professional, AWS Associate, and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate, Shahnawaz’s leadership in cloud architecture and enterprise systems enables ISHIR to deliver reliability and innovation at scale.

Leadership Team ISHIR - Abhishek

Abhishek Singh

Program Manager

Leadership Team ISHIR - Maneesh

Maneesh Parihar

Manager, AI

Leadership Team ISHIR - Naresh

Naresh Kumar

Manager, Data & Analytics

Leadership Team ISHIR - Rasul

Abdul Rasul

Project Manager

Leadership Team ISHIR - Ritu

Ritu Bhatt

Project Manager

Leadership Team ISHIR - Jitendra

Jitendra Saini

Project Manager

Leadership Team ISHIR - Praveen

Praveen Kumar

Manager, Digital Products

Leadership Team ISHIR - Prasoon G

Prasoon Gupta

Manager, Digital

Leadership Team ISHIR - Vishesh

Vishesh Sharma

Manager, Finance