Team

Sudhir Gurudatt Pai, Co-Founder & CEO

Sudhir Pai is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Value Add, Inc. He founded GVA in October 2008. Sudhir believes that success comes only if objectives and goals are defined by proper planning followed by a thorough and detailed implementation which strictly adheres to timeline and SLAs defined during the planning process. His vision is to see GVA in the list of top 10 Professional Tax Services & Business Consulting firms and become one of the most sought-after providers of Business and Individual Taxation services internationally.

Sudhir has over 18 years of experience in the Finance, Tax and accounting fields. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the State of Texas & Colorado, Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAI India, Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and Enrolled Agent (EA) admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

An outgoing, proactive accounting professional, he brings particular strengths to the area of informal business consulting, working closely with business owners and managers to analyze their operations and devising practical solutions for their needs. His extensive experience in the area of personal and business tax planning, helping individuals, and owners of closely-held businesses (S corporations, C corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies) minimize the total impact of business, and personal taxes.

His hobbies and interests include reading, workouts, and spending time with his family.

Mani Manickavelu, Co-Founder & CEO, MyTaxFranchisor

Mani Manickavelu is a strategic visionary with over 20 years of experience in business expansion and business development. He has an innate talent to identify the right associations and build performing teams. He is known for his inspiring leadership, considerate negotiations, and transparent communication.

Before MyTaxFranchisor, Mani had built a successful education franchise in a short span of time, through diligent planning and meticulous execution, and had grown his business into a national brand in elementary education. During this period, his responsibilities ranged from creating multiple products, defining scalable processes for sales and training building a team of responsible business owners.

Mani has a wide spectrum of knowledge on a various dynamics of the franchising business. Some of his strengths include franchise identification and relationship management, training, operations and franchise compliance, successful marketing campaigns, maintaining healthy and open franchisor/franchisee relationships.

Prior to building his own franchise brand, Mani had been with Cognizant for around 15 years on program management specializing in business development and managing large teams across the globe for clients such as MetLife, AC Nielsen, AT&T, Blockbuster and IMS Health.

He is also a strategic advisor to various organizations and entrepreneurs.

Rama Prasad Adabala, Head – Technology

Rama Prasad (Ram) spearheads SaaS Leaders as Chief Mentor and Executive officer and people known to him describes as a person having unlimited energy and optimism. He has worked for customers in US, Singapore, Australia and India for past 30 years, gaining global experience using Onsite – Offshore model. He is very keen on process efficiency and has an extensive experience of managing teams of IT professionals and known for good mentoring skills and drawing career path to team members. His passion is to work closely with customers and giving them value at a reasonable cost. He has strong problem analysis and programming skills proven in high-pressure environments and ability to deal with new applications and platforms effectively and quickly.

He has always been paranoid about solving customer problems. His understanding of design patterns, innovative offerings, analytical abilities and basic clarity in thinking builds a great foundation for a flourishing relationship with customers, partners and employees. His outstanding track record, his knowledge of a wide range of domains such as insurance, supply chain and e-learning make him to drive various Operations at SaaS Leaders. He has held various responsibilities for IT setup and building up Software Organizations besides Project Management, Client Management, Quality assurance, Requirement Gathering, Estimations, Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, and implementation of large and small applications under various computer environments.

As a natural leader, he took the initiative in building up the Customer Satisfaction, advocating his team to develop strong technical competencies. The combined effort of his team members under his commendable leadership makes an outstanding impact on SaaS Leaders customers. He possesses exquisite skills of attracting and retaining talent that helps in maintaining quality teams on consistent basis. His gregarious nature and dynamic approach enhances employee relationship leading to overall development. The engagement and rationalization of manpower skills he displays are exemplary.

Supriya S Pai, Co-Founder & Director – Finance & HR

Supriya Pai is an Enrolled Agent, admitted to Practice before the IRS. Supriya oversees GVA’s US operations. Her experience encompasses many facets of the accounting world, including personal tax, and QuickBooks support. Supriya’s outgoing philosophy makes our clients feel comfortable, by providing prompt, and friendly service. She also manages the administrative section for the organization. Supriya holds a Bachelor degree in Business Management.

When not at work, Supriya enjoys spending time with her 3 children, reading, watching movies, surfing the internet, and travelling.

Gangaraju Hanumaiah, Vice President – Operations

Mr. Gangaraju Hanumaiah is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice before the IRS. He has over 12 year of experience in the areas of Tax and Accounting Services. Gangaraju’s expertise includes US-Foreign tax laws where he has successfully represented over many US taxpayers in the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program/Amnesty Program and facilitated in their compliance with offshore financial tax matters and he has been personal tax adviser for many high net-worth individuals (HNIs) and business owners.

Gangaraju understands and applies commercial and financial principles of building a successful tax practice. He currently manages the Houston Branch operations and has demonstrated events and activities to identify fresh approaches to improve his book of business.

Gangaraju holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Prior to Mytaxfiler, Gangaraju was with Ernst & Young and recipient of the High Impact Award from the EY Management Division.

Aravinda Biliya , Vice President – Operations – North East America

Aravinda is a creative visionary, multi-disciplinary leader and heading operations ,sales and delivery for USA North East region for MYTAXFILER & myStartUpCFO. With experience spanning 16 years in Project Management, Operations Management, Human Resource Development and Financial Operations for clients in the UK, USA and India, he has used his experience and expertise to build large teams and spearhead projects in organisations. He believes that anything can be achieved by doggedly pursuing objectives, building systems and processes followed by precise and detailed implementation while also adhering to strict protocols and Service Level Agreements.

Aravinda is Certified in ASQ Six Sigma with an Anexas Black Belt. He has a unique approach towards solving problems through effective Strategy and process improvements. He has not only created steps to solve problems but played a key role in the execution and implementation. Having a stellar track record in these fields has made him a valuable resource to have in a growing and developing organization. He posses great knowledge in Finance and Tax compliance which has enabled him to effectively consult for startups and individuals on these matters.

He has always taken his role of leader and mentor very seriously, performing various responsibilities and significant roles throughout his career. He believes that keeping employees motivated and happy, is the key to a successful and sustained venture. Leading from the front, mentoring employees, continuous project monitoring, implementing quality tools and resource mobilisation as a part of project management are some of his other core skills.

Guru Chandrahas Reddy Dorsala (Guru) Vice President & Head Operations – Irving & Austin, TX

Guru is an Enrolled Agent (EA) admitted to practice before Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Bangalore University.

Guru has over 10 years of experience in the areas of finance, International taxation, payroll processing, and bookkeeping. Guru began his career in GVA Bangalore and moved to Dallas, TX where he acquired in-depth experience with professional service companies, specializing in software and consulting companies, as well as real estate partnerships. His proficiency includes:

• Individual & Corporate Tax Returns for constitutional compliance, better refunds, and mathematical accuracy.
• Accounting, Book Keeping & Payroll Services to Small Businesses & Corporations (LLC/LLP/S-Corp/C-Corp) including Quarterly Tax Filings.
• Notice Representation – Resolving notices received from IRS and State revenue departments through preparation of relevant representation letter and protest documents in line with applicable IRS tax codes, supreme court judgments and revenue rulings.
• FBAR, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program and Streamline filing compliance. He has successfully represented over 500 US taxpayers in the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program/Amnesty Program and in their compliance with offshore financial tax matters.

He also serves as the training instructor for students aspiring to be Enrolled Agents with Internal Revenue Service. He loves training candidates, mentoring team and meeting up with clients & corporate business heads to ensure strong and better client and business relationships for the consistent growth and development of the company.

Hariprasad S, Vice President – Operations – Fremont, CA

Hari joined the firm in 2012 and impressed not only with technical skills but unique ability to engage clients and colleagues. He has over 12 years of experience in the tax industry. His clients include small and mid-sized businesses of many types particularly software and consulting companies.

He is specialized in tax compliance and advisory services for high net worth individuals. He has represented many of his clients with IRS & state departments on amnesty programs & various audits. As an expert in the tax field, he has asked to develop and lead training sessions and shared his knowledge through webinars.

Hariprasad is an Enrolled Agent and earned his master degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka. Prior to Mytaxfiler, he was with Ernst & Young- Individual tax & transfer pricing teams.

Prasanna Kumar B V, Vice President & Head Operations – Sunnyvale, CA

Prasanna is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration Degree in Finance from Bangalore University.

Prasanna has over eight years of experience in accounting and tax services to individuals, partnerships, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. He has worked closely with many businesses, advising and executing accounting and tax services. Prasanna began his career in Bangalore and moved to San Francisco Bay Area, CA where he acquired in-depth experience with professional service companies, specializing in software and consulting companies, as well as real estate partnerships. As a tax accountant, he has worked with dentists, physicians, optometrists, chiropractor, law practices, and other industries as well. Prasanna’s passion is to help clients increase their bottom line and plan strategies to decrease tax liabilities. Prasanna has vast experience in preparing Corporate and Individual tax returns.

On the International tax front, Prasanna carries a lot of experience in US India tax laws, specifically with FBAR, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program. He has successfully represented over 200 US taxpayers in the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program/Amnesty Program and in their compliance with offshore financial tax matters.

Sandeep Shroff, CEO – mystartupCFO

Sandeep brings over 20 years of experience spanning finance, investment analysis, strategic planning and technology, including the last decade of leadership experience (as CFO) in fund raising ($100M+ aggregate raised) and strategic and tactical financial management. He has worked with dozens of start ups from pre-revenue to multi-million dollar revenue. He has grown companies from unfunded dreams to sales to Fortune 10 buyers.

As Co-founder at Gridstone Research, he played a leadership role in raising four rounds of funding and grew the company to ~350 headcount. At Infosys he led the US team responsible for investor relations and M&A activity. He was an integral part of the team that ran a very successful $1B+ secondary stock offering for Infosys.

Sandeep has a Master’s in Computer Science from Syracuse University and an MBA in Finance from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Shridhar Mirani, CEO – Sudhir Pai, CPA PLLC

Shridhar is a specialist in International Audits having exposure to audit the Corporates in USA, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Singapore and Australia. Shridhar is a Chartered Accountant from Institute of CA of India in 1975 and is holds practicing license for 40 years.

Shridhar believes that service to clients is a service to God and so his total focus is on providing excellent service to clients and on client relationship.

Shridhar was a partner and Chief Executive Office of Audit firms Shridhar & Associates, Ghosh Mirani & Co – India and PBG Associates, UK from 2011 to 2015/16. During this period, he was also a COO of P & G Associates, Dallas, TX, USA. He was responsible to develop the audit practice from scratch to a roaring and very successful audit practice with wide spread international corporate client base.

Shridhar has also worked in USA, Dubai and Kenya during his career and has varied experience of various industries including Financial Services, Insurance, Ready to wear Apparel, Edible oils, Construction etc.

S Krishnan, International Tax Expert

Krishnan is an international tax professional with significant on–ground practical experience of globalizing a company’s operations.

He has managed the entire gamut of planning, compliance, tax audits and litigation in international income–tax and transaction tax; due diligence and contract structuring as well as risk mitigation. He is assisting companies on international tax structuring and performing the role of a virtual international tax manager providing ‘tax health check–up’ and compliance oversight of international tax, employee mobility and transaction taxes. He provides advisory services to U.S. citizens and green card holders on tax compliance, reporting obligations and estate planning. He is based out of Bangalore, India. Read more…

Jayanth Vellal, Business Process Management Expert

Jayanth is a consultant in Finance & Accounting domain with core competence in Process Management, Project Management and Outsourcing support services. Jayanth has vast experience in process based operations management and has worked on multiple process transitions and managed large organization wide initiatives. He has worked on all three process verticals in the industry (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay & Record to Reconcile). He has designed / reengineered processes delivering effective and efficient solutions.

He has led process standardization initiatives across different entities ensuring cost effectiveness, enhancing quality of service delivery and achieving performance excellence. An ardent believer in measurable metrics to manage the operations, Jayanth identifies key metrics to achieve the required SLAs and incorporates tracking those as part of the process which provides good control and direction to the process. His solutions are based on the best practices and methodologies followed in the industry which are customized to client’s requirement.

He is tech savvy and has worked with technology teams to design, test and implement technology enabled process solutions as well. He has led large teams and mentored them to align and achieve organizational goals. Jayanth is a Commerce Graduate and also has certifications in Six Sigma, Financial Risk Management and Process Reengineering. He was an Assistant Director in EY’s internal consulting team and also worked in Accenture and HP in various operational roles.