Tommy has a proven track record in building successful products and top-notch organizations in the fast-paced technology industries. He has a strong background in engineering management, system architecture, product and process development. Tommy was the Founder and VP of Engineering for Accela, an enterprise software provider for government agencies. He managed a development team of 30 in the U.S. and 100 in China, combining the best talents on both shores. Before Accela, he founded eAppointment and developed an online appointment system for the service industries. Tommy had served as the Director of Engineering and Operations for various consulting, instrumentation, control system and multimedia companies. Earlier in his career, Tommy worked at Apple Computer and IBM, where he designed laptop computers, embedded systems and managed test engineering. He holds various patents in computer hardware and software. Tommy's education includes M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Harsh brings with her extensive experience in acquisition integration, cross-functional organizational mapping to achieve strategic teamwork, business process fusion, decision processes and in building team buy-in across the enterprise. She has a proven track record in brand-building, innovative and integrated approaches that deliver new revenue streams, new vertical and account penetration opportunities. Prior to joining Kutir, Dr. Harsh owned her own Human Capital consulting firm, SR-OD Partners. Dr. Harsh has served as Chair of the Advisory Board for Revolution Workforce and OSITV. She was the NW Executive Board Director for Women in Technology (WITI). Her clients have included Fujitsu BPO, Equinox, Allergan, Visiprise (now an SAP company), New Century Mortgage and TMP Worldwide. Dr. Harsh is a Vietnam-era veteran, stationed at the 130th Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany.

Neil is a senior leader with almost two decades of management experience and an advanced education in corporate communications, integrated marketing communications, and human resources management. He has managed multiple projects and implemented successful organizational improvements while taking a lead role in tactical and strategic organizations with hundreds of employees, in both domestic and international environments. He has a proven record of developing and leading multifunctional organizations to achieve results with limited resources. In addition, Neil has a global perspective. He is in the process of completing a military career which provided him with the opportunity to travel to 28 countries and study multiple foreign languages and cultures.

Attorney since 2001 with the firm of Gdanski & Gdanski, LLP representing both foreign and domestic clients; stimulus contracts, negotiations during contract performance, dispute resolution with the Government, navigation through the Federal infrastructure.
Litigation experience at Administrative Boards, Federal Courts, State Courts, Domestic Arbitrations and International Arbitrations: Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”), General Services Board of Contract Appeals (“GSBCA”), United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), United States Department of Transportation (“USDOT”), United States District Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), International Court of Arbitration / International Chamber of Commerce
Practice areas: Bid protests; Terminations for default; Terminations for convenience; Negotiations; Claims; Equitable adjustments; Appeals to the various boards of contract; Appeals and requests for extraordinary relief under P.L 850804; Davis Bacon; Service Contract Act; Litigation; Fraud; Suspensions and Debarment; Foreign Military Sales; International Government Contracting; Buy American Act; Small Business Administration Matters; Foreign Security; GSA Schedules.
Scott H. Gdanski, b. 1971, BA Yeshiva University 1993, JD Pace Law School 1996, admitted in NY, NJ, FL, and practice focus U.S. and international government contract law and construction law.

As former CFO for SBA, Tom is extremely knowledgeable about both small business issues and the federal procurement process. He has more than 30 years experience in assisting small businesses to acquire and perform successfully on federal contracts. His expertise lies in consulting support for all federal small business contracting programs: 8(a), Hub zone, SDB, SDVOB, WOB and also for all federal small business lending programs: 7(a), 504, SBIC, Microloans. His rich experience in federal finance and acquisition has helped many small business entities in the past. This has helped growing small business and veteran owned business while navigating in the highly complex federal business
His specialties include government liaison and problem resolution, federal business development, federal financial process from appropriation through expenditure of funds, grants, contracts, administrative operations in the federal arena including financial system implementation.Tom received his MBA from Hofstra University.

An engineer with a management degree Prasad has over a decade of rich experience in Human Resource Management. He is known for initiating new thoughts and ‘out of the box’ ideas that has led organizations to the path of success and reputation. He has been the key factor in developing many off shore development centers. He is known for his people management/ relationship building skills, and development of new business. His inputs to Kutir have proved more than effective time and again. His interpersonal skills has been a tremendous help to everyone, both internal and external

Passionate about technology, Vishal Talreja has over 13 years of experience building internet & mobile products and associated services. He currently is a Director of Global Delivery at Microsoft heading the global delivery strategy and implementation for its Avenue A | Razorfish unit. He has worked with various offshore-centric service companies such as Ness Technologies (in the UK), Aztecosft and eTouch Systems (in the US). Vishal comes from a Management Consulting background having worked for Ernst &Young Consulting in Chicago and KPMG Consulting in the Silicon Valley.

Vishal's mobile interests include network-aware mobile applications, payment technologies and multi-client applications. He is extremely entrepreneurial and continuously working on the next big idea.