Ashok M Thakkar is President and CEO of the Johns Creek, GA based consulting / outsourcing company, ITTI, LLC.  Ashok has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Management and has visited over forty countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North & South America to gain first hand knowledge of management practices. He has lectured on the subject of Quality in USA, Canada, Mexico, Peru, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and Egypt.

ITTI specializes in outsourcing and off-shoring services and international standards including ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 13485 and so on. 

Ashok is a published author and a recognized speaker. His path-breaking work in long-term quality strategy and supply chain management has won him international accolades.

Ashok is considered a foremost authority in ISO 9000 standards and supply chain management. He has done pioneering work in the areas of Long-Term Quality Strategy and Supply Chain Management.

Ashok has had the opportunity to work with the late Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, the father of Japanese Quality.

He has been on the faculty of University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI) and Marian College (Fond du Lac, WI). He was also affiliated with the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR) and India’s National Center for Quality Management (NCQM). 

In November 1992, the Governor of Wisconsin cited Ashok for being the “State Leader in the Practice of Total Quality Management”. In July of 1999, Norbert Wiener University of Lima, Peru appointed Ashok as “Profesor Visitante”. Prior to starting his own consulting company, Ashok held a senior executive position at Eaton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI.

Under Ashok’s leadership, ITTI has become one of the most recognized names in Outsourcing, Off-shoring and Quality and Environmental consulting fields.

ITTI's highly acclaimed recent publication [termed "Executive Learning Tool (ELT)] entitled "Taking Quality Management System Into the Executive Suite" was authored and narrated by Ashok. 

With a Masters Degree and 25 years in manufacturing, this dynamic personality is a recognized name in the storage systems industry in India. Manoj is based in Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay).

While handling his duties as ITTI’s Procurement Director, Manoj is simultaneously the Managing Director of MaxiMaa Systems Ltd (a publicly traded company) and CEO of MaxiMaa Infoways (Pvt) Ltd., ITTI’s Outsourcing arm in India. MaxiMaa Infoways handles ITTI’s Landscaping, Virtual Image Processing and CAD activities in India.

Manoj joined ITTI in late 2003 and is a very important part of our team. Manoj, along with his assistant, Varsha Mistry, is the primary decision-maker in qualifying ITTI’s Indian suppliers. Both of them are actively involved in managing an ISO 9001 registered company and possess unique knowledge of supply chain management.

Manoj is a frequent traveler to Europe and USA and maintains a strong knowledge base for the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. 

Varsha Mistry is the Chief Operating Officer for ITTI’s IT and BPO operations. She is located in Valsad, Gujarat State, India.

Varsha holds degrees in Math and Computer Science. She is also certified as an auditor for ISO 9001:2000 quality management system.

Within eight years after graduation, this dynamic young lady has risen to become the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Varsha's team of twenty engineers and technicians manages Information Technology, Landscaping, Virtual Image Processing and CAD projects.

In addition to managing IT and BPO activities, Varsha also acts as the Senior Procurement Engineer in qualifying and monitoring ITTI's Indian vendors.

Along with Manoj Shah, ITTI’s Procurement Director, Varsha is the primary decision-maker for ITTI’s supplier selection in India.   

Abha graduated in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Political Science, International Relations, Global Cultures and Integrated Liberal Studies. She is currently a resident of Madison, WI (USA). For the past four years, she has been serving as the associate facilitator of the Northside Planning Council doing grass-roots organizing and training citizen leaders to help build the neighborhoods served by the council. Abha is the Managing Editor of Madison’s Northside News and Co-Chairperson of the Advisory Committee to the Mayor of Madison.

On May 4, 2006, Abha was awarded the Visionary Award for her service to the community.
The award was sponsored by the Social Justice Center and The Capital Times of Madison, WI (USA).

Abha believes very strongly that the best way to enjoy the community you live in – big or small, hip or not – is to get invested in it. 

Kimberly Grimm is ITTI’s Inside Sales Manager and leads a team of inside sales associates. She holds a BS degree in Business and Human Resource Management and has five years of marketing experience.

Widely traveled, her global perspective compliments ITTI’s global supply chain management activities.

Kim contributes to formulation and execution of ITTI’s marketing strategies and provides valuable liaison with North American Clients.

Kim works out of our Cincinnati, OH Office.  

Pune, India based Rahul Shah is ITTI's Logistics Director. Rahul has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from UK. 

Rahul has been associated with ITTI’s Indian partner Gatiman Group since January 2001. In addition to having overall responsibility for Fiberglass Molding and Composite Materials, Rahul is specifically responsible for export marketing, logistics and overseas customer liaison.

With his engineering background and MBA degree, Rahul brings unique qualifications for handling export business and generating exceptional customer satisfaction. Rahul is well versed in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System. 

Sanjog is Director of ITTI's Composites Division and focuses on new product development and process development.

Sanjog has a BS in Polymer Engineering and a MS in Plastics Engineering. In his 10 + year career he has worked on design, development of new products and technologies. During his tenure at GE Global Research Center he has lead teams in developing thermoplastic composite technologies and roll to roll micro-embossing processes. He has 3 active patents to his credit.

Sanjog heads the Composites Division at ITTI's partner Gatiman Group. He focuses on advanced Composite technologies like Autoclave processing and out-of-autoclave processing of carbon composite parts and molds. Resin infusion, VARTM, and wet lay techniques.  

Sanjog is located in the city of Pune near Mumbai.

Rajesh is the Director of Sheet Metal Operations for ITTI’s partner, Gatiman Group of India. He is located in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

With a degree in Mechanical Engineering and over twelve years of experience in metal working industry, Rajesh possesses a unique blend of experience in manufacturing and quality assurance. He has successfully steered the Gatiman Group to QS 9000 registration while acting as the Management Representative (MR). Rajesh’s forte has been automobile components manufacturing.

Currently he is looking after sheet metal and surface treatment operations. His responsibilities include production planning, material resource planning, customer liaison and trouble-shooting. 

Bangalore, India based Nayanasudhan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications and has over 40 years of industrial experience in the fields of Manufacturing, ISO 9001 Quality Management System and Electronics Engineering. He possesses a strong background in design, manufacturing and testing of printed circuit boards, electronics assembly and micanite sheet manufacturing.

Nayanasudhan started his career at Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) where he worked for 7 years and then he joined Rao Insulating Company (RIC) as an assistant engineer. He worked his way up to the position of VP/GM at RIC. He currently is the VP of Electronics Engineering for ITTI’s Indian Electronics Operations.> 

Bangalore, India based Manjunath has a strong background in the field of Quality Assurance, Production and electronics design. He was a key contributor in developing and implementing ISO-9001:2000 Quality Management System for ITTI’s Indian PCB assembly plant. He has strong experience in Production and Quality Control for printed circuit board assembly.

After graduating with a Degree in Electronics engineering in 2001, Manjunath joined ITTI as a junior engineer and quickly rose to the position of Director of Quality, Electronic Operations.