Company Profile

Introduction

V12C is a globally distributed technology consulting service firm that designs, develops and delivers leading edge technology solutions that provide tangible business results for our clients.


Next Level Technology Consulting

Our technical expertise coupled with the business understanding helps our clients improve process efficiency, reduce cost and realise better returns on their IT investments. V12C has expertise in building large enterprise systems and implementing the strategic solutions using various software platforms for firms in sectors including Financial Services, Telecom, Mobile Applications, Entertainment, E-Commerce.

  • Senior team leaders average 20 years experience in high technology enterprise leadership
  • 100 + technology professionals worldwide, and growing
  • Highly cost-efficient multi-shore software development
  • Expertise in specialised technology skills

Representative Projects

V12C and its practice leaders have helped some of the world's top banks and technology firms build technology platforms for real time data management, Grid Enabled decision support, risk management and operations.


Global Resource Optimization

With offices in New York, Los Angeles, Florida, nearshore offices in Costa Rica and Bogota, and offshore presence in Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, V12C has in place a globally distributed development model which helps clients reduce cost and risk. Our flexible delivery model meets the needs of small, mid sized, and large companies in a range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications. Our Next-Gen Development Center in Gurgaon has a team of highly talented development and analysis team with expertise in a wide array of technologies.

Testimonials

V12C is a unique resource, combining expertise in fixed income,
technology and offshore project management. They are an excellent technology partner for us.

— Karen Izakson, Senior Director, Telerate

Testimonials

V12C is a unique resource, combining expertise in fixed income,
technology and offshore project management. They are an excellent technology partner for us.

— Karen Izakson, Senior Director, Telerate

Testimonials

V12C is a unique resource, combining expertise in fixed income,
technology and offshore project management. They are an excellent technology partner for us.

— Karen Izakson, Senior Director, Telerate

Senior Management

V12C is led by an exceptional team of technology professionals with decades of experience developing strategic and mission-critical systems for many of the worlds leading financial institutions.

Atul Jain
CEO & Managing Director

Atul is recognized as a leading consultant and software designer in the Wall Street technology community, where he continues to be an innovator in trading and risk management technology. The enterprise-class systems and the quantitative analysis software that he designed for HSBC, Lehman, Countrywide, Nomura, IXIS Real Estate Capital (formerly CDC), Clinton Group, Goldman Sachs, Telerate, Reuters, and many other financial firms have been used to manage multi-billion dollar portfolios across markets, including fixed income, derivatives, equities, FX, and commodities. Prior to founding Vichara, he was CEO of Tech Hackers, a quantitative financial technology firm that he founded, and Managing Director at Unisys, where he headed the capital markets technology business after Unisys acquired Tech Hackers. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant at Price Water house Coopers and research engineer at HP. Atul holds MS and BS degrees in computer science from MIT.

Michael How
CTO & Managing Director

Mike has served as chief architect for major systems initiatives at HSBC, Countrywide, CSFB, Babson Capital, FSA, Meta capital, Archeus Capital, Exis Capital, Citigroup, Lehman, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Commerce-net and many other leading financial and information technology firms. He co-authored, with Atul, the widely used @analyst and Quant Tools financial analytic software packages. Prior to founding Vichara, Mike was CTO of Tech Hackers and Managing Director in the capital markets technology business at Unisys. Earlier in his career, Mike worked as a research engineer at HP and Digital. Mike holds MS and BS degrees in computer science from MIT, and has taught software and systems engineering at MIT.

    Technology Expertise, Architecture Solutions Capability and extensive program management skills.

    Technology Expertise, Architecture Solutions Capability and extensive program management skills.

    Technology Expertise, Architecture Solutions Capability and extensive program management skills.

    Team Heads

    Praveen Mehrotra
    Managing Director

    Praveen Mehrotra heads Vichara's business and product development for equities and equity derivatives solutions. He brings to Vichara a unique blend of finance, systems and analytical expertise. For the past twenty years, he was a senior member at Greenway Trading LLC as the head of research and technology as well as a portfolio manager for equities and equity derivatives relative value strategies. He has extensive experience in developing quantitative trading systems and strategies from idea generation, model building and simulated trading to actual execution and risk management. Praveen is a former Vice President of Salomon Brothers, where he was involved in proprietary trading strategies, risk management as well as cash and liquidity management. At Salomon, he was an accomplished trader of US equities, futures and options as well as Latin American volatility arbitrage books. Praveen has a BS and an MS in Computer Science and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

    Vineet Samson
    Managing Director, Asia

    Vineet heads the Asia Operations of the firm. He has also led delivery for clients including Oaktree Capital, Wells Fargo, Countrywide Financial, Balance Asset Management, IQS, and Thomson Reuters. Vineet holds a BSc in Physics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University as well as an MSc. in Informatics from Delhi University.

    Clients

    V12C has a rich experience helping some of the world's foremost businesses solve complex technology problems by combining its deep technology expertise, architecture solutions capability, and extensive program management skills. Our senior management has over 150 years of combined experience in delivering complex solutions using delivery processes that drive efficiencies for firms of all sizes. We are proud to be associated with the following clients and help them improve technology project ROI and risk management:

    • Ambac
    • GMAC
    • Archeus Capital Management
    • Goldman Sachs
    • Greenwich Capital
    • Hewlett Packard
    • Citigroup
    • JPMorganChase
    • Nomura Securities
    • Reuters' Financial
    • HSBC