Arun Shekhar Aran
Chief Executive Officer

An alumnus of two of India’s prestigious institutes, the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Arun Shekhar joined Asian Paints, where he was part of a team that re-engineered the IT systems.

In 1984, Arun joined three entrepreneurs to set up a fledgling software firm Nucleus Software Workshop Pvt. Ltd. Along with his colleagues, Arun Shekhar later moved to Chennai to set up a software firm to support Citibank’s IT requirements. In 1994 he came to Mumbai and set up Nucleus Software Offshore Ltd., which is now known as NUCSOFT Ltd.

Arun Shekhar has a rich and varied experience of more than 25 years in the realm of Software Development for Complex Banking Applications. A natural leader, his warmth and people skill has enabled him to build a stable core team around him to help him realize his dream of setting up a quality software development firm. Team NUCSOFT is fired up by his zeal to transform NUCSOFT into a truly global IT player. His organizational, analytical and management skills has helped NUCSOFT survive and rebound from the Global Software Meltdown.

Omar Mohammed Maner
Director

Omar started his career as a software engineer with Blue Chip Computer Consultants Pvt. Ltd. nineteen years ago. Omar has all round experience in application development, technical support, service management and quality management experience in the financial and manufacturing industries. An outstanding manager, he joined NUCSOFT in 1997 as a project manager. A stickler for process in software development, Omar led team NUCSOFT in the SEI CMM level IV assessment at Citibank. He is the driving force behind the process development effort at NUCSOFT.

Currently, Omar is the Global delivery head at NUCSOFT and has overall responsibility of delivering projects on time and in accordance with the process guidelines to all NUCSOFT clients. A keen HR person, Omar concurrently heads the HR, General Administration and Process Improvement functions for NUCSOFT.

Under his guidance NUCSOFT is today an ISO 9001:2000 certified Software Company and is now attempting the SEI CMMI Level V certification.

Omar has a masters degree in Human Resources Management from the Bombay University.

Bhushan Thaker
Director

Bhushan is a PMI certified project manager with twenty years experience in software engineering, architecture, implementation and project management. Backed by the vast experience gathered in India and overseas, Bhushan today heads NUCSOFT’s team as Director and leads a team of software experts that support its customers with implementation, consulting services and support.

Bhushan has been instrumental in increasing the availability and reliability of NUCSOFT’s services and building customer orientation in the team. His key contribution is to help the team meet the key objectives of on time delivery, effective resource utilization and coordination with multiple groups.

Prior to joining NUCSOFT, Bhushan worked for Trilogy both in India and the USA in various roles.

A bachelor of science, Bhushan is a regular contributor to the PMI India chapter and shares his expertise with the industry through PMI forums. His contribution in raising the bar for project management in NUCSOFT has been invaluable.