Tanveer Patel, President & CEO

Tanveer Patel is the Founder, President & CEO of CircleSource, Inc. Under her leadership CircleSource accomplished ISO 9001 certification, US Small Disadvantaged Business (8a) designation, and Women's enterprise business council certification. In 2007, Patel was recognized as a finalist in Small Business Person of the Year, and in both 2006 and 2007 she was nominated for AITA Entrepreneur of the year. Patel was selected to participate in the inaugural Entrepreneur Accelerator Program of the Birmingham Venture Club. She is also a co-founder of the Alabama-India TechVenture effort organized by TechBirmingham. Prior to founding CircleSource, Patel worked as a General Manager of Sales and Marketing at MicroLan Solutions. She currently serves on the Board of AITA and serves as the Vice Chairman of TechBirmingham, and serves on the board of the the Birmingham Area Technology Leadership Alliance. She also serves on the Advisory board of the Information Engineering Management program for UAB School of Engineering.

Maqbool Patel, CIO

Dr. Maqbool Patel obtained his Bachelors and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, the most prestigious institute of higher learning in India. he earned his PhD in Computer Engineering from Drexel University. Patel served on the faculty at University of Minnesota, Radiology Department working on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) research for three years and then joined GE Medical Systems as Lead Designer where he worked for nine years. During his time at GE, Patel held several positions of increasing responsibilities including architect, manager and director of engineering. After leaving GE, Dr. Patel spent four years with Emageon Inc, a fast growing publicly traded medical imaging company located in Birmingham. He joined Emageon as Director of Platform Engineering and was then promoted to Vice-President of Technology Integration. He recently joined CircleSource as CIO. Dr. Patel has contributed to several peer reviewed publications in both international journals and prestigious publications including Academic Press and CRC Publications. He holds several patens for technology based products.

CircleSource Software Technologies Private Limited

Abhishek Porwal, CTO

Abhishek is a co-founder of CircleSource. He has strong product development experience working for global companies including Infosys and Aditi technologies. His keen research focus on the latest technology trends has given CircleSource a much needed competitive edge. Abhishek graduated with an engineering degree in from IIT Delhi.

Sanchit Jain, COO

Sanchit is a co-founder of CircleSource. Before joining CircleSource, Sanchit worked for technology hotbeds like Tata Consultancy Services and Aditi Technologies. He was a much sought after talent in the IT world when he chose CircleSource based on our commitment to continued learning and new technology development. Sanchit holds the overall responsibility for building CircleSource's global services capabilities. He graduated with an engineering degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from IIT Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee).

Alston Noah, Investor

Alston Noah's extensive background includes 22 years in technology development. Most recently, Noah was Chairman and CEO for EVault delivering Data Protection and Recovery Solutions for Small to Medium Businesses. During his tenure with EVault, he raised over $20 million in equity and grew revenue from $1.5 million to $20 million annually. Prior to joining EVault, Noah served as the Vice President of CSC Enterprise Solutions. There, his overall responsibilities included sales and marketing, corporate development, and consulting services. He was directly involved in managing the consulting services for human resources, finance, manufacturing, and distribution. He was Practice Director for Enterprise Solutions consisting of SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft.

Before joining CSC Enterprise Solutions, Noah co-founded The Pinnacle Group in 1989. Beginning as the only consultant within the company, he traveled to various organizations where he implemented and customized human resource applications. He established offices in North America, France and the United Kingdom. The Pinnacle Group was selected as one of Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. CSC acquired the Pinnacle Group in 1997. Noah earned a BS in Computer Science from The University of Alabama.