Michigan Board Members

Lalita Kambhampati

Position: President
Categories: Michigan

An Engineering graduate from IIT Delhi with Executive MBA degree & professional certifications in Project Mgmt, ITIL & Sig Sigma, Lalita Kambhampati has more than 28 years experience in IT and Project Mgmt. She has extensive technical & functional experience in Peoplesoft applications and mainframe legacy systems . She has great passion for technology & would love to use technology in a positive way for the betterment of mankind.

Lalita Kambhampati

President
Ravi Majmudar

Ravi Majmudar

Position: Vice President
Categories: Michigan

Ravi Majmudar is Information Technology Professional working at General Motors. With his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Master’s degree in Industrial Technology coupled with an experience of over 20 years, Ravi specializes in various areas of IT such as Infrastructure Engineering, Enterprise Data Center operations and Big Data. Ravi has served as a director of ASEI supporting ASEI initiatives and events.

Ravi Majmudar

Vice President
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Rakesh Saini

Position: Treasurer
Categories: Michigan

Mr. Rakesh Saini is a Senior Vice President in Flagstar Bank’s Finance department working on regulatory capital planning activities for the Bank and has held leadership roles in several areas within the finance and risk departments. He has over 25 years of experience spanning the banking, automotive and telecom industries and has experience in developing, implementing and enhancing a broad array of processes in finance and enterprise risk management. Prior to Flagstar, Mr. Saini was at Ally Financial and Chrysler working in various roles within accounting, finance and treasury groups. He started his career as an Engineer at Motorola, Inc. where he worked on cellular infrastructure systems for almost 9 years holding various positions of increasing responsibilities. Mr. Saini holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business as well as a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Applied Science (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Toronto.

Rakesh Saini

Treasurer
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Jhansi Nalla

Position: Secretary / COO – Chief Operating Officer
Categories: Michigan

Jhansi Nalla leads a group of Systems Engineers and Program Managers within Software Defined Vehicle business unit at General Motors (GM). She has been proudly serving in the U.S Army Reserves from 2015 onwards as a 12A – Engineering Officer with 457th FEST A EN Det Army Corps of Engineers located in Livonia, Michigan. In her previous role at GM Defense as Assistant Program Manager, she led the execution if Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) contract worth $214.3 million for Army customer. She started her journey as a Quality Chain Engineer for Autonomous and ADAS business unit at GM supporting Cruise and internal SuperCruise teams. Before joining GM in 2018, Jhansi worked for Fiat Chrysler and Continental Automotive as an Electrical Systems Engineer supporting the cradle to grave development of various sub-systems/systems. She also worked as a CITRIX Software Developer at IBM India before moving to United States in 2014. Jhansi holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (Texas), and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad (India). Outside of work, Jhansi leads and supports local schools’ projects in STEM, especially encouraging young girls to explore the world of science. Mentoring and Volunteering has been the biggest part of her life. Some of the non-profit organizations she supports are Mission Continue, Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), Veteran’s Employee Resource Group at GM, co-chair for Next4Vet Affinity Group at Inforum, Oakland County youth assistance council. She is passionate about helping others and making sure the veterans/current service members (specially women) have access to resources they need to grow as leaders.

Jhansi Nalla

Secretary / COO – Chief Operating Officer
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Vatsala Upadhyay

Position: Director
Categories: Michigan

Vatsala Upadhyay is the Application Portfolio Architect at Seco Tools. She has over 29 years of experience in collaboration solutions and CRM applications across multi-platforms. Masters in Computer Applications from BIT, Mesra with Executive MBA degree, she has professional certifications in Project Management, ITIL and Six Sigma as well. She has also been a national level volleyball player and is a techno-geek, who believes that there is a solution for every problem, just that we need to look deep enough.

Vatsala Upadhyay

Director
Anjali Tiwari

Anjali Tiwari

Position: Director
Categories: Michigan

Anjali Tiwari is a General management executive with 30+ years of experience. Her world class management expertise include Engineering, Maintenance, Operation, Demolition, Park Development, Construction & Customer Services. Anjali’s deep technical skills span engineering design, project management to financial budgeting. Her strong soft skills are building consensus & tactfully driving difficult objectives to completion, communicating with superb written & verbal abilities. Anjali is Wayne State University alum and has a detailed understanding of federal, state and municipal regulations.

Anjali Tiwari

Director
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Kush Shah

Position: Director
Categories: Michigan

Kush Shah is globally recognized for his expertise, professionalism, and outstanding contributions to the field of quality. He has a proven track record for solving tough quality problems. He has demonstrated his unwavering dedication to the advancement of organizational excellence by introducing quality concepts for many organizations and individuals that resulted in a significant improvement in performance and customer experience. He received the Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership – Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 2019. Kush is a University of Michigan Ann Arbor Alum where he got his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from. He is a General Motors veteran for over 37 years and his last position was Senior Manager, Operational Excellence with responsibilities of coaching and training top leadership to front line employees in continuous improvement methodologies globally. He has delivered Operational Excellence projects impacting over $1 Billion globally while holding leadership positions in manufacturing, ME, R&D and quality functions. Kush has received the Chairman’s Honor Award, People Make Quality Happen Award, Quality Driver Award and GM Trade Secret Award.

Kush Shah

Director
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Ravi Ramamurthy

Position: Director
Categories: Michigan

Ravi Ramamurthy is an Asst. Chief Engineer – Electric Drive Units & Power Electronics at GM. He is a Driven and agile engineering leader experienced in leading large teams. He leads the delivery of next generation Electric Drive Units for Electric Vehicles, Integrating Power Electronics, RESS and Electronic Modules. Adept at collaborating with purchasing, product planning/portfolio teams to strategize future product platforms. Ravi has a proven record of successful global collaboration in all facets of product development. Leader with prolific communication and problem-solving skills. Ability to excel in new organizational leadership roles, guiding advanced business development projects and professional organizations.

Ravi Ramamurthy

Director
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Anjali Kottha

Position: Director
Categories: Michigan

Anjali Kottha is the VP of Technical Services, SCAMPI Lead Appraiser for Development and Services, and Lead Instructor for Development & Services.

Anjali Kottha

Director
Ravi Majmudar

Ravi Majmudar

Vice President

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Jhansi Nalla

Secretary / COO - Chief Operating Officer

Sridhar Srikantan

Director

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Vel Subramanian

Advisor