Jay Sitaram
Founder and Managing Director

Jay is the founder of Praxis Technologies and presently serves as its Managing Director. He guides the leadership team at Praxis in day-to-day operations. An engineer from VJTI, Masters in Engineering from Villanova University and post-graduate in management from the prestigious Wharton School of Business, Jay has a successful track record in setting up offshore services organizations. Mentorix (presently Lionbridge India), one of world's largest offshore eLearning services companies was co-founded by Jay. A serial entrepreneur and global management professional, Jay evangelizes management practices that are focused on generating shareholder value. His ability to help clients objectively assess complex challenges and opportunities, and talent for zeroing in on the best-fit solution has been demonstrated across several client engagements.

Previously, Jay has worked with global conglomerates and management consulting firms including Fortune 100 companies; he started his career with the Ford Motor Company as a Program Lead Analyst; post Wharton, Jay went on to join Bain & Company as a Case Team Leader, during his stint with Bain, Jay worked in multiple industries including telecommunications, retail, transportation, medical equipment and chemical; his last stint was as Vice-President and General Manager at Lionbridge Technologies, heading their India operations.

Maurice Haeems
Co-Founder and Managing Director

Maurice is the co-founder of Praxis and also serves as its Managing Director. He provides direction in operational, financial and strategic initiatives at Praxis. An engineering graduate from VJTI and post-graduate in management from the prestigious Wharton School of Business, Maurice draws on his deep entrepreneurial, financial and strategic management expertise to drive business growth through mobilization, standardization and consolidation of the “right” operational models. His first entrepreneurial venture was Mentorix (presently Lionbridge India) that went on to become one of world's largest offshore eLearning services companies. Many of our clients have benefited immensely from his penchant for simplifying complex business problems and driving business transformation through actionable strategies that are grounded in operational reality.

Maurice started his career with Goulds Pumps Inc. USA a division of ITT Industries. During his tenure with Goulds, Maurice has traveled extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region holding various positions in senior management. He developed regional business plans and was instrumental in setting up the Hong Kong, Taipei and Mumbai offices for Goulds Pumps. After completing business school from Wharton, Maurice honed his entrepreneurial and managerial skills as an Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. During his professional tenure with these companies Maurice worked on a number of M&A, IPO, LBO, private equity, and fundraising deals.

Anil Vichare
Chief Operating Officer

Anil is the Chief Operating Officer at Praxis. He takes care of all the core operations including software development, human resources, finance, and administration.

Anil is a post-graduate in computer science with over 20 years of experience in the IT services industry spanning diverse verticals. Anil has expertise in designing technology offshoring strategies, offshore engagement modeling, process engineering, and setting-up global delivery infrastructure. He has been involved in successfully transitioning several ADM and testing projects offshore, for Global 2000 companies. Our clients value him for his demonstrated leadership abilities in creating high performance teams, delivering quality solutions and consistently ensuring high ROI.

Anil has played a leadership role in building the application development capabilities at the erstwhile Mentorix and Lionbridge prior to joining Praxis. Anil’s management style is characterized by rare discipline and process orientation. He was instrumental in driving both organizations to an ISO certification and CMM Level 5 assessment. Anil brings in extensive cross functional experience across code and content. Over the last decade he has held senior leadership positions in IT management, technology and content product development and systems integration for Top-tier Indian IT services companies.