Swetank Shekhar

Chief Strategy Officer

Swetank Shekhar is the Chief Strategy Officer and has served in this position since 2008. In this role, Swetank defines the vision as well as the strategic direction for the company.

Swetank founded Integrated Software Solutions (ISS) in 1993. In 1997, Swetank became the CTO providing technical and product direction to ISS and their retail clients. Under Swetank’s direction, ISS was the first to deploy a Java™/XML/XSLT-based POS with a major retailer. Due primarily to Swetank’s vision for the future of retailing, ISS received the Executive Excellence Award in 1996 and 1999 from a Tier 1 Retailer and Vendor Award of Excellence in 2000.

Swetank received his Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from BIT Mesra and was the recipient of the University Gold Medal (Summa Cum Laude). He worked as a consultant in the telecommunication arena before joining Post Software International (PSI) in 1989. At PSI, he was in charge of systems architecture and development. By leveraging his knowledge in Artificial Intelligence, Swetank introduced heuristic-based, self-healing concepts in products to achieve unprecedented reliability and stability.