The Team

A professional with two decade’s of diverse experience (worked for fortune 500 companies like Cargill, Robert Bosch, Tyco, Honeywell, Airbus & Defence Space). Ravi’s key strength is robust Business acumen and an ability to deal with complex issues in a simple manner. He has an extensive diverse industry experience for setting up Global Business Footprint in a sustainable manner. A fellow IIMB Alum and strongly believes in sharing his practical knowledge among students & Industry experts. Believing in constant innovation and value addition, he recommends adopting an entrepreneur’s mindset to be successful. Makmor™ was founded as a result of a two-decade long experience in catering to a diverse clientele from different industries. At Makmor™, we choose an industry where we have a considerable amount of practical experience which directly increases our ability to understand its customers. As a result, we have developed an acumen to better understand the problems and issues faced by firms and hence, create solutions that are beneficial for all the stakeholders involved - employees, partners, and clients.

Jerry is the past chairman and CEO of IPS-Sendero, a global provider of technology, education and consulting for strategic financial management. Weiner co-founded the company in 1982 and oversaw its growth and worldwide expansion. Weiner is a CPA and an expert in PC applications for accounting and analysis in financial institutions. A prolific author, he is widely published in leading financial institution trade journals, and is a frequent lecturer at national trade shows and industry seminars.

Larry Vignali currently serves as Senior Consultant to Whitmer & Worrall and brings over 20 years of strategic development and institutional investment sales experience. Mr. Vignali’s clients have included investment funds, corporate and government entities, and family offices. In addition to consulting for Whitmer and Worrall, he is a partner with Plus Strategic Advisors working as director of business development and capital formation. Current clients and partners include the Touax Group, NDH Capital, Brahman Capital, Bruns-Pak and JHJ Facilities and Makmor, Mr. Vignali also serves on the advisory board at Docusign and incubator, Innovate OC. He is licensed Series 7 and 63.

Innovator and entrepreneur with 10+ years in business leadership. Experienced in all aspects of business formation, operation, finance, fund raising, branding and management. A visionary with deep penchant for future tech, research, strategy and problem solving. Effective communicator and motivator who identifies and leverages assets in teammates to reach organisational goals. Relentless optimist who believes there is no failure, only feedback. Studied in Presidency College with Bachelors in Business Management. Madan’s unique ability is converting innovative idea into execution in a sustainable manner.

Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions, and has also advised hedge funds on building investment policies and making investment decisions.

Rachael returned to Australia after 12 months in the Antarctic, where she successfully led the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station. She was only the second female to ever lead a team at the Station and one of the youngest ever leaders. She managed a team of 18 people through the long, dark, Antarctic winter and through trial and error built a resilient and highly successful team based on the foundation that ‘respect trumps harmony’. She is an international keynote speaker and has presented at over 1,200 conferences around the world. Her latest book, Respect trumps Harmony, was released in April 2020.

Sara is a versatile technologist, who has been working in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) domain since early 2012, with a focus on situational awareness applied to public safety, maritime security, humanitarian aid, and international development fields. Her areas of expertise include corporate strategy, business development, product management, and government relations, and her personal interests extend into Urban Air Mobility. Sara currently serves as a board advisor for a Swiss counter-UAS and ISR solutions provider and is the UAS coordinator of the Interagency Supply Chain Group (ISG).

Sarah has over 9 years of client Design & Branding experience and has helped global businesses through their online web platform and digital branding. Her work is very personalised and consultative which also includes advisory on offline and online marketing visibility. Apart from her own design business she currently also works as a lead web consultant for Utility Media Inc in Arkansas, USA.

Praveen started as a Software Engineer at Oracle in 2003, next went to WebMethods (acquired by Software AG). Worked as a QA Manager at VMLogix which was acquired by Citrix. Founded 99tests in 2011, as a marketplace for software testing professionals. Grew this to 45,000 testers, Raised one million dollars, from co-founder of Infosys, Kris Gopalkrishan and BeeNext. Now running 1000 Founders Community to help each founders build a 100 million dollar business with or without funding.

Sou has been a corporate communications professional with a decade of experience (worked with clients like the US Embassy, Barclays, CDE Global, Total Media Hong Kong, Emirates Business Group, CondeNast, Prada, The New York Times, The Times of India, Deccan Chronicle and the likes). He has travelled extensively and handled projects across continents, wherein he has delved in product magazines, organizing press conferences, media monitoring, and public relations. He has worked closely with Ambassadors, Consul Generals, Embassies, Government Bodies, National & International Media, Global Fashion Brands, etc. He possess impeccable communications and journalistic skills, business and fashion writing. He has covered several international fashion journals. As a result, he has developed a niche to comprehend the client’s need and give tailor-made solutions for their business expansions, enhance visibility via media coverages, press conferences, newspaper advertorials, and promotional event.

Satish is currently pursuing his MBA in Operations Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He has worked with Brakes India Private Limited, TVS Group for 3 years in Research and Development with expertise in the testing and development of friction materials for Automotive Brake Systems, and also worked with major automakers in India. His focus is primarily on learning and developing new skills and gaining a deeper understanding of supply chain concepts through hands-on application of the knowledge learned during academics. He brings a tremendous amount of positive energy everywhere he goes, and the workplace is no exception, contribute to company success from the knowledge and skills gained from the previous experience of working in a team.

Chaya’s passion lies in learning new things & improving her performance on what was given to her over the years. She has worked with leading companies. With years of experience in Projects, Chaya has found her expertise in coordinating and documenting things to perfection. She ensures things are Presented to as and what is required to the dot. Chaya will support us to stay in contact with our clients and seamless communication established.