Our Core Values
Empathy
To create impactful innovations, we value our users openness, needs and desires, and strive to create great experiences.
Simplicity
We continually seek to streamline and simplify processes and procedures to achieve desired outcomes in an easier way.
Efficiency
We focus on finding solutions and achieving results by our commitment to helping our users increase revenue and achieve higher conversion rates.
Teamwork
We achieve more when we collaborate and all work
together.
Integrity
We build trust and show respect through responsible actions and honest relationships.
Our Leadership
Abhijit Purkayastha, President and CEO
Abhijit, a senior IT professional with over 34 years of experience, has spearheaded SAP and IT outsourcing practices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India, and South Africa. He has developed methodologies based on best practices for SAP implementation, application management, software development, and IT infrastructure outsourcing. Some of the standards and methodologies he has worked with include ValueSAP, RunSAP, ITIL, and CMMi (Level-5).
Abhijit has experience with Fortune 1,000 firms and SMEs across several industries including manufacturing, life sciences, utilities, media, retail, engineering, construction, and consumer products. He also has worked closely with SAP America, SAP India, and SAP AG. His expertise enables best-in-class SAP based solutions in short time frames and with optimum Total Cost of Ownership.
Abhijit holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) and has worked for various organizations involved in custom hardware and software design, global solution rollouts, and support. Before becoming a co-founder of Element Five Solutions, Abhijit was with Siemens as Vice President, SAP Sales.
Srini Sathyamurthy, Executive Vice President, Solutions
Srini has over 19 years of professional experience in sales, software design, development, and deployment with various business applications, including over 17 years on SAP. He has deployed SAP, CRM, and BI solutions for several industries including life sciences, consumer products, and retail, and has served in multiple leadership roles including lead Program/Project Manager for CRM and BI projects across the globe. Additionally, Srini provides technology assessments and business process road maps for a wide range of companies.
Srini has a Bachelors of Engineering (EEE) from the University of Madurai and holds Masters in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota with emphases in Technology Strategy, Marketing, and Operations.
Clark Bain, Director of Business Development
Clark Bain has decades of experience finding opportunities for cutting edge technology to transform the best prospects for that technology to benefit from implementation of that technology. From arcwelding robots and machine vision systems to mobile software and ERP, Clark’s passion is seeing what happens when sharp consultants, trainers and implementers collaborate with sharp end users to transform a firm’s results.
Keith Mikel, ERP Consultant
Keith, a functional expert in SAP Business ByDesign, Odoo, and Acumatica. After working in the manufacturing industry found he took interest in having the opportunity to work among different industries and companies to help navigate through their ERP implementation while also using his background to use these implementations as an opportunity to improve processes and adopt best practices throughout the organization.
Keith holds a Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management and Marketing from The Carlson School of Management in the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities