Sudhir brings with him a rich experience of over 25 years in Sales and Marketing at Regional and National Levels with reputed Companies like Esso Standard Eastern Inc a subsidiary of Standard Oil of NJ USA, Indian Aluminum Co a wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Company of Canada, Rane, Amalgamations and Sahney Groups.

Levels with reputed Companies like Esso Standard Eastern Inc a subsidiary of Standard Oil of NJ USA, Indian Aluminum Co a wholly owned subsidiary of Aluminum Company of Canada, Rane, Amalgamations and Sahney Groups.
A Post Graduate in Marketing and Advertising he has been consulting companies since 1994, in the field of Engineering and IT Enabled Services.
Having attended Management Development Programs such as the Senior Management Program at IIM Ahmedabad & Marketing Strategy in Administrative Staff College of India Hyderabad, he now leads the Stimulus team as Head Organizational Development.
His areas of Core Competencies are Sales and Marketing, Marketing Planning, Budgeting, Financial and Management Controls, Increasing Sales Force Efficiency, Business Strategy and Marketing Strategy, Commercial Negotiations etc.  He has conducted 'in house' training programs for Increasing Sales Force Efficiency, Marketing Communication, and Commercial Negotiations etc.
 He has trained with companies like Hewlett Packard, Tata Teleservices Ltd., Spice Telecom Limited, Larsen & Toubro, Automotive Axles, Redington India Ltd., Mandhana Bournemann, etc.

Languages known: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Konkani 

Kiran Somanath comes with 14 years of experience in varied fields of the Hospitality Industry,

and Training and Development. After acquiring a Diploma in Hotel Management, he joined as Lobby Manager at The Holiday Inn Resort in Goa, and later, at Holiday Inn, Bangalore. During his tenure there, he took over the reins of the Training Department from Sunil George.

In 1997 Kiran joined the Taj Group of Hotels as a Training Executive attached to the Corporate Training Cell for Southern India. With the Taj Group he rendered his services at various units, including the Taj Exotica in Sri Lanka. Here he headed the Front Office Department, and also actively contributed to the overall training of the employees. He was also entrusted with the special task of training the staff and executives at the Samudra in Colombo, which was preparing then to play host to the seven Heads of State and other dignitaries attending the SAARC Summit in July 1998. He was also appointed as the Quality Co-ordinator for The Taj West End in Bangalore.

He now heads the training operations at Stimulus. He has trained with companies like Wipro, Hewlett Packard, GE Transportation, Honeywell Software, Cisco Systems, Infosys Technologies, Philips Software, Softline Solutions, Robert Bosch, Healthscribe, TVSE, BPL Telecom, Crompton Greaves, BPL Connect, TNT World Wide Ltd., Spice telecom, Mahindra & Mahindra, Shopper's Stop, Motorola India Electronics, Deutsche Software, Intel, Ampersand, Customer Asset, First Ring,  Siri Technologies WNS- Speedwings (a sister concern of British Airways) etc.
He is also a certified faculty for Accenture.

Jaya Nair is an established behavioral skills trainer and brings 25 years of rich experience to Stimulus, from the field of behavioral skills training, employee counseling and organizational development. She has considerable expertise in helping organizations identify and focus on business performance leverage using human resource as an asset, and applying global people practices.

Jaya’s background includes many years as a counselor and trainer. She has been collaborating with leading IT and ITES organizations, government bodies and academic institutions in her pursuit to impart behavioral skills for greater individual and organizational effectiveness. Her work experience has been focused on two areas:

Training – Leadership & Managerial Effectiveness, Inter & Intrapersonal skills, Team Effectiveness, Business Communication, Peak Performance, Cross Cultural Sensitization and many more.

Counseling – Personal and professional

She has held management positions at leading IT organizations in the past. She has served as HR Consultant to Siemens Information Systems Ltd and managed the talent engagement and development function. She has also been a HR consultant to several IT companies for their organizational development initiatives. Jaya has also been a faculty member at various academic institutions and facilitated trainings for international government bodies such as W.H.O.

Jaya holds a Certificate in Management from I.I.M. Kolkata, and graduated with Literature from L.S.R. College, Delhi.

In the past, she has conducted workshops with reputed corporate houses such as Capgemini, Siemens, Xsysys etc. and some government bodies like Indian Police Force.

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil & Malayalam.

Maha Devan is a Senior Consultant with Stimulus. He is a BE in Electronics & Communications, and has joined Stimulus after more than 25 years of experience in organizations like KELTRON, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Information Management Resources (IMR), Amsoft Information Services and Perot Systems (formerly known as HCL Perot Systems-HPS).

Starting his career as a software programmer at Keltron, he has worked in many prestigious projects like the Automatic Ticketing Systems at Calcutta Metro, Automation of Trunk Exchanges for P&T, Monitors for Thermal Power Plants, etc. At TCS, he was heading the Offshore Development Centre for American Express at Bangalore. He was Group Manager at IMR and was Business Unit Head at Amsoft Information Systems.

Before joining Stimulus, he was heading the Perot team at UBS Singapore, which got him the Associate of the Year award from Perot for his extra-ordinary work.  As part of various assignments he has worked in Europe, US and Singapore. 

While successfully delivering software projects at various organizations, he always took extra efforts in developing the people working with him. Accepted as one of the best people managers, he spends lot of his time in mentoring activities. After a long stint in the Project / Account management areas, he has joined Stimulus to share his experiences to a wide variety of people and to help them succeed in their chosen career.

Having ample hands-on experience in the field of IT, one of his core strengths is in the field of Project Management and related training.

Languages Spoken: English, Tamil, Malayalam.

Rama Chandrudu joins the Stimulus team as a trainer consultant, and is currently managing its operations in Hyderabad. Rama comes with a wealth of experience from a variety of areas, ranging from field sales to electronic media, training, and management. Prior to Stimulus he has had a long association with Zee Tele-films (Zee TV) as Senior Manager – Operations, based in Hyderabad.

Along with his Degree in Commerce, he holds a Masters Degree in Professional Counseling and Psychotherapy. Acquiring this qualification has had a catalytic effect on his passion for helping people identify and develop their inner potentials, and be more successful. Moving into the field of corporate training, hence, was a natural progression.

Rama has been in the field of training for the past 6 years, and has trained a multitude of people across different profiles. In the past, he has been associated with some of the leading corporate houses and institutes, and has been well appreciated for his training interventions. Capital IQ, Amway India, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Hewlett Packard, Care Hospitals, Vivekanada Institute of Human Excellence, BSNL, and Life Insurance Corporation are a few of them.

He is an International Affiliate Member of the American Psychological Association. He has also been contributing his articles to a few of the web sites on psychology and related areas.

Some of the core programs Rama conducts are: Communication Skills, Team Effectiveness, Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, Achievement Motivation and Mind Management.