At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top India based CFO’ operating in the SaaS space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Vikas Ralhan
Chief Financial Officer of LocoNav
Vikas Ralhan is the CFO of LocoNav. He has more than 15 years of industry experience and a seasoned finance professional and has worked at PwC, Publicis, Spantex, etc.
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About LocoNav: LocoNav is a full stack fleet software company used to deliver a single platform to run and manage fleet operations with ease.

Vishwanath Pai
Chief Financial Officer of Netcore Cloud
Vishwanath Pai joined netCORE as CFO in 2012. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Vish is a seasoned finance professional with more than 25 years of experience in financial planning & reporting, management reporting, strategic planning, budgeting, taxation, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Vish started his career with A F Fergusons & Co. (now part of Deloitte Haskins & Sells). He then moved on as Finance Controller of a mid-sized engineering company where he was instrumental in realigning the financial and management reporting systems in line with the company’s explosive growth. Later, he joined a media company where he was primarily responsible in getting the company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. He developed a good understanding of capital markets regulatory norms (SEBI, ROC, Stock Exchange authorities), along with wide experience in dealing with investor communities. His responsibilities expanded to encompass Investor Relations & Legal functions. Vish has a proven ability to appraise green-field or existing projects, evaluate acquisition or divestment opportunities, both financially and strategically. Vish likes to interact with people – professionally and socially. He likes listening to classical jazz music and is a huge aficionado of R D Burman’s compositions.
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About Netcore Cloud: Netcore helps B2C brands create amazing digital experiences with a range of products that help in acquisition, engagement, and retention.
John Ludwig
Chief Financial Officer of Jobvite
John joined Jobvite as its Chief Financial Officer in June 2020 and is responsible for leading the company’s finance and accounting function. Prior to joining the company, he had several roles in growth-oriented companies in the technology and distribution industries with a particular focus on growth through mergers and acquisitions. John received his bachelor’s degree from Ball State University with a double major in Accounting and Corporate Finance.
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About Jobvite: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
Siddhartha Sharma
Chief Financial Officer of CredFIC
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About CredFIC: CredFIC is a enterprise consultant and knowledge solutions provider that provides specialized financial knowledge to aspiring founders.

Rahul Agarwal
Chief Financial Officer of Near
Rahul has worked across various facets of the finance function from accounting, audit and advisory roles to FP&A, business and strategic finance, M&As, equity / debt financing, financial restructuring, investment banking and eventually managing the entire function end to end for large geographies Prior to Near, Rahul was heading finance for InMobi’s North America operations. He was instrumental in managing all things finance in the region including treasury, investor relations, fund raising activities and process improvements for the group. At InMobi, he was also heading finance for its Asia Pacific operations spread across 5 regions, 15 business locations and 10 legal entities where he helped set up and manage finance, secretarial and statutory compliances alongside building scalable process improvement models for InMobi. Rahul was a core member of the team that worked on $200 Million funding by Softbank to InMobi back in 2011.
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About Near: Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products, is the global leader in Data Intelligence.
Alton Viegas
Chief Financial Officer & Director of Appnomic
Alton founded and promoted the company to focus on providing practical & relevant IT Infrastructure Management solutions & services. Alton also founded Vitage Systems in 1993 which is a leading systems integration company operating in India. He has more than 25 yrs experience in the IT industry. Prior to setting up Vitage Systems, Alton was responsible for Mainframe sales for PSI-Bull in South India and for a brief period was managing software sales in US, Africa & Middle East for a leading software company. An Electrical Engineering graduate from Bangalore University, Alton has been instrumental in building the organization’s capacity to deliver IT services globally. In addition to being a member on the board Alton, is operationally responsible for Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, and Facilities & Admin functions.
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About Appnomic, HEAL Software: Appnomic is the pioneer in Self Healing Enterprise solutions and Autonomous IT Operations .
Sreenivas V
Group Chief Financial Officer of Plintron Group
Sreenivas is a business-minded Finance professional who leads the Corporate Development and Corporate Finance functions. As the CFO of Plintron group of companies, he is responsible for Corporate Structuring, Financial Planning, Statutory Compliance & Audits, Legal & Risk management, Corporate Governance and for Fund Raising and Investor Relations. Backed by professional experience spanning a dozen years, Sreenivas has served as Chief Strategy Officer in the Technology space, overseeing functions such as Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis and Business Assurance. He has led numerous due diligence initiatives both as a buyer and as a seller representing numerous technology companies offering IT products as well as IT enabled Services. Academically, Sreenivas is a Mechanical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has completed professional certifications in Finance such as the International Financial Analyst from The International Research Association, USA and is a CFA Level 3 candidate with the CFA Institute, USA.
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About Plintron Group: MVNA, MVNE , Telco- SaaS, TaaS, CPaaS
Devin Burns
CFO of Zylo
Devin Burns is the VP of finance at Zylo. He previously served as the vice president of finance and operations at Mersive.
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About Zylo: Discover, optimize and govern your SaaS portfolio while elevating the employee experience.

Alex Desmarais
Co-Founder and CFO of RecurRex
https://in.linkedin.com/in/alex-desmarais-17040664/en
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About RecurRex: RecurRex is a subscription eCommerce SaaS for Indian businesses. It automates recurring billing and provides marketing and delivery tools.
Ganesh Murthy
CFO of Innoveo
Ganesh Murthy is the Chief Financial Officer at Innoveo.
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About Innoveo: Innoveo is a cloud-based SaaS company that provides a no-code platform for rapid application development, collaboration, and reduced costs.
Traci Shaw
CFO of Sharpen Technologies
Traci Shaw is the CFO at Sharpen Technologies.
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About Sharpen Technologies: Sharpen is an agent-first omnichannel cloud contact center platform that offers voice and software solutions.

James Stawick
Chief Financial Officer of Transforia
James Stawick is a Chief Financial Officer at Transforia Inc.
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About Transforia: IT-as-a-Service all inclusive laptop subscription for the cloud.