PEOPLESHORES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Revenue Officer ( CRO ) and Chief Strategy Officer
- CRO
Alfred Binford is Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Chief Strategy Officer for
PeopleShores. Alfred brings to PeopleShores over twenty-five years of experience
Job Titles:
- HR Manager
- Member of the Executive Team
Bina Patel has been an entrepreneur in business for most of her life. She has had the capacity to develop, organize, and manage small business ventures in two different countries over a span of 34 years. As the HR Manager at PeopleShores, she continues to use her expertise in business administration and project management to best serve all of the company's employees.
Being a humanitarian, Bina has had the opportunity to volunteer at many non-profit organizations and has gone on to organize a number of large events as an Event Coordinator which she continues to pursue to this day. She believes in serving her community in whatever way she can and hopes her impact at PeopleShores continues this trajectory.
With her personal time, Bina enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, cooking her favorite dishes, reading a good book, painting, hiking and traveling.
Cayla Lamb is a Team Lead at PeopleShores in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She has a relentless commitment to providing quality customer service. Cayla's believes inspiration comes from within. She strives to motivate her team to exceed client expectations by fostering a creative and positive workspace.
Job Titles:
- Business and Talent Director, Clarksdale
- Director at Our Clarksdale
- Director, Clarksdale
Ed Brown is a Director at our Clarksdale, Mississippi location. Brown has garnered a diverse range of work experience that have shaped and enriched his professional journey. With a relentless drive for growth and a passion for learning, he has embarked on a path marked by versatility, adaptability and the pursuit of excellence.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Business and Talent Director, Clarksda Le
Job Titles:
- Director of Impact Capital at Santa Clara 's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
John Kohler has been Director of Impact Capital at Santa Clara's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and has also been a mentor to social entrepreneurs at the Global Social Benefit Accelerator. In 2011 he authored a report on impact investing entitled Coordinating Impact Capital: a New Approach to Investing in Small and Growing Businesses, co-authored a chapter on equity investing in New Frontiers of Philanthropy (Oxford Press-2014), and recently published a study on Total Portfolio Activation for Impact (Miller Center-2016).
He is now pioneering a new investment vehicle - the Variable Payment Obligation - that presents investors with a ‘structured exit' alternative to equity. In addition, he is co-founder of Toniic, a syndication network of impact investors. John manages investments through Redleaf Venture Management, a venture capital operating company founded in 1993. John's earlier background includes twenty years of executive level positions at Hewlett Packard, Silicon Graphics, Convergent Technologies and Unisys. He was one of the founding executives at Netscape Communications. John served as a board member at PACT, an NGO based in Washington D.C., and on Pact's microfinance company in Myanmar.
Over the last 15 years, he was a managing member of the UCLA Venture Capital Fund and currently advises ACDI/VOCA's impact fund and several USAID projects. Other recent advisory roles include the Vatican Impact Investing Conference and Catholic Relief Services.
Job Titles:
- Software Engineer
- Process Lead, Brooklyn
Lawrence is a Software Engineer who leads a team at PeopleShores, PBC, currently working on Project Elevate with Morgan Stanley to impact the community and improve diversity in the industry. He has spent twenty years in customer service, the last five of which in workforce development, connecting talent from the community to national partners, while building relationships. Lawrence has mobilized more than 1,000 volunteers from 70 industry leaders including BNY Mellon, Barclays, Capgemini, Google, Salesforce, Capital One, Bank of America, and UBS raising over $50,000 in donations.
Lawrence holds a degree in computer information systems and has taken several programming courses through Per Scholas. While he enjoyed the work he was doing, his passion for helping people grow and develop themselves through tech led here. When he is not developing relationships or programs, Lawrence can be found visiting restaurants and movies, reading, or volunteering.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Mickey is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PeopleShores. He has over 35 years of global experience in helping companies achieve improved performance in IT and business process areas by focusing on business strategy, operating model transformation, service integration and continuous improvement. Mickey started his career working for the pioneer in outsourcing services, Electronic Data Systems, which was founded by Ross Perot. Mickey's international profile is highlighted by living and working throughout Asia Pacific for 13 years. He moved to Hong Kong in 1996 where he was responsible for EDS' Asia Pacific financial industry practice for IT services outsourcing. He also served as the primary leader for EDS Country Managers in eleven different countries to help them establish and build their business and deliver to their clients. Mickey left EDS to join Ernst & Young (EY) as a US Partner, still based in Asia Pacific, as the leader of their Asia Pacific business process services practice. Before leaving Asia Pacific, Mickey worked for Accenture and then co-founded and established a business process outsourcing company based in Hong Kong. Since returning to the US Mickey has worked for PWC, Travelport and EY. Mickey received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stephen F. Austin University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Founder & CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures
Mohamed is the Founder & CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures, a Consulting, Advisory and Asset Management firm specializing in Telecoms, Media & Technology. His non-profit, Amersi Foundation supports charities in education, poverty, conflict and religion in Africa, Middle East and Asia. More recently Mohamed launched the Inclusive Ventures Group, a social impact investing platform that has invested in education, livelihood, health and waste management in Africa and Asia. Mohamed is a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, a Trustee of Prince's Trust International, a member of the Development Board of the British Academy, the Governing Council of the Royal Agricultural University, the Global Leadership Council of the Said Business School, University of Oxford and a Trustee of the Satyarthi Foundation, Rose Castle Foundation and the Chairman of the iShia Foundation.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Executive Chairman
- Founder
- Member of the Board of Directors
Murali is a passionate Social Entrepreneur and a global Business Leader with 30+ years of technology experience spanning three continents; North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Murali Vullaganti is a Founder and CEO of PeopleShores, a US based Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) focusing on empowering and transforming young adults in under-served communities in the US into knowledge professionals through Impact Sourcing. Started in October 2017,
Prior to PeopleShores, Murali founded RuralShores, a similar social enterprise set up in 2009 in India with a vision to bring technology-oriented jobs to the rural youth. RuralShores now has 18 centers spread across 9 states employing 4000+ rural youth managing 80+ complex processes for 30+ reputed clients across 4 continents. RuralShores success story is a case study at Oxford, Harvard, IIM Bangalore and other management schools.
Murali spent 15 years on Wall Street providing technology solutions to Investment Banks. He also spent one year in London and 5 years in Asia Pacific in executive capacity at large Technology Companies including Electronic Data Systems (now HP). At EDS, Murali was credited for successfully building new practices (including Trading & Risk Management in the USA) and new markets (Capital Markets in Asia). His last role at EDS was Managing Director for EDS' Solutions Consulting Asia Practice, covering Greater China, South-East Asia and India. Murali also served Xansa (now Sopra Steria) as Managing Director of India operations and Executive member of the Group Management Board.
Murali earned two post graduate degrees from two prestigious institutions in India;
Skyler Lambert is a Pine Bluff native and serves as a Team Lead for PeopleShores. She is an experienced developer certified in UiPath. Skyler has certifications in Project Management and Data Analytics and is actively pursuing her degree in Computer Information Technology. She strives to enhance her team by creating a safe space for them to learn and grow their skills.
Job Titles:
- Lead / Clarksdale
- Team Lead, Clarksdale
Spencer has been with PeopleShores since 2019 and is an experienced developer certified in multiple RPA platforms. He is a problem solver and has helped streamlined many internal as well as customer problems by building several BOTs which improved accuracy and revenue, reduced cost and errors. Spencer is driven to improve his current skills and open to learning more from data analytics to cybersecurity.
He obtained his associate degree in accounting and automotive from Coahoma Community College in his hometown of Clarksdale, MS.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Director, Client Project Delivery
- Director, Client Projects
As Director, Client Project Delivery, Srikant brings his experience as a Transformation & Customer Experience leader in the IT/Telecoms & Healthcare Services sector to PeopleShores. His deep expertise over twenty years in the areas of Customer Service, Transformation, Operations, Commercial, Change & Delivery for consumers globally using technology such as RPA, AI, IoT, Cloud, Products & Platforms has been honed at tech companies such as Tech Mahindra Business Services and others.
Srikant started his professional journey after getting his Bachelor of Commerce degree followed by PGDBM and recently also got his PMP certification. He loves playing cricket, soccer and volleyball.
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer at 4CRisk
Susan Palm is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at 4CRisk, an artificial
Job Titles:
- Process Lead / Clarksdale
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Business and Talent Director
- Business and Talent Director, Pine Bluff
Tami is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working with individuals from economically disadvantaged communities. She is particularly interested in improving access to workforce opportunities and success in education. Her work has focused on student parents, low-income families, and youth from historically underserved populations.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as well as a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from the Forbes School of Business and Technology at the University of Arizona and a Master of Education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
When asked why she is so passionate about serving historically disadvantaged populations, she states, "I want to be able to make a fundamental difference in people's lives that will not only impact their future, but also future generations."
Job Titles:
- Process Lead / Clarksdale
Tyshon was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. She is currently working as a Lead Processor at PeopleShores. She has a bachelor's in social work from Mississippi Valley State University and an associate in accounting from Northwest Mississippi Community College.
Tyshon started working with the company during Covid, after 15 years of working in the Medical Industry as a Phlebotomist/Lab Assistant. She felt that it was time for a change. She wanted a new career opportunity and something closer to home. PeopleShores has provided both of those for her.
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
Vivek Mahadevan served as the Chief Strategy Officer for NetApp.
In this role, Vivek was responsible for leading NetApp's business strategy and identifying additional market and product opportunities to fuel future growth. He was also responsible for driving strategic planning, managing acquisitions, and supporting NetApp's strategic alliances and partnership teams.
Before joining NetApp, Vivek served as VP of marketing for LSI Corporation, where he was responsible for driving all aspects of product management, outbound marketing and business alliances. Prior to LSI, Vivek was the CEO of NeoEdge Networks. He was also the VP/GM of BMC Software's Storage Management Business Unit and VP/GM of Compaq's Storage Business Unit
Vivek holds an MBA in Marketing and MS in Engineering from the University of Iowa as well a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,Madras