Uday Kumar , co-founder of Kazira, is a management consultant in the field of “Technology Governance & Operations” and has over 14 years of professional experience. He has held various positions, of growing responsibilities, in both Fortune 500 settings as well as global, management consulting firms. He has served clients in the financial/mortgage, consumer & industrial products, telecom, energy, automotive, and technology industries.
Uday has an unwavering passion for people growth, mentoring, and coaching. He has a global perspective having served clients in the US, UK, and India.
Uday has a BS in Engineering from MANIT (Bhopal, India), an MS in Engineering from CWRU (Cleveland, OH), and is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at The Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, Raleigh-Durham, NC). Uday can be contacted directly via email.
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Dr. Navin Mathur, co-founder of Kazira, has in-depth knowledge and experience in the day-to-day operations and workings of the Federal Agencies in the United States of America. He has worked for the US Department of State, Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) collectively over 16 years. He has also worked with various governmental agencies around the world such as that of France, India, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand.
Navin has earned his Bachelor of Science in EE from VJTI, Mumbai, in India in 1991. He worked with Ohio University, Avionics Engineering Center to earn his Master of Science (MS) degree in 1994 and his Ph.D. in 1999. Prior to working for the governmental agencies, Navin worked in the private aerospace industry for over 3 years. Navin can be contacted directly via email.
The name of our blog, Kazira, is derived from the word kazi (Swahili for work).
Kazira boldly and audaciously aspires to impart corporate and workplace wisdom, best practices, and knowledge to graduating college students. Our goal is to help the soon-to-be professionals gain a competitive advantage in their respective workplace by means of acquiring knowledge and skills that are beyond what they are taught in the undergraduate curriculum.
We strive to meet these objectives by leveraging our team’s deep, global, and diverse experience working in public, private, federal, and non-profit settings, and sharing the lessons we have learnt with you. As and when appropriate, we will also post book reviews as well as point you to worthy references from business as well as career related publications. We will present tools, approaches, FAQs, lessons-learnt, and anecdotal evidence to reinforce and ground our thoughts and ideas.
By no means, we are the experts in the various knowledge areas and hence, every comment, thought, suggestion, and challenge from our visitors will be most welcome and appreciated.
