Leadership

Santhana Krishnan is the Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of InteQ Corporation. He brings a successful 20+ year career to this position, and has overall responsible for the company’s vision, strategy, and leadership. In this role, Krishnan has led the company from its inception to its present position as an industry leader in remote infrastructure management services and IT service management solutions for enterprises worldwide. He and Yash Shah, current President and CTO, together founded InteQ Corporation in 1995, incorporating the technical prowess and focus on culture to which they are so strongly committed. They have succeeded in their goal to build a successful company with a focus on the long term.

Krishnan’s background prior to InteQ included developing Hewlett-Packard's Northeast Enterprise Messaging Practice in their Professional Services Organization, where he architected internet infrastructures for several Fortune 500 clients. Prior to that, he served as a senior consultant with IBM's Application Business Systems Division. Krishnan holds two Master's degrees: in Information Systems from Bentley College, and in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kerala in India. In addition, Krishnan serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Network Communications Council and TiE-Boston where he is committed to encouraging other entrepreneurs and advising startup companies. In 2001, Krishnan was selected by the Boston Business Journal as one of the area's top "40 under 40" technology executives.

As co-founder, President, and CTO, Yash Shah has partnered with Santhana Krishnan in shaping the birth of InteQ Corporation, and led the creation of a new IT service model as a remote management service provider. In his role he is responsible for the management and execution of the company’s technology strategy, service development, delivery operations, and sales organization, and sits on the executive leadership team. Shah’s commitment is to the long-term growth and viability of the company, while maintaining his focus on the employees so important to the company’s success. He brings over 20 years IT and management experience to InteQ, and was chosen by InfoWorld as one of the 50 most influential people in IT based upon their respective company’s market reach and stability, and their technology's overall scalability and availability.

Prior to co-founding InteQ, Shah spent seven years building his impressive knowledge base of IT management with TRW and Hewlett-Packard. While at HP, he championed the Network and Systems Management Group and built a reputation for designing and implementing global IT infrastructure solutions for Fortune 500 clients. In 1988, Shah laid the basis for his career by earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University. Shah, along with co-founder and long-time friend Santhana Krishnan, continues their commitment to building a world-class company.

Bradford Winkler serves as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SaaS solutions at InteQ Corporation. He brings a successful 20+ years of experience to this position and oversees all sales and marketing efforts of InteQ's On Demand IT Service Desk and ITIL solutions portfolio. He is responsible for launching InfraDesk, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) IT service desk solution, to enterprise markets and obtain leadership position in the SaaS market. Winkler will also streamline the company's product and service offerings to focus on the company's core competencies to develop a consistent brand message across the entire portfolio.

Winkler has held several senior leadership sales and marketing roles with technology companies whose focus were centered on bringing new technologies to market. He holds a record of notable contributions to startup/turnaround companies through early stage, growth, profitability, and then acquisition. Prior to InteQ he was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Inceptor, a search engine marketing company. The company, after enjoying years of success, was acquired by Verizon and Winkler's role transitioned to part of the team that divested this business unit, which evolved to Idearc Media, a now publicly traded media company. Winkler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Management from Bentley College, and is very active in his community coaching youth sports.

Uday Shah serves as the Vice President of Finance and Offshore Operations and the President of InteQ India, and has been with InteQ Corporation since 1998. He is a member of the executive leadership team responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company. Shah’s finance responsibilities include management of all accounting and financial functions, investor relations, management reporting, financial modeling, corporate and legal matters, procurement, and real estate.

Shah began his affiliation with InteQ in the mid-1990s as the founder of VigorSoft, a Baroda, India company engaged in the development of computer software. He successfully and profitably ran this company for 3 years before shifting the operating base to the US and cementing the relationship with InteQ. Prior to that, Shah was Executive Director of Spectoms Group of Companies, also in India, where he held director responsibilities for corporate planning, financial planning, resource management, and internal IT. He possesses both a bachelors and masters degree in Commerce from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India.