By Sam Elliot
Two software and IT industry veterans who first met as co-workers in 1993 are now co-founders of one of the newest companies in Fishers.
ConsulTeams, officially incorporated earlier this year, is the brainchild of CEO Haresh Gangwani and COO David Cochran and seeks to become the go-to source for companies to connect with experts and consultants on a short-term scale.
Gangwani’s experiences working both with large companies and numerous start-ups made him realize each are susceptible to and in need of temporary, short-sharp consulting.
“I found that even large organizations have short-sharp delivery of insights that they are looking for, but not necessarily long-term project-based contract work,” Gangwani said. “Definitely small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs are looking for advice, opinions, insight, coaching and mentorship by experts, but cannot necessarily afford a large organization and would rather use what we call micro-consulting.”
His longtime friend since their days working in the computer systems division at Columbia House, Cochran made for a natural fit for what would ultimately become ConsulTeams due to his similar experiences to Gangwani’s.
“While I was finding that out through my engagement with companies, my buddy Dave was working as a consultant with large organizations and small operations,” Gangwani said. “He was experiencing the same thing — that companies don’t necessarily need long-term, project-based, contract-based people, but every now and then they want somebody smarter than themselves that they can brainstorm with.”
ConsulTeams aims for its software platform to be a one-stop shop for businesses to meet and be matched with vetted experts across various fields — technology, marketing and business management being the most popular, Gangwani said.
The company is currently in a beta stage before it plans to launch with a regional target area initially, before expanding nationally and then globally.
