Wesley Clover Communication Solutions

Dr. Peter Sommerer

Peter Sommerer is currently President of Erlauf Holdings Ltd., a private equity investment company located in Canada and serves on the Board of Directors of a number of privately held technology companies.

In the period from 1996 to 2004 he founded, obtained financing for, and served as Chairman of three Internet oriented companies: GoodContacts, a contact management software company acquired by Reunion.com in 2004; Coventus, an internet-based service for business travelers, which was liquidated in 2001; and Vienna Systems, a pioneer of voice-over-Internet technology acquired by Nokia in 1998.

From 1990 to 1998 Dr. Sommerer served as President, COO, Director and Vice-Chairman of Newbridge Networks Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by Alcatel for over $7 billion. Prior to Newbridge, he served in a number of technical, administrative and general management roles at Mitel Corporation and ITT Austria, now also part of Alcatel.

Dr. Sommerer obtained the academic title of Mag.rer.soc.oec. from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) in 1975, after graduating with a professional engineering degree (Ing.) from HTBLuVA Mödling, Austria. In 2007 he completed his doctoral studies with the thesis “Single-market-multi-product companies – Evolution, organization and performance”.

Mike Manson

Mike Manson is CEO and co-founder of TaraSpan Inc. He has helped launch numerous startups and together with Raj Narula has secured over $40 million in funding for TaraSpan’s clients. Mike is formerly Senior Vice President and General Manager at Alcatel, where he led a global business unit with software development centers in Canada, California, Belgium, Spain and India. Prior to Alcatel, he held executive positions at Newbridge Networks in roles spanning product line management, business development and strategic alliances. Mike is a frequently invited speaker on doing business in India, software business strategies and venture capital fundraising. Mike serves on the board of directors of TaraSpan Inc. in Canada and Wesley Clover Communication Solutions Pvt Ltd in India. Currently Mike divides his time between Ottawa Canada and Gurgaon India.

Mike holds a BASc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Suhas Pathak

Suhas Pathak is the VP of the Wesley Clover Comunication Solutions Technology Division. With over two decades of experience in IT industry, Suhas Pathak brings with him the knowledge and expertise to head the WCCS Technology Division in Pune. In 1996, Suhas founded Telesoft, a software outsourcing firm offering software consulting services to US companies.  He successfully managed the delivery of over 40 small and large projects to US clients. Wesley Clover acquired Telesoft in 2008.

Before founding Telesoft, Suhas worked in several Silicon Valley companies such as IBM (Rolm), Centigram, Intel and Metra Instruments. He holds a MS-EE from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Nihar Ranjan Sahoo

Nihar is responsible for leading Wesley Clover’s finance, accounting, and investor relations operations. Nihar joins Wesley Clover with over 12 years of financial management experience at high technology companies in the field of Information Technology and Telecom. He has extensive experience in accounting & taxation, financial planning, budgeting, funds management and risk management. Nihar holds a Masters Degree in Commerce from Utkal University, Orissa.