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Praveen Kaarthic Gunaseelan

Partner & Director - Management Consulting at Hippocampus Consulting Inc

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Overview 

Praveen Kaarthic Gunaseelan is a seasoned professional with a background in investment banking, VC/PE, CXO advisory, strategy, tech, and management consulting. Currently serving as the Senior Partner & Director of Management Consulting at Hippocampus Consulting Inc, he has excelled in roles such as Co-Founder at Ilios Digital and Partner at IndigoEdge, showcasing expertise in financial analysis, equity research, and venture capital. With a diverse educational background including an MBA and experience at reputable firms like Unifi Capital Pvt Ltd., Praveen has demonstrated a strong track record in corporate finance and transaction advisory services, making impactful contributions to the organizations he has been a part of.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Partner & Director - Management Consulting

    2020 - Current

    Hippocampus Consulting is a management consulting firm based out of North America advising CXOs on business strategy and technology across industries.

  • Co-Founder

    2019

    AWS Advanced Partner | Google Cloud Partner | Microsoft Solutions Partner. Empowering Digital Transformation - Ilios Digital is a next-generation Global Technology company that helps enterprises stay ahead in the digital era. We provide high-value, cost-effective technology-driven solutions to solve business problems.

  • Vice President

    2019

    SAP Gold Partner. S2 is specialized in any digital transformation, next-generation SAP solutions and services including SAP Line of Business solutions (Ariba, SuccessFactors, Hybris, Concur and Fieldglass), S/4 HANA Migration, Finance, Business Intelligence and Data Management. S2 is a leading global SAP Partner and implementation service provider.

S2 Integrators is an Information Technology that provides SAP Partners and specialized in next-generation SAP solutions.

  • Sr Business Analyst

    2016 - 2019

TrineIT offers comprehensive IT services, consulting, and product engineering.

  • Partner - Transaction Advisory Services

    2011 - 2014

    • Worked with Technology & Consumer businesses in Growth funding (typically Series A) and M&A related avenue’s. • Part of a team worked on the buy side mandate for large international PE fund. • Key Responsibilities: Client Handling, Deal Sourcing, Financial Modeling, Valuations, Market Research, Pitch Book preparations, Target identification, GTM, Due Diligence, Valuations and Negotiations. • Also, been a part of management consulting assignments in Technology, Food and Consumer related businesses.

  • Management Trainee - Corporate Finance

    2011 - 2011

    • Worked on a Investment Theme “Holding Companies - Embedded Value Unlocking” • Part of a team worked on compiling a book “The science of Investing” • Key responsibilities: preparing Business Plans, Cost/Revenue Analysis, handling existing client relationships, advisory, acquiring new clients, tracking client portfolio and preparing comprehensive MIS Reports.

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