Roshan Shah
Roshan Shah, a Canadian Citizen and a successful entrepreneur in the software engineering and social media technology sectors, is actively pursuing goals to save the world. Shah will be conferred the Star Entrepreneur of the Year award in Pune, India at the Fourth Indira India Innovation Summit in January 2011.
Roshan is the CEO and founder of Gloscon Solutions Pvt Limited, a leading Open Source company that specializes in Drupal Development, Ruby on Rails Development, 24×7 server monitoring and performance and maintenance services for high traffic Drupal and Ruby on Rails sites. Roshan has developed professional technology teams and next generation leaders known for their work ethics and high production.
Gloscon fully owns Gujarat Hosting Pvt Limited, a 24×7 Web hosting and infrastructure/application monitoring company and OpenKick Technologies Pvt Limited(the Open Source training company). He has also developed a very large venture, “Kosansh”, the medical tourism portal. The portfolio also includes “Gujarat Startups”, the entrepreneurship portal; “Citiplots”, a real estate portal, and “Galaminds” the instant website template solution and he is working on building “Gujarat Health City” – Luxurious Retirement homes, “Beautiful Gujarat” – Travel portal, “SharesVault” – Pre-IPO Deal Network and “Cheerfoolz” – Entrepreneurship in Children and “Surgeboom” – Social Media Marketing firm. Roshan is an advisor to many international startups and sits on Board of Open Educator, NY.
Roshan works directly with CEO clients as a strategic advisor and lead project manager. These high level executives, whether from the US or around the globe, typically engage Gloscon and its subsidiaries to attract customers and generate new sources of revenue. Clients are extremely loyal and powerfully endorse Roshan’s managerial style as well as his team’s technical expertise and their “perfect” client communication processes.
Roshan is regarded as a valued resource and an unfailing professional who manages expectations, projects and budgets impeccably for clients who require top-level technical services for their projects.
Before starting Gloscon Solutions Pvt Limited, Roshan spend 11 years in various roles supporting clients and companies like IBM, HP, JP Morgan, Macmillan Computer Publishing, Peerflix, Speedware, Satyam as well as Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Roshan was also a Director in NetVision Web Technologies Pvt Limited – a company providing Java Training in Gujarat, India which later went Public.
Roshan Shah holds Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from DDIT, Advanced Diploma in Enterprise Management from AIMA, Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI and is an Entrepreneurship Graduate from SEEDS, Canada. He is also Sun Certified Java Programmer and a Certified Project Manager.
The front page of the Toronto Star recently stated that Roshan has an innovative software engineer’s brain for venture capitalism–and with the rapid growth of his subsidiaries, has a proven track record that combines business savvy with innovative technology solutions.
Roshan believes in building entrepreneurial talent in India. Over last 5 years, 10 of Gloscon’s employees have plunged in starting their own businesses. He is also actively involved in Unique ID implementation project for 3.5 lakh global Khadayata Community.