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13 founders who worked at HCLTech started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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HCLTech
Associate General Manager
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Associate General Manager at HCLTech2020-2021 · left Dec 2021
  • Senior Director at VDart Digital2025-2026
  • Senior Director at Zenshastra2024-2025
  • Assistant Vice President at Genpact2022-2024
  • Senior Manager at Quinnox2018-2020
  • Program Manager at IBM2004-2018
  • Associate Systems Engineer at Raffles Software PrivateLimited2004-2004
Education
  • IIT Delhi
  • Bharathidasan UniversityMaster's
  • Vysya CollegeBS
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HCLTech
Product Developer - R&D and Engineering (BA R&D - post promotion)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Product Developer - R&D and Engineering (BA R&D - post promotion) at HCLTech2007-2009 · left Oct 2009
  • Strategy Consulting / Strategy & Operations Practice - Digital Transformation Focus at KPMG India2016-2018
  • Practice Head (of spun-off indep. entity) at Accenture Strategy & Consulting2015-2017
  • Assistant Vice President at Citi2013-2014
  • Digital Head (Channel Products), India (post promotion) at Microsoft2011-2013
  • Product Developer (R&D & Satellite Engg - Bell Labs / Hughes, now Capgemini Product Div) at Nokia Bell Labs2005-2007
Education
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • Delhi University
  • IIT MadrasBachelor's
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HCLTech
Assistant Manager - Training
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Assistant Manager - Training at HCLTech2003-2005 · left Jan 2005
  • Managing Partner - India Accelerator at India Accelerator2025-2026
  • Vice President & Strategic Sales Head at StackRoute2020-2025
  • Vice President at NIIT Limited2016-2025
  • Assistant Vice President - Operations & Change Management at Genpact2005-2016
  • Training at GECIS2001-2003
Education
  • AIMTBBA
  • University of WolverhamptonMBA
  • Westford

Mehul Srivastava

Founder & Maintainer (open source)
Left
HCLTech
Lead Engineer, Applied AI
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Lead Engineer, Applied AI at HCLTech2024-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Product: 0→1 & Growth at KNOT2023-2024
  • Product Intern at Unacademy2023-2023
  • Co-Founder (Acquired) at Circles2022-2023
  • VC Fellow at Rebel One - RBL12021-2022
  • President at Phi Phenomenon MUJ2019-2022
Education
  • UC BerkeleyResearch

Shalki Nagpal

Co-Founder
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HCLTech
Senior Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Analyst at HCLTech2013-2016 · left Jan 2016
  • Analytics Engineer at Mediolanum International - Ireland2023-2024
  • Lead DWH Developer at Davy2020-2023
  • Sr. BI Developer at Marsh McLennan2017-2020
  • Engineering Analyst at Citi2016-2017
  • Student Placement Coordinator at Lovely Professional University2012-2013
  • Member Technical at Whizsky2012-2013
Education
  • National College of IrelandMaster's
  • Lovely Professional UniversityBachelor's
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HCLTech
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthLaunched zerOm AI Technologies
Work
  • Co-Founder at HCLTech2006-2015 · left Aug 2015
  • Chief of Data and AI at ADA2023-2026
  • Founder at dhiOmics2017-2024
  • Apprentice Leader at Mu Sigma Inc.2015-2017
  • Senior Design Engineer at Infineon Tchnologies AG2004-2006
  • Design Engineer at NXP Semiconductors2001-2004
Education
  • National Institute of Technology KarnatakaBE

Durga Balakrishnan

Founder - Building a new venture
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HCLTech
Customer Support Executive
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Big Rank Theory
Work
  • Customer Support Executive at HCLTech2007-2009 · left Oct 2009
  • Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer at mDNA digital2026-2026
  • (on-behalf of mDNA) Business Strategy - Client Partner at doodleblue Innovations2025-2026
  • Co-Founder at mDNA digital2025-2026
  • General Manager Business Development, Professional Services at Bankai Infotech2023-2025
  • Head of Inside Sales - Products & Services at KGiSL2021-2023
  • Senior Manager at Wipro2020-2021
Education
  • Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam CollegeBachelor's
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HCLTech
Lead Developer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Lead Developer at HCLTech2006-2012 · left Jan 2012
  • Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft2012-2024
Education
  • Osmania UniversityMCA
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HCLTech
Specialist
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Specialist at HCLTech2012-2016 · left Feb 2016
  • VP Operations and Customer Experience at Zwende2024-2025
  • Vice President Business Operations,CX & Strategy at Peepul Tree2023-2024
  • Co-Founder at Nimble Growth2017-2023
  • Senior Finance Manager at Goodera2016-2017
  • Finance Manager at IMMA WEB PRIVATE LIMITED2016-2016
  • Finance Assistant at HCL Axon Technologies Inc.2009-2012
Education
  • Nava NalandaHigh School
  • UCC of CommerceBachelor's

Dinesh B.

Co-Founder
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HCLTech
Director
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Nicoya AI
Work
  • Director at HCLTech2015-2017 · left May 2017
  • AVP, Services Delivery, Turing Intelligence at Turing2021-2026
  • Solutions Architect @ Google Cloud thru Cognizant at Google2020-2021
  • Sr. Director at Infogain2018-2020
  • Director, Infrastructure Practitioner at Wipro2017-2018
  • Senior Program Manager at Cognizant2010-2015
  • Assistant Manager - Systems Engineering at UBS2006-2009
Education
  • The ICFAI University, TripuraPGDBM
  • Karnatak UniversityB. Sc
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HCLTech
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech2021-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Quansys AI2024-2026
  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Timension AI2023-2024
  • SOFTWARE & AUTOMATION ENGINEER at Aspiranet2020-2021
  • SOFTWARE & AUTOMATION ENGINEER at Lohia Corp Limited2018-2020
  • Consultant at Vemba | Frankly Media2017-2018
  • Java Developer - Intern at Varargs Training And Software Development Centre2015-2015
Education
  • Jagran Institute of ManagementMaster's
  • Kanpur University, IndiaBachelor's
  • Nand Lal Khanna Inter College, Kanpur
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HCLTech
CAD ENGINEER
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Stealth
Work
  • CAD ENGINEER at HCLTech2011-2015 · left Aug 2015
  • Commercial Officer & Executive Assistant to Consul General at Consulate General of India, San Francisco2018-2026
  • Operations Manager Trainee at INOTECH LASER PROCESSING & A1 JAYS MACHINING2016-2016
  • Tool Maker at Aditya Auto Products & Engineering Private Limited2009-2011
Education
  • William Jessup UniversityMBA
  • Silicon Valley UniversityBA
  • NTTF (Nettur Technical Training Foundation)
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HCLTech
Software Consultant
Before that
Went stealthJun 2023
Work
  • Software Consultant at HCLTech2006-2006 · left Apr 2006
  • Advisor at Tidal Wave Technologies2020-2025
  • Chief Growth Officer at Involve Asia2022-2023
  • Advisor at Gummys2021-2023
  • Co-Founder at FishPurist2020-2021
  • Entrepreneur at Antler2020-2020
  • Principal at Human Inc2019-2020
Education
  • Quantic School of Business and TechnologyMBA

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    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.