CrustdataGet an API key
← All stealth founders

Ex-Wipro founders who just went stealth

17 founders who worked at Wipro started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

Ex-Wipro
Showing 17 of 17 founders

Ritesh Talapatra

Founder & CEO in Stealth
Left
Wipro
Senior Vice President
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Vice President at Wipro2023-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Managing Director at Optum2020-2023
  • Executive Vice President, COO, Financial Services, Capgemini at Capgemini2003-2020
  • Senior Product Manager at Juice Software2001-2003
  • Senior Product Manager at Hyperion Corp1999-2000
Education
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • IIT Delhi

Vinod Nair

Founder
Left
Wipro
Leadership of Large Programs in Wipro UK & India
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Leadership of Large Programs in Wipro UK & India at Wipro1999-2006 · left Jan 2006
  • Co-Founder at Enzen Global Solutions2006-2024
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Enzen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.2006-2011
  • Senior Consultant at Tata Technologies1998-1999
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • IIM BangaloreMBA
  • University of KeralaBTech

Naga Mantha

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Technical lead
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Technical lead at Wipro2006-2010 · left Oct 2010
  • Sr. Principal Solution Architect at Qualys2022-2026
  • Enterprise Systems Architect & Integrations Manager at Bloom Energy2017-2022
  • Systems Engineer (Consultant) at Bank of the West2016-2017
  • Principal Consultant at Wells Fargo2015-2016
  • Principal Consultant at Larsen & Toubro Ltd.2013-2015
  • Principal Consultant at Astute Business Solutions2010-2013
Education
  • Osmania UniversityM.C.A

Manish Sharma

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Associate
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Associate at Wipro2004-2005 · left Apr 2005
  • Chief Operating Officer at Polestar Analytics2025-2026
  • Global Head - Professional Services & Customer Success (Chief Customer Officer) at GEP Worldwide2006-2025
  • Sr. Support Engineer at Symphony Teleca2005-2006
Education
  • IIM Calcutta
  • Gujarat Technological UniversityBE
  • Atomic Energy Central School

Durga Balakrishnan

Founder - Building a new venture
Left
Wipro
Senior Manager
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Big Rank Theory
Work
  • Senior Manager at Wipro2020-2021 · left May 2021
  • 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
  • Member at CXO CLUB2018-2021
Education
  • Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam CollegeBachelor's

Kranti Kumar

Founder and Builder
Left
Wipro
Project engineer
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Misikiri
Work
  • Project engineer at Wipro2005-2008 · left Mar 2008
  • GM of Product at datasutram.ai2025-2026
  • Senior Manager of Product Management at PayPal2020-2025
  • Principal Product Manager at Paysafe2019-2020
  • Senior Product Manager at PayPal2018-2019
  • Director Product and Account Management at Artefacts Solutions, Inc.2012-2018
  • Product manager - Payments products at Paxcel Technologies (P) Ltd2012-2016
Education
  • Indian Institute of Management, LucknowPGDM
  • National Institute of Technology DurgapurBTech

Mark Peel

Founder and CEO
Left
Wipro
Salesforce Integration Architect
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Salesforce Integration Architect at Wipro2021-2021 · left Nov 2021
  • Senior Principal Consultant at MTX Group2024-2025
  • Master Architect - Integrations at nCino at nCino2021-2024
  • Salesforce.com Integration Architect at Micron Technology2011-2021
  • Application Architect at StoneRiver National Flood Services Inc.2006-2011
  • Senior Consultant at FPT/Intellinet2005-2006
  • Principal Systems Architect at Silverton Bank, N.A.2000-2005
Education
  • Southern Adventist University

Gayatri Tadinada

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Senior Consultant
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Consultant at Wipro2010-2019 · left Feb 2019
  • Business Process Expert at Novartis2019-2023
  • Intern at University of Wisconsin-Madison2009-2009
Education
  • Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiBTech

Kushal Bhasker

Founder
Left
Wipro
Senior Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer at Wipro2013-2020 · left Apr 2020
  • Senior Software Engineer at Google2020-2025
Education
  • Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)BE

Dinesh B.

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Director, Infrastructure Practitioner
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Nicoya AI
Work
  • Director, Infrastructure Practitioner at Wipro2017-2018 · left Nov 2018
  • AVP, Services Delivery, Turing Intelligence at Turing2021-2026
  • Solutions Architect @ Google Cloud thru Cognizant at Google2020-2021
  • Sr. Director at Infogain2018-2020
  • Director at HCLTech2015-2017
  • Senior Program Manager at Cognizant2010-2015
  • Assistant Manager - Systems Engineering at UBS2006-2009
Education
  • The ICFAI University, TripuraPGDBM
  • Karnatak UniversityB. Sc

Ankit Joshi

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
BI & CRM Technical Consultant
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • BI & CRM Technical Consultant at Wipro2005-2007 · left Nov 2007
  • Senior Data Engineer at NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)2015-2024
  • Senior Solution Architect at WiZink2019-2021
  • OBIEE at CSC2015-2015
  • OBIEE at IFPI2014-2015
  • OBIEE & ODI Consultant at European Medicines Agency2012-2014
  • BI & CRM Consultant at QVC2011-2012
Education
  • SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • Sardar Patel UniversityBachelor's

Gyan Tiwari

Founder
Left
Wipro
Project Manager
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Project Manager at Wipro2015-2016 · left Dec 2016
  • Founder at Skaira2023-2026
  • Founder at Delever2019-2023
  • Productions head at Hum tum productions2017-2021
Education
  • Thakur College of Science & Commerce
  • IIT Madras

Victor Sinha

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Solutions Architect
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Solutions Architect at Wipro2017-2019 · left Oct 2019
  • Lead Software Engineer at SkillTune Technologies Inc.2025-2026
  • Lead Engineer at Comcast2024-2025
  • Lead Engineer at Nike2021-2024
  • Associate Director at Factspan2019-2021
  • Technology Lead at INDECOMM2016-2017
  • Sr. IT Analyst / Senior Developer at Sherwin-Williams2014-2016
Education
  • Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, DurgapurB-Tech
  • Sri Aurobindo VidyamandirHigh School

Debasis Tripathy

Co-Founder
Left
Wipro
Consultant - Enterprise Applications & AMS
Before that
Went stealthApr 2026
Work
  • Consultant - Enterprise Applications & AMS at Wipro2005-2008 · left Aug 2008
  • Chief Executive Officer at SAMET Education Services FZCO2024-2026
  • Presales Leader at DXC Technology2016-2025
  • Presales Leader - Oracle Practice (APJ) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2013-2016
  • Lead Consultant - Oracle Competency, Member - Shadow Board at Tech Mahindra2008-2013
  • Consultant at Sonata Software2003-2005
  • Information Technology Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services1998-2003
Education
  • Utkal UniversityBE
  • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Sunil Prasad

Founder
Left
Wipro
Practice Head
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Practice Head at Wipro2010-2016 · left Jan 2016
  • Director at Adobe2016-2026
  • Business Unit Head at Torry Harris Integration Solutions1999-2010
  • Software Engineer at Zensar Technologies1997-1999
Education
  • College of Engineering TrivandrumB-Tech
  • IIM BangaloreMBA

Nidhi Modh

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Wipro
Project Engineer
Before that
Went stealthDec 2025
Work
  • Project Engineer at Wipro2005-2008 · left Apr 2008
  • Co-Founder, Board Director at Eatoji Inc.2015-2025
  • Senior Product Manager at Google2019-2024
  • Product Owner, Principal SW Engineer at Dell Technologies2014-2019
  • Senior Software Engineer at Clustrix, Inc. (acquired by MariaDB Corporation)2011-2014
  • Systems/Software Engineer at Epic Media Group2010-2011
  • Software Engineering Intern at Connexus2009-2009
Education
  • University of Southern CaliforniaMS
  • University of Southern CaliforniaMBA
  • Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's UniversityBTech

Devendra Phadke

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Wipro
Key Account Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2024
Work
  • Key Account Manager at Wipro2003-2005 · left Jan 2005
  • Founder at RideSoftech Solutions, LLP2011-2024
  • Senior Manager at Accenture2005-2011
  • Delivery Manager at Wipro Technologies2003-2005
  • BFSI Lead for Mortgage Services at Capgemini2001-2003
  • Delivery Manager at Kanbay (Capgemini)2001-2003
  • Principal Consultant at PwC1994-2001
Education
  • UC BerkeleyCTO Program
  • IIT KharagpurM Tech
  • The Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaBE

Built on Crustdata. Build your own.

Crustdata tracks hundreds of millions of professional profiles. This directory is one saved search: "current title includes founder, current company is Stealth", re-run every week. Point the same search at your own market.

Get an API key 
# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

Browse stealth founders

By former employer

Show fewer

By city

Show fewer

By school

Show fewer

By background

Show fewer

About this list

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.