Naresh Ahuja

Naresh, as the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the ETP Group leads the company with a clear focus on bringing enduring value to customers through best practices mirrored in software applications. Spanning 25 years of focus on retail domain expertise and IP development, ETP today, has a strong customer base of market leaders in more than 20 countries across Asia Pacific, India and the Middle East, and is on its way to becoming a global leader in Omni-channel Retail Solutions.

Naresh first studied science at Bombay University and then joined the National Institute of Information Technology, after which he worked for a while with the family home furnishing & retail business, Shyam Ahuja Limited where he was involved with the retail and distribution operations. With this experience and a passion for technology, in 1988, he founded ETP Group, an IT organization that was focussed on retail and distribution. At first, Naresh partnered with Indian companies to develop packaged software solutions. In 1994, he tied up with IBM and scaled the solution through the IBM i-series platform. This helped cater to larger customers with better technology and led to him winning the prestigious IBM All-Star Award. In 1997, he forged a successful alliance with the global ERP firm, Intentia, and developed a service delivery organization for Intentia worldwide, with offices in London, New York, and Singapore. This business was later acquired by a US PE firm.

A father of three, Naresh loves scuba diving, playing golf, reading, and watching science fiction movies. He is passionate about software technology and enjoys deep diving into research and development. ‘How technology drives change’ is one of his favorite interests.