Avishkar is the founder of Neo Navigate, and a Transitions & Transformation Executive Coach with around 25 years of extensive business leadership experience. A passionate listener, he is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, and is on the Advisory Board of Startups. He is a certified Walmart Executive Coach, Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst and GE Six Sigma Black Belt.
Avishkar has been a global business executive with companies like Walmart Inc., General Electric, GENPACT and NIIT Technologies. At Walmart he was the Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer for the India business. To complement his training as a certified executive coach, Avishkar draws upon his practical experience in multiple leadership roles at GE & Genpact spanning from Technology, Six Sigma, Operations to Human Resources.
Avishkar has led various transformations in the business, and at the same time supporting talent through transitions effectively. Business strategy transforming from Hyper Growth to Profitable Growth to Digital Pivot. M&A and Divestitures Transformations from Joint Venture to Single Global Organization to a Startup Digital Organization. Supported multiple CEO transitions. Cultural transitions from Glocal to Traditional Global to a Startup.
Avishkar has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs/CXOs in the organizations he worked at. He believes that every individual is focusing to be a value creator, but if they are supported to navigate better their life, they can become Game Changers. By better navigation people can create a future they want, than what they would have arrived at by default. With more than two decades of such rich experiences and learnings, Avishkar founded Neo Navigate with the purpose of - 'making a difference by supporting people navigate better so that they can transform their future'.
Founder & Executive Coach