About Us

Digital Sherpa is a NextGen digital service & development company with a laser-like focus on leveraging the power of Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence (using natural language processing, machine learning, and conversational technologies) to help businesses and startups across the globe in their journey of innovation and transformation.

Digital Sherpa is founded and led by industry and technology experts who have worked around the globe with Fortune 500 businesses as well as start-ups in their transformation journeys.

Mission

To be a Digital Sherpa to clients & bring ideas to life while enabling clients to focus on core business & climb to the top.

Vision

To enable and accelerate Transformation and Innovation leveraging the disruptive power of Technology.

Team

Rajesh Goyal

Founder & CEO

Passionate about technology and its power to build disruptive solutions, Rajesh has over two decades of global leadership experience in the technology industry building innovative digital transformation solutions for Fortune 500 companies and startups across the globe. Before starting Digital Sherpa, he worked with Cognizant for over 16 years, followed by a short (3 ½ years) stint with Atos, with responsibilities for global P&L ($ 1B+) of service lines like BPM (Business Process Management) and Digital.

In addition to running DigitalSherpa, Rajesh also sits on the board of few other businesses, including some startups. He is an active member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), loves to mentor start-ups and nurture young talent.

Rajesh is a B.Tech. from IIT, Kanpur and has completed an MDP (Management Development Program) from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Cliff Ratcliffe

Regional Head, UK & Europe

Cliff has worked in senior technology roles for the past 35+ years at some well renowned companies across:

  • Banking (RBS, NatWest, Coutts, ABN Amro, Hampshire Trust Bank)
  • Insurance (Direct Line, Churchill, Coverly)
  • Pensions (Smart, The People’s Pension)
  • Engineering (British Aerospace)
  • He has delivered some major system integrations and digital transformations in business processing throughout his career. He continues developing technology strategies, roadmaps, operating models, and architectures to help clients achieve their goals. Outside work, he is a Board Trustee for an Almshouse Charity that provides affordable housing accommodation for people in need.

    He operates from the UK and is Digital Sherpa’s Regional Leader as we expand into the UK and Europe.

Anish Chatterjee

CTO

Anish has over  two decades of experience in architecting enterprise solutions, driving new technology initiatives and building innovative solutions powered by latest technology for Fortune 500 companies and startups across the globe. He has worked as Technology Lead and  Solution architect at Computer Associates(5+ years) and Cognizant (11+ years) and as Chief Solution architect for several marquee customers in US and Europe. At DigitalSherpa, he drives technology innovation for customers and mentors talent on latest Artificilal Intelligence technologies.

Anish has done his honors in Physics from Calcutta University followed by post graduate diploma in Computer Application from RCC.

Rajesh Ghosh

Enterprise Architect

Rajesh specializes in cloud and conversational (i.e. chatbots) AI technologies, specially using Amazon AWS platform. With 23+ years of deep experience in designing and building solutions to address complex problems for large enterprises, Rajesh comes with solid Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Thnking background. He has worked with Cognizant (16 years), Atos (1+ year) in the past and founded NexGenBots thereafter. He is now pursuing his passion to solve real customer problems using bots.

Rajesh is a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engg. From BIT, Mesra and has received training on Finance from XLRI.

Arnab Majumdar

Data Scientist

Arnab specialises in mathematical modelling, and application of statistics, probability, information theory and econometrics to analyse business problems to develop algorithms and predict outcomes. He is an expert in leveraging mathematics and science of operations research and allied fields in solving optimization problems that aid decision-making. During his years in academic research, Arnab has published over 40 research papers in international journals.

Arnab had done his M.Sc in Physics from IIT, Kanpur followed by a Ph.D in Physics from Boston University.

About Sherpa, the Mountain Guide!

Sherpas serve as guides and climbing supporters for mountaineering expeditions in Himalayas. They are regarded as elite mountaineers and renowned in international climbing and mountaineering for their expertise, experience and hardiness. The only mission of a Sherpa is to ensure the successful climb of his client, the climber!

The first two people to ever summit Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak on earth, were the climber, Edmund Hillary, and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay.