Meet Our Leadership Team
Chad Koele
PRESIDENT
Chad Koele serves as the president of Actalent. A proven and accomplished leader, Chad joined the Allegis Group organization in 1993 and has held multiple roles in operations and sales throughout his career. In his role as president of Actalent, Koele leads the company’s global growth, strategic development, and financial performance.
Passionate about inclusion and diversity, Chad is a member of CEO Action and prioritizes efforts to foster an environment where all employees experience opportunity and growth.
Scott Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Anderson is the CFO for Actalent and leads the financial strategy for the organization. Scott began his career with the Allegis Group organization in 1998 as an assistant controller.
Prior to his appointment to Actalent CFO, he spent five years in Sydney, Australia as CFO for Allegis Group's business in Asia-Pacific. Scott is an advocate for maintaining strong partnerships to effectively influence and drive financial strategy.
Greg DeLuca
Head of Services Transformation and Integration
Greg joined Allegis Group in 1995 as a recruiter. Having held numerous leadership roles across the organization during his tenure, Greg has been responsible for executing sales, workforce management, and delivery strategies to diversify the company’s offerings. Prior to joining Actalent in 2021, Greg worked with leaders across Allegis Group to drive alignment and prioritize focus to expand Services business across the enterprise.
Mark Cooper
Vice President, International Business Development and Operations
Mark began his career with Allegis Group in 1988 as a technical recruiter and has held an array of leadership roles across the network of operating companies during his tenure.
Kamlesh Sharma
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Kamlesh Sharma is the director of client operations for Actalent in India, where he leads business growth and transformation across the country. With more than 20 years of global experience across the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, he brings deep expertise in growth strategy, transformation and operational leadership.
His vision, people-first approach and passion for operational excellence play a key role in expanding Actalent’s engineering services in India and strengthening the company’s commitment to engineering excellence.
Kamlesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Manipal Institute of Technology and completed the Executive General Management Program at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Tamilselvan Sankaran
Technical Director
Tamilselvan (Selvan) Sankaran is a technical director at Actalent where he oversees delivery operations for our clients in India. With over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing and services industry, he has collaborated with customers across India, the US, Europe, and Japan. Selvan has built teams and delivered projects across engineering and sciences, covering various engineering support services such as engineering change management, product definition, value engineering, benchmarking, manufacturing support, systems and software, among others.
Selvan has been responsible for the continual improvement of Actalent's quality management system (QMS) through quality system enhancements and internal quality audits. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt with a special focus on Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and DMAIC processes.
Thiagarajan Ramanthan
DIRECTOR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Thiagarajan Ramanthan is the director of financial operations for Actalent in India. With over 27 years of experience in finance and accounting, Thiagarajan has handled multiple functional areas across the finance department including financial planning and analysis, pricing, management information systems, controllership, operations, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and full-cycle enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation in both manufacturing and service industries.
At Actalent, Thiagarajan oversees the finance and business operations teams, leading financial performance and business support. Thiagarajan is a qualified cost management accountant and associate company secretary and holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Pondicherry University.
Raajorshi Ghosh
General Manager, Human Resources
Raajorshi Ghosh (Raaj) is the human resources general manager for Actalent India with over 16 years of experience in the field. He has led people initiatives for various organizations across India.
Raaj is responsible for driving the people and talent management strategy, including people development and cultural leadership, across all Actalent offices in India. He holds a postgraduate degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Indian Institute of Planning and Management, New Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Delhi University.
Rajesh Verma Kinnera
Director, Talent Operations
Rajesh Verma Kinnera is the director of talent operations at Actalent India. With over 16 years of experience in talent acquisition, Rajesh specializes in recruiting across the supply chain, consulting, and professional services sectors. He has led strategic initiatives to attract and recruit top talent and is skilled at leading high-performance teams across multiple locations, focusing on business growth.
At Actalent, Rajesh oversees the recruitment lifecycle for India operations and specializes in developing alternative delivery programs to attract candidates with highly sought-after skills. Rajesh holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Rai Business School in Mumbai and a bachelor's degree in science from Osmania University in Hyderabad.
Michael Kurtz
Global Practice Director, MM&E
Michael Kurtz serves as global director of Actalent's manufacturing, mechanical and electrical engineering services practice. With a focus on the automotive, food and beverage, industrial equipment, and medical device industries, Michael leads cross-functional teams supporting product design and development throughout the production lifecycle.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa, also graduating with a minor in business. He has three patents for innovations he has made in both automotive and food/beverage equipment.
Ryan Cross
Global Practice Director
Ryan Cross, PE, is Director of Actalent's Global Transmission, Distribution and Grid Automation Practices. He has more than 23 years of experience designing and leading projects for electric utilities. Projects included substations, protection and controls, distribution (overhead and underground) and transmission (overhead and underground). Voltages range from 4.16 kV to 345 kV. Areas of expertise include substation design, underground transmission line, FAC-008 site inspections, project management and NERC compliance. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2001 and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University. He is a licensed professional engineer in 10 states. He is a senior member of the IEEE — Power Engineering Society and a member of both the National Society of Professional Engineers and Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.
Pramad Nallari
Global Practice Director, Systems & Software
Pramad Nallari serves as global director of Actalent's systems and software engineering practice. He has worked in the area of software development in embedded systems for more than two decades, with many years of experience in the automotive industry. Pramad joined Actalent in 2014 as practice manager, prior to which he served as manager of development strategy and planning for Omron, where he managed a global software development team responsible for developing electronic controllers for all major automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). His work experience also includes positions at Delphi Automotive Systems, Eastman Kodak, and Xerox. Pramad earned his bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Nagarjuna University.
He received his master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and his Master of Business Administration from Indiana University. He is also a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance.