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Executive Bios
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Paresh Ghelani, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer
As a co-founder of 2020, Paresh is responsible for the strategic direction and financial strength of the company. He brings years of hands-on management experience from successfully developing and operating business concerns. With expertise in management strategy and vision, Paresh has spent his career building organizations from the ground up.
Prior to 2020, Paresh was an investor and operations director at a boutique consulting firm in Chicago, where he directed all corporate engineering and operations efforts in addition to being responsible for the definition of service positioning and marketing. He built the organization from the ground up, growing the company to 55 consultants within the company’s first year. The firm was then acquired by a publicly traded Fortune 500 company. Earlier in his career, Paresh was a senior network analyst at Zurich Insurance, where he was responsible for network design, product evaluation, implementation and operation.
Paresh received his BA in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
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Haresh Bhungalia, Co-Founder
As a co-founder of 2020, Haresh serves the company in two significant areas: overall direction of business development and strategic execution of client service and operations management.
Prior to 2020, Haresh was an independent consultant, implementing packaged and custom software systems for middle-market and startup clients in the manufacturing and technology industries. Haresh was also a delivery manager for a mid-tier technology company where he was responsible for business development and delivery of IT services. In addition, Haresh has worked for Arthur Andersen in its Midwest Region Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) practice, assisting middle-market clients implement and operate financial systems.
Haresh received his BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. |
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Mike Raymond, Chief Strategy Officer
As 2020’s CSO, Mike draws upon considerable client sales management experience in the Government civilian agency marketplace to lead the strategic direction of new business development and our corporate market offering.
Mike spent 28 years at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) where, as vice president of federal healthcare, he was responsible for building a business portfolio of $100 million with more than 900 CSC direct reports. He has focused his career primarily on servicing the Federal Government to meet its business and technology objectives.
Mike attended the University of Maryland. |
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Robert McCord, Chief Operating Officer
As 2020’s COO, Robert brings a unique blend of experience in general management, corporate operations, business development and finance to lead the direction of our service delivery, business development and administrative functions.
Robert brings over 22 years of business development and detailed operations knowledge leading organizations in servicing the Federal Government. Prior to 2020, Bob worked at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as Senior Vice President\Business Unit General Manager where he was responsible for SAIC’s $350M Health portfolio with 1900 professionals.
Robert received his B.S., Mining Engineering, and an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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Philip Crowe, Vice President, Business Development
In his role as Vice President of Business Development, Philip is responsible for sales activities, marketing and capture management. In addition, he monitors the strategic alignment of 2020’s service offerings.
Philip began his career in sales and marketing 14 years ago with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, advancing rapidly to territorial sales manager. He then pursued a career within the financial services industry as an investment advisor. During this time, Philip built and managed a multimillion-dollar practice within a privately held brokerage firm, where he advanced to partner level. His responsibilities included leading the sales, compliance, and finance areas of the organization.
Philip received a BA in Political Science from Valparaiso University. |
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Milan Patel, Vice President, Finance and Administration
As Vice President of Finance and Administration, Milan is responsible for corporate governance and financial compliance. He oversees 2020 administrative functions, which include human resources, recruiting, contracts administration, proposal development and infrastructure.
Milan brings more than 19 years of diverse experience in technology and manufacturing organizations to 2020, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies including GM, Ford, Chrysler and Intel. As a senior finance manager at Intel, Milan was responsible for directing a budget of $2 billion in construction, indirect materials and electronic commodities.
Milan received both an MBA and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit, and received an MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan. |
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Brian Cannavan, Vice President, Consulting Services
As Vice President of Consulting Services, Brian oversees the delivery, operation and maintenance of 2020’s client solutions. Brian is also responsible for areas of program and engagement management, ensuring delivery of quality services that meet our client’s mission.
Brian brings more than 10 of years experience crafting IT solutions for large Government and commercial clients such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Education, Hallmark, Xerox and Sprint PCS. Prior to joining 2020, Brian worked at Accenture where he managed client relations, project sales, and led the development and integration of custom Web solutions. He continues to leverage his strong technical expertise and business experience to architect innovative solutions for 2020's current clients.
Brian received a BS in Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame. |
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Amit Dungarani, Vice President, Consulting Services
As Vice President of Consulting Services, Amit is primarily responsible for 2020’s business/mission support services and technology infrastructure support lines of business. He is also engaged in agency-specific program management activities including the Department of Commerce, Army National Guard, and various other clients.
Prior to 2020, Amit held both technical and functional roles at CGI-AMS, a large business and IT consulting firm serving primarily federal and state government clients. During his tenure there, Amit engineered technical solutions to ensure alignment with client business requirements. Amit was also Director of IT at Marvin Zonis and Associates, a political risk consultancy, and held a leadership role at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants.
Amit received a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. |
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Lisa Slaughter, Vice President, Consulting Services
As Vice President of Consulting Services, Lisa is responsible for agency-specific program management activities within 2020’s growing healthcare IT domain.
Prior to joining 2020, Lisa was in charge of seeking and capturing new business within CSC’s Federal sector as director of new business for that company’s global health services division. She is a certified Project Management Professional, and has also served tenures with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). |
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