Our Leaders - Estuate

Our roots go back to 2005, when Estuate was incorporated in Sunnyvale, CA by Prakash Balebail and Nagaraja Kini, veteran Oracle experts. We are constantly steered and guided by the most seasoned and proficient management team from around the globe.

Prakash Balebail
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Prakash brings more than two decades of software development and implementation experience, including over 16 years in several key roles in Oracle Corporation. His management principle has been to provide commitment to continuously improve how he serves all of his customers, partners, and employees by anticipating their needs and exceeding their expectations through a culture of creativity and forward thinking.

Prior to founding Estuate, Prakash was the Senior Director in Oracle Applications Global Sales Solutions team, which built complex Oracle E-Business Suite application demonstrations for Sales activities. Additionally, he had leadership roles in the development of Oracle's much-acclaimed Business Flow Accelerator (BFA) for the E-Business suite. During this time, Prakash also built the highly-regarded India operations team from the ground up. Prakash holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Karnataka University in India.

Nagaraja Kini
Founder and Chief Financial Officer

Nagaraja has more than two decades of engineering, business development, consulting, alliances and management experience in software development, integration and implementation. He has worked extensively with global teams to consistently simplify ERP implementations for businesses. Nagaraja brings with him the commitment, willingness, and capability to anticipate and act on the continually evolving needs of a business.

Prior to founding Estuate, Nagaraja served at Oracle as Director in Application and Industry Solutions group within Global Sales Support. Nagaraja holds a Master of Technology in Industrial Electronics from the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, and a Bachelor's in Engineering from the SJ College of Engineering, Mysore, India.

Nagaraja Kini
Founder and Chief Financial Officer

Nagaraja has more than two decades of engineering, business development, consulting, alliances and management experience in software development, integration and implementation. He has worked extensively with global teams to consistently simplify ERP implementations for businesses. Nagaraja brings with him the commitment, willingness, and capability to anticipate and act on the continually evolving needs of a business.

Prior to founding Estuate, Nagaraja served at Oracle as Director in Application and Industry Solutions group within Global Sales Support. Nagaraja holds a Master of Technology in Industrial Electronics from the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, and a Bachelor's in Engineering from the SJ College of Engineering, Mysore, India.

Marc Hebert
Chief Operating Officer

Marc joined Estuate in December, 2008 as its first Chief Operating Officer. Marc is a recognized expert on offshore outsourcing. He has appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, was interviewed in Investor’s Business Daily, and has been widely quoted in major media publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, New York Times and Boston Globe on offshore outsourcing. He is recognized as an "IBM Champion" for his role in expanding the market for IBM's Information Lifecycle Governance product line.

Prior to Estuate, he served in leadership roles at large global corporations, including as the CMO at Virtusa Corporation; EVP, Marketing and Alliances for Sierra Atlantic; and Vice President for eight years at Oracle Corporation. Marc holds a Bachelor of Science degree in experimental psychology from Harvard University, and an MBA from Stanford University.

Ravindra H.S.
Managing Director, Head – India Operations

Ravindra is a seasoned IT leader with over three decades of experience in IT Strategy & Leadership, Application, Architecture and Infrastructure Management, Service Delivery, Business Alliances, Application Development, Project Management, Migrations, Automation and People Management. He also carries rich expertise across Information Security, Intelligent Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP/ERP, Analytics), Software Engineering Practices (Agile , DevOps) and Operation Management. Prior to Estuate, Ravindra was heading Maxim Integrated Products as its Managing Director.

Formerly, he has worked for top MNCs such as Sasken Communication Technologies, Symphony Service Group, Hical Magnetics and TVS Electronics. Ravindra holds MBA from Karnataka State Open University and Strategic IT Management Certification from IIM Ahmedabad. He was honored with NEXT CIO 100 award in 2011 for his outstanding contribution in the IT field.

Ravindra H.S.
Managing Director, Head – India Operations

Ravindra is a seasoned IT leader with over three decades of experience in IT Strategy & Leadership, Application, Architecture and Infrastructure Management, Service Delivery, Business Alliances, Application Development, Project Management, Migrations, Automation and People Management. He also carries rich expertise across Information Security, Intelligent Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP/ERP, Analytics), Software Engineering Practices (Agile , DevOps) and Operation Management. Prior to Estuate, Ravindra was heading Maxim Integrated Products as its Managing Director.

Formerly, he has worked for top MNCs such as Sasken Communication Technologies, Symphony Service Group, Hical Magnetics and TVS Electronics. Ravindra holds MBA from Karnataka State Open University and Strategic IT Management Certification from IIM Ahmedabad. He was honored with NEXT CIO 100 award in 2011 for his outstanding contribution in the IT field.

Meet Our Leaders

Our roots go back to 2005, when Estuate was incorporated in Sunnyvale, CA by Prakash Balebail and Nagaraja Kini, veteran Oracle experts. We are constantly steered and guided by the most seasoned and proficient management team from around the globe.