We are a diverse team of founders, creators, managers, executors, investors & tech-lovers accelerating the growth of businesses, small & large
At Crecinta, our team is an extension of your team. We support companies in their mission of growth and profit acceleration. For early stage companies, we focus on growth through education, mentorship, and financing. For all companies we leverage technology, data, process improvement and people to drive your business forward.
Pradeep Vachani is the Founder & CEO of Crecinta – a company he launched in Jan 2020. Pradeep brings his decades of experience in driving growth and profit to the benefit of his customers.
Prior to Crecinta, until Nov 2019, Pradeep Vachani was Senior Vice President with EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS) based out of New York where he had global responsibility for the business unit focused on the Travel, Leisure, Transportation and Logistics industries. During his time running this publicly reportable industry business unit, he more than doubled its revenue organically and escalated its EBITDA. At EXL, Pradeep served as the General Manager of the business unit with full global P&L responsibility managing a global team of 3,500+ associates. Pradeep and his teams worked with clients in optimizing their Digital strategies around business processes including the use of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics Process Automation, Cloud and Mobile. His clients included leading Travel Management Companies, Airlines, Hotels, Trucking Companies, 3PLs and Freight Forwarders. His teams developed new service lines focused on Travel and Transportation technology disruptor companies. During his team leading this business unit, he organically led the sale of some of the largest deals totaling over $500M TCV. Pradeep joined EXL in 2010.
Prior to EXL, Pradeep Vachani was EVP and Co-CEO of the Industrial & Infrastructure Services unit at WNS Global Services (NYSE: WNS). In that role, he created the go-to market strategy and launched the business unit focused on the Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Utilities and Telecom industries leading to 100% revenue growth over a 3-year period with transformation and outsourcing client wins with deals totaling over $200M TCV. Prior to WNS, Pradeep spent eight years with BASF Catalysts, a $5B division of BASF Corp. His last role at BASF Catalysts was Head of Global IT Strategy; Architecture & Business Technologies. At BASF Catalysts, he led the creation of their Global Sourcing and Delivery model for both IT and Business Process execution. Prior to BASF Catalysts, Pradeep has consulted or worked for leading companies such as Lucent Technologies, AT&T, Merck and Price Waterhouse.
Pradeep holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has completed an executive certificate in Global Management from Thunderbird and has completed an Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Additionally, Pradeep currently serves as a member of the Rutgers University Customer Experience Advisory Board – http://cx.rutgers.edu/. He is also an appointed member of the Transit Advisory Committee in Princeton, NJ.