Company Profile
We are a premier technology solutions and business services company that is focused on building innovative solutions that create value for businesses and consumers. Our solutions are built around the following three founding principles – Unique Technology; Distinctive Information / Content; and Innovative Services. Our solutions combine these three, leverage our global services delivery capabilities and ensure that we are able to provide unmatched, superior resolution to specific customer problems.
We have evolved from an outsourcing company to a company with unique portfolio of product and services. Our management team includes experienced professionals from leading companies and deep domain expertise in the technology and business process outsourcing space. Our organization follows the highest standards of best work practices as recommended in ISO standards and ITIL standards. We are PCI-DSS certified. Lester operates from two World class facilities that are fully redundant and deploy some of the most advanced technologies and applications. We have data center grade communication systems for voice and data from multiple service providers, power back up systems include in house diesel generator and UPS systems. We follow comprehensive information security and data back-up processes and systems.
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Management Team
Guiding Lester’s growth is a highly experienced team. The philosophy in business is that employees must focus on making each and every customer relationship a success. This team adheres to this philosophy day-in and day-out and sets the standard for the rest of the company. Our team consists of seasoned professionals some of whom have experience in running world-class Fortune-100 business operations.
Rajiv Samant,
CEO
Rajiv started his career at Intel in 1985 on Unix Operating System. Over the last 28 years he has been in leadership roles at McKinsey (Electronics Practice Leader), IBM (General Manager of AIX Division), and Disney (Senior Vice President). He is a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Nikhil Kothari,
Managing Director
Nikhil Kothari an entrepreneur since 1992 has experience of a decade in the manufacturing sector (at Jaysynth) and since 1999 in the IT outsourcing services sector. As founder of Enlink he successfully executed technical support contracts with Gateway Computers, MSN and Hotmail. An Engineering graduate from Mumbai University he is also a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization.
Casaundra Beach
Senior Vice President of Fundraising
Casaundra Beach is the Senior Vice President of Lester Inc. Responsible for marketing, sales, and operations, she brings over 20 years of experience that covers all facets of outsourced marketing. She is instrumental in all aspects of client services and satisfaction in both Non-Profit and B2B arenas with her main focus continually on providing client solutions. Casaundra is a magna cum laude graduate of Southern New Hampshire University.
Lisa Pistilli
VP Business Development
Lisa Pistilli is the Vice President of Business Development at Lester. Lisa has been with our company for over 15 years. She is instrumental in managing all of Lester’s Publishing and Information Services clients. Prior to Lester, Lisa worked as a circulation manager at Kappa Publishing and then Chilton Company. Lisa earned her BBA in Marketing at George Washington University and her MBA in General and Strategic Management from Temple University.
Peter Sanford
Vice President Finance and Human Resources
Peter Sanford is Vice President of Finance and Human Resources. He is in charge managing the day-to-day finances and also enforcing Lester’s HR policies and compliance with all US regulatory guidelines. Peter joined Lester in 2005 and has more than 20 years experience in Finance and Accounting.