Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Gautam’s vision for launching True ValueHub was born out of 20+ years of experience in the manufacturing supply chain. In leading strategic sourcing and digital transformation teams at Honeywell, Hexion and Daikin North America, time and time again, Gautam faced the challenges of meeting company productivity targets with limited resources. At Honeywell, Gautam managed the global category team across 12 countries.
Gautam’s background in engineering with a deep understanding of complexity of strategic sourcing and a passion for innovation. He implemented strategies and technologies for procurement cost optimization, supplier value engineering, supplier risk mitigation and sourcing lead-time improvements. Gautam has held a variety of leadership roles in digital and functional transformation, strategic sourcing and lean six sigma.
Gautam has BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering, an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, and is a certified Lean Sigma Black Belt.
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Over her 25-year-long career in technology and finance, Sophia has always been at the forefront of innovation. She deployed complex solutions for industrial, financial, healthcare and defense clients, enabling B2B e-commerce for DuPont, digitalizing insurance claim submissions via EDI for NEHEN, or outsourcing back office for the multi-billion dollar private wealth management business of Deutsche Bank.
As a portfolio manager at the Tuckerman Group, a small, entrepreneurial investment firm, Sophia was responsible for 35 funds with $10 billion in assets of State Street Global Advisors. She grew the franchise ~30% per year and launched the first-to-market International Real Estate ETF (RWX) that raised $1 billion in assets in only six months.
Sophia’s particular strength is execution across her considerably diverse areas of expertise.
Sophia holds an MBA with concentration in finance from Columbia University.
