Haresh Sangani is the Founder and CEO of Hitech Advisors, leveraging technology to improve business and life. Advises fellow executives and founders on implementation and strategy matters. Prior to Hitech Advisors, Haresh co-founded Faira, the most modernized e-commerce platform for buying and selling homes in the United States. He held leadership roles at Amazon, AT&T, Kronos, and several startups before turning founder and entrepreneur.
Haresh is guided by empathy, listening, and continuous learning. Is passionate about helping others achieve meaning through their work and having fun at work. He graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in physics, computer science, and electrical engineering. In his free time, Haresh is seen reading, skiing, hiking, and occasionally, writing
Lan Wang is the Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Hitech Advisors, where he leads operations, delivery excellence and client strategy. With more than two decades of experience across North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Lan has held senior leadership roles at Dell, EMC, OpenText, Contentsquare and Eartheye Space. He has managed diverse technical teams to support revenue portfolios exceeding $1.4B. Lan specializes in scaling enterprise operations and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes—especially in cloud, SaaS, AI and customer success domains. He is also a recognized speaker and guest lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School. At Hitech, Lan is focused on helping clients innovate, unlock business values through operational clarity and trusted execution.
Peter Simonson is the Principal Consultant at Hitech Advisors. Peter has led strategic innovations in business analytics, investment focus, organizational composition, and new products. He deftly balances business needs with organizational and employee happiness and is known for finding creative ways to meet customer demands while being aware of their financial and business constraints.
Peter graduated from Roskilde University with degrees in mathematics, business administration and management. Since 2005, he has been volunteering each and every year without fail for “Day of Caring”. He also volunteers at Redmond Fire & Rescue.
Ruchi Khanna is a strategic leader with over 12 years of experience building elite technical teams at companies like Google, Amazon, and Twilio. As the Head of Talent Advisory & Client Partner at Hitech Advisors, she specializes in transforming talent acquisition from a tactical function into a strategic business driver.
Throughout her career, Ruchi has moved beyond traditional recruiting to focus on Talent Solutioning. She partners with leadership to diagnose growth bottlenecks, design “bespoke” hiring roadmaps, and build the interview architecture necessary for sustainable scale. By bridging the gap between Big Tech excellence and startup agility, she ensures that a company’s workforce strategy is perfectly aligned with its product goals and long-term mission.
A firm believer that great work is Driven by People and Powered by Purpose, Ruchi brings the same “grit” to her clients that she brings to her personal pursuits—most recently seen in her successful summit of Mt. Baker. She is a trusted partner for leaders seeking to build high-performing teams that are built to last.
Taryn Adams is the Marketing Manager at Hitech Advisors. With a strong expertise in CRM management, SEO optimization, and website CMS administration, Taryn ensures that Hitech’s marketing efforts are streamlined and effective across all digital platforms.
In her role, Taryn oversees the creation and execution of marketing campaigns, content strategies, and social media engagement, while also managing CRM systems to maintain and optimize customer relationships.
Taryn is dedicated to delivering results-driven strategies that align with Hitech’s business objectives. She combines her passion for marketing with a deep understanding of technology to create impactful campaigns that resonate with the target audience and contribute to overall success.
Nidhi Gupta is an Industry Advisor and Senior Consultant at Hitech Advisors, working with business, technology, and HR leaders on their talent initiatives. She works across domains and geographies.
Nidhi is an accomplished senior staffing professional with over a decade of expertise in talent acquisition honed during her tenure at Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Armed with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, her academic background provided her with a solid foundation in technology, which she seamlessly integrated into her recruitment career.
Throughout her illustrious 10+ year career, Nidhi has embraced a myriad of roles and responsibilities, illustrating her versatility and adaptability. Nidhi’s expertise encompasses strategic hiring for specialized and challenging technical positions, spearheading international recruitment endeavors, team establishment from inception, refining recruitment processes, adept project management, client engagement, people supervision, and fostering robust partnerships with stakeholders.
Sandeep Krishnamurthy is Principal Consultant at Hitech Advisors, advising client CEO’s and Boards.
Sandeep is an expert on technology business leadership. He brings years of transformational leadership success in the higher education sector and a vast experience of consulting and advising technology business leaders. He is currently focused on the impact of AI on enterprises and society and advising CEO’s and Board Directors on the same.
Sandeep is the incoming dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona, California and was the dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell. He has a PhD in business from the University of Arizona and a bachelor of engineering from IIT Bombay. Sandeep is deeply committed to helping CEO’s leverage businesses as platforms for growth and for uplifting societies.
Kshitj Moghe is Principal Consultant and Venture Advisor at Hitech Advisors, guiding early stage investors and founders on ‘AI-first’ health tech initiatives.
Kshitij is a Co-founder at Outbound AI, a venture backed health tech startup building Conversational AI solutions to streamline healthcare administrative work. He is a seasoned executive who brings 20+ years of experience launching new products at large companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Nuance, as well early-stage AI startups like Saykara, a health tech startup building voice powered solutions for physicians. Saykara was acquired by Nuance/Microsoft in 2020. Kshitij started his career as a mobile telecom analyst/consultant and also spent 6 years at Microsoft launching a range of new Windows powered devices.
Kshitij holds an MBA in International Marketing from ASUs Thunderbird School of Global Management, and an MBA in Marketing and Bachelors in Finance from the University of Pune, India. In his free time he loves to travel, cook, and play golf.
Isha Sangani is a Consultant at Hitech Advisors. She works with clients and internal teams to optimize infrastructure, processes, and results.
Prior to joining Hitech Advisors, Isha built software at Meta and at Crusoe Energy–a cloud startup that is reducing the carbon footprint associated with computing.
She also served as a Program Assistant at the National Ocean Protection Coalition, where she conducted environmental policy research and led advocacy campaigns. Her experience includes science, technology, and policy, and she is excited to bring her background and expertise to Hitech Advisors.
Isha plans to graduate from Harvard University in May 2024 with a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Integrative Biology.
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