I grew up in Coimbatore. Studied engineering at PSG College of Technology. Like many Tamil Nadu families, I watched my parents navigate the challenges of running a business — managing people, chasing payments, building something from nothing on sheer will.
That foundation stayed with me when I joined Dell Technologies and spent 14 years rising to Director level — managing teams of up to 175 people, $12M+ operating budgets, and driving $50M+ in cost savings through operational transformation. I won the Dell President's Award — one of two selected from 35,000 employees worldwide.
But I never stopped building in Tamil Nadu. While running Fortune 50 operations from Dallas, I was co-founding and scaling businesses in Coimbatore — rubber manufacturing, real estate, construction, education, food. Today, 8 businesses later, I understand both worlds completely.
Most business coaches in India are either ex-corporate or ex-entrepreneur. Very few have done both at serious scale. When I sit across from a Coimbatore founder running a ₹15Cr business, I'm not giving generic frameworks. I'm drawing from businesses I've actually built in the same market.
Kanish Plasters — scaled to 300 members, 3 crore sq ft of work, consistent 2x revenue growth. Kaniskaa Rubber Industries — 8 billion+ units shipped across 24 territories. Kanish Realty — structured brokerage with 100+ agents. I know what it takes to build in Tamil Nadu's market. The labour dynamics, credit culture, family business pressures, and the journey from founder-led to system-led.
After years of coaching founders and running businesses, I identified a pattern: most businesses that plateau aren't facing market problems. They're caught in one of three forms of inertia — strategic, operational, or cultural. I wrote about this in The Inertia Trap and built my entire coaching methodology around identifying and breaking these invisible forces.
I split my time between Dallas, Texas and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. For South India clients, in-person sessions are available during my Tamil Nadu visits. Online sessions are conducted in IST-friendly morning and evening slots.
These aren't case studies from other people's businesses. These are companies I founded, co-founded, or led — in Coimbatore and Tamil Nadu.
In addition to BStrat India, Sekhar runs KStrat — a Fractional COO practice for mid-market and PE-backed companies doing $20M–$300M in revenue. If your business needs operational leadership at that scale, visit kstrat.io.
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