Who we are and why we are ...
The company name was chosen because Archomai (ar'-khom-ahee) is greek for "make a beginning". Making a beginning is the hardest part of most things, but especially when starting a business or when starting learning. Archomai was founded by Rob Bell and Neil Watson to provide the resources that high growth businesses need and are currently not easily accessed.
The Directors of Archomai are (click the name for more information):
Rob Bell
Chief Executive, Archomai Ltd
Has extensive International experience in a career that has featured line management, consultancy, start ups and Board positions in the EU, Asia, the Americas and the Gulf States. He has worked in many sectors including FMCG, Retail, Healthcare, Food, Steel, Operational Marketing and Logistics.
He has worked in formal and informal markets and enjoyed especially a number of projects in Eastern Europe and Russia when Retail meant kiosks as much as stores with a planogram! Following chocolate bars through the Tokyo supply or analysing milk distribution from a milk float in Dublin are other illustrations of working with reality. Understanding workflow and how to engineer better, cheaper and faster performance has been a keen interest. This varied and challenging background sees him comfortable in many work environments.
Has enthusiasm for breakthrough thinking with the drive to make things happen, build momentum and achieve results.
With Archomai he is responsible for the development and implementation of the Archomai global skills strategy with several International partners
Has written articles in a wide variety of Trade Journals, Harvard Deusto and Expansion in Madrid, the Financial Times and has been a speaker at a number of International Conferences. Educated at St Andrews and Oxford Universities, he is:
- Advisory Board of the University of Sheffield Logistics and Supply Chain Management Group
- University of Hull Logistics Institute
- Advisory Board for AMET University, Chennai
- Advisor to the Confederation of Indian Industries on Transformational Logistics
- Board member of Hull Truck and an advisor to several other businesses.
His interests include languages and history.
Neil Watson
Director, Archomai Ltd
Has strong IT experience at technical and board levels coupled to significant general management and international consultancy experience in Europe, US and Asia. His career has included work with many multi-national businesses, mainly in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods and manufacturing sectors.
He has a track record in moving ideas to market. He has developed and implemented CRM systems for major sales forces within FMCG; inventory systems for UK Retailers. His strengths lie in process design, the ability to communicate technical issues to all and enthusiasm for enterprise in all its guises.
In Archomai, his responsibilities include lead management and the route to revenue.
His voluntary activities include Chair of Business Forum for Bridlington Regeneration, Chair of Bridlington Chamber of Trade, member of Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce Council.
Andrew Maslaveckas
Chairman, Archomai Ltd
Appointed Chair of Archomai in October 2006, he has an impressive international track record of management and start up operations with major multi nationals such as Johnson & Johnson, Ciba Vision and Novartis. Has extensive international experience in the UK, EU, the US, Africa and the Middle East in FMCG and Healthcare markets.
He knows what it takes to source innovative ideas; hone them into viable business propositions and drive results in operational performance, market share and profitability.
With J&J he was given the task of opening up the disposable contact lens market and later, as Global Head of Contact lenses for Ciba Vision, he was given responsibility to build market share, sales and profitability against strong competition from market leader J&J and Bausch & Lomb.
In recent years, he has been Chief Operating Officer and co-Founder of BioCure Inc, a private US corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. BioCure Inc is a medical device company which researches, develops, manufactures and markets novel therapies largely based on its proprietary biocompatible polymer technology. The company's main therapeutic focus comprise embolics, orthopaedics and wound care.
As Chair of Archomai, he is responsible for developing the approach, growing global reach and overseeing delivery and results. Working closely with each Archomai business, he is especially keen on growing links with Financial Institutions to understand their priorities and deliver high growth potential.
Sravish Sridhar
Chief Executive, Archomai India
Sravish is a successful entrepreneur, who has lived in and grown technology-driven businesses in various parts of the world, and worked with Global 2000 companies, academia and government in the fields of financial services, telecommunications, logistics, health care, energy and manufacturing. Apart from the companies he has started and led, Mr. Sridhar has managed and grown sales organizations, product marketing strategy teams, consulting practices and software engineering groups.
His expertise cover a wide range of areas such as logistics and supply chain practices, sustainable green information and communication technology (ICT), data center virtualization, cloud and grid computing, mobile communications, social media and networking environments, and documentation and process business process outsourcing. Sravish holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
At Archomai, Mr. Sridhar heads strategy, growth and operations in the Indian-sub-continent.
Apart from his professional engagements, Sravish has a unique background of creating and growing a successful online not-for-profit community with more than 3.5 million members participating from over 175 countries that utilized computing resources from across the world to run applications that researched cures for cancer and other diseases. Sravish is also a co-founder and board member of We Flap, a not-for-profit social business that aims to build an online community of people that wish to learn about, interact and help development causes and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India.