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Pradeep Batra |
In 1982 Pradeep co-founded Unique Business Systems based on the
commitment to provide the highest quality software products and
support to clients. This commitment allowed UBS to grow to over
100 employees with 5 offices in North America. UBS currently
sells and supports inventory management, asset tracking and
scheduling software products to three different vertical
markets: Video Rentals, Photo Processing and Equipment and
General Rental. Prior to starting UBS, Pradeep worked in several
positions at Atlantic Richfield for 8 years. In his last
position as Planning Consultant in the Corporate Planning group,
he worked to prepare the long range capital spending and revenue
plans. Outside his professional career, Pradeep is also active
in the LA community. As a leader for the Society of India
America, he works to organize community service events including
fund raising for organizations like Meals on Wheels and the
American Cancer Society. Pradeep graduated from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree
in Engineering. He also has a Ph.D. in Operations Research with
minors in Economics and Computer Science from the University of
California, Los Angeles in 1975. While working at ARCO he also
taught two classes at the UCLA business school as a guest
lecturer.
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Stan Sugimoto |
In 1982, Stan co-founded Unique Business Systems. The basic plan
for the company was to provide software products based on the
emerging IBM Personal Computer technology. With Stan as the
techno-visionary, UBS introduced several innovative improvements
to the standard equipment rental and point-of-sale software
available at that time. Easier to use software, color screens,
and fast multi-user access to key decision making data made UBS’
solutions No. 1 in their respective markets. Stan is responsible
for UBS’ focus on emerging technologies for business
applications. This has allowed UBS’ products to lead the market
with solutions based on contemporary technology, while
leveraging the domain expertise harnessed over two decades.
Stan’s vision is evident in R2 and GigNext, where contemporary
technology has been leveraged to leapfrog solutions into the
next era. Prior to UBS, Stan worked for Atlantic Richfield for 7
years in several financial and analytical positions. Stan
graduated from the University of California, at Berkeley in 1974
with a Bachelors degree in Biophysics. In 1978 he received a MBA
from The Andersen School, UCLA. His area of specialization at
the UCLA Graduate School of Management was Accounting and
Computer Information Systems.
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Ike Arshadi |
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Over 20 years experience in public & private corporations.
Previously worked with Discovery Oil and Coopers & Lybrand MS in
Accounting and CPA. |
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Sanjay Bargotra |
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With 15 years of software development experience
and 11 years with Unique Business Systems, Sanjay is UBS’ best
and brightest. He has risen to Director of IS in Unique Business
Systems leading the development of several successful products
in the Inventory Management and Rental markets.
He is the architect of R2. And he has also been
in-charge of the development of R2 since its inception. He has
designed R2 to be flexible to facilitate new business
requirements and to take advantage of the latest technology.
Looking to provide a flexible and scaleable business solution,
Sanjay made the decision to use Java to write R2. This will
enable true e-commerce and long term flexibility for R2
customers. Initially, Oracle database was chosen for it’s
scalability and vendor support, allowing companies to grow with
R2.
As Director of IS and off Shore R&D, he has
increased a team of developers from 12 to over 30 employees.
Prior to R2, he designed Unique Business Systems’ POS
applications that are all now number one in their respective
industries.
Sanjay graduated with a Bachelor of Science from California
State University, Dominguez Hills. |
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Ari Orenstein |
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An accomplished manager, with over 20 years’
experience in Customer Service and Project Implementation. Ari
has been with Unique Business Systems for seven years. As Senior
R2 Project Manager, Ari’s role is overseeing and managing the
implementation of large projects.
Prior to being promoted to his current position,
Ari managed the implementation of major clients like Kroger,
Safeway, Hannaford Bros and Giant Eagle. Working with the
business and technical teams of these clients he successfully
met the challenges of demanding implementation processes.
Notable among Ari’s achievements are the Kroger implementation,
which involved deploying UBS’ video rental software as well as a
the photo tracking software package to over 100 locations in
approximately 8 weeks. The Safeway implementation involved
deploying a new video rental software package to over 268
locations in approximately 15 weeks.
Ari’s previous experience includes Product Manager and
Director of Customer Service for Safe Environment Engineering.
As a key employee of a technology start up, he was responsible
for many different aspects of the business, including Product
Development, Training and Administration. He has also designed,
developed and implemented on-site, test and system evaluation
programs, developed and implemented software-testing procedures. |
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