Jai Shekhawat has more than 18 years of experience with software development, information technology and management consulting. He is presently the CEO of Fieldglass, a leading provider of software solutions to help large firms manage their spend on a variety of business services such as contingent labor and outsourced projects.

Prior to starting Fieldglass, Jai co-founded Quinnox, an IT and Business Process Outsourcing firm located in Naperville, Ill., with development and sales operations in the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan, India and South Africa. Previously, he was a Consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Chicago where he served clients in the financial services, technology, e-commerce, internet services and transportation industries, working primarily in the areas of corporate strategy, sales effectiveness, marketing and cross-border alliances.

Earlier, Jai spent several years as a senior executive in the Information Technology field. As head of operations at Syntel, a software services firm, he helped build that company from a 50-person firm to nearly 700 consultants in six years. In this capacity, he helped create an international sales and service delivery organization to provide application management services to the Global 2000.

Jai holds a master's in business administration with specializations in finance and strategy from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.; and a bachelor's degree in management science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. He is a frequent speaker at a variety of industry forums.