SRI MOOKAMBIKA INFOSOLUTIONS (SMI)

Sri Mookambika Infosolutions, shortly Known as SMI, is an accomplished technology consultant with its significant presence across India, US and Europe. Headquartered in Madurai, Tamilnadu, SMI has branched out in the major IT Hubs like Chennai, Bangalore and Trichy . With a firm foundation  the company is accredited with ISO: 9001 and CMMI-3, and has a portfolio of enterprise solutions rendered on Java, Python, .NET, which includes Enterprise Data with Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Analytical & Big Data tools, Mobility with Cross-Platform development, Data Interchange with EDI Technology & DevsecOps.

The pristine quality of nothing less than the best in Industry yardstick enables technology partnerships with global brands, such as Vendormate and GHX to collaborate on product development for Healthcare and SCM giants.

SMI is the innovative venture of a passionate technologist, Mr Selva Ganesh (CEO). Loaded with more than 25 years of rich experience in technology and management, Mr Selvaganesh has witnessed the emerging open doors of opportunity in technology and to explore them, he desired to develop a company that builds business through technology solutions. And this led to laying the foundation stone of SMI in 2006 with its core values revolving around Client focus, Integrity & Transparency. Being Agile and Innovation oriented with Collaboration, is the reason for the organization’s consistent success in the last 15 years.

TRANSFORMING INTO GLOBAL TECH SPACE
The history of this renowned start-up was born from the CEO’s strong will to reach new heights with very humble beginnings. With that ambition, SMI’s initial steps were contributed by near and dear ones, since recruiting tech professionals in that period wasn’t an easy task. But these baby steps picked up momentum when the existing contributors brought in more people. Thus SMI started recruiting tech-geeks.

Within 5 months of inception, the Company had a holistic HR framework that massively contributed to its expansion. Mr Selvaganesh was also assisted by Mr Balakrishnan Subramanian (CFO) and Mr Manikandan P (CTO). Mr Balakrishnan is one of the prime members at SMI driving a pragmatic approach to achieve success and he manages SMI’s financial aspects including payroll.

On the other hand, Mr Manikandan has an eye for detail of all the technological developments spanning multiple teams and he ensures feasible solutions to complement the business objectives. He brings along with him more than a decade of expertise in technical matters and has been one of SMI’s core members.

With the proper collaboration of resources, SMI made a major breakthrough in a commendably short period of time. The first step forward was the partnership with Vendormate. Back then, Vendormate was seeking an outsourcing partner that could manage its product portfolio. This opportunity turned the tide for SMI. Within the next 5 years, SMI was transformed into a fully-fledged technology partner of Vendormate and helped it become one of the strongest leaders in Vendor Credentialing across Atlanta, Georgia. During this time Vendormate was acquired by Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX).

The acquisition paved the way for SMI’s 2nd breakthrough. SMI established a partnership with GHX, earning access to their platform and since then SMI is constantly delivering quality world-class products. To build its iconic team, SMI focused on Cross-cutting Project Managers to Individual Project Managers for specific project needs; thus, ensuring client’s confidence and delivering quality. SMI has one of the very niche talent acquisition team, who are always in touch with the purple squirrels, the reason behind accommodating world-class techies under one single roof.

SYNCED WITH TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES
SMI’s adaptability and technical competence are governed by its Center Of Excellence team.

“Our COE holds the radar to Assess, Try, and Adopt latest platforms, processes, technologies and tools”, explains Mr Selvaganesh.

The COE team is keen on pursuing R&D practices to create common components across GHX product lines. The technological integration of GHX – SCM Domain helps SMI channel out various ways for product development. They draw a proper engineering plan that covers product improvement and roadmap framework for peer engineering management. It also helps in understanding a customer by domain and architecture with customer KPIs.

SMI also involves in exclusive product marketing approaches to expand its demographical footprints and strengthen the brand value in their Product lineups. The Company has an uncategorized client base (various domains and sizes), and SMI’s focus revolves around automating their business.

“Our existing customers are our strength, so we are in sync with them on all our product marketing”, states Mr Selvaganesh.

AN AMBIENCE OF GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT
SMI has created a familial culture for its employees thereby fostering Productivity, Work-Life Balance and Passion to excel in defined technologies through simplicity. This in turn favors long-term employment opportunities. The cohesive bond the company has over its employees’ form trust and integrity, making SMI the right place to settle down. The company has also fostered a community over the corporate outlook.

Almost half of SMI’s employees have journeyed with the company for more than 5 years and the relationship goes far beyond technical knowledge and strength. The team is well satiated from time to time with Intensive training to keep every individual on par with the Industry’s growing demands. Their successes and failures are evaluated with fair measuring scales and each one is guided towards the goal of achieving Success.

The team also enjoys fun-filled , relaxing time of get-togethers, team outbounds and Karaoke Nights. It is a heartening and lofty statement to say that SMI’s vibrant and sustainable work culture was accoladed by CIO Review under “The best companies to work for in 2019”.

ADDRESSING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
The advent of COVID-19 has forcefully implemented a new way of life, be it personal or professional. To adapt to the changes gracefully and to ensure unhindered progress, SMI, like every innovative venture, has designed strategies to drive resilience and emerge from the crisis with poise. Keeping the focus on customer retention and service quality, the Company had crafted a unique business continuity framework to adapt to the change. The team members spent significant time analyzing the change and the business plans, making sure important items are prioritized. Few of their exclusive practices are as follows:

• Contact-less software servicing
• Helping employees in building an effective and comfortable workplace environment in their home
• Use of collaboration tools
• Short and Precise meetings
• Maintaining transparency with customers while strategizing plans to address their concerns

Moreover, leads were encouraged to shoulder more responsibilities to track and ensure the desired outcomes on a daily basis. Short and regular meetings were conducted with individual leads to understand the progress of their involvement in business. While there was a drop in resource heads from the customer’s end, SMI has still retained its resources by supporting its internal products. This not only brought to light SMI’s flexibility before customers but assured the employees of their job security.

The company’s Leadership team also proactively works with Covid affected employees and families by helping them promptly with hospital admissions, insurance covers, discharge help & emotional well-being.

UPCOMING EXPEDITION
With such milestones, SMI strives to surpass constraints and continue its march towards a success driven progress. With the clock ticking away, it aims to becoming more agile towards building a better balanced work-life culture. On the business arena SMI is committed to improvise COE operations with an extensive program optimization framework. The company believes in organic development; therefore, it’s unswervingly focused on building a robust team and move forward as a Tech Community creating ripples in the Ocean of Revolution.

The company is all set for an exponential growth amidst Covid and is recruiting techies to work on its cutting edge tech stack split across Java / Business Intelligence / EDI / .NET / AI & Data Engineering.

ENLIGHTENING THOUGHTS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
“Curiosity and asking questions can take you places, make you think outside the box, and achieve the impossible. Not venturing into the unknown makes one stagnant and keeps them from innovating, growing, and moving forward”.