We Strategies
Our advisors help define an M&A strategy that evaluates the changing landscape of your industry to identify opportunities and targets for growth, while aligning to your enterprise’s corporate strategy
Who we are today
STS Worldwide Inc is a leading Global M&A boutique advisory firm with nearly 40 yrs of IT & Technology domain experience.
We also specialize in creative financing options for our clients to promote their global expansion. We serve our U.S.A clients from Atlanta since 1980 with 3 prominent board members and several advisors with global reputation. We have Global reach covering North America, Mexico, Europe, Middle East, India & Southeast Asia.
- Our Past - A tribute to our founder
“Have A Vision And Goal In Life First;
Then Have The Perseverance & Patience To Achieve It;
Think Big And Never Give Up”
by Late Rita Narasimham (founder’s motto)
STS Worldwide Inc was founded in 1979 by Late Rita Narasimham (wife of Pundi L Narasimham, current Ceo & Chief mentor of STS Worldwide Inc & STS Worldwide Advisory) in Atlanta, GA. The company was formerly known as Software Technical Services, originally started from the basement of Rita’s residence with the home phone acting as the office phone during the day time. Point to note here is that they were one of the first IT staffing firms in the USA. Back then, that was pioneering the model of bringing IT professionals from India to develop software for customers in the U.S.
Under the leadership of Rita, STS Worldwide Inc grew into a multimillion-dollar global company by 1995, and won the blue chip award from the president of “The U.S. National chamber of commerce” Rita was also cited as one the two successful women CEO’s of Indian Origin by The Economic times of India, Mumbai before Rita 's unexpected demise from brain cancer in January 1996 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Story of Progress
From the basement of the Founder’s Home to a 550M company operating in 7 countries. Building this corporate success from 1980 to 2014, In 2006 Software Technical Services (STS) merged with a BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) listed global education technology solutions company. In 2007 Software Technical Services became known as STS Worldwide, Inc. We are a full service boutique strategic advisory firm specializing in advising IT Staffing, Solutions and Product companies on various inorganic and organic growth initiatives. The US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, has awarded Rita's the Blue Chip Enterprise initiative award for corporate excellence in managing a global IT company and delivering her success story to the audience, she made a statement "Thing big and never give up" which to date has become the slogan for the thousands and thousands of successful STS consultants that are holding leading top level positions in corporate America
Our Transform from IT Staffing to M&A:
In 2007 Software Technical Services became known as STS Worldwide Inc with complete end to end boutique services specialty in strategic advisory firm specializing in advising IT Staffing, Solutions and Product companies on various inorganic and organic growth initiatives. Early 2019 STS Worldwide Inc. divides itself as STS Worldwide Advisory to enhance its services & focus sharply on Growth advisory, M&A advisory, Exist advisory & Creative financing options.
Our Human capital
Leadership
Pundi Narasimham, Founder & Chief Mentor
A True Pioneer In IT Business Since 1979.
Pundi has been a serial entrepreneur since 1982, having built and sold many companies in the last few decades in North America and Asia Pacific region covering India, Malaysia and Philippines.
Pundi created STS Worldwide, one of the pioneers in the USA of global talent acquisition. He has represented State and Local governments to promote bilateral trade and service between India and USA. He has diverse experience in Life Sciences, Bio-Technology, Analytics & Risk Management, and global talent acquisition. More recently, he served on the board of directors of India's largest Education Technology Company listed in Mumbai stock exchange. Having built and sold Technology companies in India, Malaysia, Philippines and USA. Started from the basement in 1980 & became a listed Global IT company in BSE with operations in 7 countries and revenues exceeding 550 million.
He is a multi-faceted and outstanding resourceful professional with hands-on experience in global Marketing, Global Talent acquisition & retention, Fund raising, M&A and Liaison with Government and Trade bodies. He is an expert in providing growth strategies to the Top Management, strategic & hands-on management support to analyze the business status and suggest appropriate measures to increase top line and bottom line of the Company.
Pundi's current focus is M&A, fund raising, strategic alliances, taking early stage companies to their highest potentials and strategic high level consulting.
Prathap Singh (Pat Singh), Co-Owner
Independent Director - Global Strategic M&A Advisor
STS Worldwide Inc (India)
Mr. Singh has been the co-owner of STS Worldwide Inc, from the year 2000. STS is a 40-year-old diversified company in the US, whose interests spanned from verticals like IT, Real Estate, Health Care, Education, Aviation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Hi-tech Agriculture, PR, Liaison, and Lobbying. As a strategic move, STS hived off a substantial part of its revenue into a London and Bombay Stock exchange-listed company ringing in more than half a $ billion in revenues and retained its core business and brand name.
Mr. Singh played a stellar role in making STS company become one of the fastest grown Indian American Technology companies in the US with various industry accolades to its credit and National recognition by bringing in thousands of IT consultants from 40 different countries in the world into the US
Mr. Singh's expertise to restructure, rebuild, and revive the company was sought by a penny stock company listed on NASDAQ, which was on the verge of almost getting de-listed. Mr. Singh, went on Board as a Director, functioning from the world's Iconic business address, the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING in Manhattan, New York. He was nominated as Chairman, to technically head all the committees of the company namely the Audit Committee, Corporate Governance-Nomination Committee, and the Compensation Committee. He had the rare distinction to be a Director on the Board, which also had Directors from a couple of FAANG companies.
Mr. Singh was instrumental in guiding and raising hundreds of millions of dollars and took the combined revenues and market capitalization almost breaching the billion-dollar mark, which resulted in the company gaining the status of "The Biggest Tech Gainer in the world for some time. The company created a brand name that became a household name in the entire continental United States in less than 9 months and went on to be recognized as the Uber of the Entertainment Industry, Netflix of ticketing, and Industry disrupt-or. It remained the second largest newsmaker in the US for quite some time. By strategic diversification, it got nominated for the OSCARS award in the year 2019, which in itself is a lifetime achievement.
Our Success
At STS Worldwide Advisory, the founder’s family has over 500 man years of experience from taking a company from the Basement operation, climbing to 550M revenue from zero, operating in 7 countries, employing 1000’s of IT professionals and having built cutting edge technology products for globalizing education. Today, we advise and implement unique solutions to grow your company by providing growth funding ($$$) and create exit strategies to maximize the valuation for shareholders. Further, we also execute strategies for “post exit planning” to move the sellers to higher valuation innovative high growth companies. STS Worldwide Advisory also supports start-ups on how they can get global attention from Global investors, global technology companies and global PE firms and global audience (PI) that can help your company grow globally and get the required growth funding.
Chandler Sharma
48 years of experience in US as Attorney/CPA with concentration in business mergers & acquisitions, taxation, immigration and international business law from 1969 to 1978
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Suresh Sharma
A proven innovator, investor, global business leader and a value creator. A former GE executive, he exemplifies a broad range of skills of leadership, investment, finance, technology;
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Founder PEACHTREE SOFTWARE IT Industry Veteran since 1980 has over 30 years' experience in building emerging software growth and start-up technology companies
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Advisors
Prof A. P Mathur
Mathur has been a crusader for the use of code coverage criteria in the estimation of software reliability or as an orthogonal metric to assess confidence in the reliability estimates. He has proposed the "Saturation Effect" as a motivating device, and as a fundamental principle, for the quantitative test assessment using an increasingly powerful suite of criteria.
Currently director of I trust lab at Singapore University of design & technology.
Specializing in cyber security for critical infrastructure. Prof Mathur taught at Birla Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, Purdue University & Singapore university design & tech. He has published Many books & authored over 350 papers in various leading journals
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We Execute
From financial, tax, commercial and operational. HR/Benefits, and IT due diligence, to structuring advice and financing options, our dedicated advisors bring experience and knowledge to help navigate through complex closing practices
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We Integrate
Integrating or divesting involves an additional set of challenges-costs, timelines, and disruption to business as usual, to name a few. We have leading experts for your Day 1 through end-state planning and integration needs
Corporate History Timeline
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2014
Divestuture From Core Education Technology & formation of full fledge global M&A advisory firm
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2013
Achieved 550 M USD $ rev with operations in 7 countires
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2004
Inorganic Growth Globally North America, UK Middle east, Asia with Mumbai as Global Hq
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2004
Reverse merge STS revenues into BSE listed enterprise core Education Techonologies
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2000
Global Talent acquition centres spanning Cannada, Mexico, Central America, Middle east, Africa, & India and full scale S/w development
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1996
Third software development centre established at Manila/philipines
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1994
Second software development centre established at KL/malaysia
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1992
First software development centre established at chennai India
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1982
Full scale professional firm specializing in harnessing IT professionals globally to work in USA (STS Worldwide recruited over 20,000 IT professional from 30 different countries)