Our Executive Team

Michael Jansen - Chairman

Michael Jansen, Founding Managing Member of Satellier LLC is a graduate of the Yale and Cambridge Schools of Architecture. He has lived and worked in India and China for the last 14 years.

Trained as an architect, Mr. Jansen began his professional career in China in 1991, where he headed several projects in that booming market until a Fulbright scholarship won him the chance to study architecture in India in 1994. Mr. Jansen subsequently remained resident in India and in 1996, at the age of 27, established an office for a US-based architectural firm in New Delhi.

In 1999, Mr. Jansen set up his first offshore production company which provided production services to a top US based hospitality design firm. Over three years, Mr. Jansen's company successfully executed dozens of documentation packages for his first client firm, and thereupon invented the multi-client studio model which now forms the backbone of his organization.

Today Mr. Jansen continues to campaign for his revolutionary concept throughout the industry, motivated by his belief in its inherent value as a resource for the profession.

 

Alain Waha - Chief Executive Officer

Alain joined as CEO in October 2011, to spearhead the growth of Satellier as the global leader in Digital and Workshare services to the AECO.

Alain brings in-depth operational experience of running global businesses and professional services firms across sectors. Previously, Alain was the CEO of the largest outsourced documentation provider.

With an engineering background, Alain’s professional experience include delivering major consulting assignments across Europe and Asia, setting up operational centres in India, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as overseeing the delivery of key projects with contract values up to $7.5m to leading Architects and Engineers in the UK, France, the UAE, and Australia.

 

Rajesh Garg - Chief Financial Officer

Rajesh is a qualified chartered accountant and cost accountant by profession in India. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.

In his 16 years of corporate experience, he has worked in different functions of finance and accounting in Indian and international organizations and brings with him global knowledge of accounting, treasury, strategy and planning, financial management, credit control and collections. Before joining Satellier in May 2008, Rajesh has worked in senior positions at IBM, Hutchison and Escorts.