Sailesh Raghavan

“I had heard about Saliesh's work and leadership before I had joined Publicis Sapient. I was aware of how he has been a significant part of the core group that built this centre of excellence called XT(short for exPerience Technology) for the frontend engineering domain, and how he's been constantly pushing the envelope to make it much more than that. And my interaction with him during the hiring interview made him the absolute reason for which I decided to join Publicis Sapient. He is polite, patient, humble and is clear about his mission, methods and means. He encourages everyone to come forward and build their own brands and provides the necessary oversight as a mentor for that. Because as per him we are all folks who want to solve some complex part of a bigger problem and technology just happens to be the way we have chosen to do it. And hence he's been constantly pushing the idea of helping people transform themselves into strong full-cycle technologists rather than just sticking to one domain. He's a great example of how order can be brought into a construct and opportunities can be generated out of it. And despite spending so much time in the industry and having accomplished so much, he still invests his all into every initiative and experiment and doesn’t shy away from taking big risks. To simply state, he leads by example. He cares for the people and their careers and is always doing his best to make the community and culture better. And for that, he earns my highest recommendation.”

“I have worked with Sailesh for almost 5 years and I have found him a very rare leader. The unique trait he carries is the way he communicates to any person - be it Client, Seniors, Peers, Juniors, he is graced by god for his humble yet strong communication skills which makes feel person at every role/experience so belong to the conversation. He has power to make impact to enable people to be on right path. Being my mentor, I have worked with him on my growth plans at Publicis Sapient and experienced the way he enables people in 360 degree view of opportunities to grow. He also encourages & appreciates his women colleagues at work to be more confident and smart worker. Proud & Happy to be known to such a fantastic leader, mentor, colleague, I wish him all the best for all the great work he does every day at work to organisation and to help any person become SOMETHING. Cheers!”