OUR GLOBAL BUSINESS CONSULTANTS

Patricia Connolly: SVP and Global Head - GCC Services

Patricia Connolly, PhD, draws on nearly three decades of executive IT and academic leadership to drive SMC Squared’s strategy, vision, and mission. With experience building high-performing IT teams, leveraging global talent, and mitigating corporate risk, she intimately understands the challenges clients face. Her functional expertise paired with her passion about people – recruiting, mentoring, building, and retaining highly skilled and engaged teams – fuels our employee-based methodology.

Ananth Rao Rudravaram: VP of Technology and Managing Director

As VP of Technology and Managing Director at SMC Squared, Ananth provides strategic and operational leadership, ensuring technology and business teams align with enterprise priorities. With over 30 years of experience, he has built and scaled Global Capability Centers (GCCs), optimizing operations, driving automation, and enhancing customer experience leveraging AI in product innovation. A passionate people leader, he excels in talent management and cross-cultural team alignment.

Mark Ligeza: Senior Director, Sales

As our Senior Director of Sales, Mark partners with executives to design custom GCC solutions that strategically align with their business goals. Whether an organization is looking to accelerate digital transformation or build a long-term global strategy, Mark ensures they have the right team, in the right location, with the right structure to grow. He brings a proven track record of helping companies overcome IT challenges, scale, and optimize costs. Our clients trust Mark to guide them in defining a solution that unlocks their full potential.

Amy Noebel: Senior Director, Client Success

Amy Noebel is an adaptive and results-oriented leader with over 30 years of experience in IT with international organizations establishing PMO best practices and leading Technology and Business transformational strategic initiatives. Recognized for her success delivering business strategies and technology solutions across organizations, Amy works closely with our clients as a local partner. She is responsible for the efficient and effective rollout of talent solutions, whether they are augmenting an existing team or building their own custom GCC.