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Mr. Richard M. Christman, the Chairman of Caresoft, is a success driven Senior Business Executive with a proven track record of providing strategic vision and implementing strategies that have achieved revenue, profit and market performance through optimizing people, processes and systems. He is intensely focused on delivering value-added solutions to key customers worldwide by leveraging technology innovation and capitalizing on market opportunities.
Having completed Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana, he began his career as a design engineer for the Ford Motor Company. Upon obtaining his MBA in Marketing and Finance, from the University of Michigan, he joined Case Corporation in their Strategic Planning Group. Over his 30 year career with Case/CNH Global, he held several senior positions including Sr. VP Europe, Sr. VP Parts, Sr. VP Product Management and Business Development, President Worldwide Case IH, President NA Agricultural Business and Chief Commercial Governance and Supply Chain Officer. Christman then became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GSI in 2005. Upon the sale of GSI, he became an Executive Partner at Giant Partners which specializes in the development of Growth Strategies. In January 2008, he became the Chairman of Caresoft Global.
He served as the Chairman and member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Currently, he is a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Carthage College and is also currently serving on the Strategic Planning and Small Enterprise steering committees for AEM.
Mr. Manickam, the Vice-Chairman of Caresoft and the ABT Group of Companies, is also a University of Michigan graduate. He joined his visionary father Mr. N. Mahalingam, an industrialist and philanthropist, in the business and very soon changed his father’s ambitions into reality. Mr. Manickam has been instrumental in developing and expanding the ABT Group to a $1.2 billion conglomerate, through several advancements and acquisitions. The ABT Group currently has 2 foundries in India and 4 foundries in Europe and has successfully expanded its businesses into Sugars, Soya, Textiles, Auto Components, Education and Finance, with global presence in over 12 countries.
Mr. Manickam, an avid fan of information technology, is very keen about providing computer facilities and infrastructure for his employees and students. The 21 Non-profit educational institutions which came into being primarily for ABT’s employees are now so prestigious, that every student wishes to be a part of it. Approximately 1000 engineers graduate every year from ABT’s Technical Institutions. Mr. Manickam, the correspondent for 5 of ABT’s Educational Institutions and the Vice-Chairman of 3 Engineering colleges, has introduced and implemented several computer based training programs for the students and teachers of its institutions.
Mr. Manickam served as the President of the South Indian Sugar Mills Association (SISMA -TamilNadu) during the years 1993-94, 1994-95 and 2006-07; President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), New Delhi during 1996-97, and President of the Sugar Technologists’ of India (STAI) from 2000-2002.