How this CA & co-founder of a Consulting firm leveraged tech, building TAGIS Analytics to help CEOs take data-driven decisions

• Hi! I am Ashutosh Zawar, a chartered accountant and entrepreneur from India.
• Alongside other CA co-founders, in 2010, I quit my cushy investment banking job and launched the Academy of Financial Training, and eventually pivoted to Ruby Consulting providing Financial Analysis, Modelling support & investment banking (fund-raising).
• In 2015 we were witnessing an era of Indian tech platforms taking shape and so we decided to leverage technology to assist CEOs to make data-driven decisions in various industries. This gave birth to TAGIS Analytics (now known as DATACHAMPS).
• It was not an easy journey but we have come a long way since then and have grown to over 50 team members across various business units.

Backstory – exploring the corporate sector

I belong to a family of CAs and my father has co-founded and led one of the largest CA firms in Nashik.

Early in life, I realized the wide scope of the CA course offered and it was pretty much an obvious career choice for me. However, I was a bit unconventional and wanted to go beyond the typical mandate of an auditor/tax planner.

Fast forward, I qualified as a CA in 2005, and now came the big question was, “What next?”