Our People
Mohana Suggula (Principal)
Mohana is a certified IRS Enrolled Agent and Charted Accountant from India whose extensive career spans over 18 years in the technology industry with leading multinationals including E&Y, Accenture, Oracle, Intuit, Coherent, NetSuite and Uber in various roles in Product Management particularly pertaining to accounting products. Mohana played a key role in envisioning, designing, and building various accounting products for top software providers. This has provided him with keen insight into the needs of various business users from various industry verticals.
With several years of experience in various accounting roles including: Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Accounting Director, Mohana has a deep understanding of the tax and accounting systems that run today’s largest and most innovative companies. He has experience in everything from streamlining accounting departments to providing strategic advice to management about navigating the unpredictable tax environment.
With so much experience in the technology industry, Mohana has deep awareness of the needs and desires of not only corporations, but the employees as well. His understanding of the cultural motivations behind employee mindsets in the technology industry serve him particularly well in the Bay Area.
Verticals
Mohana has vast experience in project finance, bank auditing, accounting standards, and other auditing related subjects. His extensive expertise covers tax and internal audits of both private and public companies in both India and the United States.
Academic
Mohana had graduated from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India and completed his Chartered Accountancy in 1990.
Certified
He is currently a member of the US Chamber of Commerce, Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, ASSOCHAM, Hyderabad Stock Exchange and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Mohana carries experience in both business and individual tax planning, and can provide guidance on how to best reduce one’s tax burden. New business services are also core to Mohana’s experience, including the formation of new entities, preparation of feasibility reports and CMA (Credit Monetary Appraisal) data for obtaining working capital limits from banks.
His understanding of the needs and issues that face businesses in IT, staffing, and other areas suit him to providing well-versed strategic guidance on navigating tax issues for these industries. His experience includes working with business owners and managers by providing comprehensive analyses and practical solutions for all their tax and accounting needs.
Rajdeep Gottipalli (India Operations)
Mr. Rajdeep Gottipalli, a Chartered Accountant and Graduate with major in Accounting andFinances, has worked with the Deloitte and KPMG, before becoming a Partner with G M K & CO LLP in Hyderabad, India and partnering with Suggula & Associates LLC aka Suggulatax in the US. Whilst working at the Big 4, he has dealt with prestigious clients, both in India and the US.
Mr.Rajdeep Gottipalli over the years, has been extensively providing consulting and advisory services to clients having cross border transactional presence including India, US, Singapore, UAE and UK – including large corporates and stock exchange listed companies.
His vast experience in creating suitable tax planning structures and strategies for clients has helped several clients to manage their wealth and taxes efficiently and seamlessly. His arete skills in understanding the client requirement and mapping them to fit into the best available tax planning mechanism across borders helps clients benefit not only locally but also in their other global presence locations.
His expertise and skills honed from his time at KPMG in the Deal Advisory team – extends into creating structures for mergers, acquisitions and related activities for clients involving creation of higher valuation to entities through custom-made, tax efficient strategies and solutions in the field of stock exchange listed and unlisted entities.