Chief Talent Strategy Officer shivani sardana vohra on leading with access, authenticity, and calmness. "What truly works in building and retaining talent is staying grounded in the fundamentals. When people see purpose in their work and a future for themselves, commitment follows naturally." Meet Shivani Sardana Vohra, Chief Talent Strategy Officer at Innova Solutions. Based in Chicago, Shivani has spent more than 13 years with the company, building a career that has spanned finance, operations, and talent strategy. A passionate advocate for advancing women in the workplace and supporting entrepreneurship, she believes that great leadership begins with empowering people. Women Who Win is excited to share her inspiring Women Who Win story. 1.Tell Women Who Win your story. You are the Chief Talent Strategy Officer at Innova Solutions and have risen through the ranks over the past 13 years, wearing many hats across finance, operations, and talent. What has shaped your journey into executive leadership, and how have those experiences influenced the leader you are today? My journey at Innova Solutions has been shaped by growth, learning, and trust over the past 13 years. I've been fortunate to wear many hats across finance, operations, and talent, which gave me a deep appreciation for how the business works as a whole and how important people are to every outcome. I didn't set out with a defined path to executive leadership - each step simply asked me to take on more responsibility, learn quickly, and serve the organization in the way it needed most at the time. Along the way, I've been told by many that I lead with empathy, optimism, calmness, and resilience, and that I listen deeply. Those reflections mean a great deal to me. I believe leadership is about creating space for others to grow - giving teams creative independence, offering guidance when needed, and helping them build confidence as leaders themselves. Today, I strive to lead with humility, clarity, and purpose, grounded in the belief that strong businesses are built by empowered people. 2. As a leader, you've also committed time to philanthropic efforts. What organizations are you engaged with today, and what impact areas are closest to your heart? I've stayed close to philanthropic work that focuses on expanding opportunity for women and children, beginning with my long-standing involvement in the Teen Girls in Technology program through the YWCA. In 2013, my mother, sister, and I co-founded the Innova Foundation as a way to deepen that commitment and support communities in need through thoughtful partnerships and global outreach. Over the years, Women Who Win has been fortunate to work alongside many mission-driven organizations focused on humanitarian, educational, and environmental causes. One organization especially close to my heart is Apna Ghar in Chicago, which is dedicated to ending gender-based violence and supporting women and children during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. My family and I are actively involved in supporting their work, which centers on safety, dignity, and culturally responsive care. Being part of that mission has reinforced for me that meaningful impact often happens quietly - by showing up consistently, listening, and helping create spaces where women can heal, rebuild, and reclaim their futures. 3. Innova Solutions was recently named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes. From your perspective, what actually works when it comes to building and retaining talent? And what do companies often get wrong? Being named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes is humbling, because it reflects the voices and experiences of its people rather than any single initiative. From my perspective, what truly works in building and retaining talent is staying grounded in the fundamentals - listening with intent, investing in people's growth, and creating environments where individuals feel trusted, supported, and challenged. When people see purpose in their work and a future for themselves, commitment follows naturally. What I continue to learn - and what I hope more organizations will lean into, is the value of slowing down and staying close to the basics. It's easy, especially in times of growth or pressure, to look for quick solutions, but culture is built quietly through everyday actions, consistency, and genuine care. Leaders don't have to have all the answers, but they do need to show up, listen, and be present. When people feel respected, supported, and trusted - especially during change - strong cultures tend to grow naturally, and the results often follow. 4. Given your journey in executive leadership, what does real empowerment for women in the workplace look like to you today? And what is one change you would like to see? To me, real empowerment today means women having the trust, authority, and support to lead authentically - without feeling pressure to conform to a narrow or outdated definition of leadership. It looks like women being heard in decision-making rooms, having equal access to high-impact opportunities, and working in environments that recognize the realities of different life stages. Empowerment also means psychological safety: the ability to take risks, challenge ideas, and lead with both strength and empathy. One change I would like to see is a more intentional focus on sponsorship and succession for women, especially at senior and board levels. There are many talented women who are ready and capable, but not always positioned when opportunities arise. I believe real progress happens when leaders actively advocate, create pathways, and hold themselves accountable for building leadership pipelines that truly reflect the depth and diversity of talent within their organizations. 5. You dedicate time to your career, philanthropy, and advancing women. What is your next big dream? My next big dream is simple, but deeply important to me - that every child, regardless of where they're born or the resources around them, has access to quality education and basic healthcare. I've seen how easily potential can be limited by circumstances like hunger, unsafe learning environments, or lack of medical care, and how transformative it can be when those fundamentals are met. Through its work with the Innova Foundation and other mission-driven partners, I've seen firsthand how meeting children where they are - with nutrition, healthcare, and safe spaces to learn - can change everything. When those basic needs are addressed, children are free to focus on learning, growing, and imagining what's possible for their futures. That's the world I continue to hope and work toward - one where no child's potential is defined by what they lack, but by what they're given the chance to become.

From generic pitch to precision proposal: ai-powered marketing with the Sidecar Approach. July 13, 2026 By Stephen Sobolevitch - GVP, Domain/Industry Leader, Communications & Cable Home " Blog " From generic pitch to precision proposal: ai-powered marketing with the Sidecar Approach. In Part 1 of this series, Innova Solutions Inc. introduced the Innova Solutions Sidecar Approach: a deployment model that injects AI intelligence directly into existing BSS/OSS infrastructure without the cost and operational risk of a full platform migration. Innova Solutions Inc. showed how an AI sales-shadowing agent reduces administrative overhead while activating data already locked inside legacy CRM and CPQ systems. In this installment, Innova Solutions Inc. address a different but equally costly problem: the manual production of bespoke B2B marketing and proposal collateral. The bespoke bottleneck. In enterprise telecom sales, generic proposals don't close deals. B2B buyers, particularly at mid-market and enterprise accounts, expect collateral that reflects their specific network topology, existing product footprint, and documented pain points. A proposal that demonstrates genuine technical understanding of a customer's environment is no longer a differentiator. It's table stakes. The problem is the production model behind it. Delivering that level of specificity today requires manual coordination across sales, engineering, and marketing. A rep initiates a pitch, engineering verifies site-specific fiber availability, marketing adapts the template, and the whole sequence (assuming no rework) takes days. In competitive deals with compressed timelines, that lag has a direct cost. Research confirms how deep that cost runs: sales professionals spend only 30% to 40% of their working week on actual selling: the remainder is absorbed by administrative tasks, manual coordination, and system-toggling that technology should long since have eliminated. The AI "content injector" The sidecar approach addresses this at the architecture level. Placing an AI agent as a content injector between your marketing automation platform and your back-end systems of record creates a proposal engine that understands the technical and commercial context of every account, automatically. When a seller initiates a pitch, the sidecar agent queries across your ecosystem simultaneously: The result is a proposal that reads like a pre-sales engineer spent two days on it. The actual elapsed time is measured in minutes. The business case. The same sidecar advantages from Part 1 apply here - and compound with each additional use case built on the same foundation: From volume to precision. The measure of effective B2B marketing isn't how much content a team produces. It's how precisely each asset speaks to a specific buyer's situation. AI-powered content injection shifts the ceiling from what a team can manually customize to what the underlying data can automatically surface. The organizations that will lead in enterprise telecom sales over the next three years won't necessarily have larger marketing teams. They'll have smarter infrastructure behind them. "The best pre-sales pitch isn't the most polished one. It's the one that proves you already understand the customer's network." Key Contributor: Dr. Sanjay Joshi, Senior Manager-Content, Research & Sales Enablement

Innova Solutions named a Major Player in IDC MarketScape: U.S. Revenue Cycle Management Service Solutions 2025 - 2026 Vendor Assessment. January 9, 2026 By Innova Solutions Home " Press release " Innova Solutions named a Major Player in IDC MarketScape: U.S. Revenue Cycle Management Service Solutions 2025 - 2026 Vendor Assessment. Atlanta, GA - January 8, 2026 Innova Solutions, a global technology and talent solutions provider, has been recognized as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Revenue Cycle Management Service Solutions 2025 - 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc# US52987225, December 2025). Innova Solutions Inc. believe this acknowledgment emphasizes Innova Solutions' commitment to delivering innovative, end-to-end revenue cycle management (RCM) services that strengthen financial performance while enhancing the patient experience. The IDC MarketScape evaluation assesses RCM service providers based on the depth of their capabilities and the strength of their go-to-market strategies. Innova Solutions Inc. believe Innova Solutions' designation as a Major Player reflects its comprehensive RCM services portfolio, deep healthcare domain expertise, and consistent success supporting providers as they navigate complex reimbursement environments, regulatory change, and operational inefficiencies. "To us, Innova's recognition in the IDC MarketScape validates our focus on delivering measurable outcomes for healthcare organizations through innovation, agility, and deep industry expertise," said John Fundingsland, Group Vice President at Innova Solutions. "We are committed to helping our clients modernize revenue cycle operations, improve cash flow, and elevate overall financial performance by combining advanced technology with strategic execution." Innova Solutions' RCM offerings leverage advanced analytics, automation, and AI-driven workflows to streamline billing operations, improve collections, reduce administrative burden, and support long-term financial sustainability. With a technology driven approach and flexible delivery models, Innova Solutions partners with healthcare organizations to drive operational efficiency and adapt to evolving market demands. For more information about Innova Solutions' RCM services, visit: https://innovasolutions.com/industries/healthcare-and-life-sciences/revenue-cycle-management/ About IDC MarketScape. IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. About Innova Solutions. Innova Solutions is a global technology and digital transformation leader, delivering IT consulting, business process services, and innovative solutions to clients across industries. With a focus on driving measurable outcomes, Innova Solutions empowers organizations to accelerate growth and embrace the future of work. Let's talk! Write to Innova Solutions Inc. at. By checking this box, I agree to receive updates from Innova Solutions *