The people behind SFO Technologies.

Founded by two brothers with a shared vision of world-class engineering from India, and led today by a team building the next generation of ODM Plus.

Founders

Our founders

Founder

Javad K. Hassan

Founder & Chairman, NeST Group

Javad K. Hassan founded SFO Technologies in 1990 and is the founder and chairman of NeST Group. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he was a senior executive at IBM and president of Global Interconnect Systems at AMP Inc. (now TE Connectivity).

He brought that global industry experience home to Kerala, building the foundation for an engineering and manufacturing group that serves customers worldwide.

Founder, SFO TechnologiesChairman, NeST GroupFormer IBM executiveFormer President, AMP Inc.

Co-Founder

Nagoor Jehangir Rawther

Dr. N. Jehangir · Managing Director, NeST Group

Dr. N. Jehangir co-founded NeST Group with his brother, Javad K. Hassan, and has been the primary architect of the group's growth into a diversified enterprise with a global footprint.

He leads the group's strategy in advanced design and manufacturing, including India's growing role in aerospace, defence and AI hardware. His honours include the Government of India's Udyog Rattan Award (1998).

Co-FounderManaging Director, NeST GroupUdyog Rattan Award

Leadership team

Leading the next chapter

Althaf Jehangir

Executive Director & CEO, Manufacturing Business

Nazneen Jehangir

Executive Director & CEO, Software Business

Jacob Pappen

Chief Executive Officer

Our team

Engineers, designers and makers

Our multidisciplinary teams span hardware and software design, testing and certification, RF, supply chain, quality and advanced manufacturing across our centres in India and abroad.

Design & Engineering

Hardware, firmware and software engineers building products and proprietary IP.

Quality & Certification

Specialists who make sure every product meets demanding industry standards.

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Teams running flexible, Manufacturing 4.0-enabled production at any scale.

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