About us

We are "Unique"

UCI, the name itself includes Unique Quality, it is because we are multi-cultural unique organization empowered by women who believe in simplicity and diversity as well as compliance in all aspects of our services and solutions delivery. You will find different prospective of solutions here and services beyond what any traditional IT companies will offer. We are an award winning, minority and woman owned certified business with a 24 years of successful track record of providing information technology services and solutions to our clients and our business partners.


We offer a complete range of information technology services by leveraging our vertical domain knowledge, expertise and strategic alliances with leading technology providers. Our service offerings span across Sales Force, Oracle, Microsoft and other technologies which are designed to provide an integrated approach to business needs and strategy with respect to the use of latest technologies in the industry.  Our certified and qualified technical resources exceed clients’ expectations through excellence in delivery while maximizing value with their technology expertise and experience.

Our organization has been honored and recognized for our performance and business success by several organizations including City of New York, NAWBO, COMTO / MTA New York and many more. MTA/COMTO selected UCI for “Small Business of the Year Award” and we are also a proud recipient of the New York City Mayor’s “NYC Small Business Award of Distinction. UCI attracts what you expect from solutions and services provider, we reflect what you desire, we become what you respect, and we mirror your expectations what you admire!

Together we create a smart future!
Our purpose “At Unique, customer service is not a department it’s our entire company.” We are the creators of our own experience – keeping this prospective in mind and driving the quest for success and achievements, empowers us. At UCI, our purpose is to re-define the word class standard of excellence. We educate, develop, and empower our team to serve and deliver quality product and services. In doing so, we deliver secure, robust, effective, and quality solutions that all government and private organizations trust.

Our alliances
Our relationships with our clients and business partners are based on our quality services and addressing problems to the point. Our team is our strength! We have assets both functional side who are specialized in planning, procurement and execution of an engagements, in any undertaking that has a defined scope, as well as technical side who are systems logistics specialists that design, implement, and maintain IT systems for business clients. By utilizing these 2 combinations, we blend technology and industry compliance, best practices and experiences to resolve toughest challenges that any other IT company is unable to resolve. So far we have accomplished wide range of work from digitalizing to modernizing the system enterprise wide including analyzing business insides, address the pain points, accelerate systems capabilities, reporting and in house strategies.

Our Team

Kalpana Patel

Over the course of two decades of working in Wall Street Trading Room Technology and then in the Information Technology Industry, Kalpana has "hands on" experience in virtually every aspect of the business, including sales, marketing, finance and operations. Because of her extensive background working for large corporate firms in New York, she has carried over the business performance standards and compliance processes to UCI. She has managed to build UCI in to one of the most successful "Minority Woman Owned Small businesses" in the Tri-state area, providing Technology Solutions and Services to an impressive number of agencies within the public sector as well as several corporate 100 companies. Kalpana has received Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's "NYC Small Business Award of Distinction" as well as being named one of "Top Owned 50 Asian Minority Businesses" in New York and has been distinguished as one of the top entrepreneurs in the country by Diversity Business. Kalpana serves on boards of many M/WBE and nonprofit organizations. Kalpana graduated with MBA degree from Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.

CEO/ President

Gary Rado

Gary is an accomplished senior level information technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in executive management, and technology consulting in defining, designing and implementing innovative enterprise information and business solution architectures across in the corporate and public sector. Prior to UCI Gary worked with Fortune 100 Wall Street firms as CTO directing and supporting their mainframes and trading desk systems. As a ‘C’ level executive, Gary is directly responsible for developing all operational policies, procedures, strategic planning and marketing efforts of UCI. Gary believes in consistently improving delivery times, and service levels while reducing costs. He excels at strategic planning, building high performance teams, project & portfolio management and implementing best leading practices methodologies. His extensive experience encompasses telecommunication, cloud and SOA solutions, global project management (PMO), network design and engineering, strategic planning, business continuity planning and building and leading various teams on large-scale projects within sensitive time and budget guidelines to satisfy business and technology requirements.

CTO/ Governance Lead

Gautam Tooley

Gautam  has over 24 years of experience managing large, diverse information technology projects which include application development, transformation, modernization and design, data standards, systems design and implementation, human resource and financial management systems, and network design, implementation, and support. He has managed multiple information technology engagements with New York City, New York State and federal customers, such as NYC DOHMH, US Peace Corps, NYC DDC,  US Army, NYC DDC, NYC OCME, NYC ACS, NYC DoITT, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Long Island Power Authority, New York Power Authority, U.S. Peace Corp, and NYC HHC. Gautam leads health and UCI  public sector practice and is responsible for delivering UCI’s Public Service across Sate, Local and Federal engagements. Over his career, Gautam has led the delivery of several  large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives including leading DOITT COVID- 19 initiatives for City and State of New York,  His experience includes number of operational improvement programs in private and public sector organizations. Gautam brings extensive experience in leading systems implementation projects through the full lifecycle, from design, build, deployment, testing t and ongoing operations. Gautam’s experience covers both custom, packaged-software system and cloud implementations, with a focus on Health and Human Services, Utility and Transportation. Mr. Tooley currently leads System Integration Practice for Unique Comp Inc with focus on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Process Automation.

SVP -Government Practice

Kaushal Thakore

An insightful, results-driven Srum Certified Sr IT professional with 20 years of experience primarily at Unique Comp Inc. with notable success as a Technical Analyst and an Application Architect. Specializing in architecture and implementation of massively concurrent low-latency, highly available distributed systems as well as Cloud solutions. Possess sound knowledge of Program Management and reporting; Agile/SCRUM Methodology, Operations and Process activities. Well conversant in execution of projects/program on Healthcare; Public Sector and Finance domains apart from execution of development and maintenance projects on areas of CRM, COTs or custom development implementation. Effective analyst, problem solver and communicator able to forge solid relationships with upper-level executive leaders and build consensus across multiple organizational levels. Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills; proven background leading global teams in stressful, deadline-oriented environments.

VP– Professional Services

Akash Chauhan

As CFO, Akash Chauhan is responsible for the overall financial management and reporting to maintain financial stability of the company. Akash manages day-to-day financial activities including Payroll, taxes, insurances, managing banking relations and negotiation and execution of all customer and vendor contracts. Akash graduated from Drexel with Bachelor Degree in Entrepreneurship with focus on finance.

CFO

Diana Tacuri

Diana Tacuri is a dynamic personality who can balance both sides of the coin when it comes to recruiting talent. She manages a team of recruiters at UCI and always finds exceptional IT talents to lead IT projects. Her expertise to find hard to find talents is so exceptional that she stands out in the it recruiting world. She has started her career with UCI 14 years ago and her experience and intellect to understand complexity of any government contract compliance and reporting requirements is unparallel. She is Computer Science Graduate.

Director- Resource Management

Meeta Walia

Meeta serves as UCI’s Human Resources Team Lead with over twenty years of professional experience in technical augmentation, performance management and talent acquisition at UCI. Her key strengths include requirements analysis, staff planning and design, hands-on tactical recruitment and management advisory supporting New York City and State agencies. Meeta manages our diverse technical resources and their performances at the client sites. Some of her strongest assets are in Administration, Human Resources and Customer relations with a definite keen eye for detail exceptional problem solving and interpersonal skills. She has proven knowledge of New York City and State HR regulations and compliance and she is known for her strict standards for performance as well as her caring support to the employees!

Director – Human Resources

Matthew Smith

Matt is an experienced Data Architect with over 12 years of experience in data analytics, data engineering and project management. He has managed multiple information technology engagements with New York City and other clients. Matt leads our data analytics practices and collaborates with our public and private sector engagements . Over his career, Matt has led the delivery of several reporting and automation transformation initiatives including DOITT COVID-19 initiatives for the City of New York and Virginia Department of Transportation, Matt has a passion for exploring data, illuminating insights and providing quick, scalable low-code/no-code solutions to help clients meet just-in-time needs as well transform business processes.

Data Architect

Paul Capel

Paul brings a wealth of experience in Information Technology management. He has served as CTO of two companies, one a software vendor, and the other a large eCommerce vendor. He has provided virtual CTO services for more than a dozen private sector companies as a consultant. Paul's background begins with computer operations roles in banking, and then moves to multi-platform development roles across various industries. His current area of focus sits with cloud based technologies, especially with the Microsoft stack and all things Office 365 and Azure. Paul's years of management experience coupled with his hands on expertise in design, development, and implementation in both software and infrastructure position him perfectly to manage large and diverse projects. During his time with UCI, Paul has contributed to projects with multiple New York City and New York State clients, including NYSERDA, LIPA, NYC OCME, NYC DoITT, and NYC ACS. His unique ability to understand the business requirements of his clients and match them to appropriate technology solutions is an asset to any project of any size.

Infrastructure Architect

Soniya Mirza

Soniya is an experienced business system analyst with extensive domain knowledge of the Licensing and Compliance, Financial Services, Legal Enforcement in state and city government agencies. Soniya Mirza is certified professional who carries Agile Scrum Master Professional Certificate, Post Graduated in Data Science and Business Analytics, and COTS product admin certifications. She has more than 11 years of experience working in different sectors of New York City agencies, State Agency of Michigan and Massachusetts, Government sector of Dubai, and Financial Services. She has experience in analyzing the requirement, communicating the gaps, and implementing COTS and customized solutions.

Sr. Business Analyst

Abdul Billal

Abdul have over 7 years of experience in Technical Development and 3.5 years of experience in Salesforce development. Strong Knowledge of Bootstrap, Advanced CSS, HTML5, CSS3, Data tables• Familiar with SFDC standard Data structures and PHP• Familiar with designing Custom Objects, Force.com platform and Force.com Sites. Familiar with Photoshop, AdobeXD, WordPress, Magento, OpenCart and I am also certified Salesforce developer and Administrator

UI Consultant & Salesforce Admin

Tishta Chakraborty

Tishta has 7 plus years of Industry experience as a Business/Data Analyst with clear understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications and Application Design. Tishta has worked with a major integrator supporting them on their System Integration project prior to joining UCI. Tishta now supports UCI System Integration Project division and is a part of our delivery oversight and operations. Tishta has BA from Suny Buffalo NY.

Analyst

Tanay Parmar

Tanay Parmar is an Offshore Delivery Lead for UCI India Recruiting team with over more than 8 years at UCI in recruiting certified and experienced technical resources. he has been served number of UCI engagement in all the areas of Information Technology. Tanay has proven expertise in technical recruitment, Sourcing for projects, Team Management, Interviewing, training and development. Tanay works with the UCI management team in the planning of company goals and assists in recognizing and evaluating industry trends as it relates to recruiting and staffing Tanay holds Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from S P University, V V Nagar Gujarat

Offshore Delivery Lead

Faruk Kureshi

Faruk is a technical recruitment and acquisition professional with 7+ years of experience in recruiting IT professionals for UCI. Faruk is well known for his skills in Niche Skill Hiring and has ability to recruit from entry level to sr. management level for UCI’s System Integration Projects He is responsible for mentoring and providing on-going training and support for new recruiters and serve as a resource for learning and navigating senior technical policies and procedures.

Senior Recruiting Manager

UCI AWARDS

Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Sexual Harassment Policy

At Unique Comp, Inc., the treatment to all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizenship status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment”.

Guidelines

Each UCI official has an important role in the employment process that includes keeping up to date on policies, procedures, and affirmative action commitments. Records pertaining to employment decisions must be complete and accurate.

Recruitment

The phrase "Equal Opportunity - Affirmative Action Employer" is used in all Internet and other employment advertisements. Media and organizational sources specializing in recruitment and referral of women, people of color, and individuals with disabilities will be provided copies of vacancy announcements as determined practicable and useful by UCI.

Hiring

Vacancies must be listed and available for referrals for five days before a hiring offer can be made. Decisions to hire individuals must be based on specified job-related criteria. To fulfill this obligation, the hiring manager should solicit only information, which directly relates to an applicant's ability to perform the tasks of the position sought. To ensure appropriate documentation is maintained the Self Audit Report (SAR) must be completed.

Compensation and Promotion

Supervisors should make compensation decisions regarding staff on the basis of established pay procedures. Variations in pay may be justified if based on education, experience, merit, or other legitimate documented factors. When a pay for performance system is utilized, to the extent possible, performance criteria should relate to objective standards and measurements, and be uniformly applied.

Sexual Harassment

Unique Comp Inc is committed to providing a safe environment for all its employees free from discrimination on any ground and from harassment at work including sexual harassment. Unique Comp Inc will operate a zero-tolerance policy for any form of sexual harassment in the workplace, treat all incidents seriously and promptly investigate all allegations of sexual harassment. Any person found to have sexually harassed another will face disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal from employment. All complaints of sexual harassment will be taken seriously and treated with respect and in confidence. No one will be victimized for making such a complaint.

Discharge

Termination decisions are based upon objective criteria. Performance deficiencies and other disciplinary action are administered according to established UCI policies.

General

All employment actions will be handled in full compliance with UCI's Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy. For specific guidance, please contact the HR manager.