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Founded in 1997, New Jersey based Elangeni Consulting provides cost effective and efficient technology solutions for small, mid-sized businesses and the enterprise. Our customer driven team delivers infrastructure and business solutions that allow you to achieve your strategic business initiatives quickly and with confidence. Current clients include pharmaceuticals, retailers, professional service firms, technology companies, and manufacturers. Whether you have an interest in a complete infrastructure refresh, Managed Services, a CRM/ERP solution or options on how to support your IT environment, Elangeni has a solution that is powerful yet simple to manage and scale for the future, allowing you to save money and focus on your business.

Elangeni Management Team

Scott Hospes

Is a systems engineer and certified project manager with over 15 years of industry experience working on projects across Canada, the United States and Europe. The scope of his responsibilities as the founder of Elangeni include managing the relationships across the customer base as well as looking at process improvements from the aspect of service delivery. Mr. Hospes leads the Infrastructure and Business Solutions practices of Elangeni as well as working as an architect for Enterprise solutions and delivery. Mr. Hospes has a long history in the Pharmaceutical field and provides continual guidance and best practices for dealing with qualified and validated environments.

Mr. Hospes’ technical and business understanding provide him with a strategic vantage point to implement “best practices” solutions to Elangeni’s client needs, with specific focus on delivering ROI benefits to his clients.

Prior to founding Elangeni, Mr. Hospes was a service delivery engineer working for the EDS Government Services division based in Canada. His expertise is extensive in Integration/Operations, Deployment, Architecture and Standards/Procedures.

Peter Hunt

Is a highly respected consultant with over 20 years industry experience in the fields of Information technology and Telecommunications across Australia, Europe, and the US; disciplines include all facets of infrastructure and software product engineering, platform re-engineering, applications migration, deployment services, as well as ITIL methodology and process.

Prior to joining Elangeni, Mr. Hunt served in a key function for Microsoft Australia running customer integration and operations for the innovation center, enabling him to provide a keen insight into the inner workings of Microsoft platform architecture and ensuring smooth integration of Microsoft products for Elangeni’s clients.

Mr. Hunt’s has particular expertise in Security, Messaging/Mobility, VoIP/SIP, Integration/Operations, Consolidation, Deployment, Web, Internet/Intranet, Network Integration, and Standards/Procedures.

Hector Alvarez

Is an accomplished consultant with over 15 yrs of IT experience, focused on Messaging/Mobility, Mail Migrations, Active Directory, Virtualization Technologies, Citrix and Network Integration. Mr. Alvarez is responsible for the Elangeni Managed Services practice solutions delivery.

Prior to joining Elangeni, Mr. Alvarez was a Senior Messaging Engineer for IBM\Maersk, supporting Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide. As part of the IBM/Maersk messaging team, Mr. Alvarez was responsible for all operational aspects of the global Exchange infrastructure and was part of the global migration team from Lotus Notes to Exchange.

Before IBM/Maersk, Mr. Alvarez was a Systems Administrator for Americas Systems Inc., a software development company specializing in transportation applications. Here, he also helped to deploy cutting edge technology for clients such as Sea-Land Services.


Ashay Gharat

Is a PMI certified Project Manager with comprehensive strategic planning and large-scale implementation experience, with particular expertise in Project Management, Change Management/Business Process Re-engineering, Business systems implementation & analysis, and ERP/CRM implementation. Mr. Gharat possesses two MBA degrees in Management Information Systems and Marketing. Mr. Gharat is also certified as an ITIL® Practitioner.

Mr. Gharat has over twelve years experience in business solutions and information technology. Mr. Gharat provides Best Practice Strategy Consulting advice around various facets of ITIL, Project Management and Business Process Improvement to Elangeni clients. Mr. Gharat is also a Microsoft CRM expert having implemented the product since its first release. Mr. Gharat was recently responsible for the successful implementation of a $10 million multi-national money transfer system for an Elangeni client where he managed an international team through all aspects of the development and implementation of this system.

Pat Leccese

Has a long and distinguished career in Sales & Marketing and leverages his 25 years of experience and comprehensive business expertise to identify opportunities for Elangeni. His expertise spans various industries, including but not limited to distribution, manufacturing (process and discrete), services and life sciences. In his career, spanning more than 25 years, Mr. Leccese has worked with or for such prestigious firms as Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and ADP.

Working closely with client management, Mr. Leccese uses a process centered focus to get an understanding of a client’s operation. Using the blend of his in-depth business knowledge, and armed with the client’s operational information, Mr. Leccese then develops an overall game plan for Elangeni to provide a targeted solution to meet that client’s needs.