Provana, founded in 2011 by industry veterans Sandeep Bhargava and Karen Powell, specializes in offering innovative technology platforms complemented by a global workforce experienced across credit and compliance life cycles. Their journey started in 2001 with Worldzen, an outsourcing firm backed by Carlyle Group, which grew significantly before its sale in 2007. Building on their extensive consulting leadership for Fortune 1000 companies in insurance, healthcare, and financial services, Provana delivers management consulting and advanced products such as compliance management systems, speech analytics, and business dashboards to small- and mid-sized enterprises. The founders' rich backgrounds span executive roles and academic credentials from IIT Kanpur, University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University, and Kellogg School of Management, reinforcing Provana’s capacity to enhance profitability, performance, and client satisfaction.