My story
I'm not a coder. I'm a builder.
From a small town in Kerala to running businesses in Oman, every step started with a problem in front of me.
Roots in Wayanad
I was born and raised in Kalpetta. My father, Harshad Kalathil, built Metro Business Corporation into one of the leading wholesale distributors in Malabar, handling brands like Wipro Lighting and Orient fans. When I was in 11th standard, a sudden setback hit the family business and my father moved to the Gulf. From that day I had one dream: to stand beside him.
A BCA student who wasn't meant to code
I studied bio science in higher secondary, then landed in a BCA course I hadn't chosen out of passion. It was hard. But it taught me something important: I'm not someone who sits and writes code. I'm someone who brings people and ideas together to build things.
0% IT knowledge, 100% confidence
After one interview showed me coding wasn't my path, my favourite teacher, Remya Chandran miss, recommended me to Cyber Square (Baabtra). Mr Monish hired me, probably for my confidence more than my code. I learned Python, Django and data science and taught students, with a mock class to him every evening. Then a Christmas video I made changed everything: I became the company's Social Media Executive.
Hash Tech Solutions is born
At Cyber Square I met Muhammed Rishan: my age, from Kannur, and brilliant at everything technical. He needed a room, and I had one next to mine. Days and nights together turned into a plan: he would build, I would market and sell. Standing outside Club Sulaimani searching for a name, I saw a hash sign, and Hash Tech Solutions was born. We opened our Calicut office when I was 22, starting with small websites.
A trip to Oman that became a new chapter
A few months in, my father asked me to find good software for his hypermarket and fly over to install it. Mr Manoj of Axobis Pvt Ltd trusted me to resell his software and built a special installation kit for Oman. I planned to install it and return, but my father wanted me by his side. For months I worked as the supermarket's accountant while running our company from afar. We renamed it Hash Tech Global and found our first niche: portfolio websites for film stars and influencers like Pooja Krishna and Shiyas Kareem.
Our Oman office opens
In October 2024 we inaugurated the Hash Tech Global office in Salalah, our marketing hub for Oman and the GCC, backed by our development team in Calicut.
A bus ride that became a product
Travelling from Salalah to Thumrait, I watched cargo and tickets being handled with no system while a frustrated passenger shouted at the counter. From that bus, I emailed Gulf Line Transportation proposing an online cargo and ticket management system. They replied fast, and it took a year to close. Then Salalah Line Express asked us to implement it too, and we went on to build the employee management system for the A'Sharqiyah South Governorate in Sur.
From projects to products
Every problem we solved became a product: Hashlet for restaurants and cafés, Hash Stay for hotels, Hashbooks for accounting, HUMAXAA for HR and attendance, HashPOS for retail, and Hash ERP, all built by a strong development team in Calicut.
Back to college as a sponsor
The year after I graduated, Hash Tech Global became the title sponsor of ENVI, one of Devagiri's major fests, with the support of my teacher, Jyothi Lakshmi miss. I was in Oman with projects running, so Rishan and our team went in my place and gave prizes to the winning students. Seeing our logo across my old college is one of my proudest moments.
Coffee, travel and what's next
Oman gave me a new passion: coffee. Rocio Cafe has been running well for a year. We started HashGo Tours & Travels, and Hash Mart, our supermarket chain in Oman, is about to open.
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On LinkedIn
Connect on LinkedIn ↗Born and raised in Kerala, India, with our core back-end operations based in Calicut, Hash Tech Global originally built its software ecosystems specifically for the Omani market. However, in 2024, our team took a milestoعلى الرغم من انطلاق رؤيتنا من ولاية كيرالا بالهند، وإدارة عملياتنا الخلفية من مدينة كاليكوت، فقد تم تصميم برمجياتنا في البداية خصيصاً للسوق العماني. وفي عام 2024، اتخذ فريق "هاش تك غلوبال" (Hash Tech Global) خطوة استراتي
View on LinkedIn ↗We are excited to announce the successful completion of our first project for one of Oman’s esteemed governorates—A’Sharqiyah South Governorate, specifically for the Sur Governorate. Hash Tech Global has successfully devيسعدنا الإعلان عن الانجاح بنجاح لتنفيذ مشروعنا الأول لأحد محافظات سلطنة عمان العريقة — محافظة جنوب الشرقية (ولاية صور). قامت شركة "هاش تك غلوبال" (Hash Tech Global) بتطوير نظام برمجيات آمن وموثوق لإدارة الموظفين بكفاءة ع
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