Founders
Management team
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Narasimha Suresh: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TELiBrahma
Suresh is one of the young India’s successful entrepreneurs who is the brain behind TELiBrahma. He ardently believes that India offers a great opportunity to create and disrupt product offerings for the global market place. Prior to TELiBrahma, Suresh handled several responsibilities in companies such as Siemens, Wipro and eCapital. Suresh is an engineering graduate in Electronics & Computers from Bangalore University.
Ravi B R, Co-founder and Technical Director, TELiBrahma
Ravi, co-founder of TELiBrahma, looks after the Asia Pac and enterprise business. Ravi has had stints with companies such as Majoris, Wipro, eCapital, eVector and Realsoft. Ravi is a graduate in Computer Applications from Bangalore University and MBA in Marketing from TASMAC.
Rajiv N Lulla, President
Rajiv is a highly accomplished digital media and technology executive with a
strong record of success in a variety of strategic areas for many well-known
media companies. Recent roles include overseeing publisher Conde Nast's
technology and digital strategy, and serving as the North America practice
head for the Advertising, Broadcast and Cable Networks business unit at Tata
Consultancy Services, a global IT services and business solutions company.
Prior to joining TCS, Rajiv was the CEO of NDTV MetroNation, a cable news
network in India where he accelerated advertising sales for NDTV's News
channels in India's various cities. He also hosted a weekly TV show that
highlighted current business issues. Earlier executive roles included Senior
Vice President with Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Vice President of
Strategy, Business Development and New Media Operations at CBS Radio.
He is an alumnus of Kellogg School of Business (Post MBA, 08), Columbia
Business School (MBA, 02), and Stanford University (MS, 99). He also holds
Masters and Bachelors degrees in engineering from IIT-Delhi and AMU.
Samir Kumar, Managing Director, Inventus (India) Advisory Company
An early bird among Venture Investors in India, Samir led the India venture team for Acer Technology Ventures prior to co-founding Inventus Advisory Services (India) Private Limited. He has a vast experience of over 15 years in the IT industry across companies like Wipro and Planet Asia. A member of the Leadership Committee of Tie Bangalore, Samir is a B.Tech (EE) from IIT-Bombay and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Pavan has over 13 years experience across various industries such as early stage investing, consulting, venture advisory, research etc. In the recent past, he has worked with Nadathur Holdings and Investments , SRW Advisors and Syndicated Research Group. Pavan has also worked as a CFO for two venture backed companies and in Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse for their Assurance and Advisory practices teams. Pavan is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Economics & Statistics.
Neeraj Sharma: VP, People Success, TELiBrahma
Neeraj Sharma works to ensure TELiBrahma is a great place to work by implementing strategies and programs, effectively partnering with senior leadership.
He has 23+ years of learning, spanning information technology, telecom and human resources industries, with international experience in the European markets, and has been with Crompton Greaves Ltd, HCL Ltd for a decade. Quasi-entrepreneur for 2 years in talent acquisition, followed by entrepreneurial venture for 11 years at iSpan.
Post Diploma in Administration and Management (IHMCT&AN, Mumbai), specializing in HR. Constantly symbolizing: We've got to remain excited all the time - our only chance to contributing usefully to the society, favorite poem: The road less traveled by Robert Frost, and loves long drives and music.
Mahesh Krishnan: National Business Director
Mahesh Krishnan holds his degree in Commerce from Mumbai University along with an Honors Degree in Software Engineering. He carries more than 17 years of work experience out of which 14 years he was into Media & Advertising.
Siva Columbus: Senior Vice President - Solutions
Prior to TELiBrahma, Siva headed the Presales operations for VeriSign India helping sign up multiple technology and channel partners. He has also done a product based startup in India delivering QoS / SLA solutions for Internet and VoIP networks. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Alabama, USA and carries more than 15 years of experience in product / solution Engineering and Management.
A.L.Sriram
A.L.Sriram has an experience of over 20 years in ‘Advertising Sales’ and ‘Business Development’ in the Newspaper and Broadcast industry. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and has worked in leadership roles in organizations like The Times Of India (BCCL) group, DNA Newspaper, Hindustan Times Ltd and CNBC (ABNi). Sriram has successfully managed multifunctional roles in each of these organizations besides maintaining high standards of delivery.
Chandrashekar BS - EVP
How to leverage technology innovation to provide value in deep and fundamental ways to the consumer & the client.? is the question which he always answers in simple & effective way in his 15 years of distinguished career. A pragmatic, customer focussed, Results-driven Technology executive with broad product development, solution designing & management experience.
His goal is to provide effective solutions and apply his hard-earned insight into building and running cost-effective, efficient, business driven organization. He thus ensures the delivery of top quality products focused on addressing the needs. Develops productive teams in charge for maximizing profitability.
Dhiraj Pai
Dhiraj has over 17 years of experience in sales, business development, brand management, project management & strategy. He started his career with Tata Consulting Engineers, Bangalore. He also has entrepreneurial experience as a founder of a startup, MIH Technologies in 1999. Since 2002, he has been based in Singapore with i-Logics, NCS & Tech Mahindra in a wide range of roles from product management and project management to account management, business development & sales. Dhiraj holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Mysore University and an MBA in Strategy & Technology from Nanyang Business School, Singapore.
Anand C K Shashidhar, Director - UX Engg
With more than 13 years of experience in the IT segment, Anand holds a Management degree, PG Diploma in CS, Bachelors in Science as well as a diploma in Fashion Design and Technology. He has worked in diverse platforms of Web Applications, Thin/Thick clients, Mobile and Emerging media, with managing teams across US, Russia & China apart from India. He has also submitted more than a dozen patents in the Mobile and Emerging Media domains. Among his several interests are Farming, Authoring, Rifle Shooting, Music, Movies & outdoor events.
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Mahesh Karanth - Technical Architect
A versatile Technical Architect with a zest to innovate, Mahesh is a young, dynamic, creative software professional with a go getter attitude that makes him an accomplished professional. An asset to TELiBrahma, he played a pivotal role in the success of BluFi & IntARact. He carries with him a strong track record of identifying creative solutions that the company has successfully utilized. Having an engineering degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University, he leads high-impact teams in all phases of Project Management, from architecture to development and implementation, with a commitment to greater company success while ensuring customer satisfaction.
Santosh S - Technology Manager
Customer centric, innovative, result oriented, dynamic professional focused on design, development and implementation of cutting edge technologies is what defines Santosh. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Information Science engineering from the Visvesvaraya Technological University. Santosh maintains a blend of business and technical expertise functioning in numerous capacities including design, technical architecture, development, team leadership and project management. His unique style and personality has enabled him to be one of the early adopters to cutting edge technologies. Building consensus and commitment by valuing and empowering his team has been a key differentiator in his career.
Ramya N Aradhya - Technology Manager
A Telecommunication engineer from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Ramya has more than 6 years of experience in Research & Development involving technologies like Bluetooth, Image processing, Augmented Reality and development of mobile applications.
Ravindra L - Technology Manager
A committed IT professional with more than 5 years of experience in a start up environment, Ravindra is successfully managing design, development and implementation of projects across various technologies. He demonstrated excellence in all phases of the software development life cycle including Business Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Design, Development, Testing, Quality Assurance and Implementation. He carries strong skills in managing teams, honed by over 4 years of successful project management. An Engineer in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University, his Technology Specialties are Bluetooth, Augmented Reality, Mobile app development on BlackBerry, Android, J2ME, Server management and WAP.
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