Professional Information:
- Future Focus Infotech Pvt Ltd
- Co-Founder & Managing Director
- ~ $80 mil Revenue 2021-2022 (provisional)
- Working with Large IT System Integrators – TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant for more than 2 decades
- Established operations in India, US and Middle East & Africa
- Now part of en-Japan – Tokyo stock exchange listed group with $2 bil market cap
Industry Associations:
- NASSCOM
- 2019-2021
- Member of NASSCOM National SME Council – in the toughest years due to COVID-19, actively engaged to bring the SME ecosystem together
- 2017-2021
- Member of NASSCOM TN Regional Council, again actively engaging with the local ecosystem
- 2019-2021
- SICCI- South India Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 2020- till date
- Chair of Technology Committee
- Presented recommendations on IT policy to the Govt of TN
- Engaged in providing knowledge framework to SMEs on Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0
- Took part in the Guidance Tamil Nadu’s (nodal agency to promote investment in the state) initiative, Yaadhum Oorae , to promote Startup ecosystem in TN to the Tamil diaspora from around the world
- 2020- till date
- TiE Chennai – The Indus Entrepreneurs, Chennai chapter
- 6 years – Governing Council member
- Currently – Charter member
- STPI – Software Technology Parks of India, Govt. of India
- FinBlue – Active advisor for setup of the fintech incubator of STPI
- Played an active role in building the fintech startup ecosystem at FinBlue post setup
Startup Ecosystem – Investor, Mentor, Speaker:
- IAN – Indian Angel Network
- Member and Lead investor for more than a decade
- Invested in startups globally
- Investment & Advisory in tech-driven startups
- Has seen successful exits in several startups scaling to next round of investments
- NAN – Native Angel Network
- Largest ecosystem in promoting entrepreneurship in tier 2 and tier 3 cities/towns
- Board Director
- Active contributor to Investment/Mentoring & Governance
- July Ventures
- Investment Advisor of a SEBI registered fund
- ATEA – American Tamil Entrepreneurs Association
- Actively engaged with the ATEA ecosystem
Others:
- 2019-2020 – Awarded Mentor of the Year by TN Govt
- 2019-todate – Governing Council Member, Sahyadri College of Engineering &
- Management
- Active Blogger – Initiated “Padigal” Vlog in Tamil for entrepreneurs
