EXECUTIVE PROFILES
Team ConnectM
Members of the Board
Advisory Board
Prior to ConnectM, Murali was with Agilent Technologies, as the India Country Manager, heading the Operational Support Division focused on Telecommunication. Since joining them in 2004, he has had numerous achievements including the largest OSS deal for the organization, the Super Performance award in 2005 and the Best District award within APAC. Murali has also built a strong network at the CXO level for Agilent with leading Telecom players. In these accounts he has driven the team�s effort to attain the privileged position of �partner of choice�. His team designed a Centralized Roaming Systems which is now being used by leading Telco�s in the US.
Prior to Agilent he was with Tata Consultancy Services heading their Sales & Marketing team for the Telecom vertical.
Murali was in the United States from 1978 to 1996 and worked with Fortune 500 companies like IBM, Xerox and Toshiba, in Leadership positions, with P& L responsibility for the verticals that he managed. He was recipient of several awards for performance; the noteworthy ones being nominated to President�s Club in Rolm/IBM and also winning President�s Citation Award in International Rectifier.
Murali completed his post graduate from Sydenham College, Mumbai and his M.B.A. from St. Joseph�s College , Bangalore.
He is an avid reader and keenly interested in sports, especially basket-ball.
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While at Core Objects, he has lead teams in delivering a variety of software products ranging from, hosting an online platform for selling high value Indian artworks to global customers, to working on a highly scalable web based auction platform built for a US client to sell various items sourced from US police department and retailers.
Prior to CoreObjects he was with Integral Software India Pvt. Ltd., where again he worked on a number of projects. One of the most challenging and fulfilling one included developing software development kit for FOREX application. He has also worked on building frameworks using object oriented Java scripts for rich UI based web applications. He has also worked at i2 technologies where he was involved in SRM and Content Management Solutions development.
Girish brings with him 12+ years of overall experience in software industry including 8 years of focused experience in software product development. He has extensive exposure to Microsoft, Java and open source technologies.
He holds a Master of Computer Applications from DOEACC, New Delhi.
Prior to joining ConnectM, Sriram Chidambaram worked for different multinational companies such as Philips Electronics, Cadence Design Systems and Parametric Technology Corporation. At Parametric Technology Corporation, he was the Regional Manager for the Strategic Segment, responsible for the business from Automotive, Aviation, HiTech and Defence customers. Prior to that, he worked for Cadence for about 8 years, where he was responsible for the business from Global customers like Texas Instruments, IBM, Philips & Samsung and key Indian customers like Wipro, HCL & the TATAs.
For the last 14 years, Sriram Chidambaram has handled high value sales of technology products and services. He has driven multi-million dollar sales campaigns successfully. He has a rich experience of orchestrating multi-geography sales campaigns and handling customers with a global footprint. He has an engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India and a management degree from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His other interests include matters of public policy, specifically, areas of Urban Governance and the Economics of poverty alleviation schemes. He has presented papers in international conferences on public policy.
Rajiv holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from MS University, Baroda, India and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from New York.
His role at Sasken has spanned from Technology, Engineering, Telecom and as head of the Product Division of Sasken.
Sudhir holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and an MBA Degree.
TCM has served on the Boards of Jobstreet India, Webvision India and Vle Trans and is a Chartered Accountant by qualification.
Mel is an International Senior Engineering Executive with over 40 years in the Transportation Industry. He started his career with the British Railways in the UK.
In the year 1992, he joined Bombardier as Engineering Director of Bombardier Prorail Ltd. UK.
As Vice President Engineering and R&D Europe Atlantique, France in 1998, Mel Thomas was part of an important milestone for Bombardier when they won the design, supply and maintain contract for the new Virgin Rail Tilting and Non-Tilting fleet for the UK. This was significant because of the technology incorporated into the design, the scale of the project, and the very short project timescale.
Before taking on responsibilities as the Senior Vice President Operations, Services Division, Belgium in the year 2005, Mel saw the acquisition of Adtranz from Daimler Chrysler in May 2001, thus creating the World�s number one railway company, Bombardier Transportation.
Until recently Mel Thomas was the Chairman of InteGRail (Intelligent Integration of Railway Systems) a four year integrated E.U. funded research project grouping 39 international partners with a budget of about �20 million coordinated by UNIFE, launched in 2005. This project aims to develop a coherent information system integrating all major rail sub-systems. He has also been a member of the Railway Forum (UK)/Modern Railways, Railway Industry Innovation Awards judging panel since 2005.
Mel Thomas is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formally the Institution of Electrical Engineers), and has a Masters Degree in Industrial Management.
Team ConnectM
Members of the Board
Advisory Board
Team ConnectM
Murali Ramalingam
Managing Director
Prior to ConnectM, Murali was with Agilent Technologies, as the India Country Manager, heading the Operational Support Division focused on Telecommunication. Since joining them in 2004, he has had numerous achievements including the largest OSS deal for the organization, the Super Performance award in 2005 and the Best District award within APAC. Murali has also built a strong network at the CXO level for Agilent with leading Telecom players. In these accounts he has driven the team�s effort to attain the privileged position of �partner of choice�. His team designed a Centralized Roaming Systems which is now being used by leading Telco�s in the US.
Prior to Agilent he was with Tata Consultancy Services heading their Sales & Marketing team for the Telecom vertical.
Murali was in the United States from 1978 to 1996 and worked with Fortune 500 companies like IBM, Xerox and Toshiba, in Leadership positions, with P& L responsibility for the verticals that he managed. He was recipient of several awards for performance; the noteworthy ones being nominated to President�s Club in Rolm/IBM and also winning President�s Citation Award in International Rectifier.
Murali completed his post graduate from Sydenham College, Mumbai and his M.B.A. from St. Joseph�s College , Bangalore.
He is an avid reader and keenly interested in sports, especially basket-ball.
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Girish Subramanya
Head - Delivery
While at Core Objects, he has lead teams in delivering a variety of software products ranging from, hosting an online platform for selling high value Indian artworks to global customers, to working on a highly scalable web based auction platform built for a US client to sell various items sourced from US police department and retailers.
Prior to CoreObjects he was with Integral Software India Pvt. Ltd., where again he worked on a number of projects. One of the most challenging and fulfilling one included developing software development kit for FOREX application. He has also worked on building frameworks using object oriented Java scripts for rich UI based web applications. He has also worked at i2 technologies where he was involved in SRM and Content Management Solutions development.
Girish brings with him 12+ years of overall experience in software industry including 8 years of focused experience in software product development. He has extensive exposure to Microsoft, Java and open source technologies.
He holds a Master of Computer Applications from DOEACC, New Delhi.
Sriram Chidambaram
Head - Sales and Marketing
Prior to joining ConnectM, Sriram Chidambaram worked for different multinational companies such as Philips Electronics, Cadence Design Systems and Parametric Technology Corporation. At Parametric Technology Corporation, he was the Regional Manager for the Strategic Segment, responsible for the business from Automotive, Aviation, HiTech and Defence customers. Prior to that, he worked for Cadence for about 8 years, where he was responsible for the business from Global customers like Texas Instruments, IBM, Philips & Samsung and key Indian customers like Wipro, HCL & the TATAs.
For the last 14 years, Sriram Chidambaram has handled high value sales of technology products and services. He has driven multi-million dollar sales campaigns successfully. He has a rich experience of orchestrating multi-geography sales campaigns and handling customers with a global footprint. He has an engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India and a management degree from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His other interests include matters of public policy, specifically, areas of Urban Governance and the Economics of poverty alleviation schemes. He has presented papers in international conferences on public policy.
Members of the Board
Rajiv C Mody
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.
Rajiv holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from MS University, Baroda, India and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from New York.
Dr G Venkatesh
Executive Director & CTO/CSO
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.
His role at Sasken has spanned from Technology, Engineering, Telecom and as head of the Product Division of Sasken.
Sudhir Sethi
Founder, Chairman & Managing Director
IDG Ventures India
Sudhir holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and an MBA Degree.
T. C. Meenakshisundaram (TCM)
Founder, Managing Director
IDG Ventures India
TCM has served on the Boards of Jobstreet India, Webvision India and Vle Trans and is a Chartered Accountant by qualification.
Advisory Board
Mel Thomas
Advisory Board of ConnectM
Mel is an International Senior Engineering Executive with over 40 years in the Transportation Industry. He started his career with the British Railways in the UK.
In the year 1992, he joined Bombardier as Engineering Director of Bombardier Prorail Ltd. UK.
As Vice President Engineering and R&D Europe Atlantique, France in 1998, Mel Thomas was part of an important milestone for Bombardier when they won the design, supply and maintain contract for the new Virgin Rail Tilting and Non-Tilting fleet for the UK. This was significant because of the technology incorporated into the design, the scale of the project, and the very short project timescale.
Before taking on responsibilities as the Senior Vice President Operations, Services Division, Belgium in the year 2005, Mel saw the acquisition of Adtranz from Daimler Chrysler in May 2001, thus creating the World�s number one railway company, Bombardier Transportation.
Until recently Mel Thomas was the Chairman of InteGRail (Intelligent Integration of Railway Systems) a four year integrated E.U. funded research project grouping 39 international partners with a budget of about �20 million coordinated by UNIFE, launched in 2005. This project aims to develop a coherent information system integrating all major rail sub-systems. He has also been a member of the Railway Forum (UK)/Modern Railways, Railway Industry Innovation Awards judging panel since 2005.
Mel Thomas is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formally the Institution of Electrical Engineers), and has a Masters Degree in Industrial Management.
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