GTECH ELECTION 2020-22 PROFILE OF THE CANDIDATES FROM TRIVANDRUM – POSITION: MEMBER, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Abhilash Jaypal 1 Terrific Minds Abhilash Jayapal is the Founder/CEO of Terrific Minds. He leads the firm's diversification in the areas of digital commerce and design. He also serves as the Director of OrthoFX - a US headquartered healthcare product startup. The India entity operates out of Infopark, Kochi. Over his 17 year career, he has led positions in General Management, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Human Resources & UX Consulting. He also serves as a Strategic Advisor to early stage startups. 2 Anoop P Ambika Clap Research Anoop P Ambika is the CEO of CLAP Research (an AI/ML product development company) and Genpro Research (a clinical data analytics firm operating out of Trivandrum, Boston and Baroda). Anoop started his entrepreneurial pursuit in 2004 by setting up Kreara Solutions, a data analytics company which was acquired and rebranded as Cognub Decision Solutions in 2015. He worked in the United States for 8 years before coming back to Kerala and starting Kreara. He also serves as a member of the, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and innovation Council of University of Kerala. He is also a member of academic council subcommittee of KTU and expert committee of Kerala Startup Mission. Arun Raj R 3 OrisysIndia ConsultancyServices. Arun is the Chief Executive Officer of Orisys. He founded the start-up in 2009 and incubated it with Technopark T-TBI in 2011. Arun came through all the startup eco system in Kerala. A results-driven, self-motivated and resourceful professional with a proven ability to develop and strengthen management teams in order to maximize company profitability and efficiency. Always looking for solving challenging managerial and technical problems, which will make best use of my existing skills and experience and also further my personal and professional development 4 Binu Jacob Experion Technologies Binu is the CEO & Managing Director of Experion Technologies.With over 23 years of experience, Binu has played executive leadership roles in several IT product companies. 1992-1998, short service commissioned officer - Indian airforce, working as a test engineer on surface to air missile systems and radars. Later moved into calibration engineer on RF / communications equipment for IAF Deepu S Nath 5 TECHFAYA Innovations Pvt Ltd Deepu is a programmer turned entrepreneur, with 18 years' experience in the IT industry. He is currently the Managing Director of TECHFAYA Innovations Pvt Ltd (FAYA). Deepu works closely with Government agencies like Kerala Start- up Mission and ICFOSS; besides the many open source initiatives GoK pursue. He also mentors a handful of startups in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. Deepu's network extends beyond the entrepreneur circles, and has won him a popular place in the employee community. Gautam Shankar 6 Kimball Electronics India Pvt Ltd Gautam Shankar is VP Operations - India and Japan at Kimball Electronics 20+ years in Product, Technology and General management roles. Experienced in business development, product development, solution architecture, engineering design and management of the entire PDLC. Associated with Japan business & operations since 1999. 7 Harish Mohan Performatix Solutions Pvt Ltd Harish Mohan is the Co-Founder and Director of Perfomatix Solutions, a technology company which does product development for global clients. With over 16 years of Industry experience in India and abroad , he co-founded Perfomatix at Technopark in 2013. Harish has worked as a mentor for startups at Kerala Start-up Mission. He also runs a non profit up-skilling initiative named Upskill Mission ( www.upskillmission.org), with a mission of making young engineers job ready through one to one coaching and mentoring. He is a strong advocate of increased collaboration among companies and thereby leveraging the collective demand generation capability of the IT fraternity to promote the untapped solution potential of our startups and SMEs. 8 Manoj Dethan Edify Data Science Pvt Ltd Manoj, Founder & CEO of Edify Datascience has almost 25 years of experience in the global IT industry most of which is with startup ventures. Powered by his Engineering background, Manoj started his entrepreneurial journey in 2004 by Co-founding Kreara Solutions and served as its Director. He was also associated with the first T-BIC tenant OptiBiz Solutions. As a man with diligence, the virtue of his benevolence is rightly served through his membership in various charitable organisations by way of significant contributions to altruistic causes. He was actively involved in co - ordinating relief work and in arranging supplies for the flood victims across the state during the Kerala deluge. Rajesh Babu 9 Mirox Cyber Security & Technology Pvt Ltd Rajesh Babu is the Co-Founder & CEO Managing Director of Mirox Cyber Security & Technology. An Young IT Cyber Security professional with more than 12 + years of overall industrial experience. in developing and implementing an organization’s Cyber Security operational & functioning strategies, Security Testing's & Auditing tactical plans, and executing Critical Cyber & Electronic Security Projects in global, regional, and local markets. His company Mirox is the First Cyber Security Company from Kerala and Startup company whom passed the Security test and Empanelled in CERT-IN Government of India for Security Audit, Security Testing -VAPT, Security Advisory, Security Policy Framework & Consultancy and implementations and related Cyber Security Services & Solutions. 10 Richard Antony Ernst and Young Richard Antony joined Ernst & Young in 1997 operating from Bahrain, and during his stint within the Middle East he was responsible for setting up the IT Infrastructure Services in the GCC for the firm. In 2002, Ernst & Young set up its Shared Services Centre in Trivandrum- Kerala, and as part of the founding group he was instrumental to stabilize and grow the operations in Kerala. He moved back to India from Dubai in 2007 to manage the SSC Operations on ground. In his present role with EY Global Delivery Services, he is Location leader for India, managing the operations in 8 cities. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he has worked with firms like Bank Of America, Proline and GOIL in Mumbai. ‘Richie’ as he is known amongst his close associates, holds a degree in Computer Technology from Mumbai and has close to 26 years of experience in IT and digital transformation. He lives in Trivandrum in Kerala, India, with his family and enjoys reading, football and interacting with start-ups and entrepreneurs. Rony Sebastian 11 Softnotions Technologies Pvt Ltd Rony Sebastian is the Founder & Managing Director at Softnotions Technologies Pvt Ltd, which operates out of Technopark, Padbhanabham Building, Trivandrum. Softnotions was conceptualised with the vision of providing tailored IT services concurrent with global market trends while catering to the client’s demands. He holds a post graduate degree in Software Engineering. Rony has over 14 years’ IT experience & have dabbled in various roles, before venturing out on his own. Rony is co-founder at ‘e-vision Academy’, an IT themed learning centre in Trivandrum for software graduates. Sivakumar SK 12 Triassic Solutions Sivakumar started his entrepreneurial journey at a very young age and is currently heading Triassic Solutions Pvt Ltd, which was co-founded in 2004 and catering to the ever-changing technology needs of clients across the globe. Triassic Solutions have offices in the US, Canada and Singapore.He spearheaded the company into a high growth trajectory winning Deloitte Fast 50 India and Asia Pacific Fast 500 Awards two times in a row. Under his leadership, Triassic Solutions has delivered quite a few marquee projects for its long-standing clients. Withstanding the test of time, Sivakumar is steering Triassic to a whole new course of high growth in Artificial Intelligence and IoT in Healthcare and Industrial Automation. 13 Sreekumar V Tata Elxsi Sreekumar V is the Centre Head for Tata Elxsi in Trivandrum. He is having 29 Years of experience in Operations, Developing new business, projects and markets in the top echelon of competitive sectors with excellent organizational experience in Operations, Sales, Business Development and Customer support functions & roles. Suri Amarnath 14 Thoughtline Technologies Pvt Ltd Suri is the CEO of Thoughtline, the first company to move to Technopark Phase III, tackling adversities, even before the construction was complete.. Having 27+ years of experience in the industry, Suri co-founded ThoughtLine in 2008 and is responsible for strategy, employee engagement & delivery. Over the past 12 years, ThoughtLine has expanded operations across USA, Netherlands & India. As a passionate evangelist for Kerala IT, Suri never misses an opportunity to promote Kerala as the premier IT destination. 15 Thomas P Thomas Zyxware Technologies Pvt Ltd Thomas P. Thomas has been the C.E.O. of Zyxware Technologies Private Limited since 2011. He has led the market expansion of Zyxware Technologies to Australia, GCC countries and the APAC region. He has also led the company's FOSS engagement with the Government of Kerala as well as with the global FOSS community leading to fruitful awareness events, policy design and implementation and code contributions to FOSS projects. He has prior experience in development financing with one of India's largest financial institutions with a focus on elementary education and has strong experience in policy advocacy at central and state governments. He has a graduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragode and a PGDRM from IRMA. Tina James 16 Revyrie Global Tina is the CEO of Revyrie Global, and has nearly two decades of experience as an entrepreneur. Before Revyrie Global, she held a Director role in her first startup 3E IT Solutions, which was acquired in 2019. She serves as the President of Kerala chapter of eWIT, a pan-India organization for empowerment of women in IT industry. Tina also sits on the review committee of Kerala Startup Mission.