Speaker Bio:  

Sundari Ramakrishnan
Asst Dean, National Mgmt School
Sundari started her career with Indian Overseas Bank, where she was heading small and medium branches specializing in retail, advances and forex for 20+ years. Since 1996 Sundari has been associated with the IT industry. She started with Pentasoft as Head of Quality for their International Banking division besides being the domain consultant. Currently, she is the Asst. Dean of National Management School owned and run by Professors from the US offering a two year Post graduate program in Management in collaboration with Georgia State University. Education and Training: M.Com, CAIIB, ICWA, CQA (Certified Quality analyst), CQSP (Certified Software Quality Professional) and Lead Assessor for ISO 9001. Currently pursuing research with Madras University.
Srinivasan Vaidyanathan
Account Delivery Manager, Cognizant Technology Solu
Srinivasan has a B.Sc degree in Physics (Bharathidasan University), MS in Software Engineering (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) and Executive MBA in Marketing (Kuvempu University). He has been an accomplished and results-driven Account / Delivery Manager and has over 15 years of progressive, leadership and managerial experience in high visibility roles of Project/People/Operations/Account/Delivery Management and Business Development.
Radhika Ravi P
AVP – Business Process Excellence , Polaris
Radhika has over 14 years of experience in the IT sector, specializing in management, consulting, software testing and project management. A graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering (University of Madras), she holds a MBA (Harvard Business School and U21 Global) and is also a certified PMP and CSQA. In her current position, Radhika is responsible for maintenance of the QMS and also definition of new frameworks for Business. She has published papers out of industry experience, of which two were selected in Euro SPI 2007 and SEPG LA 2007.
Samatha Aveti
Project Manager , HCL
With 12 years of working experience, Samatha holds a B.Com degree from S.V. University, Andhra Pradesh. She also has a MCA degree from IGNOU and MBA (IT) from ICFAI, Tripura. Certified in PMP, CIC, ITIL, SPET, MCSD and ADCA, Samatha in her current position is the project manager at HCL. Her key skills comprise of end to end project management, project time estimates, cost budgeting, people management, PMP & MS Project Training, MS Technologies.
Suresh Anandakrishnan
Head- eLearning, Knowledge Universe
Suresh has a MBA/PGDM in Operations Management from National Institute of Business Management and a B.A in Sociology from Madras University. He has 11 years of working experience in the IT (Software/Software Services) field and has expertise domain knowledge in content development, eLearning, eTutoring, eCommerce and project management. In his current position, Suresh heads the education/training services which include both eLearning and Online tutoring divisions.
N S Bharathy
Vice President, NuStreet Technologies
B.Tech/B.E. in Mechanical (NIT, Suratkal) and MBA/PGDM in International Business (The OUBS, Milton Keynes, UK). Presently posted as the Vice President of NuStreet Technologies, his job responsibilities include product management, content acquisition and product marketing. His main areas of interest embrace business consulting, business development, relationship management, and technology.
Srikanth Valuthur
Deputy GM , IBM
Srikanth has an experience of 18 years and holds a B.Tech/B.E degree in computer science (Madurai Kamaraj University) and an Executive MBA in eCommerce (National University, California). He is certified in PMP and has a MBA certificate from Tulane Freeman School of Business, U.S. At present, Srikanth is the SSO Lead (Datacom) in IBM. His key skills comprise infrastructure management, ODC management, end-to-end sourcing and strategic planning.
K. Raman
IT Manager, Hi Commands Tech India
K. Raman has over 19 years of working experience in the field of IT and related industries. He has done his MBA/PGDM in Finance and B.Sc in Maths from Chennai University. As the IT Manager, his responsibilities include accountability for deployments of products and infrastructure management.
Narendran Thillaisthanam
Associate Vice President, Photon Infotech
Associate Director, Photon Infotech Pvt. Ltd A NIT Rourkela graduate, Narendran completed his M.S.E in Software Engineering from Brandeis University. He has a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Harvard University and a MBA in Business Management from Warwick Business School. Currently posted as the Associate Director, Narendran’s key skills include technology management, IT market strategy development, and business process management.
Manikanda Pisharody
Product Manager, Cognizant Technology
With a working experience of over 12 years, Manikanda has a B.Tech/B.E degree in Mechanical (Kerala University) and an Executive MBA from IIM Bangalore. He has IT management experience in varied functional and management roles in IT services and product organization structures across US and India, including Product and delivery management roles.