Praveen Cherian—CEO

Praveen, a key member of IBM-GTS India Leadership Team, has 14 years of experience with IBM India. He has held a variety of responsibilities contributing to IBM’s success in India. Some of the key roles he held include Country Executive—Marketing, Strategy and Transformation, IBM Global Technology Services, India / South Asia; Executive—Services Group, heading four services divisions of IBM India / South Asia Region; Country Manager—Networking, Site & Security Services, India / Sri Lanka; and ITS Practice Leader—Wireless e-Business, IBM Asia Pacific Region. Praveen continues to spearhead the Netsol management team post-acquisition.

Praveen is an Electronics and Communications Engineer with a MBA in Sales and Marketing.

Vinod Nair—COO

Vinod is no stranger to IBM, having held various key positions within IBM. Vinod has been with IBM India since 1997, first in IBM ACS Cabling Services, Cisco and non-Cisco Alliance and then holding key positions in GTS Asia Pacific like Wireless e-Business Services Leader, Digital Media Services Leader, RFID Solution Leader, Program Manager—Storage Services & Information Life Cycle Management and Program Manager—Asia Pacific for Server, Storage & Data Services SPL within GTS.

Vinod is an Electronics & Telecommunications Engineer from MG University, Kerala.

Venkatesh Kumar Ramanujam—CFO

Venkatesh Kumar Ramanujam brings 18 years of experience in finance & services delivery. Prior to this role he was working with HP Global Soft Private Limited, where he led the Finance and Operations for Global delivery Infrastructure division for four and a half years. Before his stint with HP, Venkatesh was with IBM for nine years in varied roles supporting Baan Application, Migration of erstwhile Tata IBM systems to IBM common system and as AP PCD coordinator.

Venkatesh is a Bachelor of Commerce from Bangalore University and a Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountant of India.

Jagadish Kumar—CTO

Jagadish brings a wealth of experience with 14 years of IT experience, nine years of which is in the Networking space. His earlier roles include Solutions Manager for multi SPL bids within Global Technology Services (GTS) in IBM and Head—Country-wide Pre-sales for networking business and IT at Netsol. Jagadish has previously worked for Honeywell ISO and Kindle Banking Systems as their IT Manager.

Jagadish is an Electrical Engineer from Bangalore University.


Daniel Bandari—Head, Customer Focus

Daniel Bandari has 17 years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to Netsol, he has worked for VXL Instruments Pvt Ltd and Advantec Network Pvt Ltd. He joined Netsol as Regional Manager, Sales and Operations in 1998. He has been with Netsol for 10 years and during his tenure with Netsol, Daniel has held various positions in Marketing, Sales, Planning, Delivery and Operations. Daniel now heads the Customer Focus division in Netsol.

Daniel is a Mechanical Engineer and holds a Diploma in Computer Application and Business Administration.

Manish Kainth—HR Partner

Manish has 11 years of work experience. Prior to joining IBM, Manish has worked with companies such as Tata Motors and Hindustan Unilever, among others. He has an in-depth experience in managing the HR function in Manufacturing, Sales and IT organisations. Manish has been the HR Partner for GTS-India, before moving to Netsol.

Manish is a Mechanical Engineer from PEC, Chandigarh and has done his post-graduation in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Vinod Kakumanu—Country Manager, Assets Development Group

Vinod Kakumanu has over 11 years experience in IT Service Management software technology and business. He joined Network Solution in 2000 and has successfully held various positions in Delivery, Solutions Consulting, Professional services, Software Quality and Product Management. He is the recipient of multiple technical awards and honors from HP, proficient in management software and was instrumental in launching NOC Inside - a revolutionary automation service. Before joining Network Solutions, Vinod was one of the founders of Motive Software, a software training and development start-up.

Vinod is an Electronics and Communications Engineer from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh.

Shivashanker Balasubramanian—Country Manager, EUS Delivery

Shivashanker is the EUS Delivery leader for India/SA for the integrated EUS delivery organisation in ITS. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT services industry. He has been involved in the Managed Services (FMS) business for over a decade, besides his experience in the Infrastructure, Networking, Information security, Systems Integration & Implementation Services. An Electronics & Communication engineering graduate, his career spans across Odyssey Technologies, Nexus Computers and Aurelec.

Shivashanker has been instrumental in transforming the EUS Delivery under ITS, putting in place a robust organization to meet the fast changing and challenging market conditions. His innovation and business oriented approach has helped IBM win crucial deals against stiff competition since the time he took up the mantle of Delivery Leader for EUS.

Nedunchezhiyan Durai—Country Maintenance Leader, ICS

With over 16 years of experience in the IT service industry, Nedunchezhiyan has varied experience in IT Support & Services with a focus on System Integration, Implementation & Support services. Prior to joining Netsol, he worked as Customer Support Engineer for Digital Equipment India Limited for five years. Nedunchezhiyan has been with Netsol for over 10 years and has served in various capacities including Regional Support Manager, Project Manager, Technical Architect, and Network Engineer.

Nedunchezhiyan is an A.M.I.E in Computer Engineering from Institute of Engineers, Kolkata.

Venkatesh Bose—Head, ICS Delivery

Venkatesh has more than 16 years of technical and industry experience in the Networking area, 11 years of which have been with IBM India. In his previous roles within IBM, Venkatesh has been the Regional Engagement Manager—South for ICS SPL within GTS, and has handled the South India and SriLanka Pre-sales for the Networking business as well as ICS Delivery for South India and SriLanka.

Venkatesh is a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and certified under the Cisco CCIE™ program.