Kishan Ananthram

(1) Co-founder and CEO of IonIdea (www.ionidea.com) - A multi-national technology firm that has been in business for 30 years and has over 1,000 employees in the US, Middle-East and India.

- IonIdea specializes in "Product Engineering" and "Digital Transformation". It helps VC, PE and publicly owned tech companies build their software products, and it helps mid to large enterprises succeed in their business transformation journeys by implementing bespoke custom enterprise-grade business-critical software and by implement COTS solutions as well.

- IonIdea is in the process of transforming itself from a privately owned firm to a global Partner-owned firm (like McKinsey, PWC, EY, etc.). As part of this transformation, IonIdea has onboarded dozens of Partner into its firm last year and will be onboarding hundreds more over the next few years.

(2) Co-founder of GuardOn (www.GuardOn.com) - A personal safety and security solution, as well as an "Enterprise Emergency Response Management" solution. It is both a B2C and a B2B solution.

- Genesis of GuardOn - In response to random violence that happens all to frequently against women in most countries, GuardOn was created. It's goals has always been to prevent "bad situations from becoming worse" and to save lives. GuardOn believes that when it comes to safety, "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure".

- Opportunities in Enterprises - Companies have a duty of care to keep their employees safe and to respond to their emergencies (medical or safety) when they are working onsite or remotely.

- GuardOn's comprehensive technology platform (mobile apps, wearable devices, voice assistants, enterprise portal, first responder portal) and 24x7x365 emergency response monitoring solution gets help quickly to those that face emergencies (medical or safety)

(3) Co-founder of ion-education (www.ion-education.com) - An ERP solution for higher-education.

- Flagship module is Cudos, a Curriculum Design (and learning attainment tracking) solution, to help higher educational institutions with accreditation and to help them design curricula so that the gap in learning between what students have learnt at graduation and what industry expects them to have learnt, is bridged.

- Other modules include those for Examination Management, Digital Valuation, Admissions Management, Fee Management, etc.

(4) Co-founder of Tigers (www.TalentTigers.com, www.HealthTigers.com, www.InfoTigers.com)

- BPO / KPO company delivering business processes very cost-efficiently through implementation of technologies and through labor arbitrage

(5) Co-founder of Omtara Kuteera (www.Omtara.in), a India Heritage Resort, located near Bengaluru, India

(6) Co-founder of Virchus (www.Virchus.com), a school venture to create next-generation leaders

(7) Prior experience as an Employee and Consultant - Expertise building complex software and systems for the Telecom and Financial Services (mortgage) industry.