Leadership Team

Shyamsundar is responsible for driving initiatives and go-to-market strategies across the multiple product/service lines of Vy ventures. He brings deep insights from over 25 years of delivering data and digital transformation solutions in financial, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, insurance, state, federal, automobile, utility, facility management, retail industry verticals. Shyam specializes in technology services strategies, deeply passionate about understanding customer’s business pains, architecting the best-fit solutions, and aligns delivery in full lifecycle application development and implementation, data, analytics, and AI strategies. Shyam is a bachelor of engineering from Madras University, Chennai, cerified in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Suite and a certified Scrum Master.

Harish is a Senior IT leader with a distinguished track record spanning the entire Banking Information Technology value chain. He has worked for some of the leading banks in the Middle East in strategic positions. Key competences: Digital Transformation, Business Analysis, IT enablement of Business, Architecture and Integration, Outsourcing, Business Solutions, Application Design and Development, IT Infrastructure Management, Business Continuity Planning, DR Planning, Backup, and Recovery Planning, IT Operations, Risk Management, Program Management, Project Management, Budgeting, Policies and Procedures, SDLC, SLA, Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring. His zeal towards becoming an entrepreneur propelled him to join Vy, and he has been instrumental in starting its Canada Operations in the year 2018. He has successfully grown the Canada operations since then and spearheads growth in diverse domains for Vy ventures.

Raffi is responsible for technology operations and implementations in the South East Asian Region. Career spanning 28 years in the IT industry starting from a IT instructor teaching Cobol, Pascal and Basica in a school environment and  climbing in ranks to be a Global Delivery Manager in a reputed MNC. Over the years have accumulated experience in many domains and have worked in high end projects with AIG(Insurance), PSA, HDB, Logistical Companies, Container Yard Management(for a Malaysian Project), Departmental Stores, Law Firms, Medical Evacuation firms, Call Centers and many more. Experience in working in a demanding and high stress environment. Strong skills in Customer engagement. Always shows keen interest to Understand their needs to deliver their  expectations. An energetic person with a positive approach to all facets of life. 

Business Tech executive, over 26 years’ global experience across geographies, industry verticals, charged with maximizing the value of business, market share and revenues of business. During his 26 years of enriching career, Pankaj rose through the ranks and navigated several strategic and leadership roles at several top global conglomerates – Siemens, Tata, BT and Reliance. After holding a variety of roles Pankaj became Chief Sales Officer - Global of Vy Systems in heading Vy Ventures global business comprising of operations in North America, India. Singapore & Europe. Experience in general management and go-to-market, running multiple functions, and owning P&L. High level of entrepreneurship, ability to build high performing teams and empower individuals to deliver. Building employee engagement and a company culture that inspires people are as important as the plan for revenue generation. Embed purpose into the fabric of the organization. Pankaj holds Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from University Of Pune and Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras.

Thiru heads the Global technology talent-sourcing division of Vy ventures.. Thiru started with Vy on graduating from college as a fresher and grew to his current leadership position due to his smart work and perseverance. Thiru has created an ecosystem of various recruitment tools and processes to maximize ROI and responsiveness to customer demands. He is a multi-skilled professional with experience and expertise in all facets of talent sourcing, including talent acquisition, talent management, talent engagement, and finding growth opportunities for the company. He specializes in building teams and processes working alongside with the businesses. Thiru holds a bachelors in Computer Science Engineering from Anna University. He is fondly called as Thiru.

Mahendra, also known as Magesh, brings over two decades of people management experience in diverse fields. He currently heads the HR and Operations of the entire Vy affiliate group companies. He is one of the veterans who rose to a leadership role growing steadily with us from an entry-level internship position. Magesh has been instrumental in setting up and operationally aligning multiple teams in very short timeframes. He excels at evolving hiring strategies, Operations management, Training. He is passionate about working for employee empowerment & motivating them to develop as a well-rounded professional. Magesh has also had extensive experience in software training operation.

Srikanth Nannuri has 25 years of experience in developing, implementing strategic plans for e-commerce companies such as Toysrus.com. Collaborated with cross-functional teams, executives, and stakeholders to gain buy-in for strategic initiatives and ensure alignment across departments. He is experienced in setting project milestones, allocating resources, managing budgets, and monitoring progress to ensure timely and effective delivery. Srikanth is involved leveraging new technologies, conducting research and analysis, and developing innovative solutions to stay ahead of the competition. Experienced in setting up project milestones, allocating resources, managing budgets, and monitoring progress to ensure timely and effective delivery.

Dinesh is supporting & managing our Pan India hiring division with 18 years of experience in the FMCG/Banking & Staffing Industry, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Secretaryship. He joined Vy in 2010 as a Recruiter and passed through different acid tests and also continued learning from all at Vy. He has elevated himself due to his hard work and continues to grow. Dinesh always believes in the policy of 'Accept & Adopt' which helped him to cross over many difficulties during his elevation to the next level. He drives the floor with the excitement to make the people feel comfortable and work peacefully to achieve their targets.

Sujatha Praveen is the Head – Human Resources at Vy Systems with responsibility for building a purposeful organization, implementing the company’s people value proposition, and developing a growth mindset. She attributes her growth to the performance-driven, transparent and diverse culture at Vy Systems. Passionate about nurturing talent and accentuating the human side of enterprise, she focuses on driving the data across the people and performance dimensions. Having worked at leading companies, Sujatha brings two decades of wide-ranging HR experience spanning learning, talent and diversity. Sujatha holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources from Mother Teresa Women’s University. She advises young professionals on being lifelong learners and building resilience to deal with workplace challenges.

Mrs.Kavitha Varadharajan a dedicated professional pursued her Bsc Maths from Ethiraj College, Chennai, and further pursued her MCA from Bharathidasan University. Started her career as a Computer Science lecturer at Chellammal College later joined Vy as IT Recruiter in early 2008. Vy understood and identified Kavitha's caliber and created opportunities, roles and responsibilities for her to understand different functions of Vy's services. She started as a recruiter then moved to client interaction, proposal management, recruitment team management/mentoring, employee engagement, and managing finance/operations of Vy Systems. She is playing a significant role in helping and supporting Vy's employees to understand their strengths and weaknesses, to handle and overcome day to day challenges As a part of the TIER 1 team she dedicates her time and energy towards all the functions she had learned till date and is a significant contributor to Vy's stability and growth. Being a married woman who lives in a joint family and mother of a teenager she proved the equation of work-life balance. Vy is proud to have empowered a homemaker into a strong working woman.

Subra is a proven technology expert and general manager with over two decades of experience leading technology organizations. Subra brings his vision and passion for engineering innovative products and services and heads multiple product development and service-offering initiatives. Most recently, as an Associate Partner of M&S Consulting LLC, Subra led the Enterprise Applications Consulting practice, leading teams of consultants and technologists. As a consultant, Subra has delivered hands-on on numerous high-profile initiatives in the Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Higher-Ed, and Retail domains. He can dive deep or go wide in the areas of ERP, CRM, Supply Chain, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-native solutions, Middleware, SaaS, IPaaS, BI & Analytics, and Onshore-Offshore Managed Services. Before that, as Director for Enterprise Applications at West Virginia University, he was responsible for implementing university-wide, mission-critical, administrative IT systems, leading teams of business analysts and technical developers. Subra holds a Bachelor’s of Engineering from the University of Madras and a Master’s in Business Administration from West Virginia University. Subra is a certified developer and architect on several technology platforms such as Oracle, Boomi, and a CompTIA Security ++ certified.

Shyam is a consultant and venture partner who specializes in medical devices and deep tech. With over 30 years of experience in product development and technology management, Shyam has an outstanding track record in technology leadership and has played a vital role in driving outcome backed innovation and entrepreneurial incubation labs at GE Healthcare. Shyam created and institutionalized the Forge Lab, a GE company-wide incubator that showcases cutting edge technology feasibility. Shyam has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused on 3D Rendering and Visualization Algorithms from RMIT University.

Kumaravel, also known as Vel, is responsible for delivery, and he heads the offshore delivery center in Chennai, India. Vel has hands-on grown the teams in numerical strength, skill diversity, and delivery capabilities through hard work and perseverance. Vel has consistently contributed to success in all areas of the offshore delivery centers growth, handling pre-sales, technology, development, quality, talent identification, sourcing and nurturing, and delivery. Vel is the go-to person when it comes to problem-solving on various fronts, including people issues and skill gap issues. He is hands-on and brings unique perspectives in website designs, search engine optimation, web and mobile apps design, cloud and on-premises infrastructure support, and works hard to keep his teams in pace with the current technology and bridges skill gaps. Vel is a bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai.