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Board of Directors >> |
APARA 's key management team is a blend of recognized technical and business professionals who bring a collective experience of more than 100+ years of business operations.
Kumar Malavalli
Shivaram M N
Sumit Kumar Khetan
Kumar Malavalli, Chairman Kumar Malavalli is widely considered to be the visionary behind Fibre Channel storage fabrics, an evolutionary technology that enabled the development of production-class storage area networks (SANs) and a multi-billion dollar market segment. Kumar is co-founder and currently chairman and CEO of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based InMage Systems Inc. He also is the co-founder of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., one of the world's largest providers of infrastructure solutions for storage area networks. He is also one of the principal architects of Fibre Channel technology, a high-speed data transfer technology used in storage networks. He served as chair of the ANSI T11 Technical Committee, which established universal standards for Fibre Channel. Among his most significant industry contributions are serving in technical capacities for Amdahl, Canstar, and Hewlett-Packard. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Storage Networking Industry Association and the Fibre Channel Industry Association. In February 2003, Kumar was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame for his contributions to technology. He also received the Gene Milligan Award for Effective Committee Management from the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) for chairing an INCITS committee that developed 17 standards in the area of Storage Area Networks. Kumar currently invests in and mentors numerous storage networking startups in both Silicon Valley and in India. He also contributes substantially toward his own global vision, which encompasses telemedicine and education. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Indus Entrepreneurs Silicon Valley Chapter, and is a trustee of the American India Foundation. For many years Kumar chaired the ANSI Fibre Channel Technical Committee and was a member of the boards of the Fiber Channel Industry Association and the Storage Networking Industry Association, Storage Networking Summit. He is one of the board members of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global nonprofit organization created for the advancement of entrepreneurship among Indians and non-Indians in Silicon Valley and around the world. Kumar has promoted number of storage networking companies like, Aarohi Communications, Intransa, LightSand Communications, Cloverleaf Communications, TeleVital, Tidal Data. He is also Founder of Edurite Technologies. He is a partner and co-chairman in Pulsar Ventures, based in Half Moon Bay. Kumar is a member of the board of trustees of The America India Foundation, founded in January of 2001 by leading Indian-American business and community leaders under the patronage of former President Bill Clinton.
M S Sidhu, CEO & Founder Sidhu, with his pioneering vision founded APARA in 1992. He has over 18 years rich experience in Business management, sales &marketing of IT solutions and services to enterprise customers .He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Before he founded APARA, Sidhu worked for India's largest IT companies- HCL and Wipro in key sales positions. Right from inception, with his dynamism and passion for excellence, he has nurtured APARA into leadership position in IT infrastructure Solutions & Services market.
Vidya Lakshmi, Director Vidya Lakshmi co-founded APARA with Sidhu. She
has over 15 years experience in managing operations, customer service
and HR. She has had considerable experience in managing Service Operations
at Xerox. At APARA, Vidya was instrumental in building a strong foundation
of customer service, operational excellence, quality processes and employee
friendly HR policies.
Shivaram M N, Director Prof. Shivaram M.N. has over 25 years of Industrial and Research experience, mentoring technocrat entrepreneurs and supporting them during their establishment, sustenance and growth. He was instrumental in establishing the first Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) in the country and a Technology Business Incubator as Director, catalyzing the establishment of ICT enterprises with R&D, HRD, and business facilitation. This STEP was adjudged the best STEP in the Country and awarded the BEST STEP award by Department of Science and Technology Govt.of India. He was also the Member Secretary National Advisory Committee, Chairman Organizing Committee for the All India Workshop on ICT for Masses, Chairman of The Institution of Engineers India and President of the Mysore IT Forum.
He is the recipient of a Special Honour Award with a citation and medal by WASME (World Association of Small & Medium Enterprises) in China, for his contribution to the establishment & growth of SME's in the region. He is the Charter member of TiE Bangalore.He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of eHealth Technology Business Incubator sponsored by Department of Science and Technology Govt.of India. He received his Master's in Industrial Design from IIT Bombay and a PGD in Computer Programming from University of Mysore.
Balaji Bhat, Director Balaji is a Chartered Accountant and practicing Management Consultant. He has been associated with the APARA since its inception as an Advisor. He is also associated with various medium and large companies in India as a Board Member & Financial Consultant. He brings more than 17 years of experience in financial services to the company.
Mr. Sumit Kumar Khetan the President [Finance & Commercial] of Jain Group is a qualified commerce graduate and Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has more than twenty years of work experience in India and overseas. Before being appointed as the President of Jain Group, he was associated with a number of big industrial houses. The major assignments he handled before joining Jain Group are President of Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd from March 2004 to June 2007, Advisor to Gujarat NRE for four years. He worked as Vice President in a Computer Hardware manufacturing Company for about 5 years and more than 10 years in various positions including heading one of the units of Daga Group having interest in Tea, Textile and Food Processing. He also managed three coke oven units in India and Coking Coal mines in Australia. His last assignment was in the capacity of Senior President with Emami Group of Companies.
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