Stark.ai
Vela Sivasankaran
CTO | CIO | CEO | President | NED | Board Member | Board Director | Award-winning
About Me
- Enterprising executive professional with 26 years of experience across a range of Strategic Planning, IT Budgeting & Governance, P&L, IT Operations, Digital Transformation, Project Management, Product Delivery and Global Management.
- Directed software architecture in Big Data, Databases, Healthcare, Voice over IP (VoIP), Telecom, Distributed Systems, Application Servers, Mobile Applications, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications, ERP, AI, ML, Virtualization, E-Commerce, IoT, Microservices, Network and Web Platforms.
- Successfully spearheaded and executed several projects with teams involving 10-20 skilled professionals and about 3000 indirect reports with budget worth nearly $100 Mn.
Work Experience
Regional Board Member
- AFCEA International
- Silicon Valley Chapter Regional Board role. AFCEA is an international military technology standards body.
Feb'21
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Present
Virginia, USA
Chief Technology Officer
- Emxcel
- Cloud B2C and B2B E-commerce, Data Analytics, Data Science, AI/ML hybrid services across cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle OCI & Google GCP.
Oct'20
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Apr'21
Ahmedabad, India
Chief Technology Officer
- Cox & Kings Ltd.
- Steering the global coordination of e-commerce platform from analysis, R&D to deployment and customization.
- Spearheading the entire strategic planning & implementation with customers, vendors & partners pertaining to e-governance.
- Ensuring effective quality management and control at all times; developing and sustaining cordial relationships.
- Providing technical direction on platform and technology selection, planning & implementing improved systems and services.
- Displaying leadership skills in distributed team building, strong technical skills, people management and timely delivery.
Oct'17
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May'18
Mumbai, India
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Partner-CTO
- Verizon
- Spearheaded the global coordination of telecom and technology services encompassing analysis, research & development, deployment, customization and partnership (Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc.) for Cloud and Network products.
- Administered global product scope worth billions of dollars for deployments in compliance with set norms.
- Identified and resolved several technical and architectural challenges entailing partnerships and customer deployments.
Jul'13
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May'15
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Education
DBA (Global Management Specializations)
2021
University of Pennsylvania, USA
MBA (Global Management)
2014
University of Phoenix, USA
M.S. (Computer Science & Engineering)
1998
IIT, Chennai, India
B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering)
1996
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India
Certifications
Digium Certified Asterisk Professional (DCAP)
Oracle Database 11g/10g Administrator
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA)
Six Sigma/Lean Six Sigma
Certified Independent Director
Awards
Executive Professional of the Year
Top Female Executive / Elite American Executive
Honored Member of Continental Who's Who for Business Executives
Honored Member of Strathmore Who's Who
Honored Member of Marquis Who's Who in America and the World
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement
National Society of Leadership and Success
US Department of Labor Expert Advisor
IEEE Elite-Senior Member
