Sachin is an accomplished entrepreneur with the vision and breadth of experience to ensure that Corpus Media Labs customers receive the attention to detail and customer support that they require ensuring their success. Sachin is well grounded in technology having started his career as a technical specialist with Silicon Graphics and then moving on to Imation and finally Lucent Technologies where he served as a financial consultant. Sachin was a founding partner of a successful technology solutions company located in Houston,TX before selling his interest and founding Corpus Media Labs, Inc. Corpus Media Labs has become a symbol of success within the southwest business community. From a five man startup to a current employee base of more than 400, with domestic operations in Dallas, Atlanta, Columbus, Tampa, Boston, Washington DC, Des Moines, Philadelphia, New York and offshore operations in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India, Corpus Media Labs has evolved into a major player in the IT business community.
Sachin is the inspirational and motivational force behind the growth of Corpus Media Labs and is a distinguished Graduate of the SMU Cox School of Business having earned an Executive MBA. This program has equipped Sachin with state of art sales and marketing skills, as well as, provided him exposure to the latest in business finance tools and entrepreneurial skills and has provided Sachin a wealth of information to draw from when making decisions affecting the future growth of his company. The future holds remarkable promise for Sachin and his pride and joy, Corpus Media Labs, Inc. and the world will have to wait and see where this adventure will lead.
Sanjiv Kumar is a Chartered accountant having more than 15 years of rich experience in the field of Finance & Accounts in different organizations mainly in IT and related sectors. He has worked extensively on all the core functions of Finance and Accounts which includes:, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Handling of IPO, Merger and acquisition, Transfer Pricing, Internal Control Procedures, Statutory compliances, Process Automation, Budget, MIS, Staff training and Development etc.
He has also headed the HR and Administration function in various organizations. He has contributed in design, development & implementation of performance & people growth related programs and other core function of HR for more than 8 years, that include: conceptualizing, designing and executing various HR policies and processes like Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Compensation Management, Competency mapping, career progression, pay roll management, statutory compliances etc.
Natrajan Vittal, is an IISc alumnus with over 19 years of work experience in the IT and Media & Entertainment domain. He has been working in different capacities & leading roles, at different levels of management, in the M&E domain for the past 16 plus years.
His journey into the M&E started when he joined AIR & DD as Asst Director in his early years of career where he gained first-hand experience in the broadcast setup & contributed to the key R&D technology initiatives initiated at that time.
He moved on to NDS when it started its R&D centre in Bangalore. For nearly eight years he was with NDS, he contributed to its growth by contributing in various techno-managerial roles, leading on many key NDS products , technologies & deployments. He led addition of all IP capabilities & features on NDS solutions over Media Highway middleware as a program & its subsequent successful deployments to many of NDS customers globally. He gained rich exposure in the DTV domain and project & program management experience while working in NDS in the process of delivering many of their product & solutions to major customers worldwide.
His area of interest & expertise from technology perspective include broadcast systems, mobile technologies and related convergence solutions. Apart from leading in the technology front he has been successful on very many occasions in incubating & leading successfully many new product ventures from scratch as deployable solutions on different technology areas.
With his passion in technology and vast experience in digital television & mobile solutions domain, Natrajan is playing a key role in enabling Corpus Media Labs offer compelling, mature and rich services & solutions, with the aim to achieve & strengthen its brand image & leadership position in the M&E domain, worldwide.
John has extensive experience in Accounting, Finance and Tax areas for more than 17 years. He has also served in executive and management positions in Public Accounting, Tax Consulting, Industry and Investment Management. John is a licensed CPA with a Masters degree in accounting and a second Masters in Corporate Finance. In addition to his accomplishments, he has received advanced specialized training in Cost and Management Accounting
Dr. Rohit Shipstone, is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Corpus e-Ready Solutions, focusing on E-Governance and Digital Governance Solutions. Rohit has a rich experience in working in the Government sector for the last 25 years. A member of the NITRON CIRCLE OF EXPERTS, Rohit has a Professional Doctorate in Management and e business with a Masters in Economics. He has also completed various Executive Development Courses including “Strategic Leadership Workshop ” from the Indian School of Business.
Rohit joined the information Technology industry in India in 1983, working with companies like HCL, HP, and Microsoft etc. He has worked very closely with the Indian government in national projects and has extremely strong relationships in this segment of the industry. His last assignment was with Microsoft.
Rohit is currently working on projects to do with the use of technology to empower people, especially the under privileged section of society. As part of his work, Rohit consults to the Govt. of Mizoram for Economic Development Programs and has been an invitee speaker on forums like The Consultative Committee for setting up ICT centers in India ( a ADB Millennium Development Project) , MeghaBytes 2009 ( a State Government e-Governance event )etc.
Rohit has published papers based on his experiences in Technology and Development among which are:
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Human Capital Development Through E-Learning , coauthored with Prof. Harold McDougall, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008
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The Theory of Participatory Influence: A Management Strategy in the Knowledge Economy , Fourth International Conference on technology, knowledge and society, North eastern University, Boston – 2008
Rohit believes in the power of the people, especially in the new knowledge economy. According to him "Success of any country in E-Governance and E-Business depends on people and if the people are not ‘technology ready’ these efforts may not be as successful as they could be,” ….“While this is uncharted territory, we believe in the potential of people and recognize the importance of their potential contributions. So, going forward, we hope more and more private organizations get involved in this segment and create an unprecedented force of people who are ‘ready’ for the new economy.” (Hindustan Times)
Bharani Balasundaram, has about 18 years of experience within the IT industry. As a Managing Director of the company, he brings a wealth of experience from large public companies to private startups. He takes on a larger role of providing strategic direction for the company, provide technology driven Innovative value propositions/solutions to meet the customers business challenges, customer satisfaction, relationship and management, analyzing and establishing business-to-business partnerships, thought leadership, Business Development and Delivery.
Bharani has been a part of corpus family since 2005. Prior to the new role in Corpus Analytics, he worked closely with Corpus's key clients, lead several projects as an Enterprise/Solutions Architect for Distributed e-Commerce, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence systems, pre-sale supported the sales and marketing team, delivery of complex IT solutions and services, strategic Business Development through managing Microsoft relationship for Corpus. Prior to Corpus, he spent most of his career as a Technology and Business Consultant servicing major corporations such as AT&T, Verizon, GEAC, deuxo, etc. spanning across vertical industries including Telco, Health Care, Banking and Finance, Retail, CRM and technology.
He has earned Associate Membership from Institute Of Chartered Accountants of India. His academic and vast technical consulting background have provided him with a broad perspective of how technology can be intelligently, innovatively and cost-effectively used to not just solve daily business problems but also gain competitive edge to grow business .
Er Vitthal is a Post Graduate Electronics & Communications Engineer and an Entrepreneur with 21+ years of hands-on experience in IT and Telecom in various capacities covering IT Software - Applications / Products Development, Smart Cards, VAS, interactiveTV, WEB and Mobile convergence, Project Management, Operations and Human Resources, Business Development, IPR & Consulting.
Vitthal's work experiences include positions held in India, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany as Project Manager, Architect, GM, VP -Tech, working in distributed mode (multiple-locations operations) in IT & Telecom Organizations. His Domain expertise has been in IP Telephony, GSM, CDMA, IN, GPRS & CTI with hands-on experience in Solutions & Services in VAS, SIM/STK with OTA, Smart Cards, RFID, IN prepaid telephony, Gateway solutions, Messaging platforms, VAS, Gaming etc apps. across TV, PC and Mobile & in Content Management. Also, with hands-on experience working for SEI-CMM Level 5 companies, made significant contribution to software development life cycle giving top priority to quality processes, introducing proper development and testing methodologies, thereby achieving higher scalability, robustness and ease of management
Accoutered with extensive technical and development experience in IT & Telecom Organizations offering Infotainment and Entertainment related services to Telcos (offering consumer centric services which help operators in increasing ARPU and user retention); Application / Productized Solutions and content delivery across multiple platforms to Large Enterprises, Media Companies and other Service Enablers, he built & managed teams effectively, providing the leadership & direction and ensured growth and up-gradation of skills, with optimal & standardized use of IT & IT practices across the organization. He has proven track-record of delivering world-class, large-scale, performance-critical Applications/Services on time, on budget and with quality to Telecom Operators and Enterprise customers, working in multi-cultural, cross-functional work-teams and for long or early hours to provide coverage with team(s) in different time zones–work.
Vitthal having travelled to 30+ countries & extensively throughout Europe & Asia, was responsible for new strategic partnerships with M/s OTI, Israel & M/s eSmart, Hong Kong, M/s Logos Design A/S, Denmark - Leaders in Europe having Development Centres with strong Domain expertise in Applications development / Solutions for GSM/CDMA on latest Platforms & Cryptographic Algorithms, specializing in the areas of Open Payment systems (VISA Cash etc.), closed payment systems (multi-mode smart card systems), Access control systems etc, various solutions on SIM / STK with OTA, Messaging Platforms etc. and worked closely with M/s Tongya Telecommunications in Taiwan on GSM Payphones Solutions & TotalTel – Australia for SMSCs, VAS Gateways & Applications.