8 CEOs who transitioned from IT managers role to venture into their own initiatives in IT, healthcare, lifescience, and sports technology.
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We came up with quite a few observations in terms of domains they ventured into, areas of expertise, and their overall experience.
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None of these people have started their own businesses until they attained the experience bracket of 20 years. Interestingly, six out of nine have non-IT education backgrounds but they are operating in IT services domain.
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Anoop James | Exp: 15+ | Entrepreneur and business leader with P&L management experience | Specialties: IT Infrastructure Development & Management, Sales Management in IT/ITes | LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/l8hgd29
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Avdhesh Sharma | Exp: 13+ | Worked for Lazard (New York), Syven Global Services, & Synapse Communication | Involved in promoting online marketing & communication design activities | LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/avdheshs
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Chinar Deshpande | Exp: 24 | Electrical Engineer from VJTI (Mumbai), MS (Computer Sc.) MBA from USA | Specialties: Implementation of large scale enterprise solutions like SAP IS Retail | LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/o2mv6q7
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Pravin M | Exp: 10+ | Strategic and leadership abilities; hands on experience of IT | Familiar with global and local regulatory environment for investment | LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/o8yg8yc
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Prashant Gupta | Exp: 20+ | Domains worked for: education, business development, IT, rural sector | Experienced in creating engaging multimedia content on Economics | LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/prashgupta
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RamaKrishna Karolla | Exp: 15+ | Alumni of National Defence Academy & IIM, Bangalore | Expertise: Designing IT Infra, Business Process Engineering, Managing turnkey projects & Service delivery | LinkedIn http://in.linkedin.com/in/ramkinavy/en
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Sajan Chandranath | Exp: 20+ | Expertise: Web App Development, Database Administration, Embedded Systems, Multimedia Animation, Project Management | Client/server and Relational database design | LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/qc3up5h
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Vijay Shah | Exp: 25+ | Key skills: IT strategy planning, execution, monitoring and tracking | Believes in social services for betterment of common person and society | LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/vijaykshah
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Arun Gupta | Exp: 25 + | 11+yrs in MNC software industry; 9 +yrs in manufacturing; 5 yrs in Indian School of Mines | Specialties: Designing, optimizing processes, technologies to drive business performance | LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/guptakarun
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Experience and education of the eight CEOs who transitioned from IT managers’ role. Majority of them have non-IT backgrounds but are operating in IT services company.
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