Skip to content
Education, Executive Leadership & Business Excellence
-
Executive Leadership:
In order to prepare future executive leaders with a foundational background in global strategy and business acceleration.
Completed Lucent Technologies sponsored intensive Wharton School executive leadership
program (1997–1998), focusing on corporate strategy, business alliances, and financial management.
-
Strategic Business Growth:
Proven track record of transforming cutting-edge corporate R&D into commercially viable,
venture-backed enterprises, with expertise in strategic growth and complex corporate venture ecosystems.
-
To bring Entrepreneurial Culture and Transformation with the help of Columbia Business School:
Selected (twice in 2010 and 2011 with two independently separate business ideas) for the highly competitive Alcatel-Lucent-sponsored Entrepreneurship Executive Management program initiatives developed and conducted by Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Center.
-
Bell Labs Innovation Milestone:
Spearheaded two separate high-stakes startup initiatives, one of them became the first and only project in Bell Labs’
history to successfully transition from an internal innovation pipeline to securing formal funding
on Wall Street.
-
Technology & Investment:
Experienced in bridging deep-tech engineering with institutional capital, driving strategic growth,
and converting innovative technologies into commercially viable opportunities.
Academic Background:
-
Ph.D. – Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science
University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology),
1991–1996 | CGPA: 3.87/4.00
-
M.S. – Engineering Management
University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology),
1993–1994 | CGPA: 4.00/4.00
-
M.Tech. – Knowledge Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) & Droid Engineering (Robotics)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 1989–1991 |
Passed in Distinction
-
B.E. – Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India,
1985–1989 | somehow managed a First Class
-
Intermediate Board – 11th and 12th grades
P. R. Govt. College, Kakinada, A.P., India,
1983–1985 |First Class
-
Secondary School Certificate SSC Board – High School 8th to 10th grades
Gandhi Centenary High School (GCHS), Kakinada, A.P., India,
1980–1983 |First Class
