Ananda Rao, Director Sales and Marketing, Executive Director
BE, MS (Engg)

Ananda Rao has been the CEO and MD of Azurn since Azurn acquired VCIL during October 2007. Prior to starting VCIL, Ananda Rao was an Executive Director and General Manager of Sales & Marketing of Infosys Australia, a 100% subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Limited. He started Infosys Australia in 1999 and resigned in October 2005 to create VCIL. Ananda has more than 20 years experience in ICT industries. Ananda is the founder of VCIL.

Sudhir (Tony) Giroti: Executive Director
BE, MS (Eng), CISA

Tony Giroti was the founder of Azurn Networks Inc and one of the 2 inventors of Azurn’s Convergence and Collaboration Technology. He has over 20 years of Information Technology experience working in the areas of telecommunications, wireless and the internet. Over the years he has worked with major IT, Telecom and Wireless companies such as Motorola, HP, AT&T, IBM, Stratus, Logica, Accenture and others As an entrepreneur Tony was the founding President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of MaxSol, co-founder, President and Chairman of Microcomputer Centre and President and Chairman of the IEEE. Tony is an avid speaker at various industry conferences, has authored various papers and holds patents in collaboration and XML technologies.

Michael O’Brien: Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
BEc, FCPA

Mr. O’Brien was previously the Business Manager for a medium sized Melbourne residential college, and Financial Controller for medium sized commercial builder, following a 20 year financial career in BHP mainly in the steel and building products divisions. He is a fellow of the CPA Australia.

Dr Bala Kumble: Chief Technology Officer & President Products
BE, M.Tech, PhD SMIEE

Dr Bala Kumble is a founding director of Azurn. Bala has 25 years experience in the telecommunications and information technology industry and has led the development and delivery of large telecommunication infrastructures to corporations, government departments, including Education, Aviation, Defence, and banking and financial institutions, including Telstra Corporation and Telecom New Zealand Australia. Bala was a Joint Director and Member Secretary of the National Radar Council Working Group, Government of India. He is currently a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and was awarded the IEEE Millennium Medal for outstanding contributions.

Martyn Daniels: President - Publishing Marketing and Media

Martyn Daniels has worked for many years as a Senior Executive in blue chip organizations in the retail, oil and automotive sectors. He entered publishing as Director of Strategic Development at VISTA Computer Services where he was responsible for, and a contributor to, their highly acclaimed ‘Publishing in the 21st Century’ research series, the primary creator behind publishing services PubEasy and ‘batch.co.uk’ and the initiator of the development of new Front Office systems to support publishers. In 2006 he authored the Booksellers Association highly acclaimed digitization report ‘Brave New World’ which looked at the opportunities for retailers.

Jahir Hussain: Vice President – Business Development (EMEA)

Jahir is responsible for Business Development activities of Value Chain/ Azurn products, services and solutions, across the portfolio of content and collaboration offerings. He has 16 years of experience in selling Services and Solutions in the Information Technology industry. His expertise covers selling to clients in the Publishing, Financial Services and Retail sectors. Jahir combines strong business development and relationship management skills with program management and solution evangelization capabilities. Based in London, Jahir responsible for of Value Chain’s existing and new business territories in Europe, America, Middle East and Asia. Passionate about client impact, entrepreneurial in endeavor, and adventurous in outlook, Jahir has a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Bharathidasan University and is a University rank holder.

Anandaraman Velu: Head of Operations - India

Anand is an IT professional with over 14 years of experience in delivering services to customers across the globe. He was instrumental in establishing Infosys in the Energy sector, and in the Australian market. Before joining VCIL Anand was Head Service Delivery Offshore - Australian Customers, at Infosys. Anand holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering.

Josephine Too: Vice President Channel Management

Josephine Too is responsible for managing Channels in Australia. Josephine has more than 10yrs of experience in IT consulting and eBusiness Strategy Consulting at Infosys and Scient. Prior to joining VCIL, she was the Head of Sales & Marketing for Infosys China and member of the China Management Council. Her experience spans across general enterprise sales, strategic large account and partners management. She started Infosys office in Singapore and built one of the largest global accounts in Germany. Josephine speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and basic German. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from NTU of Singapore.

Vasudeva Rao: Chief Technology Officer, Digital Publishing
BE.

Vasudeva is based in Bangalore, India and is responsible for IT Technology and Products for Digital Publishing Services.