Serial Entrepreneur, focused on Mobile Computing, Entertainment Technologies and Free & Open Source Software (FOSS)
India
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- Senior Vice President (Products, Technology and Strategy) at Geodesic Information Systems Limited
- Investor, Strategic Advisor and Technical Resource at RadioVeRVe
- Founder & Project Lead at FOSS.IN
- Member, Project Review and Steering Group at Department of Information Technology, Government of India
- Consulting Technologist at Atul Chitnis Associates
- Past
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- CTO at Exocore Consulting
- Founder & Organizer at Linux Bangalore
- Contributing Editor at PCQuest @ Cyber Media India Ltd.
- Partner at C&B Consulting
- CTO at ARB Constellation Pvt. Ltd.
- Developer at Computact
- Education
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- Gogte Institute of Technology
- GSS College, Belgaum
- Belgaum Military School
- Peter Witte Schule, Berlin, Germany
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Atul Chitnis’s Summary
A serial entrepreneur since the mid 1980s, focused on data communication and networking, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) promotion, deployment and migration, wireless networking, mobile and handheld computing, virtual and online communities, entertainment technologies, technology market enablement, etc.
Enjoys working with disruptive technologies such as Free and Open Source Software, technology-oriented communities and all aspects of mobile computing.
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Atul Chitnis’s Specialties:
Data communication and networking, Open Source deployment and migration, wireless networking, mobile and handheld computing, virtual and online communities, entertainment technologies, technology market enablement.
Extensive experience with dealing with conditions on the ground in India, interacting with international companies, extensive experience in interconnecting heterogenous networks and platforms, integration of Open Source solutions in the Enterprise.
Atul Chitnis’s Experience
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Senior Vice President (Products, Technology and Strategy)
Geodesic Information Systems Limited
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Financial Services industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
Geodesic is active in the Communication and Collaboration Technologies field, with focus on the mobile computing sector.
Responsibilities include strategizing new products and recommending new enabling technologies, apart from continued promotion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Mobile Computing Technologies.
Successes include the conception and productization several products, including the award winning Mundu Radio (a ground breaking Internet Radio client for mobile devices), Mundu IM (which saw a complete revamp as V4 under my guidance), and Mundu IM for the iPhone, among other ground-breaking products.
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Investor, Strategic Advisor and Technical Resource
RadioVeRVe
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
RadioVeRVe is India's first true Internet Radio station dedicated to Independent Music from India. It's objective is to showcase artists from India whose music has not yet been published by any major publishing firm, making them visible to audiences and publishers world-wide.
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Founder & Project Lead
FOSS.IN
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
FOSS.IN is India's largest Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) conference and one of the largest in the world, bringing together thousands of participants from across India and the rest of the world. It expands on the scope of the previous Linux Bangalore events. The event is supported by industry, governments and academia.
Unlike similar conferences, FOSS.IN focuses on development, technology and contribution to FOSS, and not on advocacy.
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Member, Project Review and Steering Group
Department of Information Technology, Government of India
(Government Agency; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — Present (4 years)
Oversees several projects run by the Department of Information Technology, Government of India, including Free and Open Source Software and Intellectual Property related projects.
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Consulting Technologist
Atul Chitnis Associates
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — Present (14 years)
Advise organisations and governments on technological matters, primarily in the field of mobile computing technologies, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and technology communities. Also help technology companies position their products, provide evaluations of market perceptions and help seed new markets.
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CTO
Exocore Consulting
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2006 (7 years)
Exocore Consulting is active in the fields of networking, open source solutions, technology identification and adoption, mobile computing, etc.
Responsibilities included interaction with Exocore's clients in matters related to data networking, computing strategies, office automation and migration to Open Source technologies.
Successes included deployment of some of the earliest computing clusters in India, building national and international networks for clients, developing and deploying indigenous operational systems for ISPs, helping cellular telephony operators to streamline technology operations, and helping India's first commodity exchange bootstrap. -
Founder & Organizer
Linux Bangalore
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years)
Linux Bangalore was India's first and largest annual Free & Open Source Software event.
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Contributing Editor
PCQuest @ Cyber Media India Ltd.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 2002 (7 years)
PC Quest is one of India's foremost technology magazines. Association with the magazine began in January 1993, writing the technology column COMversations for the publication. In 1995, was invited to be a contributing editor for the magazine.
While with PCQuest, conceived and kicked off the PCQuest Linux Initiative, and led the team that created the annual Linux cover CD for the publication, which exposed hundreds of thousands of budding engineers to Linux and Open Source. The team conceived, created and mastered the annual CD, wrote most supporting articles for these special issues and provided write-in support for thousands of readers. -
Partner
C&B Consulting
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
C&B Consulting provided consulting services in networking solutions.
Work involved understanding client requirements and recommending solutions, then overseeing their implementation.
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CTO
ARB Constellation Pvt. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1986 — 1994 (8 years)
ARB Constellation (formerly Constellation Software) pioneered data communication solutions in India, developed corporate datanetworking solutions, and ran India's first ever online service.
Responsibilities involved identifying datacommunication solutions for clients, as well as developing them.
ARB Constellation evolved out of Constellation Software, a company founded in 1986 to develop PC-based application software.
In 1989, conceived and developed the award-winning CyberNet, India's first datacommunication product, which was deployed extensively by companies such as Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Associated Cement Companies (ACC), Indian Aluminium (Indal), etc.
Set up India's first ever online communication service called CiX, that became the starting point for thousands of Indians dipping their toes into the online world. -
Developer
Computact
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
1985 — 1986 (1 year)
Computact developed database-oriented business applications for companies in the Gulf. Responsibilities included designing and developing enterprise applications, focusing on material management systems.
Atul Chitnis’s Education
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Gogte Institute of Technology
BE, Mechanical Engineering, 1981 — 1985
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GSS College, Belgaum
UnderGrad, June 1978 — March 1981
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Belgaum Military School
Highschool, June 1972 — April 1978
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Peter Witte Schule, Berlin, Germany
1969 — 1972
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Atul Chitnis’s Interests:
mobile computing, networking, open source, linux, entertainment technologies, education, egovernance, teamwork, digital photography, PDA, wireless, music, reading, science fiction, software, innovation
Atul Chitnis’s Groups:
IEEE, Bangalore Linux Users Group, FOSS.IN, PROTO.IN
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Atul Chitnis’s Honors:
Computer Society of India "Best Indian Software", 1992
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