Shiva Balivada

Current

Founder, Managing Director & CEO at Vi NanoTech
Founder, Managing Director & CEO at Vi TeleTechZone
Council Member at Gehrson Lehman Group

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Past

Vice President - North America at BPL Telecom
Country Head - North America at Duncan Infotech
Associate Vice President at Mphasis BFL

Systems Manager at HTMT (earlier ALIT)
Manager at Tata Technologies

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Bangalore Military School, Bangalore

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Shiva Balivada’s Summary

Over 25+years of experience in Senior Leadership Roles and as a Technology evangelist.

Has worked with many world-class organizations which include Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Delta, XEROX, FedEx, Compaq, AutoZone and Bank One.

Has been a part of initial team of successful Indian Software companies like Tata Technologies, HTMT and MphasiS BFL wherein he has played a significant role in nurturing them at their nascent stage.

As Head of NGN products at BPL Telecom, brought into the Indian markets leading Telecom Product companies like EXCEL Switching, Aruba, Brovis, Sloka Telecom and SNOM.

Has worked in the United States from 1996 to 2003 with MphasiS BFL as AVP- Atlantic coast of NA, Duncan IT as Country Head NA and BPL Telecom as VP North America.

Turned an entrepreneur in 2007 with a focus on Telecom and IT.

Has many successes like India's
First Online System (1982),
First Software India Team at Comdex in 1987 heralding the Great Software outsourcing revolution,
First CASE tool for Software developers (1992),
First WiFi phone (2004),
First WiMAX Base station (2007)
First Nanotechnology Applications (2007)

Current passions include GoSecure - Private Networking and Secure Collaboration
and Digital Evidence products...

Please Visit
www.viteletechzone.com
www.vinanotech.com

Currently associated with
www.bpltelecom.com
www.sloka.in
www.cem-solutions.net
www.gosecure.com
www.evident-technologies.com

Enjoy the freedom that technology brings to your door-step...

Shiva Balivada’s Specialties:

Telecommunications, Information Technology, Nanotechnology, Security products

Shiva Balivada’s Experience

Founder, Managing Director & CEO

Vi NanoTech

(Nanotechnology industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Environment Friendly products company, bringing in some of the latest Nanotechnology products to the Market place.... Excitement around the products which are easy-to-use in daily life is fantastic...
www.vinanotech.com
Founder, Managing Director & CEO

Vi TeleTechZone

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years)

Leading a Next Generation Virtual Convergence movement organization focussed on creating value for money to the customer thru IP Based Voice, Video and Data products, Support, Services, Training and Software.
Council Member

Gehrson Lehman Group

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

The Telecommunications Council of Advisors is an international association of academic and industry thought leaders consulting for leading investment professionals worldwide. Council members collaborate with Gerson Lehrman Group's clients to discuss business issues and trends occurring within the Telecommunications industry.
Vice President - North America

BPL Telecom

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

May 2002 — March 2006 (3 years 11 months)

Role includes all facets of Global Outsourcing Management with a flavor for creating and nurturing lasting business relationships.

Current interests lie in Globalization of BPL Telecom Products (Wi-Fi Phones and GSM Handsets), Global Telecom Solutions (Excel,Pingtel, Aruba, Snom, Brovis, Nextream, Audicodes) for Indian markets and ODCs for Software Projects in the areas of IT, Embedded Software and CAD / CAM Solutions.

Some of the on-going relationships include leading Telecom Service Providers and Call Centers.
Country Head - North America

Duncan Infotech

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 3 months)

As Country Head – North America was responsible for all activities in the region. Worked and built relationships with clients like Digex (Subsidiary of MCI), Lucent, Medstat, Per-se, AmeriGroup and UPS.
Associate Vice President

Mphasis BFL

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1996 — 2000 (4 years)

As head of operations in the Atlantic Coast (US east and Canada)was responsible for Project Delivery and Business Development of Software Solutions and Services.
Project Co-ordination, Process for Onsite-Off shore Outsourcing for multiple clients in the region.

Worked with clients like Xerox, BankOne, Home Depot, Delta, Johnson & Johnson and FirstUSA.

Between 1996-1998 As General Manager (Technical) took care of the Global Development Center as Single Point of Contact at AutoZone, Memphis USA, spent 18 months to create a Mini BFL Organization of over 100 people working across the globe.

This unique opportunity had given the complete range of Project Management and Customer Profile Management taking care of ever-increasing changes of the business environment most effectively. Was responsible for identifying and allocating resources for key growth areas with the help of the Center Manager at India. Implemented a strategy for sustenance and growth of client relationships.
Systems Manager

HTMT (earlier ALIT)

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years)

Worked in Hinduja Group Company - Ashok Leyland Information Technology wherein, held responsibilities to bring about complete suite of products called Smart CAFÉ for the financial services industry.

Also worked with Gulf Oil and host of other clients in the Nascent organization.

As an initial Management team member he had the priviledge to guide the company to attain great heights.
Manager

Tata Technologies

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1979 — 1994 (15 years)

Started career in the summer of 1979 armed with an M.Tech in Management from IIT Kharagpur, and Worked in Tata Engineering for 15 years at various levels in the Systems Department.

Had a very distinguished career with many accolades and accomplishments to boast of.

During 1982-1984 was a member of the team that brought about the First Online system in India for Material Management Application.

Between 1984-1992 worked in technologies like B 6700, B1900 and held reposibilities of Materials, Finance and payroll Systems to bring in effective Software systems to make TELCO one of the pioneer in India in usage of Computerized Systems which include Invoive cum Challan which became a very popular one in those years.

During 1992-1994 was instrumental in the Design to Delivery of one of the largest integrated Finance and Inventory control systems.

During 1992 was instrumental in bringing out the First Indian CASE Tool – Turbo Analyst as a Product.

Shiva Balivada’s Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

M.Tech , Industrial Management , 1977 — 1979

Activities and Societies:

G Sec of IM Society, Member Council JCB hall
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B.Tech , Electronics and Communication Engineering , 1972 — 1977
Bangalore Military School, Bangalore

AIHS , Physics, Chemistry, Maths , 1965 — 1972

Additional Information

Shiva Balivada’s Websites:

Shiva Balivada’s Interests:

Telecommunications: VoIP, IP PBX, IP Phones, ATA, WiFi Phones, WiFi, WiMAX, WiMAX Base Station and CPEs, Speaker in International Seminars on VoIP IT outsourcing, Security Software Products Nanotechnology Products