Leadership

  Giri Gondi, Founder and CEO

Giri Gondi has more than 15 years of technical and senior management experience with major corporations in diverse areas including Enterprise Database Management, Offshore Outsourcing, Software Development, Networking and Web Hosting.

Prior to founding Tecra, Mr. Gondi held key technical positions at MSX International and was responsible for architecting and managing several software initiatives. Mr. Gondi was one of the chief architects of PeopleWorx software used by PeopleNet division to manage the entire Contract Labor Procurement process for Ford Motor Company. He was also involved in several high visibility projects including B2BBuyer, Ford W2C, Ford Fleet Central Billing, Ford Component Sales and others.
 
Prior to MSX International, Mr. Gondi worked as senior consultant for several corporations including Workwired.com, Detroit Edison, Douglas & Lomason, Geometric Results and Efftronics Systems. Mr. Gondi holds an MS (Computer Science) from Bradley University and a BS (Electrical Engineering) from Nagarjuna University.

  Rod Lowe, Minister of Business Development

Rod Lowe Minister of Business Development, Prior to joining Tecra Rod was the Usability Evangelist for Diamond Bullet Design, while there he helped the company grow from 300 percent, assisted in fund raising for product development of RetroAccess and helped sell the company after the untimely death of one of the founding partners.

He entered the technology field in 1986 selling for ComputerLand where he was one of the top sales producers in a five store chain, since then he has held sales and technical support positions at companies including Irwin Magnetics, Seagate, Interface Systems and Storagetek.

A board member of the New Enterprise Forum he also works with the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center providing investor pitch consulting to Technology, LIfe Science and Advanced Manufacturing companies seeking capital funding. He is also a graduate of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce Leadership Ann Arbor Class of 2001.

  Vijay Vattikonda, Co-founder and CTO

Vijay Vattikonda co-founded Tecra Systems and has over fifteen years of experience in senior IT roles. He has worked in several major industry sectors including Automotive, banking, travel, communication, health care and Insurance. Prior to founding Tecra, he helped architect CDMS software used for managing the import processes associated with vehicle manufacturing and assembly for General Motors Customs Administration.

Mr. Vattikonda worked as a senior technical consultant for several companies including Franklin Bank, Forrest Health Services, Detroit Edison, Holland Systems and MSX International. At MSX International, he was involved in developing document management solutions for Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

Vijay Vattikonda holds an MS from Indian Institute Of Technology, New Delhi.

  Sai Parvataneni, Vice President of Application Development

Sai Parvataneni has more than 22 years of technical and senior management experience in Project Management, Software Development, Networking, Training and Maintenance support.

Prior to joining Tecra Systems, Sai Parvataneni has held key position as Vice President (e-business) at Infokall, India office and was primarily responsible to manage e-business division of Infokall, India for development and support of web applications. As a Service Director, Regional Manager at Merlinhawk Associates Pvt Ltd, India he was responsible for country wide training and maintenance support in areas of aviation, telecommunication and power to Airforce, Army, Navy and other defense establishments. Sai Parvataneni was Project coordinator for a Router project developed for Department of Defense, India for the entire project development life cycle from requirements gathering to final implementation of the project. He was also involved in several projects for Department of Defense, Computer Maintenance Corporation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and others.

Sai Parvataneni holds a BS (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra University, India.