Surya Sivaram HR Manager

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is what precisely reflects Surya’s journey with Tecnotree.

Surya Sivaram is the HR Manager and has about 15 years of experience in the HR profession. She has been inspiring everyone with her excellent work and developed herself to support all HR functions and business units. We asked Surya to share more about her journey, professional experience and passion.

Q. How will you describe your corporate journey?

A decade and a half ago, I snubbed my nose at making electrical transformers. My transition from an Electrical Engineer to HR happened in 2006 as I got married and relocated to Bangalore and ended up joining a US-based e-publishing company as HR executive.

Way back in 2011, I got an opportunity to join Tecnotree as a recruiter on a temporary role. The warm and friendly welcoming team made me feel comfortable at work and the mercury level of excitement was sky-high. I soon progressed into a Lead Recruiter role, and then HR Business Partner and Learning & Development.

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to play so many interesting roles. They are tapping into all the skills that I acquired in my previous roles. I’ve experienced a fast journey over the last ten years, and I feel lucky to have such an all-round involvement in the HR function. Every day brings a new challenge, a new opportunity, and a new reward.

Q. What do you admire the most about Tecnotree?

The unique thing about Tecnotree is the sheer sense of camaraderie and the true care behind that. I always admire the support that each employee receives from the company, the learning at work – that helps them develop their career.

Q. What are the critical traits that make you stand out in your career?

The driving factor in my career has been a passion for my work and positive work culture at Tecnotree. With each passing year, I realize how fantastic the company is – inspiring and motivating me to work with passion and providing me with great learning opportunities

Tecnotree is on acceleration – its business and employees continue to grow despite the pandemic. There has been massive turn-around of results in the last 18 months and while shifting gears, we have put our values at the forefront of what we do. I consider myself fortunate enough to have encountered such talented, inspiring and enthusiastic leaders who I’ve always found committed to excellence.

Q. What keeps you motivated and energetic other than work?

In my leisure time, I love spending time with my son and cooking authentic Kerala dishes, this is inherited from my mother. I also have a big treasure of heirloom cookware and clay crockery. Another thing which I enjoy is reading. I read anything and everything that gives me a piece of knowledge or information.

Q. If not HR, what you would have been doing?

I would have done what I was doing before I joined HR - Teaching. I believe that a teacher plays a very important role in developing society. They build a warm environment, mentor, and nurture students, become role models, and listen & look for signs of trouble. The responsibility of an HR is a superset of that of a teacher.

Let’s Talk Savitha NK Savitha NK Chief People Officer (Global Head – HR)

Savitha heads the Global Human Resource for the company, and is responsible for all HR activities, including HR Business Partnerships, Global Talent Management and Acquisition, and Tecnotree Academy operations. With 20+ years of extensive experience in People function working across various domains, she has been responsible for leading M&A activities and managing global development centres in India and APAC region. Savitha has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Criminology, and Master’s degree in Human Resources.

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Sajan Joy Thomas Vice President – Product Office HALLITUKSEN VARAPUHEENJOHTAJA HALLITUKSEN PUHEENJOHTAJA ARMANDO MARTINEZ JOHTAJA – LATINALAINEN AMERIKKA LEENA KOSKELAINEN Sajan Joy Thomas Vice President – Product Office

With more than 2 decades of overall experience in the IT Industry, Sajan started his journey with Tecnotree in 2004 playing leading roles in Business & Digital Transformation, Solution Consulting including Presales, Portfolio Management & Solution Architecture, Delivery & Managed Services and has worked across geographic regions such as EMEA, APAC & LATAM.
As the Vice President – Product Office, Sajan heads the Product Office focusing on Product Portfolio Management, that includes managing the Product Requirements Management function and running the Product Investment Board, Presales management and Solution Consulting.
He has completed his Executive Program in Business Management from IIMC and Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University.

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Member of the Board

Prof. Markku Wilenius is a renowned futurist, author and speaker with more than 25 years of experience in future studies. Currently, he is the Dean of Dubai Future Academy, a unit in Dubai Future Foundation. He also holds the chair of Professor of Future Studies at the University of Turku. Dr Wilenius is a long-time member of the prestigious Club of Rome and is the UNESCO Chair in Learning Society and Futures of Education. In 2002, he led the Finnish civic delegation at the landmark Johannesburg Sustainable Development Summit. Dr Wilenius has also worked with one of the worlds’ largest private insurance company Allianz, where he led their strategic research and trend assessment. He is the president of three foundations and a partner with various start-up companies. His primary interest area involves understanding the opportunities and challenges that could arise in the future and bringing this crucial foresight to the attention of society and organisations globally.

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Vice Chairman of the Board

Jyoti Desai is a graduate of the University of South Africa. Currently she is working as the CEO of Digalance FZCO and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Tecnotree Corporation. She has also worked with MTN as Group Chief Operating Officer. She is an experienced Professional with more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry and fixed and mobile telecoms. She has extensive experience in large scale project execution, Service Delivery, 3G, LTE, Mobile Communications, and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). She has held various board positions also.

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Member of the Board

He is a Member of the board of Tecnotree Corporation From 2019. He has been working in different industries since 1984. Anders started his career as a Software Engineer in LM Ericsson AB. Then he became an Engineering Manager in Oerlikon-Contraves AG. Later, he joined Hewlett Packard AG as a Senior Consultant and Project Manager. He became Vice President of IT at Bank Sarasin & Cie. He joined Esmertec AG as a Director QA&T, Software Culture GmbH as a Partner, Greenliff AG as a Managing Director and Profidata Lab AG as a CEO. From 2009 onwards, he is the head of System Engineering at Rheinmetall Air Defence AG.
Anders has done M.Sc. in Management of Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, USA. He also holds a degree of Master of Science in Computer Science and Technology and System Engineer.

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Member of the Board

He is a Member of Directors in Tecnotree Corporation since 2018. Also, Neil is a non-executive director of Solargise (UK) Limited and Capital & Equity Investments Limited. He is a chartered surveyor and set up his own practice, specialising in commercial property in London in 1969. His practice is specialised in all aspects of industrial property and his clients included Barclays Bank Pension Fund, The 3i Group, and many other institutions. He holds an experience of 40 years. Throughout his career graph, He was an Entrepreneur in commercial property from 1969-1983. Then he became a Commercial Property Developer.
He is Qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( FRICS).

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Chairman of the Board

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Tecnotree Corporation. Also, He is the Director at the Solargise group and Phoenix Macleod from last 12 years. For holding more than 20 years of experience, Neil has delivered outstanding outcomes in emerging markets by strategically forming alliances throughout the world. Previously, He worked at Solargise as the head of Operations for 10 years. He was a Consultant at Savills for 9 years, and Consultant at Rembrandt Consultants. He was the Senior Buyer at Charles Henshaw and Sons Ltd at the beginning of his career.
Neil MacLeod graduated from Southbank University where he did PG Diploma in Property development & Planning. Also, he has done Diploma of Agriculture and Diploma Engineering in Engineering systems in Business Management from Edinburgh Napier University.

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ARMANDO MARTINEZ Vice President – Latin America

As the Regional Vice President of Latin America, Armando is responsible for the entire operations of the market that includes Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Delivery, and Technical Support. He is also fully accountable for the region’s profitability and comes with very strong experience of two and half decades where he had similar positions for Amdocs, Sigma Systems, RAD Data Communications, Force10, and few other organizations in the telecom space.

He holds a master’s degree (MBA) and Bachelor of Communications and Electronics Engineering (BCEE) with specialization in Digital Electronics and Telecommunications.

Graduated from India’s premier business college, XLRI, Anil Heads the Global Human Resource function for the company. He has been with Tecnotree in various HR roles for the past 8 years. His total experience of 25 years is spread across various domains like Telecom, Healthcare, Automotive in IT organizations including Dell Services, Mahindra Engineering Services, CG Mearsk and Tech Mahindra (Satyam Computers).

LEENA KOSKELAINEN Chief Operating Officer

With diversified experience across Managed Services, Solutions Consulting and Product Management, Leena is a seasoned leader with close to 25 years of employment with Tecnotree. She currently heads
Tecnotree’s Product Engineering unit in Finland. Leena’s capabilities are also well known in bridging the R&D, solutions, sales and other functions.

She holds a Diploma in Business Information Technology.

Vice President – MSO & IT

With Master of Engineering in Automation from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Sanjay comes with four decades of IT industry experience. Sanjay has worked with Dell, Siemens, Hexaware and Tata Infotech in various leadership positions with diversified roles from software development, product engineering and support services.
Having associated with Tecnotree for more than 7 years, Sanjay currently heads Managed Services and Support Operations.

Vice President – Quality & India Center Leader

As the Vice President, Quality & India Centre Head of the company, Sheela is working towards Customer Delight as the key goal. Sheela has been associated with Tecnotree for eight years driving internal transformations within the company to meet global customer needs
Sheela has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry and has served in leadership roles spanning Engineering, Quality, Human Resource and Operations Management in technology companies such as Honeywell, Perot Systems, Oracle, General Electric (GE), Hewlett Packard, VeriFone and Bharath Electronics.

After serving as one of the members of Board of Directors for Tecnotree for a year, Priyesh took up the role of CFO in 2019 with the company. Having worked with leading consulting and financial organizations like EY, IL&FS, Stallion Group, etc, Priyesh has immaculate knowledge of global financing. He completed his engineering from IIT-Delhi, India’s top institution.

Ram is the Vice President, Value Engineering and a part of Core Management Board at Tecnotree. Keeping the customer delight as the prime goal, he leads the global delivery of product solutions and services for Digital Service Providers.

Having worked for close to three decades with leading telecom and IT companies, Ram has developed various telecom product engineering services and delivered complex transformation programmes for companies across the North America, Europe, MEA and APAC. Ram holds a Masters’ Degree in Computer Science (M.Sc) and has also served various leadership roles in his previous stints with leading telecom service delivery and product development companies. He has also worked as a software scientist in Defence R&D organisations.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

With a master’s degree in ‘Global Leadership and Strategic Planning’ from Stanford University, California and ‘Diploma in Computer Science’ from Concordia University, Canada, Padma comes with impeccable industry experience of almost four decades.

She has been associated with Tecnotree for more than 9 years and is currently the CEO of the company. Prior to Tecnotree, she has been into various leadership roles with some of the fortune 500 and emerging organizations including Dell/Perot Systems as President, Global Consulting and Application Services & Managing Director for APAC, Oracle Corporation as Senior Vice-President, with Hewlett Packard as Managing Director (HP-ISO), etc.

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