Fantastic to get onboard this esteem group. This is Sreejith Sivanandan, alias 'Sree'/Sree Sivanandan here. I am based out of Bangalore suburbs since 2003 and Oh yes, surely one of those with strong views about the new version of the city that has traffic latency, pothole bugs, low resolution air quality and poor mobile connectivity, even though it is still one of the best places to live in India :)
I am a TechDreamer, (if there is anything like that) as I believe that technology is a great leveler that transcends all possible 'human created' barriers of race, gender, orientation and faith, consistently reiterating that world is a fantastic place to live and technology can provide a solution for most of the problems that you can imagine. Yeah, I know I am getting a bit a TechnoPhilosophical, could be getting a bit influenced by Yuval Noah's 'Sapiens', that I am devouring right now. To cut the chase, I have been dabbling with the business side of technology for a while (16 years) before recently moving out of full time engagement roles to take a break and explore the next phase of life. Prior to that I had a brief stint with pharmaceutical industry as well. In my last role at AOL, I was Heading Asia operations for AOL's publisher solutions stack as a senior director, before that I was running the APAC operations of media sites, like Engadget, TechCrunch, AutoBlog to name a few, leading the strategy, product dev & biz dev teams. Right now, I engage with early stage startups as an investor as well as support a few companies as a consultant to drive growth & revenue leveraging the experience and network that I have build over the years in expanding operations in Asia Pacific. I am working on a new media tech platform along with a few industry colleagues which is in stealth for now. Ever since I read the article by Shrabonti Bagchi, on factordaily, I had requested Udhay to check me into this list. So great to be here, looking forward to learn, share and get TechShocked :) Three articles that caught my attention in the last few days : New digital antenna could revolutionise the future of mobile phones <http://elec.aalto.fi/en/current/news/2016-08-31-002/> Buddha was a data scientist <https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/06/buddha-was-a-data-scientist/> Why cost of living is poised to plummet in the next 20 years <http://singularityhub.com/2016/07/18/why-the-cost-of-living-is-poised-to-plummet-in-the-next-20-years/> Best regards, Sreejith Sivanandan +91 98450 37772 http://in.linkedin.com/in/sreejith2007
