Good to have you here, Sree! On 09-Sep-2016 10:15 AM, "Sreejith sivanandan" <shreejit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >
