Kaiburr is an AI application orchestration software. It helps it's Customers and their teams to transform with better insights of their Software development and IT operations. It provides AllOps simplification platform for Customers to measure, benchmark(enables KPIs and Metrics), secure and improve their Software Delivery. I looked after few of their Marketing functions.

For many long years, I had been associated with Mindfulness practice, Vipassana Meditation and Voluntary service at Meditation Centers to help Meditators learn/practice Meditation effectively and become more Humane. While at Meditation Centers, rendering dhamma Seva, we are more Vulnerable, knowingly or unknowingly practice Servant Leadership, all our learnings are from deep reflective Insights/thinking. I did little Behavioral studies through Observations and Interactions with people from all walks of Life. When not at Meditation Centers, I tried to pursue my Interests and catch up with the advancements in Industry and also find Scientific/Medical reasonings for the positive effects of Mindfulness practice on our lives and Workplaces. Also, I subtly market online, create awareness about Vipassana Meditation. I am passionate about learning and learnt a lot on wide variety of Topics, very much relevant for the Industry like Systems Thinking, Systems Dynamics, Scenario Planning, Modelling Complex Systems, Climate Change, Design Thinking, Reliability based Design, IOT, Analytics, BigData, AI, BlockChain, Psychology, NueroScience, Organization Cultures, Game Theory, SixSigma and many others from eminent of good institutes on Learning platforms like edX, Coursera, OpenCourseWares, Nptel etc. I also attend from time to time Conferences, Webinars, Podcasts of Leaders from the Industry, Authors/talks@Google, IITs, IIMs, MIT, Yale, Naascom, CII, World Economic Forums etc. On continuing education, I had also been to Institutes like IIM Calcutta and IIT Kharagpur for some short term programs.I am Single, quite active on Social Media for no mis-information to spread around and just to be transparent and open. On Social Media, I am at https://twitter.com/vkalla. https://facebook.com/venkatesh.kalla.16 and https://vkalla.tumblr.com.

I joined Satyam Computers through a HR Consulting(Reach Management Consulting) firm. When I joined this company, I was told to manage few Software development/maintenance projects on BPM (Pega) for one of its prestigious Customers within its GDC. I was in this GDC for about 2 months and towards the end, I evinced interest for an internal opportunity from Strategic Deals Group(SDG) and subsequently had a dialog with its head. An outcome of those discussions led me to GPM practice, a horizontal practice on IBM suite of products(Groupware, Collaboration and Portal Management) to coordinate presales activities. While handling presales, had an opportunity to coordinate with multiple diverse teams across India and the globe, develop metrics for Presales based on Balanced Score card and also had a chance to create/manage Pre Sales Knowledge Hub for the Practice.

Joined Dell(HCL Perot Systems, Noida) in the year 2000 as a Sun Certified Java Programmer through a referral (Colleague of my previous Co.) during which time, some of its employees were cross-trained from Mainframes to Java and Internet Technologies. There were lots of people on the Bench and I was bit lucky enough to be chosen for a practice on Ariba Suite of Products/PSO. We had few days of overseas training on Ariba's 'Trading Dyanamics' and subsequently we explored all the products, executed psuedo implementations, gave Ariba certification exams and headed for on site assignment with a big global Bank@Chicago. After I came back from U.S. Ariba Buyer onsite assignment, had an Opportunity to work on few J2EE based software development and maintenance projects at Offshore for some of our Customers in Finance domain, go again for an Onsite J2EE based Product development assignment with SunMicro Systems, UK. On return to offshore on demise of my father, coordinated with onsite team for Change Request implementations of JdEdwards (Sales & Distribution) for one of our prestigious Customers. And later had an U.S. onsite opportunity to work on Integrations of Ariba Buyer and other disparate systems using EAI tools - Tibco and Iway Integration tool. During this time, I somehow felt the need to understand Organization dynamics better and so headed to IIM Calcutta. Also, at this time had a chance to lead a practice on SAP-Ariba suite of products. We were Ariba's Solutions Delivery Alliance Partner and we raised practice from scratch again, show cased Capabilities at Germany, trained in-house and prepared team to deliver Service Offerings to a good no. of Ariba's Customers spread across America's and Europe. Had an opportunity to manage few projects using Agile-Scrum methodology and support Business development activities on Presales activities, Client visits.,etc. Moved to Dell, Hyderabad after short stint at Covansys, Bangalore through 'Manpower' as a Program Manager.

I joined Covansys through little Networking and New Delhi acquaintances. Managed few Software projects (Development, Maintenance and Testing) for one of Covansys prestigious customers of Insurance domain in their GDC (Global Development Center). I left the company and moved to Dell international Services, Hyderabad (Just opposite Oracle, Hyderabad) to be closer with my Girl Friend @ Oracle then.

This is my little mysterious, first IT Services career company. I responded to a small classified advertisements of TOI and was called for an Interview. I did my Interview pretty well after having practiced day and night Client-Server technologies after leaving Daewoo Motors and they said that they are gonna send me straight away to their U.S. operations 'Oakie World Inc.' in Oklahoma for some Microsoft assignments. I felt, I was caught by the Joke then that whosoever spelt the word JAVA correctly are sent to U.S to realize their American Dreams. They told to submit our documents for filing H1B visa and I delayed a bit for I could not furnish my Original B. Tech Degree (OD) certificate ( I did not get time to collect it from my University and managed earlier my M.E. admission, Passport and Daewoo offer through 'Provisional Certificate'). By the time, I made up my mind to get the OD and file for H1B visa, quota for that year was over and was told to file for the next year.-Practised Client-Server ( Java, Databases and Internet ) related technologies.-Prepared for Sun Certified Java Programmer Exam.-At one of its Clients at Green Park developed. Web enabling Asymmetrix's Tool-Book Contents. Learnt about OpenScript to develop the pedagogical content. . Software Application for Online Examinations (Java applets, MVC architecture).

Daewoo Motors was a Sinking Ship and it worried me a lot. I was just one of its Engineers and wasn't its Captain to wait till end. I had decided to make an early move and explore an IT career. With in less than 2 years after I made a move, some of my Colleagues were laid off. During that time, I was amidst wonderful people at my Appartment and they had helped me, guided me well to start an IT career. Through them I had first an Opportunity to understand IT environment at NIC. Though not as a formal trainee, had an opportunity to practice on their systems whatsoever I had learnt at SSI, LajpatNagar. - Practiced Oracle Database & Client-Server technologies.- Software Engineering. - Browsing on High Speed free Internet was awesome (Great motivation to visit NIC) . - Visited private NIC Musuem that gives us a good glimpse of History of Computing in India.

Started Career with Daewoo Motors as PGET on Gemba, shop floors of 'Cielo' Car Assembly plant. Initially worked in Shifts for 'Materials and Production Control' department and an year later moved to 'Production Engineering Services' as Senior Engineer.Daewoo Motors was an Amazing Company that gave me good exposure of Automobile Industry and its ecosystem. We had state of the art plant. When I just joined the company, the company was producing 'Cielo' cars at the peak of its capacity running on shifts round the Clock. I had a chance to see decline in our sales after few months due to bad rumor's from our Competitors. After I left the company, I realized the truth that our Competitors are imposing their Product problems on ours, I saw with my naked eye one of their running Car Engine caught on fire on the outskirts of New Delhi. For sometime, our marketing yard accumulated lots of Cars that we had to put a 'Business Innovation' team to remove dust regularly before sending them off to our Dealers and encourage every Employee to market our products. Our Dealers gave huge discounts to our Customers ( heard some offered buy 1, get 1 free ) and we were offering Cars for Vendor payments. Had an Opportunity to visit Seoul amidst Asean Economic Crisis and realized I was on a Sinking Ship. An year before I joined the company, it was DCM Toyota producing Dyna, LCVs. The company inherited 'DCM Toyota' Culture and Koreans too reinforced the same Management principles (Lean Thinking, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, Morning Radio Exercises, etc.). My thinking too had more aligned with the Company Culture after having read then 'The Machine that Changed the World'. We use to make continuous incremental User Innovations too. We had one regular 'Parivarthan' program to change our Mindsets. The program is for all to think and work alike, shed egos and do even menial tasks.