Dr. Damodaran (Dan) Venkatesan

Global Leadership & Experience

Damodaran (Dan) Venkatesan brings over 25 years of leadership experience across IT, Financial Services, and Academia, with professional exposure spanning USA, UK, and India.

Building and Leading a Global Digital IT Services Company

He co-founded Ameex Technologies and led the organization through sustained growth, scale and acquisition.

Key leadership outcomes:

• Scaled a Global Digital IT Services company to over $20 Million revenue

• Built and led 500+ team members across USA, Singapore and India

• Guided the organization through acquisition by Perficient Inc (Nasdaq: PRFT)

Following the acquisition in October 2022, he continued to serve as General Manager until January 2024, ensuring continuity of leadership and execution.

Enterprise and Financial Services Experience

His background includes leadership roles within global enterprise and financial services environments.

Enterprise experience includes:

• Motorola Inc

• Moneris Solutions, a joint venture between Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal

He served over 10+ years in various capacities at their Chicago offices in USA.

Academic Leadership and University–Industry Collaboration

Dan has also played a key role in strengthening collaboration between academia and industry.

Academic leadership highlights:

• Director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC), Anna University, Trichy

• Led Campus Placement Drives for thousands of students

• Worked with 55 Engineering Colleges affiliated to Anna University

This role was held between 2007 and 2010.

Education and Academic Credentials

His leadership is supported by a strong academic foundation.

• PhD in Management Studies, Anna University, Chennai

• MBA, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

• MS (Software Engineering), University of Toledo, Ohio, USA