Damodaran (Dan) Venkatesan has over 25 years of experience in IT, Financial Services and Academia spread across USA, UK and India. He co-founded and for over 12 years, led as CEO & Managing Director of Ameex Technologies, a Global Digital IT Services company with over $20 Million revenue and 500+ team members spread across USA, Singapore and India. After the acquisition of Ameex Technologies by Perficient Inc (Nasdaq: PRFT) in October 2022, he continued to serve as General Manager until January 2024.

Between years 2007 and 2010, Dan served as Director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC) of Anna University, Trichy and conducted various Campus Placement Drives for thousands of students from the 55 Engineering Colleges affiliated to Anna University. Over 10+ years, he has served in various capacities at Motorola Inc and Moneris Solutions (JV between Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal) at their Chicago offices in USA.

Dan holds a PhD in Management Studies from Anna University, Chennai and MBA from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and also MS (Software Engineering) from University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.