Meet The Panelist

Vice President - Contact Centre Business at Fareportal

Vinay Kanchi

  • Accomplished senior executive from the ITES industry with over 15+ years’ experience in P&L oversight and leading multi-disciplinary teams in a global environment.
  • Exposure to outsourcing firms and captive units.
  • Effectively governed a team of over 2000 employees in multiple sites across 6 countries.
  • Oversaw core operations, Sales & Account management, Process Quality, Training excellence and overall Site management.
  • Developed intensive, ambitious business growth strategies, short-term goals, and long-term objectives.
  • Spearheaded overhaul of various underperforming departments to reduce stagnation and increase growth and productivity by automating processes using Automation & CRM tools.
  • Fostered change in company culture to be more open, transparent, and accountable.
  • A persistent servant leader with high employee satisfaction scores with a prime focus on building trust and driving shared goals with diversity and inclusion across all operations.

Head Program PMO at Standard Chartered GBS

Balamurali K

  • Balamurali – Programs Head, Lean Coach, and Public Speaker.
  • Started my career as a banker and transitioned into technology and project management.
  • Specialize in managing complex projects, having worked on large Core-banking programs at SCB and earlier.
  • Currently involved in a complex SAP implementation for SCB.
  • Though Program Management is my primary role, I’ve explored areas like Process Re-engineering, Lean, Robotics, and AI to build new skills.
  • Over the last decade, I’ve engaged with the Indian startup ecosystem, experimenting with ideas around Mental Health and collaborating with a Robotics Startup developing an AI-based RPA product.
  • These diverse experiences enriched my approach when I returned to Program Management, offering new perspectives and methods.
  • My passion for Coaching and Public Speaking was ignited through my Toastmasters journey, which began in 2014.

Co-Founder & CEO at MOBtexting

Ajay Gupta

  • Born and brought up in a very humble lower-middle-class family where education was not a choice to have.
  • 1st Gen Entrepreneur – Established a global CPaaS company "MOBtexting" and bootstrapped it to a million-dollar company. God/Universe has been with us all the way.
  • At Deloitte Tech 50 2019, MOBtexting was ranked 9th among 50 top public & private technology, media, and telecommunications companies in India, and 86th in the Deloitte APAC Tech 500 2019.
  • At MOBtexting, we care deeply about our team members, customers, and partners. We strive for excellence in everything we do and have fun along the way.
  • Passionate about sales/marketing, growth hacking, product strategy, public speaking, learning, and helping others break out of a mediocre mindset.
  • Believe in accountability, lifelong learning, and the power of good Karma. Also a bit of a health freak.
  • Favourite Lines: No matter what your background is, with the right mindset, tools/skills, positive attitude, passion, and persistence towards your work, you can succeed.
  • If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
  • No bees, No Honey; No Work, No Money.
  • Frequent speaker and panelist at leading events, companies, and colleges—discussing entrepreneurship, mindset, sales/marketing, communication, branding, and social media.
  • On a mission to inspire millennials to think creatively and logically, giving their best to our country and the universe.

Executive Vice President at ClearTouch

Uthaman Bakthikrishnan

  • I believe in the power of creation - it gives me a real high to grow something from scratch and make it sustainable. Identifying market opportunities, market gaps, and identifying the right talent for execution are some of my key strengths.