Board Members

 

 

The SITPL Board serves its dual role of governance and advisory to the management team.

 

   

 

 

Richard Raja

An ex-diplomat, Richard has extensive experience in countries around the world including France, Italy and Vietnam. Richard is a director with several companies and holds a senior position with United Telecom group

 

 

 

Tim Mitchell

Chairman and Managing Director. Tim has been leading SITPL since the end of 2004. He spent 30 years as an IT professional during which he held management roles in all domains, including being CIO. He also spent over ten years in banking and television. He has extensive experience of living and working around the world and has an MBA from Sussex University, UK.

 

 

 

Dr. Ashok Prabhu

Ashok is Vice President, Device Technologies and Applications at Sarnoff Corporation. Additionally, he heads up Sarnoff's International Business Development operations. Dr. Prabhu’s technical work produced a number of new materials and processes that are being used today by electronics companies around the world. Among these are solid oxide fuel cell materials and processes, ceramic back panel technology for plasma displays, ceramic-on-metal substrates for multichip modules, and lead-free interconnections for electronic assembly. Ashok received a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. He has authored more than 20 technical publications and is inventor or co-inventor on 30 US patents.

 

 

 

Stephen Matthias Esquire

Stephen Mathias is a partner in Kochhar & Co, a leading full service commercial law firm in India and co-chair of the firm’s Technology Law Practice.  He is a corporate and technology lawyer and has substantial experience of representing technology companies in India in areas such as general corporate, outsourcing, licensing and telecom law.  Stephen is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship by the Government of the United Kingdom and is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales.  He is recognized by Global Counsel 3000 as the leading information technology lawyer in India and is a member of the Board of the International Technology Law Association.   

 

 

 

Arvind Lakshmikumar

Arvind Lakshmikumar is the Chief Technology Officer of Serial Innovations. He manages technology and business strategy for the company. Arvind is an established domain expert in vision, imaging and robotics. He has been a principal investigator on successful DARPA, DOD, DHS and NASA programs and has served on international review committees on intelligent systems. Arvind has been widely published in leading conferences and journals and has management leadership experience at entrepreneurial and corporate levels.  His experience, spans the spectrum of new technology creation, venture funding and technology commercialization. Arvind is an alumnus of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon and Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.