VEE TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons


Byron James

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Dr. Ravi Veerappan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman of IBCN2025, Speaks With Mr. Chocko Valliappa

Mr. Chocko Valliappa - CEO, Chairman, CIO, Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • CIO
  • Founder
  • Leader
  • Managing Director
  • CEO of Vee Technologies, Shared
  • Founder & CEO of HireMee, Addresses
  • Founder & CEO of HireMee, Makes
  • Founder & CEO of HireMee, Speaks
  • Founder of the Sona Valliappa Group
  • Launches Vee Hive, a Hybrid Workspace, in an Interview With NDTV
Chocko is a dynamic leader with great business acumen. Chocko founded Vee Technologies in 2000. He has led Vee Technologies to grow in strength and emerge as one of the largest global companies in the strategic services business. His innovative approach has positioned the organization as a fast-growing company that adds value to its clients. Mr. Chocko Valliappa, CEO & MD of Vee Technologies, states his thoughts on ongoing learning opportunities amidst the pandemic and transforming the education system through the digital era Chocko Valliappa, CEO of Vee Technologies, Shared his Thoughts and Experiences of Being a Social Entrepreneur in an Interview with the News 7 Tamil TV Channel Chocko Valliappa, Speaks about "The Future of Work From Home" in an interview with NDTV Chocko Valliappa, CEO & MD of Vee Technologies, on Bridging Academia and Industry at the YPO Global Impact Chocko Valliappa, Founder & CEO of HireMee, Speaks about How Technology is Transforming the Search for Talent in India Chocko Valliappa, Founder & CEO of HireMee, Addresses the Crowd at the World Education Summit, 2018, at New Delhi Chocko Valliappa, Founder & CEO of HireMee, Makes an Inspiring Speech at the MoU exchange between HireMee and DTE-Karnataka Chocko Valliappa, Founder & CEO of Vee Technologies, in Conversation with Frank Islam on His Success as an Entrepreneur of Global Repute Mr. Chocko Valliappa, CEO and MD, Vee Technologies, took India's first ever initiative by partnering with Plastonix to transform waste into industrial fuel and construction aid! Vee Technologies' CEO & MD, Chocko Valliappa, shares his thoughts on five major pillars of focus that will propel India into the Superpower League. Chocko Valliappa, CEO & MD of Vee Technologies and owner and trustee Sona College of Technology, shares his approach to training and tips for success. Chocko Valliappa is the CEO & MD of Vee Technologies - An Organization Focused on Delivering Extraordinary Business Solutions Mr. C. Valliappa is the founder of the Sona Valliappa Group (an extension of The Sona Group). As an esteemed and inquisitive industrialist in South India, his interests range from textiles to the construction industry and all the way to information technology. He has had the privilege of being the President of both the Industrial (Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and Trade (Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry) Chambers of Commerce. C. Valliappa was quintessential in putting India on the IT map when Texas Instruments decided to partner with the Sona Valliappa Group. C. Valliappa was invited to visit the U.S. as a guest of the White House to understand American business and to identify the future growth of business between India and the US - a rare honor vested on only one businessman each year.

Patrick O'Malley

Job Titles:
  • Chief Advisor
Patrick has held a wide range of senior executive leadership positions in large companies in the global services industry. His experience includes senior-level positions in marketing, sales, and business development with companies such as Sprint, AT&T, and IBM. As the President of Sprint Business, he was responsible for running a business of 12,000 employees with an $8 billion P&L, as he directed all wired networking business activities. He re-engineered nuances of the entire product line, established a customer-focused selling environment, and directed lifecycle management of customers, with loyalty-based marketing strategies. Before that, Patrick was Senior Managing Partner at AT&T, where he was responsible for all AT&T sales, marketing, and services support west of the Mississippi. With AT&T, Patrick was a co-founder of AT&T Solutions; and was responsible for generating over $4 billion in new services revenue. Before AT&T, Patrick worked for IBM for twenty years in various sales, marketing, and systems positions. Patrick was a co-founding member of ISSC (IBM Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation) which, over time, evolved into IBM Global Services, a multi-billion-dollar business today. Patrick was instrumental in securing and managing the new clients that formed the base of the new services arm of IBM. In his last position, as the Vice President of Marketing and Sales for IBM Canada, he was responsible for the management of IBM sales/ services teams across the ten provinces, the generation of many new logos, as well as establishing the infrastructure to support new clients of IBM services. Patrick joined as President of Vee Technologies in 2010. He holds an MBA from the University of Kansas and a BA in English (minor in General Science) from St. Louis University.

Sona SPEED

Job Titles:
  • Manufacturing

Sue Smith

Job Titles:
  • Vice President Finance and Administration
Sue brings a broad spectrum of business expertise and specialized knowledge to Vee Technologies. Her twelve years as a Quality Assurance Engineer and Operations Specialist included the oversight of both industrial and aerospace and defense electronics manufacturing operations. For the next fifteen years, Sue progressed to entrepreneurial ventures and founded and presided over a creative services corporation and a business services firm. At Vee Technologies, she can draw on her technology, operations, and business management acumen as its Vice President of Finance and Administration. Sue holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering and a Master's in Business Administration from Rutgers Graduate School of Management.