POPULAR INFOTECH - Key Persons


Devarajan Ramchandran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Devarajan Ramachandran has Oracle Applications and was involved in ERP Implementations since 2000. Prior to this he has worked on consulting assignments on BaaN and i2 products. A Mechanical Engineer from Calicut University, initially for 7 years he was with Hindustan Petroleum , a Fortune 500 company in the Projects, Purchasing and Logistics division

Jayesh Udeshi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Jayesh has over 20 years of varied experience in the IT Industry. His areas of expertise include design, development, implementation, and support of information systems for large clients. He has managed various consulting, customization and Implementation projects in Baan ERP. He has successfully managed various onsite and offshore engagements and handled large and complex development and migration projects

Kiran Karkera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Kiran has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Materials Management & Infor ERP LN. He started his career in the Procurement function of Godrej & Boyce and subsequently worked on ERP Implementations across industries like Manufacturing, Projects, Chemicals, Trading & Shipbuilding. He has successfully led large ERP implementations and has been involved with various process improvement initiatives with ERP customers.

Naveen Phillip

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Naveen is one of the founders on Popular Infotech. He has developed and executed extensive growth strategies in telecom and vehicle industries in India and acted as the head of marketing, senior manager and, today as the CEO of the Group vehicle division, managing 6500 people in different operations. After completing B.Tech from Calicut University and PGDM from XIM, Bhubaneshwar, Naveen joined the Godrej group of companies. He started as an executive assistant to Manu Parpia ,Exec VP and within a short span of 3 years became the youngest senior manager and went on to head marketing for the new telecom venture. He later quit to join the family business and started with a Tata Motors commercial vehicle dealership in 1997. He grew that company from 0 to 450 crores in a span of 12 years with 1000 employees. Later he started Honda and Jaguar dealerships across South India while continuing to expand the Tata Motors operations. He is managing a work force of more than 1500 persons directly and another 5000 through other group companies.

Pekka Markkanen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Founder of Prodire
Pekka is the founder of Prodire. Since 1984, he has worked as a senior advisor in financial and executive information processes. Prior to that he worked as a consultant and manager at MecRastor Consulting and developed multi-dimensional financial systems in Multi-Data. Before starting Prodire, Pekka worked as the Sales Manager at Tieto. Pekka has extensive experience of executive information systems and financial reporting. He graduated from Stockholm University with a degree in Accounting.