Vishwanath Alluri
Chairman, CEO and Founder
Vish founded IMImobile in 1999 with a vision of harnessing the intellectual resources of India to develop an IPR centric technology company. While recognising the potential of the rapidly evolving mobile data space, Vish was aware that fast growth needed to keep pace with ever changing technology. Vish therefore set out to build a company which would liberate mobile operators and media companies of technological complexities thus enabling them to realize the huge revenue potential. A pioneer of the ‘managed service model’, IMImobile delivers turnkey technology solutions allowing customers to focus on their core business development. Today IMImobile has become one of the leading players in the Mobile Value-Added Services market.
Vish has extensive experience in the technology domain and was previously involved in setting up an Indian hi-tech consumer services company in the healthcare sector. Vish is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary.
Shyam Bhat
CTO and Founder
Bhat has more than two decades of experience in Engineering and new product developments. He is responsible for the creation of all the engineering and mobile products and platforms. Bhat is an Engineering graduate from the highly prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Madhavan Iyer
Vice President, Content Operations
Madhavan, based in Hyderabad, is responsible for Content Operations and Account Management functions. Madhavan has extensive experience in the VAS telecommunication sector and has worked for companies like Samsung and Sterling Cellular, a joint venture between ESSAR and Hutch. Madhavan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Bharthidasan University.
Ashish Misra
Vice President Sales, India & Asia Pacific
Ashish Misra, based in Delhi, is responsible for sales in India and Asia Pacific regions. Ashish has 10 plus years of experience in the wireless telecommunications and emerging technologies sector. He holds an MBA in Marketing, a Master’s degree in Human Resources and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Law and Industrial Management from Kanpur University.
Ashwani Chadha
Vice President Sales, Middle East & Africa
Ashwani Chadha, based in Dubai, is responsible for IMImobile’s sales and business development in the Middle East and Africa markets.
Ashwani has extensive telecommunication experience having previously worked at Siemens Public Communication Network Pvt. Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., India Pvt. Ltd. where he was in charge of promoting and selling telecom equipment, VAS and Wireless Broadband Services to Mobile Operators in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and India.
Ashwani holds an MBA in Marketing from Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Sudarshan Dharmapuri
Vice President, Product Management
Sudarshan Dharmapuri, based in Hyderabad, is responsible for Product Management function at IMImobile.
Prior to joining IMImobile, Sudarshan held key positions in both Engineering and Product Marketing at Siebel Systems and Oracle in Silicon Valley, California. During his 9+ years there, he brought several successful new products to market, led partnership initiatives with 3rd party technology vendors and championed customer adoption of key products.
Sudarshan holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley, a MS in Computer Science from The University of Memphis, Tennessee and a BE in Information Science & Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore University.
Mario Fernandez
Regional Sales Director, LATAM
Mario Fernandez, based in Panama, is responsible for driving sales and business development in Latin American markets.
Mario has extensive experience in VAS start-ups and was Director of New Business Development at 4U, S.A., a Panamanian start-up company in the mobile VAS business sector. Mario was also CEO of Celulares.net INC. a Nokia Mobile Phone distributor and service center for Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic.
Mario holds a BS in Economics from The University of Tampa, Florida.
Anu Shah
Head of IMImobile Europe
Based in London, Anu has worked with industry leaders such as Ernst & Young, Royal Dutch Shell, CISCO and NEC, and has a wealth of experience in media and technology. As part of the management board of Pocket Group, Anu was instrumental in establishing the company as a leading mobile services provider and seeing its growth through to a successful acquisition by Win Plc. Following this, Anu went on to lead a management buy-in of dx3 technologies, a venture capital backed digital services firm, and successfully concluded the sale of the company to IMImobile in late 2008.
In charge of IMImobile’s European operations, Anu is focused on fulfilling the company’s aggressive expansion plans in the region through both organic and inorganic growth.
Tim Newmarch
VP Music Services and Operations
After a successful career in the London financial services sector, Tim became Director of Business Development for Universal Music’s eLabs division, gaining in-depth experience in identifying and reviewing opportunities for digital distribution across multiple platforms.
Tim has been responsible for securing IMImobile’s licensing relationships with all of the major music labels and is now leading the company’s content licensing activities. In addition to this, Tim is also responsible for managing daily operations in support of IMImobile’s European office.
Allen Scott
Head of Sales, Europe
Allen has over 20 years experience at the cutting edge of IT and telecoms working in software, media, the Internet and mobile. Allen has worked for several start-ups and held executive and senior positions at a number of global public IT and telecoms companies such as AT&T, Vodafone and Novell. Allen co-founded Edgeforce in 2002 specialising in telecommunications consultancy. Most recently Allen was the GM for NeuStar’s Next Generation Messaging division, a leading mobile IM provider where he was instrumental to delivering IM services to global tier one operators.
Allen has closely worked with a number of organizations, namely: the GSMA (GSM Association), CMO (Chief Marketing Organisation), MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) and the Independent Mobile Content Board; Allen is also part of the steering committee at the MEF (Mobile Entertainment Forum) for the Smart Pipes Initiative.
Allen holds a BSc in Geography and a Post-graduate Diploma in IT.
