Sekhar Puli

Sekhar Puli is an Indian-American executive, philanthropist and government official. He currently serves as the president and chief executive officerof ArchLynk. Puli is the former chief executive officer of REAN Cloud and the founder of Asha-Jyothi Foundation.

Sekhar Puli
BornJanuary 1973 (age 49–50)
EducationGeorge Mason University (MS) Georgetown University (MBA)
OccupationExecutive
Political partyJanaSena Party
SpouseMalini Puli
Children2

Career and education

Puli is a graduate of George Mason University and Georgetown University. Puli founded REAN Cloud, an IT service management company, in 2013, alongside Sri Vasireddy. In July 2018, Hitachi Vantara announced their plans to acquire REAN Cloud for an undisclosed sum.[1] The acquisition was completed October 2018.[2]

In February 2019, Puli announced that he was leaving REAN Cloud to join JanaSena party as chairman.[3] In September 2020, AgroWave announced a funding round from Puli worth $500,000.[4]

Puli currently serves on boards of several companies including Nucon Aerospace, TopBloc, PixelMedia, AIGO.AI, and Agrowave, along with serving as a co-founder, president and chief executive officer CEO of LifeVoxel.AI.

Philanthropy

Puli is the founder and director of Asha-Jyothi Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Virginia. In 2019, Puli made a $2 million donation to construct an Innovation Lab for Fairfax High School.[5][6]

References
  1. Terry, Robert. "Hitachi subsidiary plans to acquire REAN Cloud". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. "Hitachi Completes REAN Cloud Acquisition". www.hitachivantara.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  3. "NRI joins Jana Sena". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. Agarwal, Reshab (2020-09-29). "Agritech startup AgroWave raises $500K from US investors". TechStory. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  5. "Fairfax High School Opens New Innovation Lab -". THE Journal. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  6. "Sekhar Puli donated $2 million to Asha-Jyothi".
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