A hands-on IT Professional with over 30 years of experience in national account management and IT product management, B Anand is an expert in multiple technologies across the IT spectrum. Apart from initiating large campaigns with global technology leaders like Sun Microsystems, Oracle, IBM etc. to enable enterprise solutions for MNC’s and large customers, he has led the product and sales teams in various capacities in Accel Frontline Limited, SIFY and Dimension Data. Anand has rich experience in Data Center, Cloud, Connectivity, Security and IT Services domains. In his new role at Accel ITS he brings his expertise and experience to offer customized solutions to clients through a comprehensive portfolio of new generation products and solutions. Prior to joining Accel Limited, Anand was with SIFY Technologies handling alliances and partnerships for Technology Services business unit.

SK Padmakumar is a senior IT executive with a successful track record in technology management and service life cycle management. He is an engineer with three decades of industry experience. After his graduation from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, he started his professional career with HCL. He joined Accel Group in 1997 and has handled different portfolios in India, USA and Singapore apart. He has extensive experience with entire spectrum of IT Services in Indian and international markets. He has managed business units with portfolios of cloud services, data centre, information security, software, infrastructure service, etc with a focus on global delivery for customers located in India and across the globe. He holds several industry certifications in Security, Service Management, Networking etc including ITIL Masters and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

KR Gopinath is an industry veteran with deep knowledge in IoT, Embedded, Enterprise and Mobility service delivery. He has over 35 years of experience in Product Engineering and product manufacturing. Prior to this he was Head of Technology Solutions Group of Accel Frontline Limited. He has served in HCL, IBM in various capacities and has managed large project teams to execute multi-million dollar projects. KR Gopinath has extensive experience in designing and deploying Product Engineering process and has successfully developed large Product Development Frameworks across domains like Aero, Auto, Medical and IT Services for MNCs like Siemens VDO, Hamilton Sundstrand, Medtronics, Boston Scientific, Baxter, Powerwave, IBM, Celestica, etc. He was instrumental in developing and leading teams in various quality programs like CMMI (Level 5), ISO 9001, AS9100, DO178B, DO254, ISO 13485, TL9000 and TS16949.

A visionary entrepreneur and a highly awarded technocrat, N. R. Panicker was ranked by DQ India as one of the top 10 key influencers in the Indian IT industry. Entering the IT industry almost 40 years ago as a young electronics engineer from The Govt. College of Engineering, TVM, he started his career in HCL, after which he founded the Accel Group of companies in 1991. On growing the venture from start-up to an MNC with over 125 offices operating across seven countries and over 3000 IT professionals, he guided the company through a successful IPO and later gained industry accolade when British Telecom acquired a majority stake in his venture. Apart from organic growth, his clarity of vision and the ability to see beyond the surface has resulted in his successful acquisition and transformation of companies like Network Ltd., Fujitsu ICIM, Transmatic Systems, Telesis, Network Programs etc. and enabled their seamless merger into Accel, resulting in enhanced growth and profitability for the combined entity. He pioneered multi-vendor customer services with a unique service delivery framework in India that has been the backbone of the company. He also led in the creation of several IPs in the areas of CRM, e-Governance, and banking. With his passion to create a new generation IT Services company, he continues to drive Accel ITS with the launch of an array of services focusing on Digital Transformation Services, cloud services, enterprise security and IT Infrastructure management.