Ganesh Lakshminarayanan

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Proven leadership in multiple executive roles.
  • Extensive experience in business strategy and operations.
  • Strong academic background with MBA and engineering degrees.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned executive in the SaaS and telecommunications sectors.

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Skills

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LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipProgram ManagementVendor ManagementBusiness DevelopmentStrategyProduct ManagementCRMBusiness Process ImprovementStart-upsManagementSales OperationsOutsourcingBusiness StrategyGo-to-market Strategy

About

Ganesh S. Lakshminarayanan is currently the MD of ServiceNow India. Before this role, he was the CEO of Airtel Business, India. He also served on the board of Nxtra which is a Airtel subsidiary. Before joining Airtel, Ganesh served as Chief Operating Officer of Capillary Technologies. He also served on the Board of Capillary. Ganesh worked at Dell for fifteen years, where he served on various leadership roles including being the President and Managing Director for Dell India. Before joining Dell, Ganesh worked in the consulting industry for eight years. Ganesh has an MBA with high distinction from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and BS in Computer Science and Engineering with top honor as gold medalist, from Guindy Engineering college in Chennai, India. Ganesh served twice as elected member in the NASSCOM executive council which is the industry body for Indian IT/ITES sector and FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). He is also a founding member of Social Venture Partners @Bangalore.

Experience

Tata communications

CEO and MD Designate

Mar 2026Present · 1 mo · Mumbai · On-site

Servicenow

MD and GVP, Servicenow India and SAARC

Jan 2025Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru · On-site

Airtel business

CEO Airtel Business India

Jul 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Airtel

CEO Airtel Enterprise Business

Jul 2020Jul 2023 · 3 yrs · Delhi, India

Capillary technologies

2 roles

Chief Operating Officer

May 2017Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Member Board Of Directors

May 2017Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Ey

Senior Advisor

Jun 2016May 2017 · 11 mos · Bangalore

Sequoia capital

Senior Advisor, Various Start-ups

May 2015May 2016 · 1 yr · Bangalore

  • Served as Senior Advisory to Sequoia Capital portfolio companies including Capillary Technologies, Bank Bazaar, Porter etc.

Mu sigma

Managing Director

Jun 2014May 2015 · 11 mos · Bangalore

  • Responsible for all enablement, measurement, and global delivery functions for the fastest growing Decision sciences and BIG DATA analytics company.

Dell

8 roles

Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan - Sales Operations

Feb 2013Jun 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Responsible for sales forecasting, planning, governance, compensation, training, and fulfillment for the $11 billion Dell APJ business.

VP, Global consumer, small and medium business services

Jan 2011Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

  • Responsible for the customer service delivery with an annual spend of $400m, 11,000 employees and half a billion dollars of point-of-need revenue.

President and Managing Director, Dell India

Promoted

Jul 2010Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

President and Country Manager, Dell India

Jan 2010Jan 2011 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for transforming Dell to become the top IT solutions provider in India.

Vice President Global Consumer Services

Jan 2007Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

  • Led the 10,000 strong global team for post-sale service across all channels for the consumer business.

Managing Director, Dell Internatiional Services and VP, US consumer services

Jan 2006Jan 2007 · 1 yr

Vice President, Dell International Services

Promoted

Jan 2003Jan 2005 · 2 yrs

Exec Director Dell E-Commerce and E-support

Jan 1999Jan 2003 · 4 yrs

Education

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

MBA — Finance

Jan 1997Jan 1999

Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, Karaikudi

MA — Vaishnavism

Jun 2022Jun 2024

Anna University Chennai

B.E — Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 1985Jan 1989

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