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The Foundation has brought together a large and diverse group of STEM professionals, all of whom are "Friends of Joy”. 

The Foundation has brought together a large and diverse group of STEM professionals, all of whom are "Friends of Joy”. 

Foundation Board of Directors

Foundation Board of Directors

Tony Thomas

Brother of Joy Thomas

Co-Founder, AdventNet, Zoho Corporation

Priya Pattathil

Spouse of Joy Thomas

Business Development, Thermo-Fisher Scientific

Shyam Pillalamarri

CEO of the Foundation

Former CTO, Samsung SDS

Tony Thomas

Brother of Joy Thomas

Co-Founder, AdventNet, Zoho Corporation

Priya Pattathil

Spouse of Joy Thomas

Business Development, Thermo-Fisher Scientific

Shyam Pillalamarri

CEO of the Foundation

Former CTO, Samsung SDS

Foundation Operating Group

Foundation Operating Group

Shyam Pillalamarri

CEO of the Foundation

Former CTO, Samsung SDS 

Yatin Mody

Treasurer, Fundraising

Head of Strategic Finance, Postman Inc

Mani Iyer

Operations Lead

CEO, Kwanzoo Inc (B2B Marketing & Sales Tech)

Murali Subbarao

Donor and Sponsor Relations Lead

Vice President, ServiceNow

Fundraising Group

Fundraising Group

Raja Jasti

Fundraising, Stanford JTF Circle
CEO, ZeroUI (Experiential Learning)

Ashish Mehra

Fundraising, Pan IIT JTF Circle

Mentor, Product and GTM, IIT Startups

Thomas Thekkethala

High School STEM Partner

Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist,

Learn for Life Foundation 

Programs Team

Awards for Excellence

Programs Team - Awards for Excellence

Murali Subbarao

Donor and Sponsor Relations Lead

Senior Director, ServiceNow 

Ajit Paranjpe

Awards for Excellence Lead

SVP and CTO, Veeco Instruments 

Murali Subbarao

Donor and Sponsor Relations Lead

Vice President, ServiceNow 

Ajit Paranjpe

Awards for Excellence Lead

SVP and CTO, Veeco Instruments 

Programs Team

High School STEM

Programs Team - High School STEM

Rajeev Bharadwaj

High School STEM Co-Lead

VP of Engineering, Salesforce 

Ashok Natesan

High School STEM Mentoring

CEO, Streamlinity Inc (Technical Hiring Solutions)

Jyothy Venkateswaran

High School STEM Bootcamp Coordinator

Senior Data Engineer, 23andMe

Sundar Nagarathnam

High School STEM Co-Lead

SVP, Services, Training, Automation Anywhere

Rajeev Bharadwaj

High School STEM Co-Lead

VP of Engineering, Salesforce 

Asha Sundararajan

High School STEM Co-Lead

Math Teaching Fellow

Sundar Nagarathnam

High School STEM Co-Lead

SVP, Services, Training, Enablement, Automation Anywhere 

Ashok Natesan

High School STEM Mentoring

CEO, Streamlinity Inc (Technical Hiring Solutions)

Programs Team

College STEM

Programs Team - College STEM

Balaji Shyamkumar

College STEM Lead

Technical Fellow and Engg Leader

Shashi Nambisan

College STEM Mentoring Talks

Director, Transportation Research Center, Prof of Civil Engg, UNLV

Balaji Shyamkumar

College STEM Lead

Technical Fellow and Engg Leader

Shashi Nambisan

College STEM Mentoring Talks and Seminars

Director, Transportation Research Center, Prof of Civil Engg, UNLV

Vinod Aravindakshan,

College STEM Career Dev Projects

HR Director, CDK Global

Anil Kapoor

College STEM Mentoring Initiatives

Director Design Implementation, Broadcom

Maya Srinivasan

College STEM Mentoring Initiatives

President & Founder, Ready.Set.Excel Inc

Anil Kapoor

College STEM Mentoring Initiatives
Director Design Implementation, Broadcom Limited

Maya Srinivasan

College STEM Mentoring Initiatives
President & Founder, Ready.Set.Excel Inc

Vinod Aravindakshan

College STEM Career Dev Projects
HR Director, CDK Global

Programs Team

Talks and Seminars

Vinod Aravindakshan,

Lead, JTF Talks and Seminars
HR Director, CDK Global

Karthik Ramachandran
JTF Talks and Seminars
Engineering Leader

Kumar Maddali
Fundraising, Stratify JTF Circle
VP, Data Science, and Big Data Platforms, Telenav Inc

Programs Team - Talks and Seminars

Vinod Aravindakshan

Lead, JTF Talks and Seminars
HR Director, CDK Global

Karthik Ramachandran

JTF Talks and Seminars

Engineering Leader

Kumar Maddali

JTF Talks and Seminars, Fundraising Stratify JTF Circle
VP, Data Science and Big Data Platforms, Telenav Inc

Foundation Marketing and Operations

Foundation Marketing and Operations

Vijay Damojipurapu

Marketing Lead

Founder & Principal at Stratyve

Anu Subramaniam

India Operations Lead
Human Resources Director at Arcadis

Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Thomas Thekkethala

High School STEM Partner

Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist,

Learn for Life Foundation 

Anant Jhingran

Fundraising and Mentor Lead,

JTF Network at Google Cloud

Apigee; CEO Stepzen, Board Member Persistent Systems, Advisor Datastax

Thomas Thekkethala

High School STEM Partner

Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist, Learn for Life Foundation 

Anant Jhingran
Fundraising Lead, Google Cloud JTF Circle
CEO Stepzen, Board Member Persistent Systems

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