Team

Suresh is the Chairman & CEO of Brightcom Group. An entrepreneur with a commitment to building high value businesses, Suresh is responsible for promoting the success of the group and its worldwide functions and sustainability. With over a decade of online marketing and advertising experience, he has a strong understanding of building effective cross-country and cross-cultural business operations. He directs and supervises the group's strategy and its implementation globally.

Suresh founded two successful companies USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies. He maintains a global network of trusted relationships with peer entrepreneurs, corporates, partners, institutions and the media. He has consummated, completed and integrated 10 major acquisitions for Ybrant Digital, coupled with fund raising. The group under his leadership has raised $100 million in equity and debt over a period of 7 years.

Prior to co-founding two successful companies USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies, he worked in various roles across different industries in Fortune 500 companies, such as Caterpillar, Chrysler, SBC(PacBell) and Charles Schwab.

Suresh holds an M. S. in Engineering from the Iowa State University and a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Vijay leads the innovations at Brightcom Group. He is responsible for the company's worldwide technology enhancements and innovations.Vijay has been at the forefront of the internet revolution and has vast experience in building innovative solutions for the online market.

Prior to co-founding USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies, he worked with some of the Fortune 500 companies, such as Hewlett Packard and Pacific Bell.

Vijay holds an M. S. in Computer Science from the University of Louisville and a B. Tech. from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

An innovative and accomplished strategist with more than 29 years of diverse business experience, Prasad brings a lot to the table.

As the former President and Director of Apollo Logisolutions Limited, Prasad has spearheaded execution of the logistics business strategy of the group including several joint ventures and expansions (organic and inorganic) across the globe.

Leading a team of over 2,000 employees, he has been responsible for the creation of a business portfolio having a balanced mix of asset heavy and asset light business which includes 5 dry ports across India, over 1.5 mn. sq. foot of warehousing space and integrated logistics solutions for major conglomerates specifically in automotive and steel sectors.

Prasad is a recipient of the Best CEO award in the logistics business across India. His academic background includes a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

Brad is responsible to define and drive the strategic initiatives at Brightcom Group. Brad is also responsible to oversee the M&A activities of the company. Prior to this position, Brad was President – Business Integration & Strategic Initiatives that led Ybrant achieve impressive business results.

An entrepreneur since college, Brad Cohen has founded and managed more than ten successful ventures since 1993 and has a deep understanding of the global Internet marketplace. Brad started his first company, Trident Industries, while in college. Brad was co-founder of eCollege.com, one of the first companies to offer online-distance education programs for Colleges and Universities. As President of the company, Brad managed all software/web development, and the day-to-day business operations.

In 1998, Brad co-found Cohen Capital; under his leadership, Cohen Capital Technologies founded Neural Technologies, LLC., a software development company based on the only known Instantaneously Trained Neural Network Algorithm. In 2002, Brad co-founded what is now known as MediosOne, the Global Online Advertising Network.

Brad received a BA from the University of Missouri in Marketing and Political Science.

Mr. Ramesh Reddy is the Executive Director (Finance) & Group CFO of Brightcom Group. His responsibilities include corporate finance, merges and acquisitions, corporate planning, risk management and investor relations. Prior to joining Brightcom Group, Mr. Ramesh was heading the Finance function at CTE.

Before joining CTE, he was with Virinchi Consultants, a Hyderabad based start up in e-Business and Web-based analytical solutions. He was SBU head for Malaysia operations with full accountability for all project deliverables through multiple project teams onsite and offshore. In the start-up phase of Virinchi, he played a key role as the Head of the Product Development and Chief Functional Architect, where he defined Virinchi's product scope for B2B Exchanges, and managed the entire development and release of its exchange product suite.

Ramesh Reddy is a Chemical Engineer from IIT, Chennai, and holds a Management Degree in Finance & Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Yaniv Ben Atia is the CTO of Brightcom Media, the core advertising & media division of Brightcom Group and the GM of its Fusion division. As part of his role, Yaniv is overseeing the division's R&D activities, and is leading the technical innovation efforts, and the integration of its diverse digital media products.

Prior to joining Brightcom Group, Yaniv was over 6 years with Microsoft Israel. In his last position, Yaniv was CTO in Microsoft Israel and head of its Solutions Specialist Group.

Yaniv holds a BSc in Computer Science, and is an avid musician and tennis player.

Brad is responsible to define and drive the strategic initiatives at Brightcom Group. Brad is also responsible to oversee the M&A activities of the company. Prior to this position, Brad was President – Business Integration & Strategic Initiatives that led Ybrant achieve impressive business results.

An entrepreneur since college, Brad Cohen has founded and managed more than ten successful ventures since 1993 and has a deep understanding of the global Internet marketplace. Brad started his first company, Trident Industries, while in college. Brad was co-founder of eCollege.com, one of the first companies to offer online-distance education programs for Colleges and Universities. As President of the company, Brad managed all software/web development, and the day-to-day business operations.

In 1998, Brad co-found Cohen Capital; under his leadership, Cohen Capital Technologies founded Neural Technologies, LLC., a software development company based on the only known Instantaneously Trained Neural Network Algorithm. In 2002, Brad co-founded what is now known as MediosOne, the Global Online Advertising Network.

Brad received a BA from the University of Missouri in Marketing and Political Science.

Shahar is the GM, Finance for Brightcom Group. He is a seasoned finance professional with broad ranging experience in corporate finance and business operations management. Mr. Shaharabany is skilled at collaborating finance with core business operations, and developing efficient and productive cross-enterprise alliances across multiple business environments.

Mr. Shaharabany is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to joining Oridian, his positions included Controller of Finance at ECI Telecom Israel and Officer in the Intelligence Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces. He did his CPA training at KPMG.

Mr. Shaharabany holds an M.A. in Financial Economics (with distinction) from Tel Aviv University.

Krishna heads the Indian Operations of Brightcom Group's advertising & media division, Brightcom Media.

Krishna is a seasoned professional with years of industry experience in aggressively growing Internet businesses. Prior to joining Ybrant (then), he held a senior position at the Internet startup iXmatch.com. His experience includes working at companies such as MCI WorldCom, SilverStream, Softech Consulting, and Pyramid Consulting. Krishna holds a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

Srinivasa Rao Yepuri is responsible for the overall financial management of Brightcom Group. Srinivasa Rao is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with a masters in Commerce. He has 29 years of diversified business experience, of which 18 years in Senior Management positions in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, IT and ITeS industry. Prior to joining Brightcom Group, Srinivasa Rao held several top financial positions in the capacity of GM, VP and CFO in the past; the last being CFO of LGS Global. He has proven ability to impact business growth and maximize profits through various initiatives in finance management, cost management, vendor negotiations, IT project decisions, Internal Controls, Procedures & Compliances and Information facilitation. His overseeing and implementation of growth strategies have resulted in many corporate success stories that include rightsizing the organization, increasing and diversifying revenue streams. Srinivasa Rao is responsible for Financial Management, Fund Raising, Finalization and Audit of Accounts, Budgetary and Cost Control, Treasury and Forex Management, Project Evaluation and M&A. Areas of expertise include Start-ups, Finance, Accounts, Internal Audit & Control, Banking, Taxation, Legal, Imports & Exports, Commercial and Administration, Financial and Equity restructuring, Raising of funds, Public Issues, Right Issues, Pvt. Equity, FCCB's, ESOS, Merger & De-merger, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, SPV's formation, and Planning & Formation of Foreign & Domestic Subsidiaries.