ADVISORY AND EXECUTION
The ISAC Foundation has key advisory and execution members who determine the direction of the foundation and its major activities.
Dr. Emandi Sankar Rao
Advisor
Dr. Emandi Sankara Rao (Dr. ESR) was born and brought up in Visakhapatnam, the city of Destiny on the East Coast of India in Andhra Pradesh. Detailed Profile can be found here: Sankara Rao
Murali Manohar
Advisor
An experienced technology leader leveraging digitalization as a disruptive advantage. He is currently the Head of Enterprise Software business for India and South East Asia with Rockwell Automation. Focused on successful outcomes for our customers, aligning both emerging and established capabilities to their business strategy.
Murali has held leadership roles at Infor as its MD; Spent many years at Oracle , Netsuite and Fiorano in global capacity. He is also an angel investor in multiple startups and winner of prestigious ET “ Most Promising Business leaders of Asia 2022”.
Murali is an Industry anchor for Karnataka Digital Mission to promote business to look at Tier 2 cities within Karnataka; an initiative called “Beyond Bengaluru”
Vijaykrishna Shetty
Advisor
Founder of ThoughtGenesis Technologies and co-founder of Kubesafe, with extensive experience in building enterprise system products for companies like NetApp, Intel, and Honeywell. A KDEM Mangalore Cluster representative and investor in numerous deep tech startups, dedicated to fostering India’s tech ecosystem.
Advisor to several startups, blending strategic insight with technical expertise to drive impactful growth and innovation in the AI and tech space.