Sekhar Puli is an Indian-American executive, philanthropist and government official. He currently serves as the president and chief executive officero
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Puli is the former chief executive officer of REAN Cloud and the founder of Asha-Jyothi Foundation.

Career and education

Puli is a graduate of

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

and

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

. Puli founded REAN Cloud, an IT service management company, in 2013, alongside Sri Vasireddy. In July 2018, Hitachi Vantara announced their plans to acquire REAN Cloud for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was completed October 2018. In February 2019, Puli announced that he was leaving REAN Cloud to join JanaSena party as

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

. In September 2020, AgroWave announced a

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from Puli worth $500,000. Puli currently serves on boards of several companies including Nucon Aerospace, TopBloc, PixelMedia, AIGO.AI, and Agrowave, along with serving as a co-founder, president and chief executive officer CEO of LifeVoxel.AI.

Philanthropy

Puli is the founder and director of Asha-Jyothi Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Virginia. In 2019, Puli made a $2 million donation to construct an Innovation Lab for Fairfax High School.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puli, Sekhar George Mason University alumni Living people American politicians of Indian descent American philanthropists 1973 births