CB Velayuthan
Chief Executive Officer
A seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience working in the US, Europe, and Asia, he is a results-focused executive with passion for technology as a force for empowering people and organizations to build a better tomorrow. Before joining Digital Connexion, CB was the Global Managing Director of Strategic Alliances at Equinix, USA, where he successfully led business with large enterprises. Prior to that, he led Global Sales for Nokia, driving significant revenue growth. During his time there, he also created a Partner Business Unit and spent many years in the India Market building nationwide Telecom networks for key operators. CB holds a MBA in Global Business from Helsinki School of Economics and an undergraduate degree from Bharathiyar University, India. His interests include reading, golf, and long-distance running. He also serves as the President of a First Robotics team in California to support youth to learn and design robots.
CB Velayuthan
Chief Executive Officer
Anbu Shanmugam
Chief Operations Officer
Over the last 12 years, Anbu Shanmugam has constructed and delivered more than 250MW of data center capacity across India. He has more than 25 years of experience in leading large-scale projects, facilities management, systems deployment, and operations. Prior to Digital Connexion, he oversaw new data centre build for NTT Global Data Centers in India. He is a Certified Data Centre Specialist (CDCS), certified Project Management Professional (PMP), certified Lead Auditor in Business Continuity Management Systems and is a Six Sigma Green Belt holder. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration.
Anbu Shanmugam
Chief Operations Officer
Praveen Nair
Senior Vice President - Sales & Business Development
Praveen Nair has over 20 years of experience across the infrastructure, technology and media sectors. Prior to Digital Connexion, Praveen was the Sales Director - India & Malaysia for Bridge Data Centres, an APAC focused wholesale data center colocation provider that owns and operates data centres in India, Malaysia and China. He has been involved in the data centre industry for the past 12 years and was the Country Manager – India & Middle East for Datacenter Dynamics, a UK based, data centre focused media and research firm. Praveen is a former Licensed Marine Engineer and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.
Praveen Nair
Senior Vice President - Sales & Business Development
Shruti Paliwal
Director - Marketing
Shruti Paliwal is a leading brand strategist, marketer and digital thinker. In her current role, she leads marketing and communication for Digital Connexion. With over a decade’s experience in the integrated marketing industry, she has delivered impactful brand, award-winning campaigns (WOW Awards Asia, EEMAX Global, PMAA, DMA Asia Echo) and ROI for the businesses in the technology arena. Prior to this, she has worked with STT GDC India (formerly known as Tata Communication Data Center). She comes with an experience of corporate as well as agency roles including Pulp Strategy Communications Scentra and Arvato Bertelsmann. Shruti holds an engineering degree in Biotechnology and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Marketing).
Shruti Paliwal
Director - Marketing
Sukrit Anand
Vice President - Investments & Strategy
Sukrit Anand has over 12 years of real estate investment experience with leading fund managers and investment banks across asset classes. He has expertise in greenfield development acquisitions, core buyouts, JVs and M&A, with end-to-end execution including strategy, negotiations and structuring. Prior to joining Digital Connexion, he has worked with Godrej Funds and J.P. Morgan where he was involved in transactions across Real Estate and Technology sectors.
Sukrit Anand
Vice President - Investments & Strategy
Priyadarshini Potdar
Senior Manager - Human Resource
Priyadarshini Potdar brings over 10 years of experience as a HR business partner within the BFSI and tech sector. In her current role, she will lead the HR function for Digital Connexion. Previously she has worked with Session AI, a mar-tech platform, where she built the HR function for their India office. Prior to that, she was with the BNP Paribas group where she worked as a HR business partner for various business verticals. With a background in Organizational Psychology, she is interested in nurturing talent and maximizing potential.
Priyadarshini Potdar
Senior Manager - Human Resource
Vishy Subramaniam
Chief Financial Officer
A seasoned executive with over 32 years of experience in Finance, process transformation, offshoring and strategic planning. Vishy has held progressively senior positions with various US, Canada and India based organizations in the Supply Chain & Logistics, Banking & Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, and Telecom industries.
Vishy Subramaniam
Chief Financial Officer
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