Mahesh Subramanian Head - Learning Technologies

Team Sify Mahesh has over 21 years of industry experience, which includes more than 12 years in information technology. This has largely been in the architecting, design, development, and project management of multi-tier Web-based applications in Java/J2EE and RDBMS such as Oracle, MS SQL server, and MySQL. His domains of experience are Web-based software applications, banking, finance, and learning management systems. He has architected and managed the development of an in-house, end-to-end LMS for one of the five big companies in Silicon Valley. This LMS included the full range of capabilities such as performance management, curriculum development, curriculum management, monitoring of training and development, and reporting that provided rolled-up and granular-level details along with the ROI on managed content. He is an expert in SDLC, standards, and practices for quality and experience with CMM level 5 processes. He is also a team player with excellent communication and people skills. He is capable of effectively translating business requirements into technological solutions. He is really excited by technological advances, and likes to try out and integrate new tools or gadgets into solutions. "I have always found that there is a misconception that technology needs to drive business but in reality, it is the other way around. If there is no business solution, then a technological solution cannot be conceived. Most of traditional and now the newer eLearning solutions have always been "pull" based where learners go to learn mediums such as classrooms (traditional) and websites (eLearning). With the fast pace of life, we now need to move towards a "push" based learning where information is made available to learners as and when it is created or existing learning modified. As corny as it sounds-this is a tug of war between pull and push."