Board Members


Paul Pandian -Chairman

Paul Pandian founded Axes Technologies, Inc. in 1990 and has been the president of the corporation since its inception.  Mr. Pandian holds an M.S. in Engineering from Syracuse University, and an MBA degree from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to founding Axes Technologies, Mr. Pandian was at Rockwell International from 1975 to 1984 serving in various engineering and management roles including Director of Strategic Planning and Development for the electronic operations division.  After leaving Rockwell, he was involved in the startup and growth of a high technology company engaged in the design and development of high performance computers and peripheral cards.

Mr. Pandian is a member of  the Dallas Chapter of the Lions Club, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Business School at the University of Texas at Dallas.  He is also a member of the India-U.S. Business Council in Washington, D.C. and is a charter member of the Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
 

Divakar R. Kamath -Member

Divakar joined the firm, Pacesetter Capital Group in 1993 and co-founded Pacesetter Growth Fund, LP.,  in 1997. He is the Funds General Partner and also the Executive Vice President of Pacesetter Capital Group. Divakar has over 23 years of private equity experience, most recently with Equico Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Equitable Life Insurance Corp. At Equico, he served as Executive Vice President, from 1987 to 1993, and was in charge of identifying, structuring and executing transactions. Divakar has been instrumental in the formation of many highly successful companies including Radio One (Nasdaq: ROIA), Z-Spanish Radio and City-Wide Broadcasting. He is a past Chairman of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC). Divakar serves on the Board of Directors of Biogenex Laboratories. Divakar received a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, a Masters in Materials Science from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

 
Dr. Jay Srinivasan -Member

Jay Srinivasan has over fifteen years of varied industrial experience where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of Engineering Research & Analysis, Supply-Chain Operations, Process & Program Management, and Executive Leadership.
Prior to founding Glow, Dr. Srinivasan was at Nortel Networks where he was directly responsible for building the current US wireless engineering organization and was the Sr. Manager for the supply-chain operations group. At Nortel, he ensured that the quality and efficiency of the Engineering organization increased significantly to become the best in class in many metrics. In recognition of his achievement, Dr. Srinivasan was awarded division-wide quality awards. In Canada, he was at MIL Systems where he was responsible for the design of defense marine ships. Prior to that, he held Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Royal Military College, Canada and at Queen’s University, Canada specializing in Engineering Design & Analysis.

Dr. Srinivasan is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng.) with M.S. (Eng.) and Ph.D. (Eng.) from Queen’s University, Canada, an MBA in Marketing and Finance from University of Texas at Dallas and Bachelor of Engineering from Bangalore, University, India.
 
 
Dev Sridharan -Member

Dev Sridharan has over fifteen years of both US and International experience in the areas of Finance and Administration.  For more than a decade, he has held positions of increasing responsibility in many mid-sized and large companies.
Prior to Glow Networks, Mr. Sridharan was with Shrin corporation located in California.  At this OEM Supplier company, he was Controller/CFO reporting directly to the CEO.  Previously, Mr. Sridharan was VP Finance/CFO for a subsidiary of ITM International, which is an international banking and trading company with over $1 Billion annual revenues.  He was responsible for the entire finance, accounting, profit planning, internal controls, payroll, reporting and cash flow management and he also directed various MIS operations and projects.  He was also responsible for improving the overall bottom line by 80% by implementing appropriate cost savings methods.  Mr. Sridharan was also the General Manager at Meridien Leasing, Ltd. and a Senior Audit Manager at KPMG Peat Marwick in Zambia, Africa.

Mr. Sridharan has a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from University of Chennai, India, and is a Chartered Accountant from India.  He has also successfully passed the CPA examination from the California State.