Meet the leadership panel at Elena

Lt Col V S VELAN: Founder And CTO

An Indian Army Veteran, Col Velan is a subject matter expert in satellite-based navigation and has been working in the GNSS domain since 1998. He was the System Manager for development of monitoring systems for the armed forces during 2003-2011. He had taken premature retirement in 2011 to pursue research in this domain. He has been involved in the NavIC / IRNSS domain since its inception in 2008 and is also a founding member of the Integrated Space Cell. He was a part of the ISRO team for trial evaluation of the GLONASS-based multi-GNSS receiver and simulators.

NAVEENA VELAN: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

A highly skilled accounting professional, Mrs. Naveena Velan is one of the key personnel involved in creating goals, policies, and procedures for the company to help it operate more efficiently and profitably since its inception. In addition to overseeing the daily operations of Elena, she also maintains long-term strategic projects that might include developing long-term budgets, developing and monitoring KPIs, human resources development, and keeping a pulse on changing regulatory and compliance rules. She is also responsible for supervising the day-to-day operations of Elena, including management of all outsourcing initiatives to internal and external vendors, activities associated with improving risk and control and other enterprise-wide operations, focusing more on improving metrics like operational efficiency, production - operational cost optimizations.

COL SANJAY CHADHA - HEAD, CORPORATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Col Sanjay Chadha is an Army Veteran & Director of specialized telecom projects with over 34 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. As a telecommunication expert, he has served as President - Strategy, Gurgaon India for technology evaluation and partnerships for various joint ventures. He has consulted with global organizations in the telecom, security, and software domains. One of his key accomplishments includes a “Made in India” Optical Intrusion Prevention System in 2012-13. These systems are being deployed across military stations PAN India. His global expertise also spans 20 years dedicated to network planning & design, rollouts, and network operations, delivering several critical projects as CTO for a Tier-1 operator in Nigeria viz. 2G, 3G, 4G and NGN core Transport. He has also planned, designed, and budgeted for the largest Defense network in India (NFS), which is currently under execution. Being an experienced entrepreneur himself, Col Sanjay Chadha supports Elena in leading the organization’s corporate business development initiatives and expanding the company’s customer base. He is responsible for developing and executing strategies to identify new market opportunities and grow the company’s market share. He is responsible for managing relationships with key customers and partners and developing go-to-market strategies and ensuring a track record of success in increasing revenues. He also works closely with all units and senior management to provide strategic direction to ensure ongoing management and development of new business accounts.