Dr Karthik Ramesh, MBA Alumnus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL)Puttaparthi, is currently serving as the Vice President International Markets and Head of Innovation in emids Technologies. Just over last 2 years, Karthik has received 23 National and international awards recognizing his immense contributions across Strategy, Transformation, Innovation, People Strategy & HR Tech, AI/ML/NLP.

He would like to dedicate his reward and recognition to His Alma Mater SSSIHL, it’s Founding Chancellor and the unique MBA program, it’s faculty whom he believes honed his techno-functional management skills early on . Thanks to the strong foundation in values oriented learning at his MBA,  he got several opportunities outside work, to deploy technology skills for various altruistic causes in sustainability projects across education, healthcare, non profit management, rural development,  which he believes fosters the true spirit of Open Innovation and equal access to all of ICT.

Dr Karthik has delivered many international and national addresses on innovation management, artificial intelligence, analytics to name a few and actively involved in IQPC, NASSCOM, CII, TiE another national industrial forums. 

Most recently he was recognized as one of India’s Top 20 Conversational AI Leaders and Visionary CIO 2021 

Prior to his current stint at emids, he served as Vice President - aXess Labs India Head of Business Engagement & Location Leader, Chennai and was also Management Team member – Standard Chartered Bank Tech Strategy and Innovation, where he reported to the Global Chief Innovation Officer of Standard Chartered Bank.

Karthik Ramesh is a Senior Management Executive with 18+ year’s fast track growth, with broad based technology strategy and innovation experience in who has successfully straddled leadership roles across 14 geographies, strategically enabling tech stack design, product management roadmap and turnkey solution implementation for Global CXOs and Chairmen of MNCs like Dun & Bradstreet, Highmark Health USA, DAMAC Holdings Dubai and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Global Business Services India. He carries rich expertise across cross industry domains leveraging latest trends in Industry 4, Innovation. He has held leadership positions across Banking Financial Services Insurance, Logistics & Supply Chain, Healthcare, Predictive Analytics, Real Estate, Supply Chain during his days of serving these Global Leaders designing their organizational design, go to market strategy, people practices, domain consulting and been instrumental in establishing credit bureaus across regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and Middle East.