Chandra Kotaru

About Chandra Kotaru

Chandra Kotaru is the founder & CEO of the GAIAN group of companies, and is recognized as a visionary innovator and entrepreneur with 25+ years track record in leading successful deep-tech products and services businesses. Chandra started GAIAN in 2006, with a vision to offer leading-edge, tech savvy solutions to the media & entertainment industry. Over the years, under Chandra’s leadership GAIAN developed and deployed multiple award winning solutions such as OTT Monetization Framework, Cloud Playout, Geo-Targeted Broadcast TV Localization, Enterprise Video Network & DOOH Solution, & PayTV middleware apps platform. Chandra was also the Chief Architect of an international award winning alerting platform. Chandra is instrumental in scaling up GAIAN’s portfolio of products & solutions that are deployed across the world including North America, APAC, & South Asia, serving diverse businesses with corporate communication needs, government emergency response agencies, public transport networks, commercial, public, and community broadcasters. Chandra is an internationally recognized expert in NextGen TV technologies and is a member of FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council. Prior to GAIAN, Chandra held several technology leadership positions at DIRECT TV, Microsoft TV, and Hewlett-Packard. Chandra holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, Hyderabad, India, and an advanced graduate degree from University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to his entrepreneurial responsibilities, Chandra is also the founder of Seelamsetty Ramarao Foundation (SRF), a non-profit that serves the under privileged sections of the society in his home state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Mobius By Gaian

   Jan 2007 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Gaian Solutions, a media technology company that is operational since 2006, is a leading edge provider of products and solutions in the media and entertainment industry. Headquarters: San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA R&D development centres: India and China IT Products: OMNI (OTT Monetization Framework), Cloud Playout (Cloud TV Channel Operations), MAYA (Geo-Targeted Broadcast TV Localization), SAYA (Enterprise Video Network & DOOH Solution), & PayTV middleware apps platform. Gaian’s products and solutions are deployed across the globe—US, APAC, Mexico, Maldives, & India. Today, the company serves businesses as diverse as billion dollar enterprises with corporate communication needs, federal emergency warning centres with real-time alert dissemination requirements, public transport networks broadcasting live streams of information, retail chains looking for sales closures from impactful content experiences as well as entertainment service providers with a constant need to delight consumers. Website:

Education

• Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• University of North Texas

  Master of Science - MS, Adavnced Data Analytics