My Experience

Headquartered in the information technology (IT) corridor of India, Photon Infotech has established its position as a next generation Internet consulting firm specializing in social media and mobile applications primarily through the use of SOA (service oriented architecture) and open source technologies. Photons offerings span business and technology consulting, application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing.

Photon has a global presence with offices in San Jose, California; Somerville, New Jersey; Chennai and Bangalore, India; and Jakarta, Indonesia. Supported by a dynamic workforce of highly skilled and well-trained software engineers, project managers, and IT consultants, Photon Infotech combines technical knowledge with business saavy to help customers leverage the new age Internet a confluence of Next Gen Mobile, Social Media and Web 2.0.

Photon Infotech has distinguished itself as a leader in best practices and creative innovation and RedHerring and InfoWorld 100 listed it as a top 100 global company. In 2009 Photon Infotech earned recognition by SiliconIndia as one of Indias Top 15 IT Services. Photon Infotech currently serves over 600 clients and manages thousands of IT initiatives around the world.

Srinivas Balasubramanian, who serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Photon Infotech, previously worked as a Senior Vice President at Webmethods Inc reporting to the CEO. Prior to that, Srinivas was Founder, President, and CEO of Infravio Inc, a Cupertino, California-based company, which was a leading provider of Web Services and SOA infrastructure software that was acquired by Webmethods for over $40mn in cash in 2006. Srinivas was earlier an equity and derivatives trader at JP Morgan and Credit Lyonnais Securities at Mumbai, India. Srinivas has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and is a graduate from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.
Mukund Balasubramanian, a noted Technology Visionary served as Vice President, Product Development for WebMethods Inc before joining Photon as the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to that Mukund was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Infravio Inc., a company he co-founded in 2000 based on his Stanford University research thesis while still a student! Before joining Stanford, Mukund was a Field Engineer for Schlumberger out of the Asia Pacific. Mukund is a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor in Technology (B.Tech Comp Sci) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.