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Our Leadership
Srini Rajam | Ravishankar G | Shantanu Jha | Sattam Dasgupta | Johann Andrew Bhagyanathan | Rohit Bhuva | Marc Guillaumet | Samir Dhond
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Srini Rajam
Chairman and CEO
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Srini Rajam is the Chairman and CEO of Ittiam Systems and has been responsible for building Ittiam from its inception. Under his leadership, the company has grown its global customer base to over 300 customers today and has received several accolades in India and abroad.
Prior to Ittiam, Srini was the Managing Director of Texas Instruments India from 1995-2000 and was instrumental in making TI India one of the most valuable R&D centres for TI globally. He also served as a Member of the TI Asia Leadership Team and Chairman of TI Asia advisory team for regional technical council. Srini has also donned several industry roles that include serving as the Member of Governing Council of the Department of Electronics’ Software Technology Parks, Member of Karnataka State IT Task Force and Chairman of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Srini has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the School of Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai University.
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Ravishankar G
VP, SOC IP
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Ravishankar is the Vice-President of the Silicon IP Business Unit at Ittiam Systems and also plays the role of Business Development Manager for APAC region.. Having over 23 years of industry experience in VLSI, DSP and Multimedia domains, Ravishankar was also part of the Ittiam founding team.
Prior to Ittiam, Ravi was with Texas Instruments India from 1986-2000. During his tenure at TI, Ravi worked and held several positions in the areas of DSP design, DSP applications and Semiconductor Sales and Marketing before becoming General Manager of the DSP Software Development systems group of TI India.
Ravi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from University of Madras and an Engineering Degree in Electronics and Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also holds a post graduate diploma in IPR Law from National Law School, Bangalore.
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Shantanu Jha
VP, Media Processing
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Shantanu is the Vice-President of Ittiam’s Media Processing Business Unit, responsible for core technology development in the areas of Audio, Speech, Imaging and Video and Multimedia based applications for both Wireless Smart Phones/Portable Devices and Broadcast. He has over 20 years of industry experience in DSP and ASIC and he was also a part of the Ittiam founding team.
Before Ittiam, Shantanu was with Texas Instruments India where he was a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS). Having joined TI in 1987 as a Software Engineer, Shantanu moved up the ladder over the years and he had been leading ASIC design flow efforts in TI India ASIC Product Development Centre since 1998. Shantanu is widely regarded as an expert in software development and microelectronics.
Shantanu has a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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Sattam Dasgupta
VP, Media Streaming
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Sattam is the Vice-President of the Media Streaming Business at Ittiam Systems, which is focused on embedded systems that deliver media over IP networks including media distribution/networking and video communication. Sattam brings over 25 years of experience across various spheres in technology from mixed signal and ASIC products in VLSI to embedded systems for media centric applications.
Prior to Ittiam, Sattam was part of the management team in Texas Instruments India where he was the Director of ASIC Product Development Center and was also responsible for building the first Mixed Signal Product Design Center in India. Sattam, who joined the founding team to start Ittiam Systems, was the Vice-President, Engineering across the company with added responsibility of Talent Management, before he took over the responsibility of the Media Streaming Business unit. Sattam has multiple publications in international conferences and one US patent.
Sattam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
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Johann Andrew Bhagyanathan
VP, Finance and Legal
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Andrew is Vice-President, Finance and Legal at Ittiam Systems and he is responsible for the Finance function, Accounting and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and the Legal and Commercial functions.
Prior to Ittiam, Andrew was the Finance Director and Company Secretary at Texas Instruments India where he held complete responsibility for the financial leadership of the company, with additional responsibilities of Purchase, Legal and Government Interface. Andrew was also a member of the TI India Management Team. Andrew had worked with TDICI, now ICICI Ventures, as Assistant Vice-President, Finance before joining TI.
Andrew holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI) of India.
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Rohit Bhuva
VP, Marketing - Americas
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Rohit is Ittiam’s Vice-President for Business Development for the Americas and he also heads the Ittiam subsidiary in the US. He has over 32 years of industry experience in Business Development, Strategic Marketing, DSP Applications and VLSI.
Prior to Ittiam, Rohit was a member of Texas Instrument's Semiconductor Strategic Marketing Team and was looking after Emerging End-Equipment for TI's DSPs. Having joined TI in 1978 as an IC Design Engineer, Rohit has worked in TI's various design teams in Memory, Programmable Logic, Microprocessor and Mixed Signal Products. Rohit was an elected TI SMTS (Senior Member of Technical Staff) and has 11 patents to his credit.
Rohit has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from MS University, Baroda.
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Marc Guillaumet
VP, Marketing - Europe
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Marc is Ittiam’s Vice-President, Marketing for Europe and also heads Ittiam’s subsidiary in Europe. He has 15 years of industry experience in DSP engineering, business and strategic marketing.
Before joining Ittiam, Marc headed the Technology Licensing and Consumer Electronics Business Unit at Ateme, where he was responsible for marketing and business with Texas Instruments and was also part of the Ateme Executive Committee. Marc had joined Ateme in 1992 as an engineer, when the company had just been founded and its key focus was on offering engineering services for large aeronautics and defence firms in France. In 2007, Marc joined Ittiam System and founded Ittiam Systems Europe in Paris. As Managing Director for Ittiam Systems Europe, Marc was instrumental in spreading Ittiam’s presence in Europe, for both sales and engineering support.
Marc holds an Engineering degree from Sup'Aero, a renowned high school for aeronautics in the South of France.
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Samir Dhond
Director Human Resource
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Samir is the Director for Human Resources at Ittiam Systems and has more than 17 years of industry experience in Human Resources, Organization Development and Training.
Samir has worked with companies like Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard, Merind and Leo Burnett in different capacities handling portfolios ranging from specialized HR sub-functions, Business HR, and Organizational Development, Talent Sourcing to setting up of HR processes and practices in an organization, before joining Ittiam.
Samir holds a Masters in Business Administration majoring in Human Resources from East Tennessee State University, US. Samir is also a certified professional to conduct assessment and development centers and he is also certified by Menttium Corporation, Minneapolis to conduct mentoring programs.
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