Shankar Narayanan
Shankar Narayanan is an Indian born American entrepreneur based out of United States of America and India, he is an ex-Chairman, founder and CEO of Spime Inc, a Location Technology Company acquired by Trimble, a world leader in location technology products. I Narayanan co-founded Nexus Inc, a networking solutions company based out of Fremont, California. Nexus got acquired in the year 2000. Following Nexus acquisition, he co-founded Emuzed Inc, a mobile multimedia company in 2000. Following its acquisition by Flextronics in 2005, he became the Vice President and General Manager of Flextronics Mobile Software Division. He left Flextronics to start Spime Inc, a location technology product company in 2006. He was the charter secretary of MCRT 99 of Round Table India, he was an active member and held various responsible roles at MCRT 99 of Round Table India, also he was a member of Madras Cricket Club (MCC), Chennai, India and member of Kodaikanal English Club.
In 2005, honoring Shankar as a successful Indian entrepreneur in the USA, Jaya TV, a leading television channel in South India, interviewed Shankar during their prime time in the morning as one of their chief guests. In 2008, he was interviewed by Kalaignar TV, a popular South Indian television channel. He has received numerous accolades, the most notable of which are the Global Youth Leadership Award (2010) and the Hind Rattan Award (2011), he received these awards at New Delhi from the Cabinet ministers of Government of India.
