CEO at Qyuki - the new media venture founded by Shekhar Kapur and AR Rahman (Bangalore)

Poonacha Machaiah, a successful serial entrepreneur and intrapreneur, has nearly two decades of proven track record in building start-up businesses, leading Fortune 100 companies and forming strategic alliances.

Poonacha is currently the CEO of Qyuki (founded by Hollywood director Shekhar Kapur and Oscar award winning music composer AR Rahman), a new media initiative focused on ‘social expression platform’ targeted at the creative community. Prior to Qyuki, he founded ABOVE Solutions a leading technology and media platform solution provider. He has also founded a new media production company – Coorg Media, focused on creating transmedia content.

Prior to returning to India in 2007, he was in the US for close to two decades and has held senior leadership positions in the with companies such as Motorola, Visionael, Nortel, Dimension Enterprises, Iridium and Sprint.

Poonacha has been actively involved in the community in leading charities such as Joy of Sports and SCAN in Northern Virginia and as a volunteer firefighter in the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. He is currently a business mentor for the entrepreneurship programs at St.Josephs University, Bangalore and Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship.