Murali Gopalan

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Biography

Mr. Murali Gopalan served as Managing Director at McLaren Strategic Ventures. Mr. Gopalan co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Cleareye.ai. He served as Chief Commercial Officer at UST Global. He is responsible for the realization of Step It Up America, a nationwide program in the United States by UST Global to hire minority women as IT consultants. It is a high-impact program that truly delivers UST Global's mission of "Transforming Lives". He also holds responsibility for the company's global innovation programs, having pioneered the democratic innovation model in the company with The Apple Tree innovation gym. As the innovation service blueprint of the company has evolved, he is pursuing an inclusive model that would leverage it for new acquisitions like Engineering Services. As the sponsor of innovation in UST Global, he spearheaded the building of a unique crowdsourcing model of innovation. He won an award for innovation from the Union Minister of IT of India in May 2012. In his role as CIO, he led the strategy, implementation, and support of information systems worldwide. In Europe, it was his responsibility to drive sales & marketing, partnerships, acquisitions, and delivery of technology projects to customers. Previously he was Chief Information Officer of UST Global. He has played other key roles since joining the company at its inception. He was the Chief Operating Officer of its Indian subsidiary, the head of its European subsidiary UST Europe, and the head of its niche markets group for banking software products. He is a graduate of Computer Science & Engineering from India. He is a post-graduate in business management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). Prior to UST Global, he worked at Procter & Gamble and in Colgate Palmolive Co. in their operations in India, the Middle East, and the US, and in areas like marketing and supply chain. He has overseen a number of brand launches and marketing activities for these companies. He is a Founder and Charter Member of the Kerala Chapter of TiE, with the objective of fostering entrepreneurship. He was the Component Sponsor of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Kerala Chapter. He is also the Founder of GTECH, the Group of Technopark Companies, in Trivandrum.