Management Team

Satya Kalyan Yerramsetti - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

A visionary to the core, Satya provides the driving force for SMSCountry's young, high spirited and motivated team in achieving great heights.

Satya is a serial entrepreneur. During the Dotcom days, he started an online examination portal, A2Zexams, the first of its kind at that time. He then managed the Indian Operations of a UK based calling card company, Ekspertek. This experience and knowledge in the Internet as well as the Telecom domain was instrumental in carving out the current business of SMSCountry.

He spends considerable time researching on the internet and is a true believer in the FREE spirit of the Internet (everything on the internet should be free).

Satya holds a Masters in Management degree from University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Raju Kalluri - Co-founder and Director, Technology

With his quick grasp, expertise and knowledge in the ever-growing telecom domain, Raju plays a key role in defining SMSCountry's technology strategies and product development in the areas of internet and mobile communications.

Prior to SMSCountry, Raju worked with Taruni Technovision and was instrumental in developing the Short Messaging Server software which was leased out to TATA Cellular (now Idea Cellular). He also worked with a couple of technology companies in the IVR, email and fax space.

Raju holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineer from Andhra University. His hobbies include watching movies (language no bar) and writing comedy tracks for telugu movies.

Sanyog Jain - Chief Operating Officer

Sanyog takes care of the day to day operations of SMSCountry apart from participating in business strategy planning and development. He is also responsible for all public relations, corporate communication, marketing and branding activities.

Sanyog joins us from Cognizant Technology Solutions, a highly successful IT Services company. In six years with Cognizant, Sanyog has played several important roles in India and UK, key ones being within the Strategic Pursuits Team and UK Relationship Management team. Prior to that, Sanyog worked as Maintenance Engineer for a 3X30MW captive power plant for Tata Steel at Jamshedpur.

Sanyog completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from IIT Roorkee. He is an armchair sports enthusiast and has an interest in development economics.

Ravindra Kumar Yerramsetti - Chief Commercial Officer

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and BITS, Pilani (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) alumnus, Ravindra is the techno-commercial man behind SMSCountry. He is responsible for developing and executing SMSCountry's revenue strategy.

Prior to SMSCountry, Ravindra worked with Tata Steel in their prestigious Hot Strip Mill, taking care of the maintenance of High Voltage Equipment. He also worked with Kotak Mahindra Group in their Securities and Wealth Management Divisions, handling the investment advisory at Hyderabad and Kolkatta.

Ravindra likes reading books and watching news and sports channels. He is a big fan of Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkein, Sachin Tendulkar, "Super Star" Rajanikanth to name a few.

Ramesh Thimmana - Chief Technology Officer

Ramesh's rich and varied experience in a host of technologies and the ability to work with teams of different sizes, spread across different continents makes him the right man to lead the Technology Team at SMSCountry. Providing the interface between the Customers and the Technologists, he ensures the timely development and delivery of products and software. His attitude to Software development can be summed up as "Be loyal to your deliveries, everything else will take care of itself!"

Ramesh holds a Bachelors of Engineering - Hons (E&E) degree from BITS, Pilani. Prior to SMSCountry, he spent over eight years consulting in the City of London for various Investment Banks and Financial Institutions like Deutsche Bank, Citibank, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, and Reuters. He's also spent a short but valuable time at Party Gaming, one of the biggest online gaming companies in the world, developing their first ever Mobile product for the European market.

Ramesh has a keen interest in the economics of football clubs and is an avid follower of the English and Spanish leagues.

Y. Krishna Murthy - Director, Personnel & Administration

A post graduate in Industrial Psychology, YK Sir handles the softer side of SMSCountry. Apart from the overall administration, he also takes care of the HR initiatives of the company like recruitment, training and other such related activities.

Spending over 30 years in the corporate sector, YK Sir has acquired expertise in Profit-Centre Management, Project Management, Corporate Strategic Planning and HR areas. Prior to SMSCountry, he worked in very senior roles at a host of Companies, both in India and abroad.

He held prominent positions in professional bodies such as President of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Trades Association (RATA), Mumbai; Vice-President of All India Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Association (AIACRA), Delhi; and Member of Raw Material Sub-Committee of CII, Mumbai.

He had also been a visiting faculty at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies - Mumbai, Mumbai Management Association and Mumbai Productivity Council.

He is an antiques collector and spends most of his free time hunting for the antiques.