He is an entrepreneur, business consultant, a PMI certified project management professional (PMP) and Six Sigma Green Belt holder. He has worked as a consultant for many high tech companies in the Bay Area for over twenty years. Currently he is serving on number of nonprofit organizations, among them San Jose Public Library as Commissioner. He is the past President and Senior Board member of PMI Silicon Valley, Inc. Under his leadership Silicon Valley chapter was nominated for the Chapter of the Year Award. He initiated many professional Development programs for the members including PMP Preparation classes. He has trained, coached and mentored many Project Managers. He has taught Problem and Decision Analysis. Harish Chinai is a thought leader in IT Governance, Program Office Management (PMO), and IT Portfolio Management. Harish co-founded a high tech start up Techni-Guidance Inc. As the Vice President for Strategic Alliances, Technology Licensing, and Marketing he created partnerships with GM, Chrysler, Ford, Volvo and major Japanese car manufacturers. He has helped many startup companies in the Silicon Valley including 311emergency.com. He was recognized by PMI Silicon Valley chapter and given “Exceptional Leadership“ award in 2006 and 2007.

Srinivas Ramakuri is the President of PMI Silicon Valley Chapter. He is an Information Technology expert with experience in architecting and developing mission critical business applications for large-scale enterprises including Supply Chain Management, Service Execution and CRM. Srinivas has lead enterprise wide applications deployment and systems integration projects for major corporations in Americas, EMEA and Asia. He has lead several strategic parterniships and alliances with global corporations. He was involded in company mergers and acquisitions. His expertise includes managing projects and resources dispersed geographically. He is a frequent guest speaker at international and Bay Area business schools. He has presented at several international conferences and symposiums. Srinivas holds a MS degree in Engineering and pursued postgraduate studies in Business Administration at Edinburgh Business School, Scotland, UK. He holds an MBA from Anderson Business School, University of California, Los Angeles. He is also member of Information Systems SIG, IEEE Computer Society, ISACA and American Society for Quality. He was the recepient of PMI Silicon Valley Chapter President's Award for 2005