Kiran Kannan

Kiran Kannan has extensive work experience in technology and IT operations. Kiran is currently the Chief Technology Officer at One Paper Lane, where they lead the technology operations and serves as the CISO. Kiran is responsible for managing IT services, including cloud architecture, networking, systems engineering, and application deployment. Prior to this, Kiran worked as a Technical Consultant at 9Bits Technology Pvt Limited from 2014 to 2021. Before that, they held the position of Director - Global Cloud Operations at smartShift Technologies, where they directed and mentored an IT team and played a leadership role in cloud enablement and disaster recovery services. Kiran also worked as an Assistant Vice President - Technology at EXL Service, overseeing global IT support and product evaluation. Additionally, they have experience as a Director - Technology Operations and Assistant Manager - Network Operations at Outsource Partners International, Inc, where they managed network uptime, network architecture, and disaster recovery procedures. Kiran began their career as a Senior Engineer at Frontier Business Systems.

Kiran Kannan's education history includes attending Harvard ManageMentor® in 2013. Although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned during this period, it can be assumed that Kiran pursued some form of professional development or training at Harvard ManageMentor®.

Prior to that, from 1997 to 2000, Kiran attended Bangalore University and obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Electronics.

In addition to Kiran's formal education, they have also obtained several certifications in various fields. These include being a Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) from Novell, achieving an MSCE certification in 2000 from Microsoft, becoming a Professional Server Expert (PSE) from IBM, and being certified as a SAIR Certified Linux Professional by SAIR. The specific dates of obtaining these additional certifications are not provided.