Certified International Trainer
Kannan is an award-winning Global Leader with 22 years of experience in the Technology and Human Capital sectors spanning across Asia, EMEA & North America. Kannan’s technopreneurship has earned him “Executive of the Year – Human Resources Technology” award which is an extremely prestigious Management Excellence award from Singapore Business Review. Kannan has held management and leadership positions in First Advantage, Dell Computers, Future Electronics, Arrow Electronics (NY-listed), Farnell Group (London-listed), e2open (IBM-backed) and i-Sprint Innovations (Acer-backed).
Kannan is also a Certified International Trainer with very high ratings from Fortune 500 Clients. Kannan regularly delivers Thought Leadership talks and Masterclasses in the region and constantly offers insights and perspectives in mainstream newspapers and trade publications. Kannan is proficient in several languages – he speaks fluent English, Tamil, elementary Mandarin, Malay and Thai. An engineer by training, he holds an Honours degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a MBA from the University of Birmingham in the UK. Kannan holds an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment as well.
Kannan has delivered this workshop in Asia and US to several Fortune 500 companies. In addition to being a Thought Leader who delivers speeches globally, Kannan is also an highly rated International Trainer who has trained several global organizations (including SIA, Cisco, Airbus, Total Oil, Mercer, Rehau, Roche, Jotun, TUV SUD, HP, HPE, Essilor, William Grant and Singapore government subsidized WSQ courses).
