Capillary Technologies appoints Rajan Anandan as BoD Member

Capillary Technologies has appointed Rajan Anandan as one of its newest Board members.

An experienced professional in the digital, mobile and software products space, an industry veteran with two decades of experience in Google, Microsoft, Dell and McKinsey, Rajan will play a significant role in mentoring Capillary Technologies’ vision to be a digital transformation pioneer in Asia. Apart from becoming a board member, Rajan has also served as Capillary’s advisor and is one of its early investors.

Rajan Anandan is the Vice-President – South-East Asia & India at Google. Rajan joined Google in 2011 and is responsible for handling the Sales and Operations in the region. With over two billion consumers and 500 million Internet users, South-East Asia and India have the fastest-growing Internet user base in the world. Rajan is also a very active angel investor in India and has been deeply involved in building India’s start-up ecosystem over the past decade.

Rajan Anandan said, “I am very excited to continue my association with Capillary, this time as a member of its Board of Directors. I have seen the evolution of Capillary from India’s arguably first mobile CRM company to Asia’s only Enterprise Omni-channel SaaS Platform with significant scale in Asia. Capillary has already scaled to serve 20,000+ stores across Asia, processes about 10% of organized retail in India and about 3-4% of it in Asia. I am excited to mentor and share my learning with Aneesh and the team, help them scale the business to help enterprise retailers and marquee brands with digital transformation”

Commenting on the appointment, Aneesh Reddy, Co-Founder & CEO, Capillary Technologies, said, “We are lucky in fact privileged to have Rajan on board. He has been a terrific angel investor, advisor and a guiding light for the company since its inception. Asia is at the cusp of digital revolution and there is no better person than Rajan who comes with industry-best learning, the infectious energy and passion to scale 10X in every aspect of business. We intend to grow three times in the next two years and are in a mission to help retailer / brands drive 20% revenues through Omni-channel (Offline to Online, Own eCommerce site and marketplaces). It is great to have Rajan who will help us to scale our dream to be the digital transformation product bellwether in Asia.”

Rajan holds an M.Sc. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University and a B.Sc. from MIT. Born in Sri Lanka, Rajan currently lives in India with his wife Radhika and his 10-year-old daughter Maya.