Poonacha Machaiah

Poonacha Machaiah from Kodagu is a successful entrepreneur and business leader. He is passionate about conscious leadership and wellbeing. He is pursuing his mission of “personal transformation and societal wellbeing” working alongside leading companies and industry thought leaders. He is highly entrepreneurial, an excellent business partner to someone that is looking to enter into new markets. He has over 20 years of global experience as a successful serial entrepreneur and business leader in Fortune 100 companies.

Experience

• MBA,Marketing-College of William & Mary
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering – B.M.S. College of Engineering -Bangalore,
• School-St Joseph’s Boys high school

Achievements

• Poonacha is the co-founder of “Jiyo,” a wellbeing platform that he created alongside internationally renowned physician and author Deepak Chopra M.D.
• He has co-founded ‘Beyond Performance Sports’, along with a team of global industry leaders who are continually exploring the boundaries of what is possible in sports performance.
• ‘Deepak Chopra Innerspace’, is a revolutionary new technology startup that he has co-founded that leverages “grounding” to reducing inflammation in both body and mind to restore whole health and wellbeing.
• Co-founder of weightless project a Social Enterprise aimed at bridging the gap between obesity and hunger.

Experience

• Project leader-Sprint Multimedia-1994
• Senior Project leader-Iridium-1996
• Vice president-Nortel services-1998
• Senior Director-Dimension enterprises-2001
• Senior VP & GM-Visionael-worldwide sales-2004
• Senior Director-Motorola-2007
• Senior VP-Saksen communications technologies Ltd- worldwide sales-2008
• Chief Executive officer and Board of Directors-Qyuki Digital Media-2011
• Co Founder –Weightless proj.org-2013
• Chairman & Co-ABOVE solutions -2008-2018
• Member of Board of advisors- Neuroverse, Inc-2018-present-Greater San Deigo Area
• Member of Board of advisors- Nurish.Me LLC-2018-present-Miami/ fort Lauderdale Area
• Co Founder-Deepak Chopra Inner space-2018-present- Greater San Deigo Area
• Co Founder-Beyond Performance sports-2017-present- Greater San Deigo Area
• Chief Strategy officer/Advisor- Chopra centre for wellbeing-2015-present- Greater San Deigo Area
• Co Founder & CEO-JIYO-2014-present- Greater San Deigo