{"id":9667,"date":"2019-06-13T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2026-08-22T03:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:19:25","slug":"poonacha-machaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/poonacha-machaiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Poonacha Machaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poonacha Machaiah from Kodagu is a successful entrepreneur and business leader. He is passionate about conscious<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9668 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Poo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"155\" \/> leadership and wellbeing. He is pursuing his mission of \u201cpersonal transformation and societal wellbeing\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<h2>Experience<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MBA,Marketing-College of William &amp; Mary<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering &#8211; B.M.S. College of Engineering -Bangalore,<\/li>\n<li>School-St Joseph\u2019s Boys high school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Poonacha is the co-founder of &#8220;Jiyo,&#8221; a wellbeing platform that he created alongside internationally renowned physician and author Deepak Chopra M.D.<\/li>\n<li>He has co-founded \u2018Beyond Performance Sports\u2019, along with a team of global industry leaders who are continually exploring the boundaries of what is possible in sports performance.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Deepak Chopra Innerspace\u2019, is a revolutionary new technology startup that he has co-founded that leverages \u201cgrounding\u201d to reducing inflammation in both body and mind to restore whole health and wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Co-founder of weightless project a Social Enterprise aimed at bridging the gap between obesity and hunger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Project leader-Sprint Multimedia-1994<\/li>\n<li>Senior Project leader-Iridium-1996<\/li>\n<li>Vice president-Nortel services-1998<\/li>\n<li>Senior Director-Dimension enterprises-2001<\/li>\n<li>Senior VP &amp; GM-Visionael-worldwide sales-2004<\/li>\n<li>Senior Director-Motorola-2007<\/li>\n<li>Senior VP-Saksen communications technologies Ltd- worldwide sales-2008<\/li>\n<li>Chief Executive officer and Board of Directors-Qyuki Digital Media-2011<\/li>\n<li>Co Founder \u2013Weightless proj.org-2013<\/li>\n<li>Chairman &amp; Co-ABOVE solutions -2008-2018<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of advisors- Neuroverse, Inc-2018-present-Greater San Deigo Area<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of advisors- Nurish.Me LLC-2018-present-Miami\/ fort Lauderdale Area<\/li>\n<li>Co Founder-Deepak Chopra Inner space-2018-present- Greater San Deigo Area<\/li>\n<li>Co Founder-Beyond Performance sports-2017-present- Greater San Deigo Area<\/li>\n<li>Chief Strategy officer\/Advisor- Chopra centre for wellbeing-2015-present- Greater San Deigo Area<\/li>\n<li>Co Founder &amp; CEO-JIYO-2014-present- Greater San Deigo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poonacha Machaiah from Kodagu is a successful entrepreneur and business leader. 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