Indu Jayakumar Founder & CEO, LocalBizNetwork

Indu Jayakumar knows that to grow in a rapidly changing economic climate, small businesses need to not just adapt to change but be able to anticipate and be part of the latest trends in e-commerce and marketing. She founded LocalBizNetwork to bring together small businesses across the globe and create an ecosystem to provide them with competitive web solutions that will enable them to compete effectively with bigger players. Her conviction, idealism and business expertise have driven LBN Tech Solutions (LBN) to steady growth by incorporating new marketing trends and tools along with evolving digital marketing technology to create an environment that fosters creativity and innovation to provide clients with the tools they need to grow.

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CEO & Founder of LocalBizNetwork – a proud Google Partner.
Member of Board of Industry Council for Small Business Development- ICSBD, helping small business owners with diversity certifications and contracts.
Indu is an inspiring trainer and her sessions are very popular among the small biz community in the Bay Area.
Powerful Coach, known for popular sessions among the small business community in the Bay Area.
Popular Public Speaker for Small Business Community organizations.
An avid Omnist studying and learning from various religious texts, teachings, and practices, incorporating elements from different traditions, honoring, and appreciating the diversity of human spirituality.

Megalai Senthilkumar Managing Director

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it" said Estée Lauder, one of the most successful women entrepreneurs of the 20th century. Her words are echoed in those of other women entrepreneurs who have learned that success does not differentiate between a man and a woman. Any woman with a vision and the will to succeed can create a powerful identity for herself and inspire other women around her. Megalai’s working style and business strengths make her a complete professional which is why she has made LocalBizNetwork the favored service provider for small businesses everywhere. She has been instrumental in making the company one that nurtures and trains raw talent that is in demand in diverse commercial fields. LBN is today the Alma Mater of many key players in the area of digital marketing and business promotion. There are also those who have been working with her at LBN for many years and who today have the same work ethic and passion for excellence that she has.

Her stress buster is music, both vocal and Instrumental, which she pursues with passion.

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Accomplishments

Recipient of the Woman of the Decade award presented at the G 100 Forum in New Delhi.
Awarded Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa for outstanding contribution in the field of digital marketing, women's employment and community development, by Rai University, Ahmedabad.
Recipient of the "Exceptional Women of Excellence" award presented by the Women Economic Forum, an international organization for women entrepreneurs.
Recipient of "Women's women" award presented by AMN Global Group, recognizing her 'work from home' job generations whose beneficiaries were women.
Featured in "Kumudam's Snegithi" and "Aval Vikadan" Tamil magazines for women, where she elaborates on the essentials of setting up an e-commerce website and of her personal journey.
Megalai is the All India Chairperson for Digital Marketing of a Global Networking Organization, All Ladies League.
She is also on the Advisory Committee of “Sekkizhar Manolayam” Senior Citizen's Home.

Venkat Natarajan VP Operations

Venkat has been part of LBN since its inception. His dedication, hard work, Intelligence and ability to absorb and utilize the latest technical developments in website design and digital marketing has taken him to the top of the company. His forte is an innate ability to extract the best from the team. His no-nonsense approach to problem-solving has turned many sticky situations into favorable ones with positive outcomes for clients. Venkat's great strength is that he communicates with ease to all the team members in India and the USA as well as global clients. His far-sighted goals and the fortitude with which he pursues them have helped LBN stay ahead of the trends in digital business technology.

Veeramani Sivakumaran VP Projects

Veeramani is a self-learner whose hard work has taken him to the top. His expertise in creative design allows him to focus on managing the technical teams, ensuring the highest quality of work. He makes sure the projects he handles run as perfectly as a Swiss watch and he rarely, if ever, misses deadlines. His exemplary work ethic and moral code greatly influence the company, keeping everyone confident, grounded and productive.

Veeramani is a stickler for neatness and orderliness. He takes pride in the fact that any file on his computer can be accessed within a matter of seconds! Veeramani has several management responsibilities in the company and handles each one of them with the accurate precision which is the hallmark of all that he does.

When he is not busy communicating with global clients and executing projects, he is busy driving all over the town and clicking photographing the many and varied hues of Chennai. Veeramani is also a movie buff, fitness freak and complete family man.