Prior to taking over as CFO at Photon, Ram was the Finance Controller of Lason India Limited (Indian arm of the US $ 200mn BPO major Lason group headquartered in Detroit, USA). Ram was promoted to the role of Finance Controller of the India operations within 3 years of joining and was in-charge of the entire gamut of financial systems and reporting. In addition to this, he was in charge of all legal compliance and cost management initiatives. He was noted for providing a balanced steward-strategist support to the organization. As a member of the leadership team, was involved in steering Corporate Governance, Standardization of finance policies, procedures & controls, and monitoring organization performance. Before Lason, Ram was with SSI Technologies for a short period of time. Ram started his career with TVS Sundaram Clayton (part of the TVS group), where he joined as an Accounts trainee to become Manager Finance in 4 years. He was involved in setting up various financial and accounting systems for the company. Ram is a commerce graduate from the prestigious RKM Vivekananda College Chennai and passed out with distinction. He is a Qualified Chartered Accountant - All India rank holder in Inter and Final.