1. Early Life and Education

2. Career

3. Philanthropy

4. Awards and Recognition

5. Personal life

6. References

Tel K. Ganesan is an American-Indian entrepreneur, movie producer, motivational speaker and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Chairman of Kyyba Inc., a Michigan based staffing services and tech solutions company. Ganesan has also founded various businesses in the areas of innovation, film and wellness. He is also the founder of the Kyyba Kidz Foundation, focused on empowering and educating women and children from underserved communities.

Early Life and Education

Ganesan was born in the state of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on June 11, 1967. Tel went to Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA) school, Trichy and completed high school from St. Joseph's High School. He graduated from College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai India where he earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then attended Oklahoma State University and later transferred to Wayne State University in Michigan where he earned a MS in Mechanical Engineering. Tel also holds an EMBA in Business Administration and Management from Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Career

After graduating in 1991, Ganesan did his first internship with a company called Sverdrup Corporations in New York. It was a four month internship where he was paid $14 per hour. He had to study the air flow inside the city tunnels (amount of carbon monoxide emitted by vehicles inside the city tunnels). While studying at Wayne State University, he also worked part-time as an Instructional/ Research assistant.

Ganesan’s first and last job employed was at Chrysler (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). He moved around various positions, started as an assembly variation Analysis Engineer, Product Engineer and later worked as the Lead Engineer. Ganesan wanted to be a part of the big team where he could implement his ideas and bring measurable returns for the organization, but he soon realized this could never happen at Chrysler. His desire to make a difference paved his way into the world of entrepreneurship.

Ganesan started his first venture Vision Tech Solutions. He continued to grow his first company through mergers and acquisitions. As a next step, Tel consolidated the Engineering, IT staffing and Software Development firms under the Kyyba umbrella in a single location and renamed the company as Kyyba Inc. After the Great Recession, he focused more on organic growth. Kyyba diversified into other industries, setting the stage for growth. In 2016, Ganesan became the Chairman of Kyyba Inc.

In 2017, in order to help fellow Michigan entrepreneurs, he founded Kyyba Innovations. Also in 2017, he founded a production and distribution company called Kyyba Films. He co-produced 2 horror movies- Devil's Night: Dawn of Nain Rouge and Celebrity Crush, both of which were scheduled to be released in 2019.^[1]

In 2018, Ganesan founded Kyyba Wellness to encourage and promote healthy lifestyles.

Philanthropy

Ganesan is involved in various organizations like APACC, Global Detroit, TiE Detroit, Kyyba Kidz Foundation, Ann Arbor-SPARK, Astia, GTRI and NVBDC. He has attracted foreign direct investment in the region, helped immigrants in Metro Detroit and supported STEM education in the Michigan region.

Ganesan was past president of the Detroit chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), an organization founded to promote U.S.-Indian trade that now has 13,000 members and 61 chapters in 18 countries. He served as the Chairman of TiECon and led the development of TiE’s flagship conference on Entrepreneurship in Detroit. Tel reprised his role as President of TiE Detroit in 2015.^[2] and chaired the TiECon conference in Detroit, which entered its sixth iteration in 2018.

Ganesan is also involved in women's empowerment and the education of children from underserved communities. He founded the charitable organization Kyyba Kidz Foundation (formerly Annai Ashramam USA Foundation) to promote education and provide job skills to underprivileged families in Detroit and Tamil Nadu (India).

Awards and Recognition

Personal life

Ganesan has a son Ashwin Ganesan. He has two siblings, a brother Thiru Ganesan and a sister, Kavidha Selvaraj, both of whom are part of the Kyyba group of companies.

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