Lakshmi Narayanan, known as NAREN, currently serves as Director for Malaysia and Vice President for the SEA region at Canopus, a position held since July 2024. Prior to this, NAREN was the Country Director at Softenger from February 2018 to June 2024, overseeing business operations in Malaysia and providing strategic advice to the board. NAREN's extensive experience includes roles such as Senior Manager for Solutions & Sales at Softenger, Senior Regional Manager for APAC at TDI APJ, and various consultancy positions at ITCAN Pte Ltd and Catalyst IT (M) Sdn Bhd. NAREN holds a B.Sc in Computer Science and a Master of Computer Applications from Madurai Kamaraj University.