Venkat Chalasani

Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder and Member, Board of Directors at Virtua Research

Venkat Chalasani has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Venkat co-founded Virtua Research Corp. in 2004 and served as the Chief Product Officer, as well as a member of the board of directors. In 2012, they became a board member of OpenExchange, a real-time video communication platform for the financial services industry.

In 2015, Venkat joined GlobeFlex Capital as the Director of GlobeFlex Research India, after the sale of the Independent Research division built at Virtua. In this role, they managed a team in Boston and oversaw a subsidiary in India with over 100 employees. Venkat was responsible for conducting fundamental analysis on more than 1000 companies in 27 countries and also designed and managed a big data, machine learning platform for research purposes.

Prior to their role at GlobeFlex, Venkat was a partner at Concordia Capital Associates from 2001 to 2003. Venkat also worked at State Street Global Advisors as a Principal in Portfolio Management from 1997 to 2001. Venkat's early work experience includes an Account Executive role at HCL Hewlett Packard from 1993 to 1996.

Overall, Venkat Chalasani has a diverse background in leadership, product development, research, and portfolio management across multiple industries.

Venkat Chalasani has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance & Accounting from Boston College, which they obtained from 1996 to 1998. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, from 1989 to 1993. Additionally, they attended APRJC, Nimmakuru from 1987 to 1989, although the degree obtained and field of study are not specified. Venkat Chalasani also has a certification as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute, the details of when it was obtained are not provided.

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  • Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder and Member, Board of Directors

    April, 2004 - present