Adhavan Manickam

Adhavan Manickam is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, investor, mentor, and an accomplished R&D professional having consulted for Ericsson Inc, in US and Sweden for 8 years.
He founded a mobile platform company for personalized and contextual information delivery, was co-founder & CTO of a startup that developed an Industrial IoT platform which was acquired by a large industrial fluid manufacturer.
He has been involved with Naya as an advisor and investor for over a year before becoming a Venture Partner.
He has a Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communications Engineering from University of Madras, India and Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas, Arlington.
A long-term resident of Dallas, TX, he loves outdoor activities such as golfing, skiing, hiking & camping.
His other passions include motorcycles and traveling the world with his wife and son.