Kanchana Raman
Kanchana has been featured in several magazines including most recently in the Fortune Magazine. She has been part of panels discussing global expansions and opportunities for woman in developing nations. Kanchana was selected to represent three US delegations, S. Africa in 2005, S. America in 2006, London in 2008. The mission involved meeting and advising entrepreneurs on growth within the region and globally. Kanchana chairs several board positions, the Georgia Women's Business Council and represents Georgia on the National Leadership forum for the Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the Women's Leadership Enterprise (WLE) to name a few. Kanchana is the recipient of several entrepreneurial excellence awards. In 2008 Avion Systems was named the recipient of the NXTSolution Award at the CTIA Conference, the most significant telecommunications industry gathering in the world. The Award is the pinnacle of recognition for business performance in the next generation arena of the telecommunications industry. In 2010, Kanchana has been selected by AT&T to be part of a 30 member AT&T Women Entrepreneurs' Forum. The forum will serve the emerging communications technology needs of U.S. businesses and help drive continued innovation and growth for AT&T. Kanchana holds a MBA from Emory University. Her continuing education focus has been in executive management, attending programs at Tuck Business School, Dartmouth, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
