Ganesh founded Soliton in 1998, and has since established the company as the leader in India in the business areas in which it operates. Soliton started business as the first Alliance Member of National Instruments (www.ni.com) in India, and Ganesh introduced Virtual Instrumentation, a concept pioneered by Texas based National Instruments, to manufacturing industries in the region. In parallel he also developed customers in the US for its offshore Virtual Instrumentation Software (LabVIEW) development services. The revenue grew at an average annual compounded rate of 60% during the first seven years. During this period, Soliton also established itself as one of the world's most innovative Virtual Instrumentation System developers by winning the most prestigious global award in this field a record three times (2000, 2001, and 2004). Soliton started a products division in 2005, and became the first company in India to manufacture Machine Vision Cameras and Smart Cameras. Soliton has established itself as the leading machine vision company in India. In all, Soliton has received over 25 technology awards for its innovative work and has built up an outstanding reputation for Quality, Integrity, and Customer Satisfaction.

Ganesh was selected as one of the '101 Successful Entrepreneurs of Tamil Nadu' by CII in 2008 based on the innovative work done by Soliton. He also was profiled by the India Today magazine as a new economy player to watch in 2001. Ganesh also serves on the Board of Directors of ELGI Equipments Ltd (www.elgi.com) and on the Board of Trustees of the PSG & Sons Charities, which manages the well known PSG College of Technology (www.psgtech.edu).

Previously, Ganesh worked as a Project Scientist at V I Engineering, Inc., Michigan, a leading National Instruments Alliance Member in the US. Ganesh received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Particle Physics (1996) and M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1992), both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

From the age of 15, for a period of six years, Ganesh was fully involved in tuning racing engines and racing cars and he won the Grand Prix in the most competitive racing category in India in 1987, 88, and 89. Today his interest is in education, and he is keen to understand how multimedia could be used to improve the quality of education in areas where there is a scarcity of teachers.

Ashok is the Managing Director and Head of Global Capital Markets-CEEMEA of Deutsche Bank London.  Ashok joined Deutsche Bank in 1995 and was a founding member of Telecoms advisory team in Asia.  Ashok moved to Frankfurt in 1997 to focus on corporate strategy and was involved in the acquisition of Bankers Trust.  He moved to London in 1999, as COO of Global Banking, and went on to become Global Head of the Global Banking Division from 2001 till 2004.  In 2002 he was Chairman of Deutsche Bank's Latin America Management Committee and in 2003 Ashok was given additional responsibility for the Global Corporate Bank in Germany. During this period he served as a Member of the Global Banking Executive Committee and the Group Credit Policy & Asset Liability Committee. In 2005, Ashok moved to Global Markets to build out the Global Principal Finance and Structured Credit trading business of the bank.  Since January 2007 he has taken charge of Capital Markets business (both debt and equity) across the CEEMEA region.  

He has BS in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the Anna University of Technology, Chennai, India and a Masters in International Business from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He is member of the Board of Directors of Abraaj Capital, Dubai, the largest Private Equity fund in the Middle East and on the Board of Trustees of Shanti Ashram, a development organization in Coimbatore.

Mekhala holds an MS in Physics and an MS in Bio-Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She is primarily responsible for the HR and Administration activities within the company.

Mekhala has overseen the execution of all the office establishment projects and marketing events of the company since its inception, through multiple rounds of growth and expansion. Today, she primarily focuses on recruitment.

Rajesh has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India and a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. He has over 14 years of experience in the Textile Industry as the Executive Director of Narayan Krishna Spinners Ltd, Managing Director of Aishwarya Textiles Ltd, and presently as a Partner of FineYarns, Chennai.

Mrs. Sugantha Devaraj is the mother of the founder and is an Investor in Soliton.