Vivekanand Sheorey – Vicky – the co-founder of LAMINAAR, is an ex-military aviator-turned aviation business analyst, software architect and multimedia designer. In his 12 years with the IAF, he flew frontline strike aircraft, logging 1000+ hours on HAL HF-24 Maruts, MiG-21Ms and MiG-23BNs. Retiring as a Squadron Leader, he started Sheorey Digital Systems Pvt. Ltd. (SDS) and grew it into a successful aviation infotech company.

At LAMINAAR, Vicky is the CEO, chief business analyst and the chief application software designer. He is passionate about aviation training and safety and this single-minded focus helped him create products ARMS^®, InfoPrompt^® and Delta.Net^®, counted among the best in the world.

Vicky has a degree in commerce from the University of Nagpur. Upon graduating from the India Air Force Academy, he was commissioned in IAF as military aviator in 1979.

As the Vice President of Finance and Administration at Laminaar Aviation InfoTech, Kalyan Bhatlapenumerthy is responsible for Financial Controllership, Investor Relations and Compliance.

In his 20 plus years of professional experience, Kalyan served tenures in Asia, Europe, Americas & Africa, with industries like IT, Pharmaceuticals and Energy. These roles gave him extensive experience in financial management and business strategy, as also, in leading large and culturally diverse teams.

Besides being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-USA), a member of The Singapore Institute Of Chartered Accountants (SICA) and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (CMA), Kalyan is life coach and motivational speaker.