Kranthi Balaram

Kranthi Balaram possesses extensive experience in enterprise applications and project management, currently serving as the Director of Enterprise Application & IT-PMO at the Chicago Transit Authority since February 2008. Previous roles include Acting Director of Enterprise Applications & IT-PMO, Senior Manager Of Enterprise Applications, and Senior Project Manager. Kranthi's career encompasses positions at A.G. Edwards, BioGenex, Motorola, Qwest Communications, Gamma Metrics, Siemens, Macmet Technologies Ltd, and Aeronautics Development Authority, beginning as a Software Engineer and advancing to Technical Manager. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Bangalore University, a Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence for Leaders from Texas McCombs School of Business, and additional studies at DePaul University and the University of California, Berkeley.