Parasuraman (CK) Chalekode
Parasuraman (CK) Chalekode, is the President of Chalekode Enterprises, Inc., which specializes in providing financial services to small businesses and professionals. He is also an independent consultant for local companies in alternative energy.
Prior to this, he held several sales/marketing, business and joint venture management positions at Dow, Solutia and Monsanto. He has in-depth experience in new product business development and implementing the stage-gate process.
Chalekode has an MBA in finance from St. Louis University, MSE from West Virginia University and BS in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is the co-chair for the alternative energy sub-group of TiE-Detroit, a global organization in promoting entrepreneurship. Chalekode is also the founder of Raji Krishna Adoption Seva (www.rkas.org) which helps US residents to adopt children from India.