Taking wings from Kerala

VK Mathews is a rare individual—one of the very few who dared to show off his entrepreneurial skills in Kerala. In fact, his friends thought he was nuts to leave his plush job in Dubai with Emirates where he spent more than a decade, to return to his roots and start an IT firm against all odds.
IBS, the company he founded in 1997, today is Kerala’s best known IT company and credit for that should go to this man who took a big chance with his career. “I was very happy with Emirates, where I was provided with a luxury villa, and I also had the choicest of cars with me. At that time I was just around 37 years and most people of that age would have been content,” says Mathews, who has a post-graduation in aeronautical engineering from IIT Kanpur.
It’s not that he always wanted to be an entrepreneur. But when he saw the big opportunity waiting to be tapped in the software space of the transportation industry, especially aviation, he could not resist the temptation. Today IBS is one of the world leaders in transportation software and the vast majority of global airline majors are its customers.
He joined the IT division of Air India in 1981. That was the start of a successful career.
Shortly he got a good offer from Emirates and he decided to grab the opportunity to get the international exposure he desired. As general manager (IT) of the Emirates Group, Mathews was responsible for formulating and implementing software strategies for Emirates’ global operations.
13/09/10 Darlington Jose Hector/Financial Express

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