Chaya Pamula

Entreprenuer, Philanthropist, Mentor and Innovative Thinker
Profile

“Identify your passion. Start planning early by setting your short-term and long-term goals to realise your passion.”
President & CEO, PAMTEN Inc & SHETEK
Living in New Jersey, USA
Education
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Business Process Management Professional (BPMP)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Six Sigma Green Belt
Social Causes
Founder, SOFKIN, NJ, USA
Trustee, Maher Ashram, Pune, India
Board Member, Satyana Institute (GERI), WA, USA
Member, NGO CSW/NY (United Nations)
Member, Parliament of World Religions
Professional Associations
Board of Director, Metropolitan Commercial Holding Company NY
Member of Dean's Council, Rutgers Business School, Camden NJ
Board of Director & Member, Technology Committee : Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
Advisory Board Member, TechUnited, NJ
Women In Technology of NJTech Council: NJBIA; AICC
Former Board of Director: Gateway regional Chamber of Commerce
Mentor: Wings For Growth
Chaya has over 25 years of Information Technology experience and has led many productivity initiatives that involved Business Process Improvement, business transformation/re engineering, and IT portfolio optimization. Chaya established and led the Business Process Management Center Of Excellence (BPM COE), defined standards, governance and created COEs for large corporations.
As President and CEO of PamTen, Chaya conceptualizes innovative software products that open doors into new marketplaces for PamTen and its clients, and oversees the development of these products from concept to prototyping to implementation for clients in USA, Canada, and India.
Chaya has two siblings and she feels blessed to be born to her wonderful parents. Chaya lost her parents when she was a teenager. She attributes the inspiration and determination behind her success to the promise she made to her mother before she passed away. Chaya worked hard to keep up her promise to grow in both her personal and professional lives.
Having lost her parents at a young age, Chaya combined her business acumen and passion for charity to found SOFKIN (www.sofkin.org), a non-profit organization creating loving and caring homes for destitute and under privileged children. Over 100 children are given medical attention, cared for, fed, educated, and provided with a nurturing environment which encourages overall personality growth and leadership skills under Chaya's guidance and inspiration.
Chaya also founded the Global Women's League, a networking organization that creates a platform to inspire, influence, and empower women with leadership skills through affiliation with successful leaders and similar organization. She mentors young high school and college graduates in progressing their professional career.
Chaya is also serving as a trustee on the board of MAHER (www.maherashram.org), a non-profit organization aimed at supporting destitute women and children, and Satyana Institute (www.satyana.org) supporting communities through gender reconciliation and inter spiritual training and workshops. Chaya is currently serving as a board member on many professional and women empowerment associations.
Chaya lives in New Jersey, USA with her husband Satya Mohan, daughter Anusha, and two cute little dogs - Jimmy & Mojo. Her husband works as an IT director in BNY Melon in NY and daughter is a practicing lawyer in NYC, graduated out of Harvard Law School.
Chaya sings indian classical music, plays the musical instrument 'Veena', an animal lover and enjoys working with children, reading books, cooking, painting and making handicrafts.