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Board of Directors

Hanu Karlapalem
Chairman

Hanu, with over 31 years of work and entrepreneurial experience in business, engineering, Information Technology, and non-profit organizations, founded Vinhamz. Hanu has been an entrepreneur most of his career. Hanu successfully founded, managed, and operated two small start-up businesses in air ionization and air purification systems, industrial and commercial lighting, and oil reclamation as an entrepreneur prior to the start-up of Vinhamz.

Hanu started his career as a shift Engineer in a steel pipe manufacturing plant. He worked as a part time Instructor in Management Information Systems and as an affiliate member of the graduate faculty at the The University of Alabama in Huntsville(UAH). He taught graduate school course in Data Communications and under-graduate Computer Applications in Business course. He also worked as a Project Manager in a private company.

Hanu takes a pro-active role in community service. He has volunteered and held leadership positions in non-profit organizations where he provided visionary leadership and affected successful service.

  • Advisory Council Member of Global Ties Alabama (GTA) – formerly International Services Council of Alabama, Inc. (ISC).
    • GTA is a member of Global Ties U.S., which is affiliated to the U.S. Department of State.
    • GTA promotes “Citizen Diplomacy” around the world “one hand shake at a time.”
  • Hanu served two consecutive three-year terms as a Board Member of ISC from 2007 to 2013, one as Vice-President. He is considered as a “Citizen Diplomat.”
  • Hanu served two consecutive three-year terms as a Board Member of UAH Alumni Association also from 2009 to 2015.
  • Since 2008, he has been the Lead of the Alabama Action Center of Child Rights and You America, Inc. (CRY), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, which supports initiatives to create effective grassroots change movements that empower marginalized communities to build sustainable futures for their children.

Hanu has a M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) one of the best Universities in the U.S. He has an under-grad B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (ranked in the Top 10 Best Engineering Colleges in India), currently Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, India.