Summary
Vagish Vela is a founder and Chief Marketing Technology Officer with 12 years of experience building and scaling startups at the intersection of strategy, software, and marketing. He has architected full tech stacks and led global teams to deliver over $100M in go-to-market value across ventures he runs or advises, including a portfolio he oversees as President of Vela Group Holdings. A hands-on software architect, he founded VTAKU to deliver end-to-end products using modern stacks (React/Next/SvelteKit, Node, Rails, GraphQL, AWS/GCP) while also driving data-driven marketing and partnership strategies. He’s a proven operator who has grown teams to hundreds of tutors at Lingua Fonica and supported product launches and infrastructure for high‑traffic apps. An engaging speaker (TEDx, DevFests) and volunteer, he blends technical depth with commercial appetite and a knack for turning resource constraints into pragmatic, scalable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science with a Software Engineering Specialization, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science with a Software Engineering Specialization at Bowling Green State University
City of London School
English, Tamil, Japanese, French, Spanish