# Balesh Lakshminarayanan

> Balesh Lakshminarayanan is a Hyderabad-based technology entrepreneur, founding CTO and former CEO of ABSYZ, and CEO of Abilytics since January 2026. His career spans telecom engineering, CRM consulting and company building; he also founded Octahedron Consulting and writes fiction.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Abilytics; Founder & President at Octahedron Consulting
- **Organizations:** Abilytics, Inc., Octahedron Consulting, ABSYZ, Infosys, Alcatel-Lucent, Lister Technologies, Bhoosan Junior
- **Education:** B.Tech, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, PGDM, Marketing and Systems, T. A. Pai Management Institute
- **Known for:** Co-founded and helped scale ABSYZ from a bootstrapped partnership into a global Salesforce consultancy., ABSYZ received the Best Consulting Startup Award at the Indian Startup Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation Awards 2016., Times 40 Under 40 recognition in March 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2008** — Worked in telecom engineering at Alcatel-Lucent after beginning as a guest lecturer at his alma mater.
- **2010** — Graduated from TAPMI and entered Salesforce consulting at Lister Technologies.
- **2010-2014** — Worked at Infosys, including an engagement-lead assignment in Geneva.
- **2011** — ABSYZ was established; operational commitment developed later, including a 2013 planning meeting with Anshul Jain in Lucerne.
- **2014** — Attended Dreamforce in San Francisco with Anshul Jain; served as ABSYZ co-founder and CTO.
- **2017** — ABSYZ opened its Bengaluru office.
- **2019** — Youngsoft acquired a majority stake in ABSYZ; Balesh became CEO that year.
- **2023** — Recognised in Times 40 Under 40.
- **2024** — ABSYZ achieved Salesforce Summit Partner status.
- **2025** — Published Serendipity: A Chain Of Impossible Coincidences; received CEO of the Year recognition from Business Leader Group; concluded his ABSYZ tenure at year-end.
- **2026** — Appointed CEO of Abilytics in January; also publicly listed as Founder & President of Octahedron Consulting.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and helped scale ABSYZ from a bootstrapped partnership into a global Salesforce consultancy.
- ABSYZ received the Best Consulting Startup Award at the Indian Startup Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation Awards 2016.
- Times 40 Under 40 recognition in March 2023.
- CEO of the Year 2025 recognition from Business Leader Group.
- Author of Serendipity: A Chain Of Impossible Coincidences (2025).

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published the LinkedIn article What Game of Thrones, Abraham Wald and AI Taught Me About Research That Proves Absolutely Nothing on September 7.
- **2026-08** — Published The Rise and Fall of the "Em" Dash on LinkedIn on August 31.
- **2026-01** — Abilytics announced his appointment as CEO on January 21.

## Links

- Website: https://www.octahedronconsulting.com/founder.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baleshl/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27