Devaraj Southworth, Founder and Board Director
Devaraj has been actively working at the intersection of business, online media and mobile technology for more than fifteen years. He is currently Vice President of Online & Mobile Product Strategy at American Express. Devaraj joined American Express from iThink Labs and Yureekah where he was Founder and President of an online media services, and advertising technology agency. Devaraj also founded 30Seven Design, an interactive design agency which was successfully sold in 2008. Prior to his digital agency life, Devaraj spent his career in management consulting, strategic planning, marketing and operations. He has held positions at Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, where he consulted for such companies as Avaya, AXA Financial, Bristol Myers Squibb, GE, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Pfizer, and Altria. Devaraj holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Organizational Psychology and Journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University, and studied Business, Entrepreneurship and Japanese at Kansai International University in Osaka, Japan. He currently serves as a Limited Partner and Advisor to ENIAC, a mobile venture fund, and as Vice Chair and Executive Director to The Second Chance Foundation, a not-for-profit formed to alleviate poverty and promote food security in South India. Devaraj has been quoted in numerous publications including the Washington Post, OMMA, Media Post, The Economic Times, and Times of India.