Latha Ganeshan

Founder, CEO and President Datum Technologies Group

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Latha Ganeshan is Founder, CEO and President of Datum Technologies Group, a technology services company headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia, which she formed with Ram Ganeshan in 1992 under the name Datum Software. The company describes itself as a certified minority- and woman-owned business providing technology solutions, talent and managed services to commercial clients and to the US federal government, and it operates offices in Georgia, Alabama and India. In March 2023 she led the consolidation of its three brands, Datum Government, Datum Innovations and the VELA Works payments platform, under the Datum Technologies Group name.

Career Highlights

• Co-founded Datum Software in 1992 and remains its Founder, CEO and President under the Datum Technologies Group name.
• Grew the business into a fully staffed, woman-owned IT firm by 2006, according to the company.
• Oversees three divisions: Datum Government (federal IT), Datum Innovations (commercial technology engagements) and VELA Works (payment processing, billing and customer engagement).
• Led the March 2023 rebranding from Datum Software to Datum Technologies Group.
• Before Datum, held positions at IBM, Digital Design Medical Systems, Equifax, ChoicePoint and Scientific Atlanta.

Professional Journey

Ganeshan’s early career, as her company summarises it, ran through a series of large technology and data businesses, several of them in the Atlanta area: IBM, Digital Design Medical Systems, the credit bureau Equifax, the data company ChoicePoint and the broadband equipment maker Scientific Atlanta. The company does not give titles or dates for those roles.

In 1992 she and Ram Ganeshan, now the company’s Executive Vice President, formed Datum Software. By the company’s account demand for its services grew until, in 2006, it became a fully staffed, woman-owned IT firm. It then broadened from commercial technology work into government contracting and payment solutions. Those lines became three brands: Datum Government, which provides IT solutions to US federal agencies and whose defence work is managed by a retired US Air Force acquisitions officer; Datum Innovations, the commercial engagement arm; and VELA Works, a platform offering payment processing, billing and customer engagement services.

In March 2023 the company announced that Datum Software was rebranding as Datum Technologies Group, bringing what it called three once-siloed brands under one umbrella. Ganeshan said the company was committed to serving clients while fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. The group is headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia, with further offices in Montgomery, Alabama, and in Chennai and Lucknow, India.

She and members of the Datum team took part in and sponsored the 2022 VIBHA Dream Mile, which raises money for the education of underprivileged children.

Education

Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Master’s degree

Georgia State University

Master’s degree