Ashish Agarwal Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Software investor and board member. Investments include:- Lineage (www.lineaje.dev): Software supply chain security - Contxt (bycontxt.com): API security- Precize (stealth mode) : Cloud security asset intelligence - Reality Defender (realitydefender.com): Deepfake detection and protection

San Jose, California, Us

Reporting to the CEO, drove McAfee's strategic direction and responsible for strategic planning and M&ALed divesture and operational carve-out of McAfee’s Enterprise business to STG for $4 billionLed McAfee’s $14 billion take private sale to investor group consisting of Advent, Primera and Crosspoint

San Jose, California, Us

Led McAfee’s $936 million IPO process including banker syndicate selection, S-1 preparation and filing, research analyst engagement, investor roadshow, pricing, and allocationSuccessfully drove operational improvements and expense prioritization leading to double-digit percentage improvements in revenue growth, profitability, and cash flow Managed liquidity and a $5 billion balance sheet during financial market volatility due to Covid Active investor engagement included for quarterly earnings calls, follow-on offering, and debt raise

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Led strategy, M&A and investments for Akamai's Cloud Security business unit. Drove expansion into identity management and fraud markets through the acquisition of Janrain in 2019

San Jose, California, Us

Led acquisitions, divestures and investments. Impacted Symantec's transformation from a enterprise IT company to the world's largest pure play public security company though eight acquisitions and two divestures.

West Hollywood, California, Us

Responsible for go-to-market strategy, partner marketing, positioning and corporate marketing. Led strategic planning, market opportunity analysis, sales planning, sales operations, product planning and financial analysis. Led capital raising process.

London, England, Gb

Advised Acuity's European clients on US markets and transactions.

Past advisory mandates include:Public (NASDAQ Listed) technology company:Collaborated with executive team on aligning product portfolio, M&A, investments and partnerships with market opportunities and technology roadmap. Developed framework and process for evaluating acquisitions and investments. Led execution on joint venture and acquisitions. Assisted CFO with FP&A, valuation analysis and investor communications strategy.Private equity backed technology company:Advised executive team on divestiture of certain Asia based assets. Assisted executives in evaluating and negotiating investment opportunity.

Zurich, Ch

- M&A Experience: Advised on 15 M&A transactions with aggregate value over $6.2 billion- Financing: Executed 11 equity (IPO& Follow-on) transactions and 7 leverage finance transactions with aggregate value over $16.4 billion- Collaborated with UBS' CIO team to assess mobile, storage and high performance computing product offerings

New York, New York, Us

Mba, Finance & Entrepreneurial Management

Pgdm, Finance And International Business

B.A. With Honors, Economics