TechGrit is a US+India-based software development services partner for innovative technology companies. We bring cutting-edge software expertise to co-develop/co-create innovative software products for our clients.

3Lines is a venture capital firm specializing in disruptive technology companies driving Future of Work, Future of Enterprise, and Future of Industry.

Sentiero provides capital and support to startups deploying AI-enabled SaaS to help companies make money, save money, or improve customer experiences. Sentiero invests in verticals including Business Services, Software, Marketing, Real Estate, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Entertainment. Its approach is designed to locate companies at the intersection of utility and capability. Types of AI that are of interest to the fund include: process automation, cognitive insights, cognitive engagement, and data collection.

TRANSFORM, a data science & AI accelerator is powered by Deep Tech Ventures at the University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and innovation in partnership with UChicago's Data Science Institute.

Tech Wildcatters (TW) is a venture capital fund focusing on Seed to Series A+ stage technology and tech-enabled companies. Founded in 2009 as one of the first 15 accelerators in the world, TW has backed over 100 companies and are nationally recognized by MIT and Forbes. Strategically headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which gives TW portfolio companies an edge in B2B and B2C markets, TW attract ambitious founders from across the U.S. and internationally.

Strategic management consulting services

MarketChorus offers an AI/Data Platform to enable revenue growth using authentic customer/prospect engagement data insights.

Excellarate enables its clients to advance their digital transformation, at scale, and cost efficiently.Excellarate is the result of a combination, by a private equity sponsor, of four software services companies, brought together in the span of one year. * Working closely with rest of the executive team to drive a unified new branding and marketing messaging* Integrated sales organization across the four merged companies, with a consistent sales process, on-going sales training, and sales reporting metrics for executives and the board.* Managed current client engagement management and value delivery, including quarterly business reviews and expanding and deepening executive relationships with key strategic clients* Lead 15 person senior sales team to consistently deliver new logos and overall top line revenue growth

Synerzip, an Agile co-development partner for high-growth, venture-backed software/SaaS platform companies. Following Agile practices, Synerzip seamlessly dovetails with each client’s engineering team, helping them scale up, in a flexible, capital-efficient and frictionless manner. In Dec 2020, the company was acquired by a private equity backed strategic acquirer.Overall Executive Leadership* Defined the core business strategy and market positioning. Fine tuned over time based on market feedback and business results.* Designed the top level metrics and intra company transfer pricing mechanism * With India based software development team and US based sales and marketing team, lead the global business, with consistent revenue growth & profitability for 16 years.* Recruited an external, non-investor, advisory board. Crafted an innovative phantom stock option plan to incentivize board members* Orchestrated a diligent and successful “Exit” - including investment banker selection, deal negotiation, due diligence. Significantly outperformed post-exit/earnout goals. Sales & Marketing Leadership - from 0 to $25M/yr in revenues* 17 years of consecutive, year-over-year revenue growth and profitability. 6 times in INC 5000 fastest growing companies* Developed a consultative sales process for selling to the CTOs/VPs of Engineering of high-growth, VC/PE backed software/saas companies* Hired and managed the sales organization of 20+ senior sales executives* Developed a sales lead generation process for consistently producing qualified sales leads via a variety of channels - trade-shows/events, inside sales, webinars, and professional networkingGlobal People Leadership* Worked closely with US+India based software delivery team to build a unified and positive culture based around Agile values and Lean Startup concepts* Consistently recognized by clients and employees as uniquely positive culture, with Glassdoor CEO satisfaction rating of 100%

TeXchange Dallas connects Dallas-Fort Worth’s technology community; bringing together founders, investors, technology executives, business leaders, educators and supporting service providers at every stage of building and growing successful ventures.

Responsible for business strategy, sales, marketing, and services delivery.* Led product/platform definition to address an unmet market need with an innovative solution - a multi-enterprise, real-time supply-chain dashboard.* Raised seed capital and angel investments for early stage product development* Worked with engineering to devise an innovative software platform that incorporated real-time supply chain signals with historical transactional data to raise business relevant alerts and flag any discrepency in plan vs. actual.* Led early product X market fit iterations, with early customer engagements* In response to market adoption and capital raise challenges, pivoted the business model to services business, which later became the basis for launching a new venture, Synerzip.* Lead business model pivot that resulted in real paying customers and made the company viable, by getting to $1M ARR within 3 months of pivoting

STARTech Early Ventures provided management in three main areas – entrepreneurial ecosystems, investment of funds in technology-enhanced businesses, and office facilities for small-footprint, technology-based companies in Dallas area. I participated as a mentor and advisor to evaluate applicant companies for admission into STARTech and help them with their business.

Product line Vice President - leading product management, product marketing, and product development functions for a portfolio of software products. Lead teams across multiple geographies.* Managed product portfolio of i2’s factory planning scheduling products - a mix of dozen or so, home-grown and acquired software products, with overlapping functionality and target markets. Rationalized the product portfolio and provided renewed focus on growth and profitability.* Conceived i2’s offering for SMB segment, highly packaged manufacturing planning and execution offering. Built with low-touch, indirect channel, sales and delivery strategy. * Developed the business strategy and execution plan for this new venture * Created new sub-brand i2 Pronto for this mid-market offering. * Developed strategic partnership with partners like Dell, Intel, Hitachi, etc for rapid deployment of this packaged solution. * Launched i2 Pronto in APAC region for early adoption * Worked with i2’s direct sales force and indirect partner channel for early customer adoption of i2 Pronto.* Lead product management and customer success function for i2’s multi-enterprise (supply chain) collaboration platform. Led successful deployments at Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Dell. This was i2’s first offering for the nascent “internet products”/“e-Business” market in the year 1999.

Led management consulting engagements across several industries including computer hardware, software, health-care, semiconductor, transportation, and consumer electronics.Led field research that resulted in the book Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees, by Jon Katzenbach. Published by Harvard Business School Press. Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0875849369/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZQFN0WE3Q1NFCA0Y8HF9

Led management consulting projects focusing primarily on product/market fit and new market opportunity identification for clients in computer hardware, software, telecom, semiconductor, and information services industries. Helped venture backed companies pivot to new markets and Fortune 500 clients identify new market segments for growth

Led software development for CAD tools to optimize semiconductor design and manufacturing cycle time.