Praveen is working with Sramana on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering (electronics and communication) from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, and is currently studying for his master’s in business economics at Delhi University. You can contact him at praveenk1985@gmail.com
Irina Patterson was a medical doctor and tech PR executive in the past. Irina’s current passion is entrepreneurship. She is one of volunteer ambassadors for the global initiative 1M/1M that Sramana Mitra launched out of Silicon Valley to offer free online guidance to entrepreneurs working to reach their first $1 million in revenue. Irina is based in Miami, Florida, and focuses her entrepreneurship development efforts on the Southeast of the United States and on Russia, the country she grew up in. Irina is also in charge of seed financing research and development within 1M/1M, so she often dives into the world of angel investing and records her conversations with angels. Irina records her personal 1M/1M journey here, on her blog.
Nari Kannan is CEO and co-founder of dunnitt, a start-up company that enables family, friends and colleagues coordinate their activities and do “micro-collaboration” from any browser or smartphone. His previous company, Ajira Technologies, Inc., built BPO analytics tools and counts top BPO companies as its customers. Nari has over two decades of experience in information technology and started out as a senior software engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. He has since served as VP of engineering or CTO of five Silicon Valley startup companies dealing with a variety of problems in IT consulting, automotive claims processing, human resources and logistics applications. Contact Nari Kannan at narikannan@gmail.com or visit www.dunnitt.com.
Jeff Saperstein is an author, teacher, consultant, and enabler in how technology can be used to create growth in regional economic development and success for organizations. His just-released book with co-author Hunter Hastings is Bust the Silos: Opening Your Organization for Growth.
His books and case studies are focused upon best practices for innovation. “Toyota: Driving the Mainstream Market to Purchase Hybrid Electronic Vehicles” is one of the top ten most popular case studies published by Ivey Business Cases for Business Schools. He has worked with governments, corporations, and NGOs to use marketing to increase growth. Jeff teaches writing and speaking at San Francisco State University College of Business and on-site at Cisco and other corporations. He teaches seminars on tech clusters and innovation at the European School of Management in Paris.
Moshe Gavrielov, CEO of Xilinx, has 30 years of executive management and engineering experience with semiconductor and software companies. He served as executive vice president and general manager of the verification division at Cadence Design Systems. Before that, Gavrielov was CEO of Verisity, Ltd., where he grew the company from a $4 million startup through to a $70 million publicly-traded company that was acquired by Cadence in 2005. He also held management positions at LSI Logic Corp and National Semiconductor and Digital Equipment. Gavrielov earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa, Israel. He possesses five patents.
Joshua Fisher has worked for fifteen years in K-12 mathematics education as an editor, writer, researcher, presenter, and project manager. He currently works as managing editor for a middle-school publisher and professional development company serving school districts throughout the United States. In his spare time, he writes about education at his blog Text Savvy (www.textsavvyblog.net). Josh lives with his wife, Vicki, and his three children, Ryan, Corinne, and Benjamin in Cedar Park, Texas. Contact:textsavvyblog@gmail.com.
Shailesh Otari is an MBA student at Boston University. Prior to his MBA, he worked as a project lead at Syntel Consulting Inc. His expertise include systems and business analysis. Shailesh is passionate about new IT ventures and entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
Sai Kiran Kumar is a Business Development Manager for a global IT services organization. His expertise is in outsourcing advisory services and offshore-based technology consulting services. He has an MS in management information systems (MIS) from the University of Illinois and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
