Booklet for Attendees of Quebec CM Retreat - Agenda, Travel Advisory, Attendee Profiles, Chapter Award Finalists, and more..

1. TiE CM Retreat 2016 Booklet
Quebec City, Canada
August 11-14, 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Special Thanks to our Retreat Sponsors & Partners ………….…..… 3
Welcome Letter ………………………………………………… 4
Retreat Agenda …………………………………………………. 5-6
Travel Preparation for Quebec ……….………………………….. 6-7
Weather in Quebec………………………………………….. 6
Wardrobe……………………………………………........... 7
Basic French Phrases…………………………………………. 7
About TiE ………………………………………….…….….… 8
TiE Global Staff …………………………………………………. 8
2016 TiE Global Board of Trustees ………….………………….… 9
Guest Speaker - Anjul Nigam …………………………………...… 10
Awards & Gala Night ………………………………….............… 11
CM Retreat Sponsor – Madison Park Group . ……………………… 12-13
CM Attendee Directory…………………………………...……… 14-16
CM Attendee Profiles………………………………………….… 17- 28

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS
RETREAT SPONSOR
TRAVEL PARTNERS

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WELCOME TO 2016 GLOBAL CM RETREAT
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Retreat Committee, TiE Global Board of Trustees, and TiE Global staff, welcome to our 18th
annual TiE Global Charter Member Retreat. We will collectively make memories in the beautiful and historic
Quebec, the only walled city in North America. Quebec is a province with French influences and has a charming
European feel to it. The attractions that await you are the fun-filled activities and theme dinners – all in a breathtaking
“riverside” setting in the most photographed hotel in the world. More importantly, old friends from across the globe
get a chance to rekindle friendships, and many new friendships are waiting to be made.
Three spectacular evening events await you, starting with a reception and dinner at the Museum of Civilization, and
the screening of an award winning film. The next night is our own exclusive party where we have the Quebec
Parliament all to ourselves. The final night is our Awards gala at the magnificent Fairmont Hotel ballroom and
Canada’s leading DJ Poojan to entertain you through the night.
For both adults and children we have organized a range of fun filled activities and food options. So leave your worries
behind; sample a great fusion of Indian and French cuisine with great wines, charge up your cameras and dress up for
the final gala banquet. Most importantly get set for a lot of fun – and a little business with lots of networking.
Finally, the usual tourist advice: please do keep your passports and valuables in the safe custody of your rooms. We
would also like you to carry back home memories of Quebec, enjoy the local produce – maple syrup and ice wine.
Please feel free to contact either of us if you need anything at all while you are here.
Warm regards,
Vijay Menon
Executive Director
TiE Global
Murali Bukkapatnam
Retreat Chair
TiE Global

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RETREAT AGENDA
Thursday, August 11
Bienvenue - Welcome to Quebec City
10.00 am - 5:00 pm Arrive into Quebec City & Welcome on Arrival
Dinner at the Musées de la Civilisation (casual dress code)
6.45 pm Depart from hotel to Musées de la Civilisation
7:30 pm Welcome by Retreat Committee Chair & Tour of the Museum
Cocktails & Networking
8:15 pm - 10:00 pm Dinner
Movie Night at the Museum
8:30 pm-10:15pm Screening of movie "Growing up Smith"
Meet with Anjul Nigam, Producer and Director
Friday, August 12
Activities + Dinner at Assemblee Nationale
7:00 am – 9:30 am Breakfast at the Hotel
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Fun-filled Activites & Adventures
Zipline + Via Ferrata
Golf (departure at 8.00 am)
White Water Rafting
Mixology
Orleans Tour
Dinner at the Assemblée Nationale (casual dress code)
6:45pm Depart for the Assemblée Nationale
7:00pm - 7:30 pm Tour of Assemblée Chambers
7:00 PM Cocktails & Networking
8:15 pm - 10:00 pm Dinner
Saturday, August 13
Tours & Activities + Gala Dinner
7:00 am – 9:30 am Breakfast at the Hotel
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Tours around the City
City Tour + Montmorency Falls
Scenic South Shore Bicycle
Walking Tour of Old Quebec
12.30 pm onwards Lunch + Shopping
Gala Dinner at Hotel Ballroom ( formal dress code, Black Tie event)
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Networking and Cocktails
7:30 pm– 8:00 pm Address by TiE Global Chair & Retreat Committee Chair
8:00 pm -8:30 pm TiE Global Chapter Awards
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Dinner at Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac Hotel
9.30 pm - 11:30 pm DJ & Dancing

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RETREAT AGENDA (CONTD.)
Sunday, August 14
Au Revoir
7:00 – 9:30 am Breakfast at the Hotel
7:00 am onwards Hotel Departures
TRAVEL PREPARATION
WEATHER & WARDROBE & FRENCH PHRASES
Source: www.theweathernetwork.com
In Farenheit..
In Celcius..

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WHAT TO WEAR IN QUEBEC CITY IN SUMMER
Quebec City summers run from early June through mid September when temperatures can vary tremendously.
Daytime temperatures can reach into the 90's with high humidity, especially in July and August. Because there is
always a possibility of summer showers, visitors should be prepared with an umbrella. Comfortable walking sandals
and a light jacket for the evenings are recommended. Those with mobility problems may have difficulty walking the
steep, cobblestone streets. Consider hiring a caleche (a horse drawn carriage) or take taxis.
Dress in Quebec City is best described as fashionable, but understated. The business casual dress code is more
acceptable here than in Montreal. Sun dresses, skirts, dress shorts and light weight pants are more comfortable than
jeans for Quebec City summers. Baseball hats and track pants are a not such a sin here as in Montreal, possibly due to
a higher density of tourists, especially in summer.
BASIC FRENCH PHRASES FOR TRAVELLERS
http://www.fodors.com/language/french/basic-phrases/
BASIC PHRASES
• Thank you. Merci.
• Thank you very much. Merci beaucoup.
• You're welcome. De rien.
• Please. S’il vous plaît.
• Yes. Oui.
• No. Non.
• Excuse me. Excusez-moi.
• Pardon me. Pardon.
• Sorry! Excusez-moi!
• I don't understand. Je ne comprends pas.
• I don't speak French. Je ne parle pas français.
• I don't speak French very well. Je ne parle pas très bien français.
• Do you speak English? Parlez-vous anglais?
• Could you speak more slowly, please? Pourriez-vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plaît?
• Could you repeat (that), please? Pourriez-vous répéter, s’il vous plaît?
• What's your name? Comment vous appelez-vous?
• How are you? Comment allez-vous?
• Do you speak English? Parlez-vous anglais?
• Where is the subway? Où est le métro?
• Is the tip included? Est-ce que le service est compris?
• How much does that cost? Combien ça coûte?
• Is there a public phone here? Y a-t-il un téléphone public ici?
• Can I get on the internet? Puis-je me connecter à l’Internet?
• Can you help me, please? Pouvez-vous m’aider, s’il vous plaît?
• Where is the bathroom? Où sont les toilettes?

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ABOUT TIE
TiE is a non-profit, global community welcoming entrepreneurs from all over the world. TiE was founded in 1992 by
a group of successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and is currently the world’s largest entrepreneurial organization.
There are currently 13,000 members, including over 2,500 charter members in 61 chapters across 18 countries.
TiE’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, education, funding and
incubation. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on
generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs. We believe that the power of entrepreneurship can
empower individuals and create wealth in communities.
TIE GLOBAL STAFF
Vijay Menon
Executive Director
Mohini Suchanti
Marketing Manager
Sharad Khare
Director of Content
Pillars of TiE

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2016 TIE GLOBAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Venk Shukla
Chairman, TiE Global
President, TiE Silicon Valley
Harish Mamtani
Vice Chairman, TiE Global
Past President, TiE Atlanta
Pramod Bhasin
President, TiE Delhi
Murali Bukkapatnam
TiE Retreat Committee Chair,
TiE Global
Past President, TiE Hyderabad
Naganand
Doraswamy
President, TiE Bangalore
Suresh Madan
Past President, TiE Toronto
Vishwas Mahajan
Past President, TiE Pune
Prat Moghe
Past President, TiE Boston
John Paul
Past President, TiE Kerala
Nitin Rai
President, TiE Oregon
Pradeep Udhas
Past President, TiE Mumbai
Raj Judge
General Counsel, TiE Global
Charter Member, TiE Silicon Valley

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GUEST SPEAKER
“GROWING UP SMITH” – ANJUL NIGAM
Anjul Nigam, actor, producer and writer will be entertaining us with his movie “Growing
up Smith”. This is a private screening of the movie, which will be releasing in theaters, only
in 2017. Anjul is a graduate of Tisch School of Arts, New York University; and has acted in
several motion pictures and landmark TV series.
Recently, he acted along with Asley Judd in the “Trafficked”. He was a supporting lead in
“Bad Words” directed by Jason Bateman. He had a leading role in “The First $20 Million is
always the Hardest”. In TV series role, he has been a recurring cast member of HBO’s
“True Detective” opposite Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch. He played
the memorable “Dr. Raj” for three seasons on “Grey’s Anatomy.” In theater, Anjul starred
in "The Merchant of Venice" directed by Peter Sellars at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)in London.
GROWING UP SMITH
Growing Up Smith is directed by Frank Lotito, has been praised for its ability to transcend racial and class barriers in
small town America. Anjul Nigam delivers a comical standout performance as head honcho Bhaaskar Bhatnagar. His
involvement in writing and producing the heart-warming film as told through the eyes of a young and optimistic
immigrant has captivated audiences.
The movie has received a host of awards such as the Audience Award Best Narrative Feature at the Woodstock Film
Festival and Naples International Film Festival, and the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at CAAMFest.

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Awards & Gala Night
2016 CHAPTER AWARDS FINALISTS
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Entrepreneurship
Atlanta, Oregon and UP
Outstanding Contribution to Womens Entrepreneurship
Atlanta, Islamabad and Nagpur
Most Improved Chapter
Ahmedabad, Hubli and Oregon
Most Innovative Program
Boston, Chennai and Hyderabad
Angel Investing
Kerala, Oregon and Rajasthan
Best Chapter
Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad

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CHARTER MEMBER ATTENDEE DIRECTORY
CANADA
TORONTO
Suresh Madan
President & CEO
MyHealth Centre
Mahendra Naik
Chief Executive Officer
FirstAngel Capital Corporation
Imtiaz Seyid
VP - South Asian & Middle Eastern Markets
Royal Bank of Canada
OTTAWA
Dipak Roy
Chairman
D-TA Systems Inc.
Bharat Rudra
Canada Lead
Skyquest
EASTERN USA
ATLANTA
Chand Akkineni
Founder & CEO
IT Job Cafe
Harish Mamtani
Founder & CEO
SEED Education
Palaniswamy Rajan
Chairman & CEO
Virima Technologies
JP James
Founding Partner
Libreum International
BOSTON
Anil Agarwal
CEO
CIMCON Software, Inc.
Mir Arif
Founder/Principal
Madison Park Group
Sanjeev Jain
Founder & CEO
Idea First Technologies Inc
Ramesh Kapur
President
Medical -Technical Gases
Vik Mehrotra
CEO
Venus Capital Mgt., Inc.
Prat Moghe
Founder & CEO
Cazena
Ramesh Motwane
Founder & Chairman
Eastern Contractors
Chandrasekhar Naik
President
MResult Corporation
DETROIT
Rakesh Katragadda
COO & Chief Scientist
AMF Nano Corp.
WASHINGTON DC
Paul Singh
Founder & CEO
Rezon8 Capital & Advisory Group
NEW YORK
Rajeev Kapoor
Partner
A. T. Kearney
Tariq Khan
Founder, Director and Former CEO
Games 24x7 Inc
NEW YORK

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Al Limaye
President
Logistic Solutions, Inc.
Roopa Unnikrishnan
Founder
Center10 Consulting
Kesav Dama
President
Spider Web Marketing
Megha Bhouraskar
Owner
Law Offices of Megha D. Bhouraskar
NJ-PHILLY
Jaswinder Dhanjal
CEO
Twinpod Inc
Sukhwinder Kaila
President
IT by Design
Raman Kapur
Chairman
Transition Patient Services, LLC
Raj Lakhanpal
CEO
SpectraMD
Diya Mathews
Attorney-at-law
Chugh, LLP
Dennis Mehta
Managing Partner
Bucks Venture Partners, LLC
Rajeev Sharma
CTO
America Networks
Harjit Singh
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Xurge Capital Partners, LLC
Philadelphia
Sashi Reddi
Managing Partner
SRI Capital
PITTSBURGH
Ashok Trivedi
Co-founder
Swat Capital
WESTERN USA
OREGON
Nitin Rai
President & CEO
First Insight Corporation
Stuart Hopkins
Charter Member
TiE Oregon
DENVER (ROCKIES)
Keith Larson
Rockies
President
SKiL Business Advisors
Kevin Morningstar
Manager
Morningstar Consulting Group LLC
SILICON VALLEY
Joshua Suter
Managing Principal
Vukota Capital Management, LLC
Sarvajit Thakur
Chairman
Enterprise Solutions, Inc
Viresh Bhatia
Co-Founder and Founding CEO
InstallShield Software
Venk Shukla
President
TiE Silicon Valley
Manoj Goel
VP of Business Development,
Prysm Inc
Waheed Qureshi
CTO Mobile
Citrix
SILICON VALLEY

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Srini Madala
CEO
Softsol Group
LOS ANGELES (SOCAL)
Sam Agrawal
Partner
Acumor
Neeraj Bhavani
Founder, President & CEO
Tagnos
SOUTH ASIA
CHENNAI
Sree Vidhya G
Chairman & Managing Director
RavindraServices Pvt. Ltd.
Satya Prabhakar
CEO
Sulekha.com New Media Pvt.,Ltd.,
Akhila Rajeshwar
Executive Director
TiE Chennai
Shankar V
Director
Acsys Investments Private Limited
DELHI
Arun Aggarwal
President - South Asia
Comptel Communications India Pvt Ltd
Lalit Jain
Co founder
CresTech Software Systems
Satish Jha
Chairman
OLPC India Foundation
Shiv Khera
Proprieter
Qualified Learning Systems
HYDERABAD
Murali Bukkapatnam
Managing Director & CEO
GDH Workforce Pvt Ltd.
Suresh Challa
Director
SSPDL Ltd.
KERALA
John Paul
Managing Director
Popular Vehicles & Services Ltd.
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD
Ayesha Hamid
Director
American School of International Academics
MUMBAI
Anup Jalan
Growth Architect
APJ Enterprises
Japan Vyas
Managing Partner
Sixth Sense Ventures
PUNE
Zelam Chaubal
Director
Kesari Tours Pvt Ltd
EUROPE
GERMANY
Suhas Patel
Co-Founder
Giriraj Speciality Pvt Ltd
UNITED
Nixon James
Advisory
Merrill Lynch

18. CHARTER MEMBER ATTENDEE PROFILES
CANADA
TORONTO
Suresh Madan
Suresh Madan is a healthcare entrepreneur. As president and CEO of MyHealth Centre, he runs a chain of 27 multi-specialty
healthcare facilities across Ontario. Previously he was a financial analyst, portfolio manager and compliance manager for
Excalibur Capital Management, an investment fund investing in North American companies. Before that he managed money for
multi-billion dollars Reichmann family for nearly ten years. His earlier work experience includes management consulting with
Deloitte and business valuation practice in the Middle East. Suresh has over 30 years of international experience in wide ranging
businesses and geographies as manager, investor and entrepreneur. He is member of American College of Healthcare Executives
and was member, portfolio management committee of Toronto CFA Society. Suresh is Chairman and Director of IIM Americas
Inc, the pan-IIM organization representing 2,000+ North America based alumni of the Indian Institutes of Management. IIM
Ahmedabad is where Suresh completed his MBA with a gold medal in 1983. He
Mahendra Naik
Mahendra is an entrepreneur and Angel investor with financial background. A C.P. A by profession and involved with numerous
starts up in the extractive industry as well as consumer facing online/financial technology businesses.
Imtiaz Seyid
Imtiaz is the Vice President, South Asian and Middle Eastern Markets at RBC Royal Bank in Toronto, Ontario. In his current
role, Imtiaz is responsible for strategy
OTTAWA
Bharat Rudra
Until recently Bharat Rudra managed the R&D fund for Canadian SMEs to collaborate with Indian and Brazilian companies.
Bharat has co-founded and managed three technology companies. These include growth companies and consulting firm. Bharat
has been a leader in the Ottawa entrepreneurial scene for over 15 years. Currently he is working on his next venture. He is also a
co-founder and charter member of the Ottawa chapter of TiE where he is serving as President.
Dipak Roy
Dr. Dipak Roy is the founder-chairman of D-TA Systems Inc, a defense electronics company with offices in Ottawa, Denver,
Paris & Bangalore. His previous company was acquired by GE in 2004. Dr. Roy has been involved in many charitable activities,
including setting up of Advanced Sensor processing Lab at Carleton University and refurbishment of palliative care unit at
Elizabeth Bruyere Hospital, both in Ottawa. Dr. Roy was appointed to the board of SDTC (a billion dollar clean-tech funding
organization) by Govt of Canada. Dr. Roy has been received many awards for his accomplishments and community services,
including Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee award, ANSI award for creating a Technical standard and Immigrant Entrepreneur
award by City of Ottawa.

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EASTERN USA
ATLANTA
Chand Akkineni
Chand is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years global experience in IT related services. He has been a member of TIE Global
Board of Trustees. He is the founder of the TIE forum on LinkedIN with over 15,000 members. Chand is the founder and CEO
of ITJobCafe, Inc., an IT Job Portal for the US market. He is also CEO of Softpros Inc., an IT solutions company; SoftPro
Global,an offshore software services company. SoftPro Global offers Off-shore software development in Business Process
Management ( BPM), Open Source Software development and elearning.
Harish Mamtani
Founder and CEO of SEED (Standard of Excellence in Education and Development) Education. SEED was launched in 2013 to
provide capital and management support to low cost K-10 schools in India with focus to improve the standard of education. Idea
for SEED came when Harish spent a year as interim CEO of Indian School Finance Company, a lending institution to low cost
schools to expand and improve infrastructure. Before launching SEED, Harish served as an independent adviser to Gray Ghost
Ventures, a social venture fund. More than 18 years of experience in finance, investing, and wealth management managing over
$1.5 billion.
Rajan Palaniswamy
Palaniswamy (Raj) Rajan is currently the founder and Managing Partner of CTW Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital
fund which invests in and assists seed/early-stage entrepreneurs across all industries primarily in Atlanta and the South Eastern
United States who are engaged in disruptive innovations and technologies. CTW focuses solely on companies, which are started
by expert technical founders with strong domain expertise. CTW partners with technical entrepreneurs and companies in
markets with large opportunities and no identifiable competitors. CTW typically supplies the first capital, often at the concept
phase. CTW invests in pre-formation companies to Series A rounds. CTW works as active partners with our entrepreneurs,
helping with all aspects of strategy, market definition and execution.
JP James
James is the Founding Partner of Libreum International. Over the past two decades, James has helped acquire, restructure, and
scale stagnant ventures in their management strategy, business process automation, back office automation, and capital solutions.
He has invested and advised fast growth ventures since 2004. He is also a Lecturer at Georgia Tech's College of Management &
School of Industrial Engineering, and teaches Quantitative Computational Finance, and Entrepreneurship.
BOSTON
Anil Agarwal
Anil Agrawal is the CEO/Founder of the CIMCON Group and has more than thirty years of experience in corporate
management, sales and marketing, product development and entrepreneurial leadership. Currently he is heading CIMCON
Lighting, Inc., a leading provider of cutting edge industrial automation and control solutions, has leveraged the Internet of Things
(IoT) to become the leader in intelligent lighting control systems. Anil Agrawal is a Charter Member of Tie Boston and likes to
help budding entrepreneurs in their entrepreneurial journey. He is joined by his wife Shweta Agrawal and two lovely daughters
Ishita Agrawal (22) and Ashi Agrawal(17).
Sanjeev Jain
Sanjeev is CEO & Founder of Idea First Technologies Inc (IFT) - an Internet media publishing company. IFT websites receives
over 600 million page view & attracts around 30million unique users a year. Sanjeev is a board member at TiE Boston. He holds
an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Mir Arif
Mir is the founder & Managing Director of Madison Park Group and the founder & General Partner of Blue Cloud Ventures.
Madison Park Group is an investment banking firm focused on advising technology companies on M&A transactions and
fundraisings. Mir founded Madison Park Group in 2004 and has been instrumental in driving the strategic growth and direction
of the firm. Mir has executed over 110 fundraising and M&A transactions for high growth companies in a range of sectors
including enterprise software, eCommerce, online services and IT/BPO services. Prior to Madison Park Group, he was a
technology investment banker at Bear Stearns and an M&A investment banker at Peregrine Capital. In 2012, Mir founded Blue
Cloud Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on investing in late stage enterprise software, SaaS and tech-enabled services
companies. Mir holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University. He is a
Chartered Financial Analyst and an active Charter Member of TiE Boston and TiE Boston Angels.
Ramesh Kapur
Mr. Kapur is also director and owner of a casting and machining company in Canton, Ohio. Ohio Cast Products, Inc. does large
runs of malleable and ductile castings and machining parts for the automotive industry. Mr. Kapur has been a member of the
Medford, Massachusetts Rotary Club for 16 years and was president during the 2001-2002 term. Ramesh Kapur was on the DNC
site selection committee in 1992 when New York was chosen as the Democratic convention site that year. His interest in small
business development, privatization of the energy sector in India and Indo-US trade relations cuminated in getting an invitation
from Energy Secretary Hazel O Leary and Senator John Kerry to visit India as a special trade delegate. He was also specially
invited by Hillary Clinton to accompany her to pay homage to Mother Teresa.
Vik Mehrotra
Vik is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Venus Capital Management, Inc, Boston, MA, USA. Vik has
been actively investing in Asia since 1989 and founded Venus in 1994 for investing in India. Venus focusses on low risk, alpha
generating strategies from India. Venus recently started an NBFC in India, funded by US pension plans. Venus and its strategic
partners have offices in Boston, London and Delhi. Vik regularly speaks at several conferences on emerging markets including
the Absolute Return Symposium in New York, Annual Institutional Investment Conference in San Francisco, Annual Mar-Hedge
European Conference in Geneva, Terrapin in Hong Kong and GAIM USA conference in Boca Raton. Prior to founding Venus,
Vik worked at UBS. Vik has a Masteräó»s of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneur (www.tie.org), Boston chapter, and a member of the Young Presidents
Organization
Prat Moghe
Prat Moghe is SVP at IBM Netezza. Netezza is a leader in data analytics and was acquired by IBM for $1.7B in 2010. Prat is a
successful serial entrepreneur and has been a founder & CEO of two startups. As SVP of Strategy and Marketing at Netezza, Prat
drove Netezza's growth strategy and led its marketing organization that covered product management, product marketing,
demand generation and corporate marketing. Prat was the force behind Netezza's thought leadership in appliances and analytics.
Prat also leads the Strategic Integration and Alliance office for Netezza, supporting cross-IBM appliance initiatives as well as
alliance oriented technology partnerships.
Ramesh Motwane
Ramesh is founder & CEO of Eastern Contractors, Inc in Institutional Construction Business having performed over one Billion
Dollars construction. In March 2003, Northeastern University honored Mr. Motwane with their selection to induct him as
Director of National Council.He accompanied President Clinton on his India visit in March 2000.
Chandrasekhar Naik
Shekhar Naik is Founder & President of MResult Corporation, a Technology Services company specializing in Information
Management solutions through implementing Collaboration Portals, Analytics, Dashboards, and Business Processes. MResult was
founded in 2002 and works with large and small organizations help achieve top-line growth, deliver consistent execution of
strategy, customer retention, superior profitability, and faster speed to market through Information Management solutions.
MResult supports their global customers from offices in US and India. Sekhar has hands-on experience in Business Intelligence
and Analytics domains and has worked in Life Sciences, Healthcare and Financial services. He has consulted with a number of
Fortune 500 clients. He is passionate about helping clients manage information to maximize their Business Results. Prior to
MResult Corporation, Sekhar had founded several startups including MResult Synthesis custom compound synthesis organization
collaborating with IIT Bombay, MResult Healthcare now called Vindicet offering patient matching solutions in Healthcare, and
MResultRD building portfolio management solutions to R&D organizations. Sekhar holds an MBA from the University of
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DETROIT
Rakesh Katragadda
Rakesh serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientist of amf nano Corp, which develops, designs and manufactures
next generation smart sensor control system solutions. He also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at AMF Nano. Dr.
Katragadda is a prolific inventor in micro/nanotechnologies with 5 patents pending and has published and presented numerous
technical papers in many Biomedical, Defense, and Industrial applications. He has been involved in the hybridization of DNA, and
the design and fabrication of “smart skin” and was responsible for the development of implantable eye stimulation devices for the
visually impaired. He has served tenures at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory and a world-renowned Retinal Implant
Institute, and was a long-time consultant to a Fortune-500 medical device company.. He received his Graduate degree from
Wayne State
WASHINGTON DC
K. Paul Singh
Paul is a highly successful and globally-recognized entrepreneur and executive with a history of founding and leading successful
companies in the telecom sector. In 2011, he founded Rezon8 Capital & Advisory Group, a private equity firm whose primary
objective is to partner with founders and CEOs of technology-driven service companies at various states in their growth cycles
and across different industries. Prior to founding Rezon8, Paul served as Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Primus
Telecommunications, a global telecommunications company that he grew to $1.2B in revenue in the first 6 years of operation.
Primus was added to the Russell 3000 index in 2003 and listed among the "Fortune 1000" publicly traded companies in 2004.
Paul has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a recipient of numerous awards, including a 2003 Stevie Award and the
2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2010, Paul was named a "Top Performing Public Company CEO" by
the Washington Business Journal. Paul served as President of TiE-DC during 2014 and 2015, and he currently serves on several
Boards of for-profit and non-profit companies.
NEW YORK
Rajeev Kapoor
Rajeev Kapoor is a partner with A.T. Kearney, with expertise in business performance improvement, PE portfolio optimization,
Acquisition due diligence and strategic information technology. I bring years of experience as a growth leader, technologist,
innovation executive, and board member of several companies. My focus areas include payers and insurance companies - Private,
Healthcare Public Private Partnership PPP, Telcos and enterprise mobility, Internet of Things, digital health, pharmaceutical &
healthcare organizations, medical device manufacturers and Healthcare Providers. I joined A.T. Kearney having gained global
experience in the healthcare, telecommunication and services industries, holding senior executive positions at Verizon, KPMG
Consulting, GE Healthcare, and IBM Global Services. Prior to joining A.T. Kearney, I was general partner at Maja Equity
Partners with lead responsibility for the firm s private equity, early stage seed investment, healthcare technology and care
management practice. I have testified in front of the U.S. Senate on healthcare IT and IT security. I have been quoted in national
and industry magazines and industry reports on the topics of digital and mobile health. I am also a regular keynote speaker,
mentor and judge at various start up events, visiting professor at Universities and have participated as a panel member in several
forums.
Tariq Khan
Tariq Khan is a mentor and an active angel investor. He co-founded Games 24x7 Inc and his current investments include Buddi-
Health, APDS and Fitbark. He is running the NY TyE program and business plan competition for high school students. He is a
Charter Member and Board member of the New York Chapter of TiE, the largest mentoring organization for entrepreneurship.
Previously he worked for thirty years with Fortune 500 companies, including Accenture, PWC, Reuters and Credit Suisse, as
well as on consulting engagements with leading industrial, financial and commercial service companies. Mr Khan grew up in
Rome, Italy and after four decades in Europe moved to the US in 2000 where he has settled in the New York City vicinity. His
current passion is gamification, for team building and collaboration.

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Al Limaye
Al Limaye is the President of Logistic Solutions, Inc., (LSI) and an investor and acting president of A.C. Birox, LLC. LSI is a large
multinational software consulting firm with major clients including AT&T, GMAC, Amdocs, HSBC, Cisco and Goldman Sachs.
For the past 17 years, Logistic Solutions and its affiliates have been providing services in the US and internationally including
Europe and South East Asia. With offices in the US and India, LSI offers a very unique set of services such as Network and
Biometric security, SAP and Ariba integration. Logistic Solutions has won numerous awards including Deloitte and Touché NJ
Fast 50, NJ Top 100 by Div2000.com, Software Product of the Year for one of its software products by New Jersey Technology
Council, and fastest growing private in the US by the Inc. 500 magazine. Al serves as a board member of Pace University’s
Computer Science department. Al served as an Executive Board member of TiE, a global network of entrepreneurs and
professionals and headed its expansion in New Jersey. He also serves on the board of the Middlesex County Chamber of
Commerce and spear head sits Information Technology Committee. Al frequently speaks and mentors young entrepreneurs as
part of Middlesex County College, TiE TriState and other forums. He is a recipient of Business Leader of the Year (NJ), was
nominated for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2003, and holds a US patent for a software product. Crains magazine recently
featured Al as the leading businessman from New Jersey on its cover page. Al has an MS degree in Computer Science and an MS
degree in Mechanical Engineering. Al loves golf and the outdoors. He is originally from Mumbai and now lives in New Jersey.
Roopa Unnikrishnan
Roopa Unnikrishnan builds on almost two decades of experience in roles where she has seeded and driven change and innovation
in several Fortune 500 companies. Roopa has worked with Consumer Goods, Education and Technology clients, helping them
establish and improve key processes around strategic planning, innovation space identification and idea development. Current
clients include Estee Lauder, Johnson & Johnson, Harman Kardon, New York Presbyterian Hospitals, among others. A Rhodes
scholar who completed both an MPhil in Economic and Social History and an M.B.A. at the University of Oxford, in 1999. She
has received the Arjuna Award from the President India, the highest sports prize in the country for her prowess in rifle shooting.
Roopa is currently the President of TiE New York.
Kesav Dama
Owner of Spider Web Marketing, Kesav is a seasoned SEO guru and a Columbia graduate with tremendous business
development skills. He has helped countless firms, big and small, amplify their revenues through deliberate and precise digital
marketing strategies.
Megha Bhouraskar
Megha graduated from Columbia University- Barnard College (B.A. Degree in Political Science) and, received her J.D. Degree
from New York Law School. Megha has been practicing law since 1987. In addition to her law practice, Megha is an activist for
empowerment of women. She was the Founding Member, served as a Board Member and continues to consult for "Sakhi for
South Asian Women” (Sakhi). She has served as the President and Board Member for “Creating Resources for Empowerment and
Action (CREA)” , Committee Member of the “South Asian Women’s Leadership Forum (SAWLF)” and, legal consultant for
"Breakthrough” (Human Rights). She has also served as a Member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the "Asian
Women in Business".
NJ-PHILLY
Jaswinder Dhanjal
Jessy is the CEO of Twinpod Inc. He is a self-made and self-taught entrepreneur. Prior to venturing out on his own he worked as
a Developer with numerous organizations, involved in design and development of Software Products. He has 20 years of
technology and business leadership experience with prestigious companies in Asia, Europe and USA. Presently he divides his time
between leading business development (with focus on Strategic Partnerships, JVs and Enterprise accounts) and also guiding
product development teams. He Identifies himself as a visionary with the ability to understand industry trends and identify
opportunities in the market. In spare time, Jessy likes researching topics of interest, reading journals and books, spending time
with his family and is involved with local community events. He holds a Engineering degree in Computer science from India
Sukhwinder Kaila
Sunny Kaila is Founder and President of IT By Design, an Infrastructure Management Support company based out of New York,
with offices in Exchange Place, Chandigarh and Delhi. His organization provides IT Helpdesk and Infrastructure support to
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Raman Kapur
Raman is a pharma veteran with over 40 years global experience in the field. Kapur serves as Chairman of Transition Patient
Services, a medication management and distribution company. Kapur joined Schering-Plough as a financial analyst in 1975,
serving in progressively more responsible finance, marketing and general management positions in the US and internationally in
Europe, the Middle East, India and Latin America. Before taking over as President World-wide Generics, he served as President
of Schering-Plough’s Global Animal Health business. He also served as President, Warrick Pharmaceuticals. A graduate of the
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, Kapur received a BA degree in economics from Columbia College, New
York and an MBA degree in finance and international business from Columbia University, New York.
Raj Lakhanpal
Dr. Lakhanpal is the founder and CEO of SpectraMedix. SpectraMedixäó»s industry leading clinical analytics and population
health solutions are utilized by healthcare organizations to transition to Value Based Care and Accountable Care Organizations.
Previously he founded HealthAtoZ, an online wellness platform acquired by UnitedHealth Group. Raj is the founding President
of TiE NJ-Philadelphia, a Member of the HIMSS Clinical and Business Intelligence Committee, on the Board of Trustees of the
University of the Sciences, and a noted industry speaker. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in the UK.
Diya Mathews
Diya A. Mathews is a Partner with Chugh LLP, based out of the firm's New Jersey office. Her practice focuses primarily on
immigration law and compliance, including business as well as family immigration matters. Ms. Mathews received her LL.M.
from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a Michigan Grotius Scholar. Prior to moving to the United States,
Ms. Mathews worked with Amarchand Mangaldas, a leading corporate law firm in India. She obtained her B.A., B.L. (Hons.)
degree from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University of Law, India (NALSAR). Diya has licence to
practice in New York and is also a qualified Indian lawyer. She is fluent in Hindi and Malayalam.
Dennis Mehta
Dennis is involved in venture capital and early stage, growth-oriented IOT companies offering hardware and software solutions.
As Managing Partner of Bucks Venture Partners, he partners with Fortune 500 companies in order to solve pain points in sales,
cost reduction, and inventory management. Dennis is currently focused on integrating IoE Internet of Everything and SFA
technology in both SME`s and multinational companies` distribution networks. This technology improves companies` logistics
and is also capable of creating a more sticky, richer customer experience at the point-of-sales. In addition, I am happy to help
smaller businesses with strong management find both equity and debt financing and am an active mentor in the Philadelphia and
NJ TiE chapters.
Rajeev Sharma
Rajeev Sharma is the Chief Technology officer of America Networks.
Harjit Singh
Harjit is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Xurge Capital Partners, LLC. He has over Eight years of investment banking,
private equity venture capital and trade finance experience gained at Morgan Stanley, DTCC, Oppenheimer and Co, and Syzygy
Therapeutics. Most recently, Harjit ran a Wall Street Branch for Soleil Capitale Group Surya Capitale Securities, a family office
supporting small-size companies finance international trade, raise capital and invest in promising ventures. He was instrumental
in the development of Soleil Capitale s private equity fund, venture capital and Surya Capital investment banking operations. He
helped build their highly successful trade finance operations. Harjit has worked with companies in the transportation, insurance,
staffing, telecom, media & entertainment and biotechnology industries.
PHILADELPHIA
Sashi Reddi
Sashi Reddi is the managing partner of SRI Capital, a seed stage investor in SaaS startups in the US and in India. Previously, he
founded AppLabs, a software testing services company with 2,500 employees, that was acquired by CSC in 2011. Sashi serves on
the board of Wharton Entrepreneurship. He is also the founder of SRI Trust that supports the education, nutrition, and health
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PITTSBURGH
Ashok Trivedi
Ashok Trivedi is a seasoned entrepreneur, visionary thinker and angel investor. He co-founded Mastech Corporation in the late
eighties - a breakthrough technology company that focused on Open Systems Computing,which later paved the way for client-
server technologies. In 2000, Ashok co-founded iGATE Corporation that was acquired by Capgemini in July, 2015 for a near
enterprise value of $5 billion. His vision and forethought in technology services has resulted in significant job creation and
positive social impact globally.Presently, as the Managing Partner of SWAT Capital, Ashok is responsible for managing
investments for the Trivedi Family Office (Trivedi Family Foundation and The Trivedi Family Charitable Trust). He has been an
angel investor in over 50 early stage technology and financial services businesses including Edelweiss Capital, Cvent and CBay and
has led the launch of over 10 new IT services businesses in emerging technologies.
Ashok is the Founder and Trustee of the recently launched Ashoka University, a private, nonprofit university that offers its
students a multidisciplinary liberal education, one that transcends the boundaries between the arts and sciences. Ashok is also the
Founder and President of the Pittsburg chapter of TiE – a global community promoting entrepreneurship and the Founding
Member of the Indian Angel Network. Ashok holds an MBA rom the Ohio University and a Masters in Physics from the Delhi
University. He has attended the Owner/President Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He is honored with the
“E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year” award among others. Ashok enjoys traveling, reading and golfing.
OREGON
Nitin Rai
Nitin is President of TiE Oregon and Member of the TiE Global Board. He is also Managing Director of Elevate Capital a new
venture fund in Portland Oregon that invests in underserved entrepreneurs including women and communities of color. Nitin has
been a very active angel investo and mentor with several exits. He is on the board of Chirpify, Cloundengage and EdCalibur.
Nitin is also a very successful entrepreneur as President and CEO of First Insight Corp, an EHR company.
Stuart Hopkins
Stuart is an active angel investor and charter member of TiE Oregon with a particular interest in new technology startups. He
retired from Intel after a 25 year career working on development of advanced silicon technologies and microprocessor products.
More recently he was an advisor to a startup in his native Canada developing atomic scale devices for ultra-low power computing.
He hold s a PhD from Caltech and and a BSc from Queen’s University. He is an avid skier, golfer, woodworker and musician.
ROCKIES (DENVER, COLORADO)
Keith Larson
Keith is the President TiE Rockies. Presently, he is the CFO of large Healthcare Provider - AllHealth Network. He is the
Chairman of Natural Food Company - Solve for Food. Keith is the CFO of IT Startup – MindAptiv. He is an active angel Investor
& business advisor. In the past, he has been a Consolidator (Bought 100 companies in 10 year time frame and built into $2 billion
company called Cenveo). He has also been Proctor & Gamble Executive, and has a Masters Degree in Engineering.
Kevin Morningstar
Kevin is the Manager of Morningstar Consulting Group LLC. Kevin has over 30 years experience in the medical device industry.
As aserial entrepreneur and angel investor, Mr. Morningstar has been active in the Colorado startup community for over 15
years. He co-founded Silverglide Surgical Technologies, Inc., a Boulder surgical instruments business successfully sold to Stryker
in a planned exit. More recently he was Sr. Director Regulatory, Quality and Clinical Affairs at (and an investor in)
ValveXchange, an aortic heart valve start-up in the Denver area. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State
University and currently consults in the medical device industry, digital health community and angel investor network. Kevin
currently serves at Rockies Venture Club as a member, angel investor, mentor, lead investor and syndication specialist, and is a
general partner in the Rockies Venture Fund. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmorningstar @kevinmstar

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SILICON VALLEY
Joshua Suter
Joshua is Managing Principal of Vukota Capital Management. Mr. Suter has 15+ years of experience in the investment industry.
Josh is a Managing Partner of multiple affiliated companies that currently control significant water assets along the South Platte
River Basin in North-Eastern Colorado. Josh previously managed a broker dealer, which specialized in niche equity and debt
private placements across multiple industries, with an emphasis on real estate and water rights. Josh holds a Bachelor’s of Science
in Marketing from Western State University.
Sarvajit Thakur
Sarvajit is the Chairman of Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a software services and BPO company with annual revenue in excess of
60m, providing software development, consulting and execution in ERP Oracle SAP Microsoft Dynamics GP solutions for
enterprise operations, supply chain, HR, financial and CRM , ERP II Web based real time , Database management, Web-based
help desk, Web-application development using Java script, HTML, Open source, thin client models and firmware for wireless,
telecom and multi-media applications. He is also the CEO and Founder of INS Experts, an on-line, visa application service. The
technology was sold to Legal Zoom.com, a leading on-line legal services company. He was the CEO and founder of Applisoft,
Inc. a software services company sold to Trigyn Technologies, Inc for 10m. In the past, Sarvajit worked for RCA Labs., HP,
National Semi. Intel and Hitachi in various engineering, marketing and management responsibilities. He was Director of
marketing and Sales for Hitachi North America for microprocessors, ASICs and software from 1983 to 1991. He has an MBA
from University of Santa Clara, MSEE from Rice University and BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi.
Viresh Bhatia
Viresh Bhatia is co-founder and former CEO of InstallShield Software Corp and Chairman & co-founder of LeewayHertz. Viresh
lives in the Bay Area and is an investor, advisor and mentor to deep software technology entrepreneurs.
Venk Shukla
Venk is the President of TiE Silicon Valley. Venk has had a long and varied career that includes sales, marketing, and general
management, and a proven track record of leading companies through rapid growth. He has worked as senior marketing
executive in large technology companies in the Silicon Valley and involved with numerous start-ups as CEO, investor, board
member, or advisor. He is the founding chair of TiE Angels, the successful angel investing platform of TiE SV. Venk was also the
President of Foundation for Excellence www.ffe.org for 18 years. FFE gives scholarships to outstanding students in India to
enable them to become doctors and engineers.
Manoj Goel
Manoj is the VP of Business Development at Prysm Inc. He brings a breadth of knoweldge in marketing, product line
management, professional services, corporate business development, M&A integration, alliances and strategic partnerships in the
networking, computing, analytics and social media industries. His specialties include enterprise networking, security, voice,
video, mobility, cloud architectures & business models.
Waheed Qureshi
Dr. Waheed Qureshi is currently Vice President and CTO of mobile platforms group at Citrix Systems. Prior to that he was the
Founder, Chairman and CTO of Zenprise Inc. The company is funded by premier silicon valley venture firms Greylock and
Mayfield Fund. Zenprise was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2013. Prior to Zenprise, Waheed founded Zambeel, a venture funded
company that was focused on delivering scalable network attached storage sub-system. Prior to Zambeel, Waheed was at
eXcelon Corporation where he focused on ObjectStore, the industry-leading distributed object-oriented database management
system. Dr. Qureshi is a member of IEEE Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers , ACM Association of Computing
Machinery , Tau Beta Pai National Engineering Honor Society , Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society and is the
principal inventor of twelve US patents. Dr. Qureshi`s current technical interests and expertise include mobile computing, data
security, file & data management and autonomic computing. Waheed holds a Ph.D in computer sciences from USC.
Srini Madala
Srini Madala in the Founder and CEO of SoftSol Group of companies. SoftSol Group is comprised of SoftSol Technologies Inc.,
SoftSol Resources, Inc., and TDK LLC in USA, Napier Gmbh in Germany and SoftSol India Ltd. in Hyderabad, India. The group
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within the United States. SoftSol`s specialization is modernizing large custom applications from older platforms to either dot
NET or J2EE platforms using a combination of automated tools, best practices, proprietary methodology and off-shore on-site
scalable resources. SoftSol Resources, Inc., has been named as “Bay Area’s top 100” and “Inc 500” company several times. The
group has over 500 employees. Srini has a bachelor`s degree engineering and a post graduate degree from the National Institute
for Training in Industrial Engineering, in Mumbai, India.
SOCAL (LOS ANGELES)
Sam Agrawal
Sam is a Founder and CEO of Acumor. Acumor is a tier-1 reseller of all Microsoft Cloud Services. Using Microsoft Cloud
Services businesses can modernize their sales and marketing, optimize their operations, and deliver customer lifetime value.
Neeraj Bhavani
Neeraj is the President-Elect of TiE SoCal chapter. He founded Tagnos(TiE 50 award winner) and oversees the strategic vision
for the company. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare informatics and location technology. Neeraj has served as
Sponsorship Chair on the board of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Southern California
Chapter and is the current Co-Chair for EvoNexus IoT group. Neeraj earned a Masteräó»s degree in Computer Science from
BITS Pilani (India) and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management with an emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
SOUTH ASIA
CHENNAI
Sree Vidhya G
Sree Vidhya is Chairman & Managing Director of Ravindra Services Pvt. Ltd.. She is the Only lady in guarding and security
Industry in India, employing 4000 strong workforce. She has been the receipient of “The Emerging India – Woman Entrepreneur
of the Year Award” by CNBC-ICICI Bank, and the Stree Shakthi Award from TiE Mumbai.
Satya Prabhakar
Satya Prabhakar is the Founder and CEO of Sulekha, the leading Indian mobile and web digital platform and marketplace for local
services, connecting millions of users and tens of thousands of local businesses. Sulekha, with operations across India and North
America (for NRIs), has GIC (Singapore), Norwest Venture Partners (Palo Alto), Mitsui (Tokyo) and SIW (Austin) as its
investors. Satya has an MBA, Masters in Computer Science and has worked for AT&T and Honeywell in US and for Philips and
TCS in India. Satya is married to Sangeeta Kshettry, co-founder of Sulekha, and they have two children, Divya Prabhakar,
working for Adobe in San Francisco, and Priya Prabhakar, who is studying Computer Science and Philosophy at Scripps College
of the Claremont Consortium.
Akhila Rajeshwar
In Akhila's full-time role as Executive Director of TiE Chennai, she steers the chapter to the next level of growth and is an
approachable resource person for other chapters. Besides this role, she spends her spare time constantly thriving off the need to
do more, such as visiting old temples in an attempt to discover the secrets of ancient Tamil history, and sharing her enthusiasm
with other like-minded folk. Akhila's colleagues will vouch for her responsiveness, her acquaintances for her compassion and her
peers for the child in her constantly threatening to burst forth.
Shankar V
Shakar is the Director of Acsys Investments Private Limited. Shankar founded CAMS (Computer Age Management Services Pvt.
Ltd.) with the objective of providing Platform based services to the Indian Financial industry. The HDFC Group and NSE are co
investors in the Company. The Company is now 5000 strong and serves the Indian BFSI industry. Shankar is an Engineering
Graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and is a Post Graduate in Business Administration from the Indian
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DELHI
Arun Aggarwal
Arun has extensive background as recognized leader in international sales, business development and with responsibility to build
& run office with diverse teams. Arun works as Management Advisor - APAC with Comptel after serving as MD (Comptel India)
and has over 30 years of experience in IT and telecom. Arun worked with Companies including Lucent, IBM and DEC (India).
Arun holds B.E(Hons) from BITS - Pilani, India and also attended an executive course at Harvard Business School (Boston). Over
the years, Arun invested as angel investor and mentored few start-ups. Arun is currently looking for some additional startups to
invest and support.
Lalit Jain
Lalit is a co-founder of CresTech Software Systems & Smart Software Testing Solutions. Both of his companies focus on Software
QA & Testing. CresTech deals in servicing customers for the QA needs whereas Smart Software is a product company with
leading platforms like Opkey & pCloudy to test any kind of web or mobile application automatically. His companies hold more
than 5 technology patents. Prior to founding these companies he has worked with Adobe Systems. He is an environment
enthusiast and loves playing lawn tennis.
Satish Jha
Satish is an entrepreneur, investor and corporate executive with CXO roles across media, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, PBM and
management consulting including Roche, Caremark and Adventist Healthcare. Starting out as a co-founder of a national
newspaper in India that set a circulation record of 100,000 copies in its first 6 months, he has since seeded, mentored, advised or
chaired over 30 startups, some of which were acquired at significant valuation. He established One Laptop per Child, in India and
has chaired or led Ecco Electronics, Solvytech, Emotion Mining, James Martin & Co., and he co-founded Ashcroft Sullivan Jha.
He has studied at The Fletcher School, The Kennedy School, ISS Hague and earned his MBA from EDHEC in France.
Shiv Khera
Shiv is the founder of Qualified Learning Systems, USA. An Author, Educator, Business Consultant and a successful
Entrepreneur, he is a much sought-after speaker. He has given numerous talks that inspire and encourage people to realize their
true potential. He has taken his dynamic personal messages to opposite sides of the globe, from the U.S. to Singapore. His 30
years of research, understanding and experience have helped people on the path of personal growth and fulfillment.
Shiv is the author of 14 books including the international bestseller “You Can Win”, which has sold over 3.3 million copies in 21
languages. His clients include GM, IBM, HP, Citigroup, HSBC, Canon, Nestle, Philips, Johnson & Johnson and many
more. Tens of thousands of people have benefited from his dynamic workshops internationally in over 20 countries and millions
have heard him as a Keynote Speaker. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows. His Trademark Quote
is “Winners don't do different things. They do things differently.” ®
HYDERABAD
Murali Bukkapatnam
Murali is a committed entrepreneur, mentor, orator, angel investor and start-up evangelist. He is the Managing Director and
CEO of Domestic Workforce Pvt Ltd, a private sector enterprise specializing in livelihood skills development to empower
underprivileged women and youth. He was the immediate Past President of TiE Hyderabad. He is a Member on the board of
Hyderabad Angels, Identis Solutions, Rockwell International School and MyLabYogi. He has been a visiting faculty at premier
institutions like IIT Hyderabad and IMT Hyderabad. He is an ardent activist working for the cause of spreading awareness about
various challenges facing Indian society today.
Suresh Challa
Suresh is the Director of SSPDL Ltd., a real estate development company with activities in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and
Kerala. He was also promoter director of Fortune Biotech, a biopesticide company catering to organic farmers in US and Europe.
Recently, he started an international K-12 school called Vista School in association with UK's Pearson Education. He is the
current President of TiE Hyderabad chapter, and is also an angel investor and board member at Hyderabad Angels.

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In the 80s, Suresh co-founded Asian Coffee Limited, the first company in India to manufacture and export instant coffee to
leading multinationals like Nestle, USA, Tetley UK and put India on the instant coffee map of the world. Asian Coffee’s IPO in
1989 was oversubscribed by 35 times when listed on BSE and after successfully establishing itself in the marketplace. In 1992
Asian Coffee got acquired by Tata Tea, currently Tata Coffee.
Suresh has also co-founded a software product company in Palo Alto, California. After merging with Visigenic Software, it listed
on on Nasdaq in 1996 with a market cap of $100 Million. Billed as one of the first Internet companies to go public on Nasdaq,
Visigenic later got acquired by Borland Inc. Their product, VisiBroker is the world’s most widely deployed CORBA object
request broker (ORB) infrastructure with more than 30 million licenses in use. In 1998 he created PersonalMD.com, a web
based service for the automation of personal health records. PersonalMD was one of the pioneers in the space of personal health
records with over a million members in the first year of its launch.
KERALA
John Paul
John Paul, President of TiE Kerala, is the Managing Director of Popular Vehicles & Services Ltd, one of the largest dealers of
Maruti Vehicles in the country. A BE (Mech Engg) from NITC-Calicut, John Paul led the Popular Group of Companies into
diversified fields like Management Education, Automobiles Spares & Services and today it has become a multi crore business
group in Kerala. Mr. John K Paul has been a winner of several awards from Maruti Udyog including that of being “the Best
Dealer in the country”. Shalet, wife of John Paul is an excellent Guitar Player and proficient in Western Music. Areas of
interest/expertise: Automobile, Management Education.
LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD
Ayesha Hamid
Ayesha is the Director of the American School of International Academics in Lahore, Pakistan. She is the only Pakistani
woman entrepreneur to have achieved the highest certification from the department of education as a US certified principal
and Superintendent of Schools. As an educationist and social worker, she has been working in 26 different forums and
NGO’S to help the youth of Pakistan, to develop their careers. She holds a double BA Honors in English Literature and
Fine Arts, and a Masters in English Literature from Pakistan. She has completed 5 Masters’ degrees in various fields of
education and business administration.
After having lived in the USA for nearly 20 years, she decided to return to Pakistan to serve her nation and its people. She
realized her dream in 1986 when she established her Cotton Ginning Factory. In 1996, she established her International
School and College for Regular, Gifted and Special Students. Currently, she is working on expanding her business globally,
and has opened schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Tbilisi Georgia, under the banner of ASIA School Pvt. Ltd.. Along with
education, she is also involved in trading and export business. She serves as the President and Board member on numerous
forums like OPEN-Lahore, TIE-Islamabad, APBF, GACA, ABF, ETPB, LCCI-TTD, MAP, Baba Guru Nanak University,
Millennium Welfare Society, KWS, and ACSC. @Asia_Lahore
MUMBAI
Anup Jalan
Anup is an Entrepreneur and Risk Taker by nature. He has extensive international experience with strong focus on Asian
markets; general management experience in industry sectors like Advertising and Media, Infrastructure Development, Sports
Sponsorship Management and Business Advisory. He co-founded and established 5 companies in Advertising & Media Industry
space having business across India, UAE & Singapore. Currently most of them are market leaders in their domain. Anup has
accomplished 3 successful capital raising rounds for growth funding in quick succession from three separate and prominent
Private Equity Firms in less than two years amounting to over USD 100 Million.

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MUMBAI
Japan Vyas
Japan is Managing Partner of Sixth Sense Ventures. He has an MBA in Finance and a graduate in Commerce and Accountancy by
qualification. He is amongst the very few private equity professionals in India who has experienced the entire fund life cycle –
from fund raising to creating liquidity events and following it up with a second fund raise. Besides investments, he has an in depth
understanding of funds structuring, rupee fund raising, deal structuring and portfolio monitoring.Previously, he has served as
Director – Investments at IDFC Investment Advisors. When Japan is not involved with Sixth Sense’s investee companies, he
looks for other avenues where he can take risks. Like river rafting in the Ganges and the Zanskar at an altitude of 10,000 feet –
without knowing how to swim! Or staying in self pitched tents in sub-zero temperatures on the banks of Tso Moriri, Tso Kar
and Pangong. And if that were still not enough, he also admits to being an ardent Manchester United supporter!
PUNE
Zelam Chaubal
Zelam is the Director of Kesari Tours. Kesari started its journey by conducting family tours to Indian destinations and then to
destinations worldwide. Today Kesari offers the largest number of Family tour options in the Indian tourism industry with more
than 60 options for Europe, more than 80 options for South East Asia, 115 in India, and more than 70 in the rest of the world,
not to forget 224 types of Unique Speciality Tours like My Fair Lady for Ladies, Honeymoon tours for the newly
weds,Pilgrimage tours by Marigold, Exclusive tours for Seniors known as Second Innings, Students' Special tours, Chota Break –
the escorted short tours and Agro tours. Kesari has grown employ 1000 workers including 500 Exclusive Tour Leaders. It has
received numerous national and International Tourism Awards including the most recent ‘Best Out bound Tour Operator of
India By Times. Lifetime Achievement Award - Delhi’, ‘Asia's Best Brand in Travel Segment Award - Singapore’ and ‘Friends of
Thailand Award - Bangkok.'
EUROPE
GERMANY
Suhas Patel
Suhas is co-founder of Giriraj Speciality Pvt. Ltd. He is also the current President at TiE Deutschland. An entrepreneur by
nature, Suhas supports fostering entrepreneurship, and has helped starting several ventures, including Hi-Tech Pneumatics,
Luftpower Pvt. Ltd., Giriraj Speciality Pvt Ltd, Giriraj Metals, Tuetepack India Pvt. Ltd., Saurashtra Agro Briquettes, Tvarit
Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Cloud9 Events where he is partner as well. He holds Masters degree in Mobile and Telecommunications
from Paris and Bachelors in Computer Science from India. Suhas is interested in business driven philanthropy and execution of
business ideas.
UNITED
Nixon James
Nixon is an Advisor at Merrill Lynch. He focuses on providing private wealth and investment services to entrepreneurs,
corporate executives, and their families. He works with entrepreneurs across multiple stages of their businesses, and advises them
on capital formation through exit strategies. He brings extensive experience in investment strategy, asset allocation, portfolio
management, financial and estate planning. He is Past President of TiE Socal. Nixon has Masters Degrees in Mathematics and
Management from Loyola College and AIIMAS. Nixon and his wife Irene are proud parents of their three children Noel, Michelle
and Joshua.

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Thank you for coming to the
2016 TiE Annual Global CM Retreat.
Wish you have a pleasant stay in
Quebec City, Canada
Sincerely, the TiE Global Family

31. Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, an iconic Castle Hotel in Quebec, Canada