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We’re a Silicon Valley based startup with a mission to create happy stakeholders all around. And we’re having tons of fun doing just that!

Founder

Chitra Rakesh

@ChitsieTweet

Chitra is a marketing communications professional with eight years of experience in both B2B and B2C. Inspired by some of the smartest entrepreneurs in Silicon “Startup” Valley, Chitra decided to translate her three-year-old business idea into a working model. A tech enthusiast, she also covers tech news for Patch, an AOL online news resource.

Chitra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Delhi University and a MBA from a management institute in India. She has written for Hindustan Times and Times of India - two of the leading English newspaper dailies of India.

Did you know?

Chitra landed her first journalism assignment by gate crashing in an editor’s room!

Advisors and Friends

Anurag SinglaHewlett-Packard

Anurag is a seasoned technology professional with 12 years of experience. In his current role at Hewlett-Packard, he leads the development of correlation and analytics functionality across HP’s ArcSight line of products. Anurag has to his credit 15 patents pending in algorithms and security software. He has worked for Morgan Stanley and Oracle in the past.

Anurag is a Computer Science graduate from IIT, premier technology institute of India. He went to Columbia University for his Masters in Computer Science and completed all his credits in record time with a 4.0/4.0 GPA.

Did you know?

Anurag has been a technical reviewer of C++ books for Addison-Wesley!

Eric Sytwu Presidio Ventures

Eric works as an investment professional at Presidio Ventures, the US venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation, focusing on mobile and cloud investments. Prior to Presidio Ventures, Eric worked as an engineer at Qualcomm. Prior to that, he spent three years at Boeing where he developed avionics software for the B-1B bomber platform that helped enhance the war fighter’s situational awareness capabilities and extend its operational lifespan.

Eric has interned at Guidant (Boston Scientific) and Xerox PARC. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from UCLA and an MBA from Yale.

Did you know?

Eric’s favorite food is spaghetti with turkey sausage!

Sepideh Nasiri Women 2.0

@SepidehN

Sepideh (“Sepi”) is currently Vice President of All Things Offline at Women 2.0, an organization aimed at increasing the number of women entrepreneurs and founders of technology startups. Sepi started her career as Managing Editor of a LA Global Magazine, right out of college. The written word has always been her passion. After moving back to the Bay Area, she was actively involved in numerous up and coming technology companies helping founders with various projects as Chief of Staff.

Sepi holds a Degree in Psychology and Business from UCI. An avid technology enthusiast, and a frequent tweeter; Sepi is passionate about philanthropy.

Did you know?

Sepi serves on the board of several non-profit organizations!