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Ketan
Bakshi
(Founder, Chairman & Managing Director) |
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Ketan
Bakshi is one of the founders
of Neilsoft and has over 27 years
of experience in the engineering
& IT industry. He was instrumental
in launching the first IBM-PC
compatible in India in 1984 and
has focused on the CAD/CAM and
Engineering segments since 1986.
He has worked in various capacities
in technical, marketing, sales,
and management functions prior
to founding Neilsoft.
Mr. Bakshi has a Bachelors Degree
in Electrical Engineering and
Masters in Computer Science. |
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Rupa
Shah
(Founder, Director) |
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Rupa
Shah is one of the founders of
Neilsoft and has over 25 years
of experience in accounts, finance,
audits, commercial, and regulatory
matters. Her experience includes
managing the accounting function
for major accounts while at New
India Assurance Company and stints
in taxation and investment management
areas prior to co-founding Neilsoft.
Mrs. Shah is a graduate from Mumbai
University and a qualified Charted
Accountant. |
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Shirish
Sathe
(Founder, AVP - Quality & Delivery Excellence ) |
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Shirish
Sathe is one of the founders of
Neilsoft and has 25 years of experience
in engineering and CAD modeling
/ tooling. He has worked in various
engineering capacities for companies
abroad and in India in the manufacturing
& construction industries.
Mr. Sathe holds a Bachelors degree
in Mechanical Engineering. |
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Hans
Ekdahl
(Managing
Director - Europe operations)
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Hans
Ekdahl has over 35 years
of experience in marketing,
strategy, restructuring,
M&A, and senior management
functions. Prior to Neilsoft,
he has served in various
senior management capacities
including as Chairman of
the Delaval Group (Tetra
Laval), President &
CEO of DeLaval Group, and
as Board member of Arca
Systems AB (Industri Kapital
company). He was involved
in the successful setting
up of manufacturing and
R&D sites in Poland
& Sweden and establishing
local assembly & manufacturing
plants in India, Brazil,
Mexico, Russia and China.
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Venetia Kontogouris
(Director)
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Venetia Kontogouris is the Managing Director of Trident Capital. Before joining Trident, Venetia was an executive from 1983 to 1995 of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and related entities including IMS Health Incorporated and Cognizant Corporation. She was also President of Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health Incorporated.
Venetia's current directorships include Neilsoft, Advantec, DepotPoint, Invention Machine Corporation, MeMedia, Microland, Outsource Partners International, |
Odyssey Logistics & Technology, Questra Corporation, Sphere, Teranode Corporation, Vidavee and board observer to Vurv (which acquired People Business Network).
Venetia earned her B.A. from Northeastern University and her M.B.A. from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business. |
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Chirag Bakshi
(Director) |
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Chirag Bakshi manages the Wireless Messaging Products/Business group at VeriSign and has recently taken on the Content & Messaging Strategy role. He represents VeriSign on the MMA(Mobile Marketing Association) North American board.
Prior to joining VeriSign, Mr. Bakshi was Chief Operating Officer at Unimobile where he helped the company build a world-class scalable and robust Wireless |
Platform. Before Unimobile, Mr.Bakshi was General Manager at Electronics for Imaging (EFI) where he established a very successful Network Graphics Server Business Unit , and Director of Engineering at Apple Computer where he was responsible for the Apple Color LaserWriter line of products . He developed distributed PBX Switch Software for Rolm Corp. in the early part of his career.
Mr. Bakshi holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He earned his B.S in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. He holds U.S. Patents in the Operating Systems and Wireless applications field. |
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