Diamanti CEO and leadership

Gopal Sharma is a CTO at Diamanti and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as P.E at Cisco Systems Inc., software engineer at Amdahl Corporation, and Distingushed Engineer at SYMANTEC CORP. Gopal studied at Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad and Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Dynamic senior executive of successful start-up, turnaround and Fortune 500 software companies with broad international experience building and scaling business operations. Extensive technology background provides basis for leadership and vision across market strategies, product engineering, marketing and sales disciplines. Track record of overachieving company goals by accelerating growth, ensuring disciplined execution and solving customer outcomes utilizing cloud and on-premise solutions. Passion for creating market leading offerings, targeting new buying centers and increasing demand by implementing high velocity inbound and outbound sales models. Progressive, innovative and highly valued for aligning corporate strategy with market opportunities, translating goals into actionable plans, and providing leadership to multi-discipline teams• As president of OpTier, implemented new company vision targeting the fast growth analytics and APM cloud markets. Built new SaaS solutions with a focus on broadening addressable buying centers, accelerating sales cycles & simplifying adoption• At OpTier built a high velocity sales and GTM model leveraging advanced digital marketing and inbound demand generation. Launched new inside sales team focused on land & expand sales model• At CA scaled big deal team focused at new customers and standalone license deals. Delivered multiple mega deals and grew new business unit based on innovative offerings• As IBM global dealmaker helped create a 1B annual global business. Led and implemented strategy for IBM’s ELA business• As the IBM software executive for Amex. Positioned IBM as strategic software partner to resulting in IBM’s largest software deal ever transacted Core CompetenciesInbound Sales ModelsSaaS Launch & GrowthEnterprise SalesBig Deals/Growing ASPOutcome SellingBroadening Customer AppealPipeline & Lead GenerationNew Logo GrowthCompetitive StrategyProduct Strategy and Engineering Market Winning Offerings

Experienced CFO with a proven record of establishing cross functional collaboration and result driven. Talents include development of strategic planning, integrated modeling initiatives, setting benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance of business, developing and implementing strategies contributing to organizational goals. Utilize keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex (sales, human resources, legal, financial, operational) issues and motivating staff to peak performance.

Karthik Govindhasamy is a Chief Operating Officer at Diamanti. He has experience at MICROSOFT CORP and has worked as Exec VP/CTO at Planet Labs.

Tom Barton is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has decades of experience building and running technology companies. He is currently a General Partner at Broken Arrow Capital. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Diamanti, a venture-backed company focused on managing enterprise level Kubernetes applications and data. Prior to Diamanti, Tom was the COO of Planet where he guided the company’s strategic and operational roadmap. He also served as the CEO of Rackable Systems, interim CEO of Cygnus Solutions and as an Venture Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. Tom has bachelor degrees in History and Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Gopal Sharma is a CTO at Diamanti and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as P.E at Cisco Systems Inc., software engineer at Amdahl Corporation, and Distingushed Engineer at SYMANTEC CORP. Gopal studied at Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad and Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Tom Barton is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has decades of experience building and running technology companies. He is currently a General Partner at Broken Arrow Capital. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Diamanti, a venture-backed company focused on managing enterprise level Kubernetes applications and data. Prior to Diamanti, Tom was the COO of Planet where he guided the company’s strategic and operational roadmap. He also served as the CEO of Rackable Systems, interim CEO of Cygnus Solutions and as an Venture Partner at Lightspeed Ventures. Tom has bachelor degrees in History and Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.