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Rajiv is the President and CEO of Nutanix. He joined in December, 2020 from VMware, where he served as Chief Operating Officer of Products and Cloud Services. Prior to this role, Rajiv led VMware’s Networking and Security business, one of the fastest-growing units in the company, as executive vice president and general manager. Before joining VMware, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure and Networking at Broadcom, where he established Broadcom as a leader in data center, enterprise and carrier networking. In his prior General Manager roles at Cisco, he led multibillion dollar product lines in switching, data center and storage and optical networking. Earlier in his career, he held various leadership positions at Nortel, Tellabs and IBM. Rajiv earned his BTech in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology and his Master’s and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow and holds 36 patents, primarily in optical networking.

Richard Helppie is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SANTA ROSA CONSULTING and Chairman of the Board at Santa Rosa Holdings Inc and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has worked as Chairman of Board at Fortified Health Security; Podcaster, Analyst and Host of Richard Helppie's Common Bridge at Richard Helppie's Common Bridge; and Managing Director at SUPERIOR CONSULTANT HOLDINGS CORP.

Bill Richter is President & CEO of Qumulo, where he brings over 20 years of leadership experience to his role. Prior to Qumulo, Bill was a Venture Partner at Madrona, where he invested in and advised emerging businesses across multiple categories. Before joining Madrona, Bill was President of the Isilon Storage Division of EMC, where he grew the business to $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 2014. After Isilon, Bill served as COO of EMC’s $4 billion Midrange Storage business. Bill holds a BA in Business Administration from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

Samir Bodas is Co-founder, Chairman, CEO of Icertis. He has over three decades of experience in product development, sales, marketing, and culture-building at both mega-cap and start-up software companies. After his undergraduate studies, Samir began his professional life as a software engineer at National Instruments. He then went on to receive an MBA in 1992, and spent several years in management roles at Microsoft Corporation. He cut his teeth at startups starting in 2000 at Imandi and then at Jamcracker, and was appointed CEO of Disha Technologies in 2002. He helped grow Disha Technologies five-fold in 2-years and managed its acquisition by Aztecsoft in 2004. In 2006, Samir was appointed the CEO of Aztecsoft and in 18 months successfully guided the company to become the fastest-growing publicly traded mid-cap IT services company. In 2009, he helped finalize Aztecsoft’s acquisition by MindTree. Samir is a golf addict to the annoyance of his family. When not playing golf, he reads books about golf. And when not reading about golf, he contributes to the local community as a Board Member of the Seattle Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and the Seattle Chapter Pratham USA. Samir is also a former trustee of Lakeside School in Seattle. Samir has a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School of Business.

Stan has more than 15 years of sales, marketing, and general management experience. He began his career in direct sales and joined the corporate world in 1999 as a field merchandiser. For 11 years Stan had great success in varied roles including brand management, sports marketing, major account management, and operations. In 2010 he left the corporate world to co-found our company and has loved every minute. Stan holds a management degree from Troy State University and received his M.B.A from the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton School of Business.

Jan Arendtsz is a veteran of the software industry with more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, product development, and customer success. He founded Celigo with the goal of simplifying how companies integrate business applications together for a connected enterprise. He is responsible for overseeing all company operations. Prior to Celigo, Jan was a Director at NetSuite, the leading cloud-based ERP platform, where he launched their integration platform. Prior to that, Jan worked for Cambridge Technology Partners, where he implemented complex business solutions for a multitude of customers ranging from Internet startups to Fortune 500 companies. Jan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Senior international sales and management executive. Specialized in building and/or merging organizations with an effective result both in terms of cost efficiency, more effective business processes and higher sales. Extensive experience in global IT project procurement and management. Highly effective and results oriented negotiator with strong communications skills. Specifically adept at negotiating the sales and management of product and services with the American, Asian and European business culture. High energy, team player with exceptional track record fostering interoffice collaboration with virtual and direct teams.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, cross-cultural negotiations, multi-group collaboration, global conflict resolution, lead generation and project procurement, proactive and strategic global management.Native language Danish, Fluent in English. Conversant in Nordic languages.In my sparetime I am cycling, golfing and photography - check my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thomasajspur/?hl=en