Oct 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr · Campbell, California, United States

• Founded in 2014, the Workspot Enterprise Desktop Cloud™ platform is an innovative SaaS cloud PC solution suited for enterprise organizations with demanding requirements for security, performance and reliability. Current headcount of 135. Funded by Helion Ventures, Translink Capital and Qualcomm.
• Reporting to the CEO, managing Sales Operations, Licensing, Legal, HR, Facilities and Finance.
• Successfully closed two rounds of Financing, totaling $68M
• Managed successful revenue growth ~ 100% year over year growth
• Formed and implemented charters for the Audit and Compensation Committees
• Developed a Deal Desk, KPI’s and Financial/Operational Dashboards to drive business processes

Nov 2019 – Oct 2020 · 11 mos

Sep 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Mateo, California

• Aryaka helps enterprises accelerate their digital transformatiom initiatives by allowing them to connect and collaborate more effectively. It's cloud-first approach to managed SD-WAN makes it easy to consume the network-as-a-service.
• o Closed three rounds of Financing, totaling $110M. Goldman Sachs May’19, $50M
• o Developed SaaS Business Model with 50+ KPI’s
• o Completely rebuilt Finance and G&A organization
• o Implemented new ERP (Netsuite) and Billing system (Zuora)
• o Incomplete financial records in FY15, completed 1st Audit FY16, perfect Audit FY18

Jun 2015 – May 2016 · 11 mos · Santa Clara, California

• CliQr is a leading provider of application-defined cloud management solutions, enabling businesses to easily and efficiently model, deploy and manage one to many applications, users, and clouds.
• Managed Sales Operations, HR, Facilities, Legal, Sales Operations and Finance functions.
• Successfully negotiated a Merger Agreement with Cisco, 3/1/16
• Developed business processes to scale the company
• Developed SaaS and Services Business Models
• Sales Operations and Management Dashboards

Feb 2013 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Menlo Park, California

• Joined Kranz & Associates in August 2014 as a Consulting CFO, working with a range of start-ups to late stage companies providing financial, strategic and operational support.
• SugarCRM Oct.’14 - Jun.'15
• A venture backed pre IPO private company. Serving as SugarCRM’s interim CFO, while the
• Company is going through its CFO search. SaaS business model.
• OxData Sept.’14 - Jun.'15
• A venture backed Big Data Analytics start-up. SaaS business model.
• Netspeed Systems Aug.’14 - Jun.'15
• A venture backed IP start-up, providing on-chip network IPs to SoC designers. SW Licensing.
• Agnity Inc. Feb.’13 - Jun.’14
• A bootstrapped start-up that provides a cloud-based mobile unified communications and
• collaboration solution to service providers. SW Licensing and SaaS business model.

May 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Milpitas, California

• Gigamon enables IT organizations to significantly improve the performance and availability of tools designed to manage, analyze and secure their networks.
• Managed all financial functions, Manufacturing, HR, Facilities and Legal.
• Filed S-1 on 7-13-12
• Managed 50%+ CAGR in Revenue over the last three years. FY12 Revenue ~ $98M
• Increased headcount from 40 in 2010 to ~ 235 in 2012
• Implemented new ERP system
• Closed Working Capital Facility $10M

Mar 2009 – Jun 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos · Santa Clara, California

• Bada specializes in delivering network infrastructure, application and solutions for real time IP Multimedia collaborations. Reported to the CEO, managed all Finance, HR, Facilities and Legal.

Aug 2006 – Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Campbell, California

• Sylantro enabled telecommunications service providers to offer innovative, revenue generating IP-based voice communication services to their subscribers. Managed Legal, IT and Sales Operations.
• Successfully negotiated a Merger Agreement with Broadsoft Inc., 12-23-08

Jul 2004 – Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Jose, California

• Tasman provided a multi-service wide area network (WAN) access and aggregation platforms.
• Successfully negotiated a Merger Agreement with Nortel Networks, 2-24-06
• Managed the integration of operations and finance into Nortel

Jan 1999 – Jan 2004 · 5 yrs · Sunnyvale, California

• MDS was a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software that enabled integrated circuit designers to take their circuits from completed logic design to manufacturing ready output.
• Completed three Private Placements through the financial community (~$60M)
• Completed two successful acquisitions
• Set up legal entities and operations in France, Germany, Israel, Italy, UK and Armenia