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| Dr. Dhiraj Kacker - CEO & Co-Founder |
| Dhiraj has been working in the field of Digital Imaging for over 18 years. Prior to founding Canvera Dhiraj was Director of Product Development and Operations at Naehas a Silicon Valley startup building technologies for multi-channel personalized marketing applications. Prior to Naehas Dhiraj was Engineering Manager/MTS at Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY), a US based online Digital Photography company, where he was part of the core R&D team that developed their imaging and workflow automation technologies. Dhiraj has a PhD in EE from Purdue where his research was focused on algorithms for desktop printers. His PhD research was sponsored by HP's Imaging & Printing Group. Dhiraj has an MS in EE from Washington State University and B.Tech in EE from IIT Bombay. Dhiraj has numerous patents and publications to his name in the field of Digital Imaging. |
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| Peeyush Rai - CTO & Co-Founder |
| Peeyush is Chief Technology Officer at Canvera and is responsible for all technology development to serve the needs of the market and also to enable an efficient operational scale up. Peeyush has been working in the software industry for over 16 years. Prior to founding Canvera Peeyush was heading newScale's India software development center. He also setup and headed Centrata's India operations. Peeyush previously worked in Silicon Valley in various senior management roles in the Enterprise Software space at Oracle, Corio & Euclid. Prior to moving to the US Peeyush had a stint in Jamaica helping build the country's citizen ID system - a system that is in use to this day. Peeyush started his career working as a software engineer with Citicorp. Peeyush has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay. |
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| Kultar Singh Madaan - VP Manufacturing |
| Kultar is VP of Manufacturing at Canvera and is responsible for quality control and delivery of products and also for ongoing product R&D. Kultar has more than 15 years of experience managing various export oriented manufacturing units in India. Prior to joining Canvera, Kultar headed the leather garment manufacturing unit for Leather Tech in New Delhi, where he was responsible for manufacturing garments for brands such as Montes, Pierre Cardin, Ricano, Skin to Skin, Eden Park, Saint Clair, etc. Kultar has B.Com(H) from Delhi university and a diploma in Export & Import Management from the Foreign Trade and Development Center |
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| Aditya Kothari - VP Sales & Marketing |
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Aditya is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing management in the company. Aditya joined Canvera from Rio Tinto Alcan where he was VP of Sales & Marketing. At Alcan he rapidly grew the topline of the company and revamped the entire sales team and sales processes. Prior to Alcan Aditya worked at 3M India for almost 6 years in various Sales & Marketing roles. At 3M he won many coveted national and international level awards including bagging some of the biggest orders in 3M India's history. Prior to 3M he worked at SurfGold as Business Development Manager. Aditya started his career as an Account Executive at Lowe Lintas. Aditya has an MBA from Chetana's Institute of Management and B.Com from College of Commerce and Management Studies, Udaipur.
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Dr. Dhiraj Kacker - CEO & Co-Founder
Peeyush Rai - CTO & Co-Founder |
| Peter Knaack - Independent Consultant |
| Peter Knaack brings more than 30 years of extensive experience in the photofinishing industry. He is presently an independent consultant working with companies in the photofinishing space worldwide. Peter Knaack was VP of Operations at Shutterfly from 2000-2005 where he handled Shutterfly's manufacturing, production and lab operations. Prior to joining Shutterfly, Peter managed Kodak's Nordic photofinishing operations. He also spent 22 years with Kodak in Europe, 10 years in Denmark and 12 years at the company's regional headquarters, serving in several capacities including quality management, technical and environmental management, marketing and laboratory management. Additionally, Peter has worked as an independent consultant and project manager for photofinishers in Europe, USA and Russia. Peter is also the co-author a book titled "Out of the Darkroom: A Short History of the Photofinishing Industry" that was released in 2006. Peter holds a Master's degree in environmental science from Nottingham University, UK. |
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| Josh Bornstein - Partner, Footprint Ventures |
| Josh is Partner with Footprint Ventures (www.footprintventures.com) and sits on the board of Canvera and Ticketvala. Prior to Footprint Josh was Manager of Corporate Planning at Infosys. Josh also worked as an Analyst at Barrington Associates. Josh has a BA in Economics & Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. |
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| Mohanjit Jolly - Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| Mohanjit Jolly is the Executive Director of DFJ India (www.dfj.com). Mohanjit relocated to India in September 2007 to establish the DFJ India office and help manage DFJ's India portfolio. Mohanjit currently serves on the Boards of Reva, Mchek, Canvera, Cleartrip, Attero, Seventymm, and Naseeb Networks. Mohanjit Jolly has spent the last ten years working with and investing in technology startups. Prior to DFJ, Mohanjit was Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital firm. While at Garage, Mohanjit worked with over 30 companies, including LeftHand Networks, PureSight (BCGI), Jibe Networks (CTRX), Qumu, Thermoceramix, Kaboodle (Acq: Hearst Media) and SimplyHired. Prior to joining Garage, Mohanjit was part of the strategic planning group at Mattel where he helped launch the Mattel/Intel joint venture, Intel Play. He also spent several years in both engineering and business development roles with Itek Optical Systems, a manufacturer of high-resolution reconnaissance systems for both military and commercial use. While earning his M.B.A from the Anderson School at UCLA, Mohanjit helped launch ViaSpace, a technology incubator in Southern California in conjunction with Caltech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mohanjit earned a B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, with a specialization in electric propulsion systems. |
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| Neill Brownstein - Partner, Footprint Ventures |
| Neill is the brainchild behind Footprint Ventures and a veteran of the Venture Capital industry having co-founded Bessemer Venture Partners in the early 70s. Neill has an exceptional investing track record providing returns of 20%+ annual IRR over a 25 year period. Neill is also an Advisory GP and Founder of Novak Biddle Venture Fund. Over his investing career Neill has invested in numerous first-to-market companies including Telenet, VMX, Ungermann-Bass, Gartner Group, DSP Communications & Veritas to name a few. Neill has an MBA from Kellog Graduate School of Management and a BA from Columbia University. |
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