Preetha Parthasarathy
Investments, Corporate Development at SAP
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Investments, Corporate Development
2021 - Current
Funding insights, POV/thesis and investments + AI Foundational model/LLM investments + Bolt Series D
Partner, SAP.iO fund
2018 - 2020
Funding insights, POV/thesis and investments + Jina AI Seed+ + Hasura Series A + Crosschq Seed+ + Deepgram Series A + Cloud App Seed+ + Disco Seed (acquired by Culture Amp) + Zippin Seed+
SAP IoT Start up Accelerator is a global co-innovation program for B2B startups innovating in the world of the Internet of Things.
Investment Director at Intel Capital
2016 - 2018
Lead for AI/deep learning investments at the edge(Movidius) + Xnor.ai partnership (acq. by Apple) + Traceup Series A + Partnered on Aeye Series A
An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.
Sr. Manager, Sandisk Ventures & Corporate Development
2014 - 2016
Source and lead new investments Connected home strategy/partnerships M&A - Deal lead - Carve-out and spin off of NexGen inc from SanDisk Deal team - Western Digital's $19B acquisition of SanDisk
SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager
2013 - 2014
Strategic alliances with ecosystem partners Business/investment analysis for new growth opportunities
Sr. Manager, AMD Ventures
2012 - 2013
* Led investments in - + Aviary - Series B+ (acquired by Adobe) +Tango - Series C+ * Manage AMD's investment portfolio.(BlueStacks, Aviary, InContext, Ciinow, EyeSight)
Chief of Staff to CMO
2011 - 2011
Manager Corporate Development
2010 - 2011
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Product Manager
2009 - 2009
* Conducted market research to determine market requirements for the next generation of low power platforms and presented it to the client business unit leads. This was used as a key input in product planning.
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Design Unit Lead
2007 - 2008
* Managed all aspects of the instruction decoder unit for a next generation low power microprocessor (Saltwell microarchitecture) and documented the high level architectural specification changes, which served as a design reference for other teams on the project. * Analyzed new performance features for the microprocessor and successfully designed and implemented them. * Chaired the Women at Intel organization at the Austin site.
Sr. Logic Design Engineer
2005 - 2007
* Led a taskforce to come up with design guidelines which were adopted by all teams on the project. This resulted in design consistency across the entire chip. * Designed, managed and delivered 7 design blocks on the Intel Atom microprocessor(Bonnell microarchitecture). Atom generated $1.4B in revenue for Intel in 2009 through sale of microprocessors and associated chipsets. * Analyzed design errors across all teams after project completion and compiled errata for future microprocessor product releases.
An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.